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Just bought one for my car, £7.99 is much cheaper than the £70 odd that Skoda want!

Before anyone starts b1tching, i'm a firefighter and I know what it's used for and how to use it. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who isn't comfortable with using it, it's just a handy thing to have if you are.

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Have bought 2, 1 for Home and 1 for Car - a great price

I have a few that are 2 years old now. Might replace them as can't imagine they last to long.

Before anyone starts b1tching, i'm a firefighter and I know what it's used for and how to use it.

Yea ave that trolls!

Are you sure you want to post links like this though? Might be doing yourself out of a job! I have always carried one much rather make a mess of car than stand back and watch it burn! Have had call twice to use them on vehicles saves the day!

Cheers for the re-link, didn't know if it would work off of my pc cos of the 'your nearest store' bit.

Nah, not a chance of making us redundant: if there's anything minor enough for this to tackle, i'd rather not bother turning out and anything more than this will quite possibly end up going like a b@stard anyway! :yes:

I have a few that are 2 years old now. Might replace them as can't imagine they last to long.

From memory, extinguishers should be replaced every 5-10 years, but that's very dependant on what the firefighting media inside them are. These types of ones have guages on: green area in the middle, red either side. As sson as the needle goes into either red section, that's when you need to change it. Simples.

Many Fire Ex have a date stamped on bottom into the metal or sticking out from it. All our powder/water/foam ones are 5 years from new with annual visual inspections then must be recharged I do not recall what our CO2 ones are none have gauges we let the fire people inspect those.

Many Fire Ex have a date stamped on bottom into the metal or sticking out from it. All our powder/water/foam ones are 5 years from new with annual visual inspections then must be recharged I do not recall what our CO2 ones are none have gauges we let the fire people inspect those.

If unsure just replace.

Having said that, if it's a CO2 one, have a laugh and blast your mates at work with it under/over the door when they're having a poo. Don't worry that it's a laxative; it'll help.

Edited 11 February, 201214 yr by blackspaven

nah use powder for that wouldnt want to deafen the poor sod of get frost bite doing it!

Thanks for the "heads up" Blackspaven".

It's a shame that 'peeps' can't order/reserve/pay online, but then, that's Lidl!

If unsure just replace.

Having said that, if it's a CO2 one, have a laugh and blast your mates at work with it under/over the door when they're having a poo. Don't worry that it's a laxative; it'll help.

CO2 is a gas we breath out so can't be a laxative, surly it will suffocate you if you are in a small room?

Having said that, I'm always told at fire training (for race marshals) that certain Powder extinguishers can be a laxative if you breath it in, so we are told to always stand upwind of them when setting one off.

Edited 11 February, 201214 yr by Jim H

A CO₂ fire extinguisher works by driving out all of the oxygen hence the fire goes out, the thing to remember when using it is not to hold the horn, as doing so will result in burns from the extreme cold, you would have to be in an extremely small box for it to suffocate you.

Why you would want to use the contents of a fire extinguisher as a laxative is bewildering as the contents of most extinguishers are pretty toxic and if ingested in reasonable quantities will cause illness which will require hospital treatment. If you want to have a laxative why not use Senna or Prunes & hot tea!

I think he was making a joke out of it being a laxative as if you were sitting on the toilet and that happened to you, you would s*** yourself

I think he was making a joke out of it being a laxative as if you were sitting on the toilet and that happened to you, you would s*** yourself

Glad someone got it.

Yeah, Jim you are right, it's dry powder that's a laxative, not CO2. Co2's just f*cking funny spraying at people!

(Okay, for all the health & safety geeks out there, it'd only kill you by suffocation if you were STUCK in the room with it; if you just blast it at or around people it's not really harmful in that sense. Trust me on that one: fire brigade humour! )

Well, they certainly work OK.

On my way back from Tesco, I stopped to put out a fire inder the bonnet of a 3 series BMW. I know, I should have let it burn, but the driver was very cute

Turns out that the source of the fire was an old coat and some newspapers she'd put under the bonnet "to keep it warm" and had forgotten about.

The Fire Brigade turned up a few minutes later expecting to see a ball of fire. One of the fire brigade guys said "it was rare they get to save a car on fire - they just get to put the fire out". They also suggested I should keep the extinguisher inside the car and not in the boot as I had been doing.

I got a good 6/7 seconds of heavy power spray. Not bad for £8.

CO2 extinguishers are good for cooling down in hot weather, we had a load replaced last summer at work and had a great time with the CO2 ones. Discharging one over the seat of a forklift, the driver got on it and almost s*** himself it was so cold!! (not cold enough to burn we made sure of that)

Ian

I bought 2 today thanks to this heads up.

and another two purchased from Tonbridge after a splendid morning at the Audiojumble :-) Thanks for the heads up!

and another two purchased from Tonbridge after a splendid morning at the Audiojumble :-) Thanks for the heads up!

All welcome. Only trouble i'm having is where to mount it! The fireman was right it's better to have it in the cabin for access, but there's not many handy places in there. Though about fitting it to the front of the plastic underneath the leather on the electric driver's seat (anyone know if you can buy the plastic seperately in case I do and it's gash??), but think it might get booted quite a bit there getting in & out. The boot would be great, but as before, not ideal.

Any ideas??

Ive got one fitted under the front of the drivers seat.

Theres an actual bracket you can buy from Skoda so its the best place to mount it. I think theres a "How To" guide somewhere on Brisky

I dont even know its there and have never booted it getting in or out and its never got in the way

Picked one up today. Thanks for the heads up.

I bought mine off Amazon, lives in the glovebox and fits perfectly! Mk1 Octavia though.

Think it was this one. http://www.amazon.co.uk/AA-Fire-Extinguisher-950g-Bsi/dp/B002Q9O3GK/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1329143443&sr=1-1

Good piece of kit.