Buying flares without canister

[Rossyrassy]

Has anyone managed to find somewhere to buy flares without a canister. We have more yellow canisters than we can ever use but cannot source any flares that are cheaper buying them individually. Anyone cracked this conundrum ??

 

[Stork_III]

http://www.outdoorgb.com/c/distress_flares_pyrotechnics/?page=2&order=topSellers

Seems to be cheaper to buy the pack rather than singly.

RORC £210, bought singly £262, inc container, £232 exc container.

 

[jwilson]

Macsalvors in Cornwall usually sell flares loose cheaper than in canister packs, though it's two years since I've replaced mine.

 

[RobBrown]

I purchased my last lot of white anti-collison & red para flares "loose" from Adec Marine and they deffo also do orange and red hand-helds:

http://www.adecmarine.co.uk/products.asp?d=2&c=20

 

[LadyInBed]

A bit cheaper in Spain ~ £200
http://www.latiendadelnavegante.com/productos.asp?c=0701110101

 

[jbweston]

Force 4 in Lymington also sell loose flares - I bought some red rockets and orange smoke there myself a couple of weeks back. They had them in stock. I didn't try checking the price against a complete set as like you Rossyrassy I'm all over yellow canisters and didn't need to replace the whole set of flares.

Like many of us I keep my flare pack up to date but I wonder how long it will be before the laser (or other yet to be invented) replacements get good enough to do away with them. They are a dreadful price, a hassle to transport, keep on time expiring, hard to dispose of away from home, etc etc.

 

[Rossyrassy]

Force 4 in Lymington also sell loose flares - I bought some red rockets and orange smoke there myself a couple of weeks back. They had them in stock. I didn't try checking the price against a complete set as like you Rossyrassy I'm all over yellow canisters and didn't need to replace the whole set of flares.

Like many of us I keep my flare pack up to date but I wonder how long it will be before the laser (or other yet to be invented) replacements get good enough to do away with them. They are a dreadful price, a hassle to transport, keep on time expiring, hard to dispose of away from home, etc etc.

Thanks- we will be in lymington this week so will check them out. Like you cant wait for a better solution to be invented as they are a complete pain to keep up to date.

 

[toadfish]

YES.

Has anyone managed to find somewhere to buy flares without a canister. We have more yellow canisters than we can ever use but cannot source any flares that are cheaper buying them individually. Anyone cracked this conundrum ??

I make my own. NOT as silly or dangerous as you think.

I bought very detailed instructions from www.newboatgear.co.uk and now I can make better white and red handheld flares than purchased ones.

30 pence a go.

I still buy paras and mini rockets though.

 

[toadfish]

3 minutes 30 secs into this vid (bbc coastguard type video) and you can see the tube glowing red hot.

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=200589526635502&oid=31395967167&comments

The ones I make as per the instructions ensure that the redhot tube does not get anywhere near as close as to my hand and I have never had to wear gloves to hold my own made flares since.

 

[toadfish]

took all day, but I finally found the website link (I also 'phoned them - yep - even on a Sunday and the owner said he'd upload a new video soon):

www.allproductdesign.co.uk/page6.html

or straight to their youtube video (or one of their vids)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrzE9NpT5jQ


works for me - I do carry them in a metal ammo box though.