Burnham Bob
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did they expire on Dec 31st 2011 or will they expire on Dec 31st 2012? After Theresa May's difficulty of clsoing dates, I'm wondering!
Flares marked 2009-12 - have they expired?
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Poignard
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neale
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neale
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LadyInBed
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Isn't that a 'Best before' date? 
Poignard
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onesea
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I think they expired in Dec 2009
worth keeping if your not going to france? Also be care full its the "exp"iry date "Manf"ifactured date....
pvb
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I sometimes use out of date flares (w-a-y out of date) to start bonfires. They invariably work fine.
Twister_Ken
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2012 is a leap year. Therefore they will stop working on December 30th, 2012, not December 31st.
Martin_J
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Don't they make a batch every four years that will last the extra day.. rather than them expiring early 
Now I see why it's an 'expiry' date. If it were a 'Use by' date we might just have to use them to be compliant.
Now I see why it's an 'expiry' date. If it were a 'Use by' date we might just have to use them to be compliant.
Burnham Bob
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Funny - I thought I bought the flares in summer 2008 - first season with the new boat. Hence I thought the 12 referred to 2012 not the 12th month December as in '2009 to 2012 inclusive'.........will check in the swindlery tomorrow how the dates are printed.
Dave_Seager
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If suppose that if you had an emergency in 2008 you would not have used your flares because it was too early for them to be in date. They would not be ripe yet!
chanelyacht
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The manufacturer's website should explain.
If they're the new type, they self destruct automatically on their last day to save us having to deal with time expired ones.
(Some of the above may not be strictly correct)
If they're the new type, they self destruct automatically on their last day to save us having to deal with time expired ones.
(Some of the above may not be strictly correct)
prv
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If you bought them in 2008, why would they possibly have a period before they could be used (2008-2009) ?!
No need to check - they expired over two years ago, definitely.
Buy them somewhere else next time - two seasons' validity is a bit stingy, a good chandler will have ones on offer with more than that left to go. The ones in my local shop expire at the end of 2015 and have been on sale since quite early this year.
Pete
