As any guitarist/musician who has to on occasion perform outside will know playing with cold fingers is no fun apart from being difficult to actually play it can be rather uncomfortable.
In the past I have tried re-usable gel packs that can be obtained at most hiking/camping shops. These do work but have a couple of annoying drawbacks, firstly they don't last very long and secondly they are a bit of a fiddle to 'recharge'. The process involves boiling in pans of water whilst taking care to keep them off the bottom of the pan, which may not seem so bad but I never seem to have one ready when I need it.
Step in the Zippo Hand Warmer! It is powered by lighter fuel and on a full 'tank' it will stay warm for up to 12 hours!!! On top of that it will keep a pretty much constant temperature during that time, (not rapidly heating up and then after 40mins rapidly cooling down like the gel packs).
I must admit the idea of carrying burning lighter fuel in my pocket sounded mad at first, but over the past few weeks I have used it at various outdoor gigs and not burned to death!
As it is made by Zippo I think we can assume it doesn't have a track recorded of dooming its owners to a fiery demise - they wouldn't be selling them if this were the case.
It is easy enough to use.
Filling it takes moments.
Fairly stylish in its simple construction (though picks up finger prints like a cop in CSI Miami... YEAAAAAAHHHHHH)
Long run time and you could carry more fuel if you are camping etc.
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