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NitroStrike Mini-Foamer Fire Extinguisher - 2 Pack
$9.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

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A two-fer that's not on Tuesday? What lunacy is this?

2-For-Monday...multi-hour outage...home.woot...has Woot! jumped the shark?

What happens if I mistake this for a can of air while cleaning my laptop?

Hmmmm ... shouldn't this 2-pack be saved for Twofer Tuesdays?

Regardless, am in for 4 ... I last replaced my fire extinguishers 10+ years ago so they're probably depressurized.

They are already 1 year old? Guess it's a fair price for 3 more years..... maybe.

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I've been thinking of putting together some emergency supplies into my car... first aid kit, fire extinguisher, etc. Would one of these fit the fire extinguisher bill?

Whoa. http://youtu.be/e_JlWzcwsxo

Great. After I *just* bought two fire extinguishers from Costco last week.

Things will go very badly for whoever confuses this with a can of compressed air.

Hmmmm ... I wonder if the NitroStrike Foam is safe on electronics. One of these will be situated in my computer room.

Watched both the videos. First one: Are you sure that dry chemical extinguisher wasn't gasoline?

2nd video: Awesome action music - anybody know where I can download this song?

Thanks woot, you scared me into buying a 3 pack. Going to give them out to my family and friends just for safety reasons.

flakeyblakee wrote:What happens if I mistake this for a can of air while cleaning my laptop?

Well, the laptop will no longer be on fire. Assuming that the laptop was on fire, while you were trying to dust it, I mean.

$18.95 for one (vs. $9.99 for 2 today):

http://www.swiftfireprotection.com/Catalog/Mini_Foam/mini_foam.html

They have $215.40 for 16, but I have my doubts you want 16.

The holidays are coming, and I still have no extinguisher here. I better grab some before holiday cooking burns my house down!

Cool! Can-o-Air with a yeast infection!

flakeyblakee wrote:What happens if I mistake this for a can of air while cleaning my laptop?

I was thinking the same thing, I don't currently have a fire extinguisher near my computer room but there's so much risk of making a mistake.

Well, now we know why Woot was offline for so long.....they were trying to stuff five Woot sites into four-site spaces.

Fire extinguishers are rated with a letter and a number. The letter (A,B,C,D and K) tells what type of fire it works on. The number is the capacity. Lacking a rating it is impossible to compare with other extinguishers and I will pass.

After watching the Walking Dead tonight, this should come in handy...well, until the planet is ridden with Zombies, I suppose I will hold off

This looks like it's very portable and would work well, but how is on sensitive items? Much as stuff that's on fire usually is destroyed, it'd be nice to know I can spray it on my electric stove or car engine without destroying the circuitry or gumming up the works.

Pretty cool video demo after about a minute or so... http://nitrostrike.com/ncom/pc/storefront.aspx

I am in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24xOothUkUs

I never knew that you can not use regular fire extinguisher on burning oil.

I'm a bit wary of any fire extinguisher that doesn't have a ABC rating on the description. For those who don't know, ABC describes the types of fires it can handle. For example, you don't want to use water on electrical or chemical fires because wate conducts electricity, and helps spread chemical fires. The best extinguishers have all three letters ABC.

http://www.fire-extinguisher101.com/

Class A - extinguishers are for ordinary combustible materials such as paper, wood, cardboard, and most plastics. The numerical rating on these types of extinguishers indicates the amount of water it holds and the amount of fire it can extinguish. Geometric symbol (green triangle)

Class B - fires involve flammable or combustible liquids such as gasoline, kerosene, grease and oil. The numerical rating for class B extinguishers indicates the approximate number of square feet of fire it can extinguish. Geometric symbol (red square)

Class C - fires involve electrical equipment, such as appliances, wiring, circuit breakers and outlets. Never use water to extinguish class C fires - the risk of electrical shock is far too great! Class C extinguishers do not have a numerical rating. The C classification means the extinguishing agent is non-conductive. Geometric symbol (blue circle)

Pretty cool. 4 year shelf life and if you buy these, there's < 3 years left on them. Per production description:
Fill Date: 9/23/10 with a 4-year shelf life

Wow.. This is actually pretty decent! One for the kitchen, and one for the bedroom!

Yeah. The bedroom... because when sexy candle time goes bad, it can go really bad.

sdc100 wrote:Hmmmm ... I wonder if the NitroStrike Foam is safe on electronics. One of these will be situated in my computer room.

This should NOT be used on a computer, seeing as it could trasmit electricity.

Is this thing good for electrical fires? No rating so who knows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_JlWzcwsxo&NR=1 has a good demo. i'm in for 3 (i.e., 6). one for the garage, one for the kitchen, one for the car, one for the bike, one for the office, and one for my messenger bag.

Are these NFPA compliant for household use?

"Safe to breathe, touch and swallow a small amount"

Sweet!

Kao1138 wrote:I was thinking the same thing, I don't currently have a fire extinguisher near my computer room but there's so much risk of making a mistake.

Mount the extinguisher on the wall with Velcro™ strips and you won't be confused.

YouTube video for the NitroStrike Mini-Foamer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZyHNf6n7AM

Seems like a decent buy. Not to mention that Alton Brown, who usually hates unitaskers, says that a fire extinguisher is the only unitasker that all kitchens should have.

I was trying to determine the rating for this (A, B, C, D, or some combination thereof).

Here's what I found.

http://www.swiftfireprotection.com/Catalog/Mini_Foam/mini_foam.html

"Nitro-Strike Mini-Foamer uses FireAde 2000 . . . FireAde 2000 is the FIRST firefighting foam agent that is a "true" Class A, Class B, and Wetting Agent."

A is conventional combustibles (paper, wood, etc.)

B is flammable liquids.

Hope that's helpful.

oSpaZMaNo wrote:This should NOT be used on a computer, seeing as it could trasmit electricity.

It depends. Many foams and dry powders can be used on computers. The question is not transmission of electricity but whether the chemical is harmful to the circuit boards. Some chemicals react with the chemicals on the boards. As for conduction, if the extinguisher is rated C (for electrical fires), conduction is not an issue.

gnarf wrote:Things will go very badly for whoever confuses this with a can of compressed air.

my thoughts exactly.

other thoughts: fire extinguisher fight? stick a pin in, melt the nozzle shut so it sprays farther .... lol halloween is near!

Never saw a fire extinguisher that didn't indicate what type of fire for which it was intended. Is this for A B or C type fires?