Amerex B500 ABC Dry Chemical Class A, B, and C Fire Extinguisher with 12 to 18 Feet Range and 14 Second Discharge Time (5 Lb, 3-Pack)

Worth the money

Some friends of mine had a fire that totaled their house, and maybe could have saved their house if they had some fire extinguishers on hand (or working smoke detectors, but that's another story). Seeing what went wrong there made me much more proactive about having extinguishers; before I only had one in a kitchen cabinet, now I have one mounted centrally on the wall on each floor, in the garage, and every bedroom. These came with sturdy mounts, and are rechargeable, which you should do every few years to make sure they're in great fire-fighting shape.

I decided to replace the exact same units in my home with these units. I disposed of the 23 year old units by dispensing them into trash bags. Amazingly the 23 yr old ones worked just fine. Also I like how these new onnes attach to a wall. The extinguisher has a metal eye ring hole as part of the unit. The connection is to a simple metal hanger that they provide. So you simply hang or remove the extinguisher off of the eye. Very smart, very easy! No more complicated plastic doo dads to unhook to use the extinguisher.

Had a fire in my track loader. My son pulled the kiddie fire extinguisher out, pulled pin, squeezed handle, and ... nothing! Very fortunate a little snow put the fire out but I could easily have lost the whole machine. Extinguisher was in perfect shape and gauge read good. Did a little research before buying my next fire extinguisher. Hands down best is Amerex. DON'T BUY KIDDIE! It's junk and a fire extinguisher is NOT where you want to save money. My cheap kiddie almost cost me a $15,000 machine (fortunately no life risk ... this time!).

We bought these a few years ago. When my wife set a cast iron dutch oven on fire (oil fire), I was sure glad I had them. One squirt and the fire was out before it had a chance to spread.

Having worked in Public Safety I wanted to carry a Fire Extinguisher in both of my vehicles that had enough fire knock down capability. I intend to carry the fire extinguishers in a container so I do not require a vehicle mount and the third fire extinguisher will probably end up being hung up in my garage. Many times I have seen people attempt to put out a vehicle fire with the smaller 2.5 lbs. fire extinguisher and they run out of dry chemical after a good initial attempt, these fire extinguisher's are 5 pounders and should be able to put out a lot of fire, anymore than that you need a fire truck.

**UPDATE**As soon as I contacted the seller, they were very prompt in responding back to me and soon sent a replacement. So I changed to five stars now.‐---------------------------------------I got three of them recently, which was very exciting, but unfortunately, one of them came as damaged. The handle broke off and there is no way I can snap it back or something. What am I supposed to do with it- throw it to the fire?Cannot refund it via Amazon because it's flammable!! I've just contacted the seller and we shall see how this process goes.

The shipping and tracking information for my order was all messed up. Amazon said talk to the seller there is nothing we can do. The Seller was unresponsive on weekends. So I left an appropriate review. Then today, the rest of the order appeared. What I got looks good and what a Intended to order. So... price was decent, product is good, but shipping communication needs work. (All told, I ended up getting everything only one day late from the promised time.)