

🔥 Fast, fierce, and firefighter-approved—your chimney’s best defense!
Chimfex by Orion Safety Products is a CSIA-approved chimney fire suppressant that extinguishes chimney fires in under 22 seconds by reducing oxygen levels and lowering chimney temperatures by over 50%. Trusted by professionals and homeowners nationwide for over 40 years, this compact, battery-free tool offers rapid, reliable protection for fireplaces, wood-burning, and pellet stoves.
| ASIN | B002RRIKT2 |
| Batteries Included? | No |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | #6,020 in Tools & Home Improvement ( See Top 100 in Tools & Home Improvement ) #16 in Fire Extinguishers |
| Color | One |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,009) |
| Date First Available | October 6, 2009 |
| Included Components | Chimney Fire Suppressant |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Package Quantity | 1 |
| Item Weight | 9.2 ounces |
| Item model number | 3412-1 |
| Manufacturer | Chimfex |
| Part Number | 3412-1 |
| Product Dimensions | 14 x 1.5 x 3 inches |
| Size | Pack of 1 |
A**Y
It really works well
I am writing this to say that I have used this product and to say that it works. My stove started running away on me last night and glue temps got up to 700. I used two of these and it quickly calmed the chimney down but it didn’t completely put the fire inside the stove out. I quickly put on gloves and started grabbing burning logs and then I threw a bucket of ash to kill the rest of it. Product works very well and fast, that white film you see on my door was from this product. Very happy with the product because it protected my house and family.
A**R
Cheap self help.
Hopeful never to use but if you have a wood burning whatever, 2 day free shipping won't help.
A**R
So thankful we had this
Unfortunately we ended up needing to use this. It worked exactly how it should. We would 10/10 recommend having one on hand. I am ordering two to be sure we always have one on hand.
D**D
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Thankfully I haven’t had to use it so I can’t speak to how well it works but it seems to be good quality. If I have to use It I will update review
J**M
Fire was out in about 45 seconds, buy a laser temp gun for checking your stove temp
It was 15 degrees out this morning so I thought I'd burn the stove a little hotter than usual to warm the place up. I even added a few pieces of nut coal to help things along... I cleaned the grate so the air was really flowing, then added a single log. I burn hard wood and the stuff I have now is really dry so I've been a negligent with my creosote removal schedule (only used it once in 6 weeks of burning). Anyway, I put the log on, opened the air up and then remembered I had to hook my dog up outside, got outside and remembered I had a few other things to do out there. Five minutes later, I come in and the stove is over 500 degrees which for me is REAL hot. At this point there is no chimney fire so I shut down the stove and the flue damper and have a seat to keep an eye on it. As I'm sitting there with the stove and all flu dampers completely shut down, the flu thermometer starts going up, and up and up. I have single wall 6 inch pipe inside so I just have a magnetic flu thermometer that I've learned to keep just above the flu damper since that's where it seems to get the hottest the quickest. So as I'm watching, OVER ABOUT A TWO MINUTE PERIOD, the thermometer goes up, into the caution zone, through the caution zone (the pipe is turning RED now), I'm hoping that since it's shut down, it will put itself out since it doesn't have very much air, but instead, now it's going into the danger zone, (the pipe is getting REDDER over a larger area now), then the magnetic thermometer looses it's magnetism, and falls off the pipe (metal looses it's magnetism at around 1400 degrees, now a small section of the pipe 2 feet above the stove is getting WHITE HOT). I had gone as far as actually practicing lighting this flare during the off season, and had my wife take it out of the box, take the cap off, and go through the motion of lighting it several times so she'd be ready if we ever needed it. Believe me, your house is one the line, you don't want your first chimney fire to be your first time familiarizing yourself with this product! When I saw white on the pipe, I popped the cap, it lit on the first strike, I opened the door and threw it in front of the log, then I shut the door, stepped back and said a prayer... Within about 15 seconds the white hot area was gone, by 25 seconds the red area was rapidly getting smaller, and by 45 seconds the red area was gone completely. The chimney fire was out. The flare burned for a little bit after that. I had another flare on standby but didn't need it. Understand that while this thing does an excellent job with chimney fires, it probably wont put the fire in your wood box out completely though it will knock it down significantly. What it appears to do is stop the chimney fire, which stops the Venturi effect of supercharging the air intake to the fire in the firebox, which then allows you to hopefully shut things down, and regain control of your stove and chimney. If your stove is anything like mine, once the overheat process is started, it can take 30 minutes to slowly bring it back down to regular temperature I learned after buying my stove that for some reason, you can't COMPLETELY shut off the air to the fire box. In my opinion, the maker of my stove allows too much air to the fire at even the minimum air setting but that's another subject. As a side note, I really recommend buying an ifrared touchless thermometer https://www.amazon.com/ThermoPro-TP30-Thermometer-Temperature-Adjustable I keep mine on the table beside me and use it ALL THE TIME to keep tabs on my stove and my pipe. Also, make sure you AND EVERYONE IN YOUR HOUSE knows exactly how to light this flare BEFORE you have a chimney fire. It'll save your house if you do. My flares DID NOT come with a manufacture date. Manufacturer says they are good for 4 years. I bought it two years ago, I'm back to order 4 more and will date them and store them in a cool dry place during the off season and somewhere very close to the stove during wood burning season...
R**S
Buy two. It’s cheaper than losing your home.
It works, put out a chimney fire before FD arrived. Early intervention with this was likely key.
M**D
Hard to find, easy to use in an emergency
this product is a must have for anyone with a wood stove. It has been years since we have had a chimney fire, but this fire suppressant flair saved us from having to call the fire department.
N**Y
Chimfex safety products
Just makes you feel safer. We had one for 25 years and didn't have to use it. Thought we should get a new one. They are there if we needed them. Nancy
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