Customer Reviews

Kidde FX10K Kitchen Fire Extinguisher, 82CI

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

EVERYONE should have a kitchen fire extinguisher. The FX10K is an attractive design and mounts easily. Unlike many extinguishers, the red safety tab is easy to remove when you are panicking and trying to get it off in a hurry. If there's a fire, you are not going to be looking at a safety tab and trying to figure out how to take it off, you're just going to be ripping at it to remove it, and this comes off easily. Unless you have small kids who play with things, I would even suggest removing it in advance to break the tabs, and then reinserting it with the tabs already broken. That way you can get it off very easily, yet it still acts to prevent accidental discharges.

Unlike the fire extinguishers you may be familiar with, this is a sodium bicarbonate dry chemical extinguisher, designed specifically for grease and oil fires (although it will still be somewhat effective for regular fires). As most people know, you should never throw water on a grease fire, but instead smother it with sand or baking soda. This extinguisher essentially propels baking soda onto the fire to prevent the chemical reaction between heat, fuel, and oxygen, and put out the fire. Although dry chemical extinguishers like this are becoming less popular than wet chemical extinguishers, this is still a very effective product. I wouldn't buy one of these for a commercial kitchen, but would for a home.

We had a kitchen fire in our oven, and flames shot up the side of the wall. The fire was contained mostly to the oven at the time, but the Kidde FX10K had it out within about 2 seconds flat. It does discharge the entire canister very quickly (you can only really use this once). It is so effective that you shouldn't need to use it very long, unless you freak out and miss the fire completely. Another advantage is that, since it's essentially baking soda, you can just wipe up the chemicals with a wet rag once you're done, and the extinguisher shouldn't cause any real damage. You could spray your sofa with this stuff and clean it up fairly easily.

I strongly suggest anyone who doesn't have an extinguisher in their kitchen designed specifically for class K (kitchen) fires purchase this and keep it in a convenient location. I firmly believe our house would have burned down had we not had it.

I've had this extinguisher for about 4 years or so, sitting in my kitchen. I recently moved and the movers wouldn't pack it, so I put it in my car to transport it myself. One week later as I was driving through Texas in the summer, I saw 2 people trying to stomp out a small grass fire that was getting uncomfortably close to some parked cars. Knowing I had the extinguisher, I pulled over to help. One guy looked at the extinguisher and said, "that's not going to do anything." I pulled the safety tab and squirted a few places and out came a white powder that immediately extinguished the flames. There were a few flare ups after the fire was out, but I put those out too. I looked at the gauge afterwords and I have to say, it wasn't completely empty, but it emptied out more than I would have expected for how much I used it. If it were a kitchen fire, it would have been more than ample. It was easy to aim and the force of the spray didn't make it difficult to handle. If I can't get this one refilled, I'll definitely buy another one. Highly recommended.

I ordered and received two Kidde kitchen fire extinguishers. One was empty upon arrival, as was indicated by the pressure dial pointer in the red. The devices have a plastic key which must be broken in order to use the extinguisher.

The plastic key was not broken: the tank was empty when it was packed and shipped.

I was required to pay shipping in order to return it. The deadline for a return is pretty tight. Being as I have to ship during the Christmas holiday rush, I doubt that I will meet the deadline. In shipping it, I was losing more money.

I will not do business with that company again. I wish that I was able to rate this purchase in negative numbers; one star is too generous.

Update: ANTOLINE contacted Amazon and credited my account with the value of the fire extinguisher that I had returned to them. Now I will give them 2 stars.

I'd love to review this fire extinguisher, but when I received it, the dang thing was empty. No big deal, I'll return it. OOps... you can't return this item. Falls under the dangerous stuff category.

Purchased this right before Christmas as my wife had mentioned we should have an extiguisher in the kitchen. Opened up the Amazon box to find powder all over inside and when I looked at the gauge, it showed it fully discharged. Called Amazon and they sent out a replacement which arrived intact and told me that I need to dispose of the broken one per local laws as I could not ship it back to them. Two weeks later, I get an email from Amazon telling me that they had not received the broken one back and that they were going to charge me for the replacement. Had to call AGAIN to have them reverse the charges. There is definitely a problem with the packaging or manufacturing of this extinguisher if so many of them are arriving discharged.

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.

This item ARRIVED FULLY DISCHARGED, powder all over the contents. Since it is considered hazardous material Amazon does not take it back. I did get a refund BUT now I have to find a place to safely dispose of this useless thing. I will never order anything like this online again.

The extinguisher a Bi carb filled 3.3 lb unit was purchased for 2008 Christmas and has been hanging on our kitchen wall for just a year. The pressure gage on this SN# B-982906 has slowly gone from Green "Full" to 1/2 red "Discharge". The unit has a one time safety catch that breaks when pulled, a tell tale indication that the unit has been used. The tab is intact and the unit has never been used. Now I have to buy another.Instructions are written in 2 point type, white ink on gray background whose first instruction is "READ THE OWNERS MANUAL AND EXTINGUISHER LABEL" in larger 4 point caps. This is in larger type not because it is instructional but because it is a challenge to that which follows; the instructions . I am disappointed in Kiddie's quality or design and in the UL seal.I doubt the UL ever read the label. Made in Mexico, their quality is lacking in this unit.

I received a Kidde fire extinguisher similar to this model a few years back, but didn't take it out of the box until we recently moved into our new house. Unfortunately, the meter indicated the extinguisher had no charge.

I contacted Kidde and told them about it, and they sent a replacement several weeks later. This is the model they sent, but unfortunately, its meter showed a low charge as well, and it had dust all over it and appeared to have possibly been used, or returned by someone else.

Given the fact that I've had two Kidde extinguishers, supposedly both brand new, and both either had no charge or lost their charge rapidly, I cannot rely on their products to protect me or my family in case of an emergency. I'm aware that safety devices like this should be checked regularly to make sure they work, but at the rate these lose their charge, they aren't worth their weight in air.

I contacted their customer service regarding this issue via phone and email, but never heard back. If they don't care enough about customer satisfaction to call back, and their products aren't reliable, how can I rely on them for the safety of me and my family? I can't, so I can't recommend this or any of their other home safety products.

Ordered this back in 2009 and largely forgot about it. Until today, that is, when it saved my Kitchen (House?). Long story short, I managed to start a small, but serious appliance fire in my kitchen. In the heat of the moment, with the flames and smoke getting out of hand, I really didn't have any time to read the instructions but there was no need. As I assume most fire extinguishers do, it uses a grenade style mechanism where you pull out a large red pin and then simply squeeze. Extinguished the fire immediately. Usage was completely natural despite having never used a fire extinguisher before. It did leave quite a mess, but it wipes up pretty easily with a wet cloth.

I've read the other reviews so I am a bit concerned that my replacement will arrive discharged, but that isn't an issue with the product itself which works great.

Update: Just thought I should mention that I received my replacement and it was full, as expected.