Old Flares...What do you do with them?
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Old Flares...What do you do with them?
So what does everyone do with their old flares after they expire? I have several expired flares and was wondering if I should light them off next 4th of July, light them off this weekend for the fun of it or just throw them away. I'm not even sure if it's legal to throw them away?
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Keep them on the boat, will use them first in an emergency. Never want to need more than what I have and not have enough, they don't take up a lot of space and weigh hardly anything. If I'm ever in a situation where I've used up all the "good" ones and have none left, it would not make me happy. A coastie told me one time, that just because they are out of date, doesn't mean they won't still work fine, even years later.
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Keep them on the boat, will use them first in an emergency. Never want to need more than what I have and not have enough, they don't take up a lot of space and weigh hardly anything. If I'm ever in a situation where I've used up all the "good" ones and have none left, it would not make me happy. A coastie told me one time, that just because they are out of date, doesn't mean they won't still work fine, even years later.
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Keep them on the boat, will use them first in an emergency. Never want to need more than what I have and not have enough, they don't take up a lot of space and weigh hardly anything. If I'm ever in a situation where I've used up all the "good" ones and have none left, it would not make me happy. A coastie told me one time, that just because they are out of date, doesn't mean they won't still work fine, even years later.
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I use them to start bonfires in our neighborhood. I've got a box of them from as far back as 1995. They still light and burn like a MoFo!!!!
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I use old flares and extenguishers to teach my kids how to use them. Nothing like some real world this is how you pull the pin and set off the extinguisher or this is how you use the flare. If they ever have to uwse one at least they have had their hands on them!
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Port Monster...that was 1 of the best posts on this site in a long time! Thanks for mentioning that...I have kids and will from now on be doing that when i replace safety equip like that when expired...
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