Interesting fire extinguisher

Well, quite the impressive product.

At $80 bucks per, they're not cheap, BUT since the dispersant is biodegradeable and washable from the surfaces of our cars, as opposed to the awful powder spewed from a 3# - 5# fire extinguisher that is really hard to remove, This looks like a killer product!

I think I would want one a lot handier than stashed with my road flares in the Frunk, and their seatback mount looks easily copy-able to store it within reach or handy to get at (you could even use broom handle holders from Home Depot).

I'm always discouraged when a new, unregulated fire extinguisher comes on the market.  The maker/distributor/jobber always has a reason WHY it's not approved by UL or another regulating agency, but the fact is that it hasn't been tested and approved or rejected by any agency in the US.

Would any of us buy auto insurance from an insurance agency that wasn't regulated and licensed by the state or feds?

I don't really know how many car fires I went to in my firefighting career, but I worked for 20 years in a big city during an era (1968-1988) when car fires were more common.  I guess the number is over 100, but I didn't keep track.  I do know I wasn't worth much on the first few fires.

Be prepared that, if your engine catches fire, you will be struck dumb.  You can change the level of stupidity by role-playing with your hand-held extinguisher, but many will find that exercise beneath them, and won't do it.  Just removing the extinguisher from the bracket can be difficult during a fire.

Hopefully, none of us will have that toilet-flushing moment when you realize you are driving a Molotov cocktail.

If you want safety and peace of mind, spring for the fixed, automatic system offered by many manufacturers.  No mess, no fuss, and, best of all, no running around like a madman when your car's on fire and you can't figure out how to open the engine compartment.

It's the kind of investment that you hope is wasted, since you never use it.  But if you do need it . . . 

Reads like a great product... and having worked for NASA the chemical has been around for decades,( assuming its the same formula as advertised) and it’s EASA certified.  ( European FAA).

Having encountered an engine fire in the past and speed a FE runs out, having this in addition to/complement to a standard FE would not take much space, and could come in handy if ever needed.  Like insurance... better to have a little extra, and hope you never have to use it.

ordered a couple... 

It does look pretty cool. It might be a very good thing to have around the shop. But, if you have a fire in the engine compartment, you want speed and ease of use. Emphasize the speed, as only a few seconds differentiates between success and a pile of smoking garbage.

You have to recognize the fire, stop, get this out, light it, open engine lid(which only serves to add more oxygen to the problem), and then and only then point this thing at the flame source.

Improbable on a Speedster, impossible on a Spyder. You have to be able to prop up the decklid, which will be hot and getting hotter.

Good luck with that.

I ended up having a 5 lb. Halon system, all you have to do is check the gauge every once in a while. In case of fire, pull over, turn engine off if you have the presence of mind to do so, pull handle, then get OUT! No residue, no damage. Smothers fire by displacing oxygen with inert gas.

I had one Speedster engine fire while driving in '04 and a light pop up through the right carb... By the time you see the flames in the mirror coming out of the deck lid grill with the engine dying, get pulled off the road, take a dumb moment in time so stare in disbelief,  dive back into the car grabbing the fire extinguisher out  of a stubborn bracket then try to get the melting deck lid to open all this happened in ten seconds..... the time ticks away quickly and the fiberglass continues to burn because this situation is unrehearsed.... Lucky for me a Maryland Highway Department truck pulled up as I had pulled to the roadside with two guys running over each, with a fire extinguisher .  My damage was an easy fix with just a deck lid repair , wires and hoses and two carb rebuilds.  as for that hat "Element"  fire extinguisher  it has all the similarities to holding a cross toward a Vampire...Seriously, the only right way is with an automatic Halon system

I can't even imagine holding that road flare looking thing towards my car as it burned. Talk about feeling helpless.

since 2014/15 i have an automatic Halon system in the engine compartment, with a nozzle over each carb, and carry a 5lb halon extinguisher behind the drivers seat.

im totally patanoid abouy fire... good thing as in 2017 a small carb fire scared me.  ( no damage... but scary to see a scoarched air filter when you open up the deck lid for routine maintenance after an unussually loud backfire and a 300ml drive to Mt Rainier.... i think i posted here last year... which lead me to change my carbs.  i lost confidence in the EMPIs after a couple incidents.)

i now take the belt and suspender approach on everything fire related.... these things, which i just ordered, will likely go in my shop next to the extinguisher, pantry- next to the stove, and near the back yard kitchen/BBQ.   better safe than sorry ;-)

I have installed the ‘BlazeCut’ fire suppression system in our Speedy, & hopefully I’ll never need it to go off!