Heat pack for shipping

[ABreefkpr]

Originally Posted by geopod

All you do is boil water and stick them in to warm them back up.I reuse mine all the time and 2 yrs later they are still working.I must have 30-40 of them now.And they work great.

Boil them?
UniHeat package list contents as: Iron powder, water, active carbon, vermiculite, wood powder and salt.
If it's that easy I'll keep all of mine too.

[geopod]

You boil the water and turn the burner off and then place the heat pacs in the water but dont boil the water with the heat pacs in it.

[AndyL]

So then how do you dry them and keep the air off them so they don't re-activate?

I'm really wondering if we aren't talking two different types of heat packs here... I have never heard of reusing the dry chemical types.

Andy

[geopod]

Andy I think you are thinking of the heatpacs that we used to have when I was a kid called HOTSHOTS.they are little heat pacs that fit into your gloves or boots.The ones I am talking about are Perma Gel.You can use it as a heat pac or cold pac.by throwing it in the freezer. It is made by micro ban.Approx.size of the bag is 6"by 6"So I was reading the earlier reply and it seems you guys are talking about the hotshots.Not these ones.

[AndyL]

That's what I thought... Most of the heat packs used in aquaria are the single use chemical air activated ones.

Andy

[Murminator]

Originally Posted by geopod

Andy I think you are thinking of the heatpacs that we used to have when I was a kid called HOTSHOTS.they are little heat pacs that fit into your gloves or boots.The ones I am talking about are Perma Gel.You can use it as a heat pac or cold pac.by throwing it in the freezer. It is made by micro ban.Approx.size of the bag is 6"by 6"So I was reading the earlier reply and it seems you guys are talking about the hotshots.Not these ones.

AHHHHHH tanks for the clarify I was thinking of Hotshots also. Forgot about those gel type packs