Firelite fuel tabs??

[Chris Chastain]

Are the Firelite fuel tabs gone for good?
I liked the 10g ones… they were perfect.

[Sam Haraldson]

Chris, we will be carrying the 14g Esbit fuel tabs in the BPL store.

[Chris Chastain]

I'll assume that means "yes".

Not to be argumentative, but my children often answer a query by replying to the question they *wish* I had asked. As you can imagine, that goes over equally as well.

I guess the marketing gurus have their reasons, but I don't see why BPL would bother to stock mainstream items that are commonly available pretty much anywhere.

[Sam Haraldson]

Sorry, Chris – I didn't mean to be cryptic. If we are able to source the 10g tabs again I assure you we will carry them. At this time however we are only carrying the 'common' 14g tabs.

[Mark Allen]

Hi Sam,

I think what Chris was asking was if the Firelite tabs will ever be available again. Obviously, Esbit tabs can be purchased off this site from other distributors. BPL stated that Firelite tabs burned hotter than Esbit. Esbit tabs are Hexamine. My impression – based upon the BPL statement – was that Firelite was possibly Trioxane.

Thanx.
mark

[Sam Haraldson]

I had to look into this issue to see why they were not available as they left our shelves before I was involved in the Gear Shop here at BPL.

The Firelite fuel tablets did have some value over Esbit initially, however their shelf life (whether it was due to the chemical itself of the packaging is unclear) was poor. The tablets took on moisture from the air and we found this to be substandard performance.

Therefore we have switched over to selling Esbit tabs solely. We are, however, constantly on the lookout for new products to introduce to the community – solid fuel tabs included.

[Jason Brinkman]

I too would like to see 10g tabs offered again.

However, I prefer the Esbit recipe over Firelite. The Firelite appears to have a much higher wax content, which leaves a residue. Not so much with Esbit.

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