What if it's a relatively small fire douchebag?

You supposed to just run away and let it spread throughout the whole house?

people talk so much crap on here lol

Okay, i'm a firefighter and i'll be buying one of these for my car as it's a great price, so make of that what you want. It'll smother the oxygen supply in a SMALL car fire (most likely an engine bay fire). It MAY not put it out depending on the size of the fire, but it's better than nothing. FYI, a fire appliance would turn up and use onboard foam, but on a fire the size that this is designed to deal with powder would work about as well as foam extinguisher.

And in response to all the slagging off on both sides by people who AREN'T professionals like myself, if you have the correct equipment, KNOW IT'S USES CORRECTLY AND HOW TO USE IT, and feel confident enough to deal with SMALL fires, then it's your decision. If for a second you DON'T know what you're doing or just as importantly WHAT your doing, then call 999 and get out. Houses can be rebuilt, you can't!

Also, personally I wouldn't bother with fire blankets, they're not as great as everyone thinks. For a chip pan fire a DAMP towel is better, NEVER use a WET towel, it'll take your face off!!! And make sure you know or you've been taught how to wrap it correctly round your hands if you are happy to do it, otherwise you'll burn them, i'll almost guarantee that!! Again, 999 is there for a reason.

Don't try being a hero if you don't know what you're doing!

CFC_Mark: in my career i've seen plenty of people who've been disfigured and/or lost a lot more than property because of gungho attitudes from people who think they know better, so don't start suggesting that anyone who doesn't feel happy about tackling a fire or more importantly gives advice erring on the side of caution and the preservation of life over property is a douchebag! You obviously have no idea of what you speak of! Define 'relatively small fire'?! What is small to you is big to someone else, and bearing in mind what I do for a living means that what you consider big would probably be small to me!

i'll buy a couple today!

COLD - You should always leave fire fighting to the profesionals.

Should I put the fire out myself?
Think safety first. Do NOT attempt to tackle a fire if you cannot do so safely. Otherwise get out and call for help closing the doors as you leave to help stop it spreading. But remember, if you decide to tackle it yourself instead of dialling 999 and cannot control it, valuable time has been lost.

What kind of fires will this put out?

Fire blanket, wet teatowel, etc. If it's too big to tackle with those, it's too big to be faffing about with an extinguisher when you should be getting out. Not to mention most people won't have a bloody clue how to use one and will fail at putting the fire out, spreading it further or reducing your time to escape.

False sense of security, IMO.

people talk so much crap on here lol

great price

Good for hitting the burglars with

Have some heat on that fire :-)

Is this ok for a chip pan fire