outdated flares

[flamingo 32]

Anyone know how I can dispose of the pile of outdated flares I have piled up?

[phragle]

Bonfire! They are great for starting bar b q's too...

[Perlmudder]

ship them to me! i will make sure they are disposed of in a safe manner.

[Fast Shafts]

Save them for the 4th of July-than shoot them off. Thats what I do.

[Coastie]

The most consistent method we've found is to go to www.earth911.org and type in 'hazardous waste' for your zip code. This will prompt the local recycling centers that can handle expired flares.

In some areas the local CG Auxilary or Power Squadron will take them to use for training and also some fire departments will take them.

[flamingo 32]

thanks for the suggestions, I didn't want to set them off and have a false alarm , burn down my neighbors house or throw them out and set a garbage truck ablaze

[Davidmnc]

thanks for the suggestions, I didn't want to set them off and have a false alarm , burn down my neighbors house or throw them out and set a garbage truck ablaze

You are no fun at all!

[fever 38]

shoot them off , just shoot them off

[MacGyver]

Can you just shoot them into the water?

[MacGyver]

I have a burn barrel behind my house, I thought about shooting them in their and putting the (Weber grill) cover on REAL fast! Be bad if it zinged out and crashed through a window and burned my boat, truck, van, garage and house down, LOL!

[mosi]

Keep them as spares.


In an emergency, if you use all your current date ones..... you will not care what the date says to continue to get someone's attention.

[Revd Up]

I keep them as spares too. Can't have enough if you need them.

[Brain Damage]

We love them for Fishing, when the Power is Dead in Moorehead

[Gonzo]

If you have just one chance of saving your life and the flare doesn't fire, you die. Outdated flares are not safety but a bad gamble.

[ElvisAaron]

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[Revd Up]

If you have just one chance of saving your life and the flare doesn't fire, you die. Outdated flares are not safety but a bad gamble.

I agree with you. Use current dated flares. I still would want old flares as a back up . If I was floating in the water, chances are they still will work fine and give me plenty of flares to fire. More flares = better chance to survive.

[OBNOXUS]

Anyone ever fire off a flare?

Scares the hell out of me to have to depend on these things,,,, I have the ones in the handgun and seems like it only went about 40 feet in the air and maybe 200 or so feet away when I shot off some expired ones.

[Donskihp]

I really haven't ever payed attention to the dates on flares, Whats the average life of Flares?

[insanity]

I think its around 3 years they expire.

[Revd Up]

Anyone ever fire off a flare?

Scares the hell out of me to have to depend on these things,,,, I have the ones in the handgun and seems like it only went about 40 feet in the air and maybe 200 or so feet away when I shot off some expired ones.

I never have. New Years Eve is just around the corner. Might have to send one up.