Zippo 12 Hour Refillable Hand Warmer

Just what you expect from Zippo. Great quality, durable, and it works. I plan on buying more

Coleman hand warmers are the best hand warmers I ever used. And these replacement parts ensure your hands will stay warm.

The "burner" that works on the Zippo hand warmer works very well. I have been using these hand warmers for 3 or 4 years, and had almost no trouble with them. I buy 2 burner replacements every year so that in the event the current ones need replacing during the winter I don't have to wait to get new ones. I have learned two things since I started using them; one, Coleman camp stove fuel works perfectly as fuel in the warmers - apparently it is the same stuff as cigarette lighter fluid & much, much cheaper. One gallon can be purchased at Walmart for about $13 and will last for about 9 or 10 months. Two, lighting the hand warmers can be a problem. I used high wind wand lighters for a couple of years, and they worked well, but were relatively expensive. However, I found a small butane torch at Home Depot (they are probably at several stores as well), and that small torch works extremely well for lighting the warmers. It has an adjustable flame and is butane refillable and lasts for 2 to 3 weeks on one refill. Small butane canisters can be gotten at Walmart, HD, and probably Lowes. The tourch is called BernzOmatic and is probably available on Amazon.

I've used iron oxide disposable hand warmers before (a couple bucks for a pack of 8 tiny ones at the local Japanese dollar store), but I wanted something that would last a good while, didn't end up in the garbage, and wouldn't cost much to use. Enter a certain camping manga/anime that suggested a reusable type. I got the gift pack that comes with a lighter and some fuel. What's happening is that there's a little platinum in the metal wool atop the warmer, which acts as a catalyst when it's warmed in the presence of fuel fumes and oxygen, breaking the fuel down and releasing heat slowly. I saw this demonstrated in one of the platinum videos for the YouTube channel Periodic Videos. What I've learned so far: 1. Don't soak the metal mesh in fuel, pop that part off, then fill the chamber underneath. Otherwise you have an unsafe fire on your hands and you'll have to either wait for the fuel to dissipate or put the thing on a fire safe surface and burn off the fuel. TL;DR, read the manual. 2. Lighter fluid for this lighter brand is the same as the hand warmer fuel, despite the different labels. Thankfully the price seems to be roughly the same. 3. You might want to upgrade. I got the portable fuel carrier on a keychain (way better than the little plastic bottle; best part, they're the same capacity) and a butane lighter insert for the lighter so I'm not burning through fluid there. The lighter that comes with the set is a standard size, so this was an easy upgrade. The blue butane flame is perfect for lighting this up. 4. Don't lose the drawstring bag, because when this thing gets going it's actually quite hot. The bag helps retain heat to keep the reaction going, and it insulates the warmer so it doesn't burn you. If you keep the warmer in a pocket, it will warm you more than the cold air. 5. You will smell the fuel as it burns. I'm fine with it, but if you don't like the smell, stick with hot water bottles or disposable warmers.

For starters, I've been using the zippo handwarmer I bought in 2020 and just now had to replace the catalytic burner. I definitely got more than the 75 or 80 uses out of it advertised by Zippo. These hand warmers are so good my wife and daughter wanted one of their own because it was so cold Halloween night and camping in Leadville, CO about two weeks ago they were happy to have their own as it rained and snowed overnight every day we were there. Unfortunately, while fishing one of thise days I messed up my burner. Just a heads up to save you all any headaches, don't use those 10 second safety matches REI sells. It burned through my burner material and I was out my favorite hand warmer the entire trip. I replaced it with this official replacement and the warmer worked like it was brand new all over again. Honestly, after the initial price of the hand warmer I've only spent 8 bucks on a bottle of lighter fluid and now 8 bucks for this replacement burner over the course of two years. I still have a quarter of that lighter fluid left. I'll take spending 8 bucks per year to keep my hands warm in the Colorado cold over buying numerous boxes of disposables any day.

I am pleased with my new zippo hand warmer burner. I'm now into two Michigan winters of using my Zippo Hand warmer. The first one lasted one full winter of near daily use. It started the 2nd winter and was still going strong (like new). However, I put the warmer in a shallow shirt pocket. When I bent over to pick up something off the floor, the hand warmer fell out of my pocket onto a hard floor. The lid of the warmer fell off. I picked it up and replaced it, but did not realize until later that the burner had also fallen off the warmer. I was not able to find the burner so replaced it with a spare burner. So far, it's performing very well under heavy use in a frigid Michigan winter. I even like using my warmer in the house which we keep cool (low to mid sixties) so the hand warmer and burner see plenty of use. During the course of two cold Michigan winters, I've managed to lose one burner by dropping the warmer, but have not worn out a burner even under near daily use.

I have been using my zippo hand warmer for years. So I decided to finally write a review. I do a lot of bushcraft camping. But my favorite time is in the winter. When its nice and cold out. I use a white gas stove to cook with. So I always have a bottle of white gas with me. I found it works the same as zippo fluid in this hand warmer. They do take a bit of time to get going. I found that in the first 30 min oh lighting. You may need to re light to get a good ember. But once its going it can get so hot that you need the carry case to hold it. If you bought one of these and find that its not hot. Make sure you didnt over fill it. Let it sit like the instructions say before you light it. Also don't scorch the fiber that's in the element. This could damage it. Takes some patience and practice to get it going. But once it does. Boy is it hot. I see reviews saying it doesn't get hot. It does get hot but remember its a small ember. It will take some time. I am surprised how long these last. I have the biggest one. Sometimes it lasts almost the whole day if its in the pouch and in my pocket. Im guessing because it limits the air that gets to it. So if you are looking at buying one of these. I would say go for it. But it does take practice to get it to work like it should.

Where I live, Zippo handwarmers are easily available in stores during the winter months, but these replacement burners are hard to find. Yay for Amazon for stocking yet another valuable but hard to find product. If you have a handwarmer that is really hard to light, either (1) you're doing it wrong or (2) the burner needs replacing. As for (1), you want to hold your match/lighter to the burner long enough that the burner has a "fireplace embers" type of reddish glow deep inside the burner. Once it has that red "ember" light inside and holds it for a minute, it's ready to go. Hard to explain, but you'll know it when you see it. The first time you use the burner, it will take a little while for it to reach this state. Don't dismay, it only takes a while the first few times. It gets much easier after you break the burner in. As for (2), the burner is supposed to be changed every 70 or 80 uses. (You'll know when you get to that point because the burner gradually takes longer to hold the burn.) In my experience it lasts longer than this, but its "expected" lifespan is said to be 80 uses. If you are having trouble getting your burner to hold the "burn", you can also try lighting it and then letting it sit for a few minutes without the lid/cover on, to give the burner better access to oxygen and see if it takes. Also be careful not to overfill the tank-- excess fuel soaking into the burner makes it impossible for the burner to hold the burn. All that said, if you are putting one or two of these handwarmers in your car's "emergency supplies" box, definitely put in one whose burner has been broken in a couple of times, as the fact is that you occasionally do find one that is hard to light. Replacing the burner takes less than 30 seconds and requires no directions.