jon-e hand warmer

[JimN]

Thanks for your reply. My problem is one of the hand warmers does not have a wick or a hole for a wick to light it. Do I Light the felt and then try to put the heating element on? Seems like a way to get burned. Or do I put the heating element on and try to light it?
Thanks,
Jim

 

[cobb]

That is not a good idea. What you need to do is light the brillo pad thing for a minute to start the chain reaction where it burns the fumes from the fuel inside the heater, not the fuel directly. Lighting the inside of the heat will just make a bomb. I would see if you could get a kit to replace the wick or just remove the top and brillo pad thing and save those two parts for spares and throw the base away.

ANyone else have any better suggestiolns?