Customer Reviews

Kidde FA110 Multi Purpose Fire Extinguisher 1A10BC

5 star:		(34)
4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

I bought two of these fire extinguishers from Home Depot in 1999. In 2006 my toaster oven flamed up and I quickly pulled out the fire extinguisher and it promptly stopped the fire. Then, just yesterday my toaster oven flamed up again and this time I didn't notice for some time and the flames were pretty bad though still concealed within the toaster. I pulled out the second fire extinguisher and it put out the fire right away. The only downside is that the fire extinguisher can be used only once and the material it spews out is in dust form and it goes all over the place - but that's not so bad considering it stops fires! I'm getting a couple of more of these. It's impressive that they sat unused for almost 10 years and still worked fine in an emergency. I'm also getting rid of the old toaster over :)

When I bought this fire extinguisher from Amazon I hoped we would never need to use it. Wrong! We had a fire in the living room after my kids left a candle burning. The wood end table caught fire and the FA110 worked great. When the fire started I ran for the fire extinguisher and my wife called the fire department. We have the fire out by the time they arrived. The fireman said if I had not had the Kidde FA110 we would have had a large fire. He told me fires double in size every 45 seconds.
If you do not have one of these get it...

I carry one in each car. A few days ago I emptied mine on a guys car on the side of the freeway. He had and engine fire and I put it out.

Gee he did not even thank me or buy me a new one. I guess he was too shook up.

These little extinguishers really work.

I'm afraid I have a review similar to "Westphalia." Mine had also discharged in the box. Everything was covered in white powder, and the pressure gauge indicated that the bottle was empty.

I'm not sure if this is because of poor construction by Kidde, or if it is because of bad packaging. I can say that there was very little packaging material in the box, so it had plenty of room to jostle around.

Just contacted Kidde customer support, and they directed me to Amazon. Hopefully I can get somewhere with them.

*UPDATE*

I contacted Amazon customer service through email, and they are placing an order for another extinguisher at no cost. Great service. Hopefully this one makes it intact.

Just a warning - I have no idea whether this product works or not, and hopefully I never need to find out! But when the fire extinguisher arrived it had discharged itself inside the box and was completely empty. I contacted Amazon customer service who advised I needed to get a replacement under the warranty from the manufacturer. At first things when went well and I was promised a replacement extinguisher. 2 months and several unreturned emails later, still no exinguisher and no comment from Kidde on where it might. I've even contacted their customer service manager directly and have not received a response. A lot of work for a cheap fire extinguisher - I should have just gone to the hardware store!

For anyone like me, who never had a chance to use a fire extinguisher you can watch a video on this particular model FA110 on [...] under Safety and Emergency. I only had to put out a "practice fire" but I recommend everyone tries it or at least watches the video. This model is very easy to use.
And this extinguisher comes with a mounting bracket, so it can be mounted in a garage on a wall or a cabinet, so you can access it easily. We had our old extinguisher on the floor and it was always getting lost behind all the other paint cans and supplies we would store in the same "easy access" area. It would have done us no good if those cans actually caught on fire... So use that bracket - don't just throw it away.

The January/February 2010 issue of Cooks Illustrated features a test on how fire extinguishers performed in kitchen fires. Kidde's FX10K 10B:C Kitchen FX10K and Kidde FA110, 1-A:10-B:C FX's were the highest recommended units. Kidde provided information and suggested products to the reporter for this article. A copy is attached under customer images.

Kidde FX10K Kitchen Fire Extinguisher, 82CI

I purchased this product for my home and the manufactured date is 2006. It is supposed to last at least 12 years and the unit is already showing it needs to be replaced. Do not buy a plastic nozzle extinguisher!!! It is worth the cost to buy a steel or metal unit that will last and can be refilled.

Since the seller of this item can't understand that extinguishers have a gauge with an arrow that tells you when it needs to be replaced, and since he continues to comment on my review, I am reiterating that when I said "It is already showing it needs to be replaced" I am referring to the gauge on the front of the unit. This gauge will show you when it needs to be replaced and it should not need replacement in 2009 when it was made in 2006. It's ok! I picked up a nice steel nozzle Fire Extinguisher from one of our local fire equipment companies. It is an Amerex and was highly recommended.

We had a grease fire which this little baby put out in about 4 seconds!

I've had this model in my truck for years, and recently stopped to help a man who's truck was seriously on fire. Now, this is really too small of an extinguisher for that big a fire, but thanks to two other well-prepared good Samaritans we had extinguished the fire completely by the time the fire department arrived using 2 of these small extinguishers and one bigger (5 lb) one. I can review this extinguisher highly because after riding around and being battered and abused in my work truck for 3 years, in Florida heat and everything else this thing was ready to go when I needed it. My only regret was not having a bigger one, but for household use I think that this one would be fine.