Handwarmers, S01E03: Rebuild a Zippo Handwarmer with Carbon Felt and Platinum Catalyst
Channel: Mountain Parameters
Date: 2016-11-29

When your Zippo Hand Warmer dies, you could buy a replacement burner with questionable catalyst material, and place it back on the mantle of the scorched cotton packing, or you could rebuild it with carbon felt and high quality platinum catalyst on a durable substrate for about the same cost.

This demonstration goes through the process of rebuilding a Zippo Hand Warmer to give it a new life, and engineer it so it can function at maximum performance levels.

While we're at it, you'll learn a better way to fill, and how to stop the naptha stink that is the bane of liquid fuel Hand Warmers.

If you do not own a Zippo already, then there is no advantage to owning a brand name over a generic aftermarket item, so you can plan your purchases accordingly and save some funds to spend on your next outdoor adventure instead.

This procedure will also work on most of the other similar Hand Warmers that may be laying in your closet since they died.