Chimfex by Orion Safety Products - CSIA Approved Chimney Fire Suppressant - Safe, Quick and Easy - Stops Chimney Fires in Homes in Under 22 Seconds

I am writing this to say that I have used this product and to say that it works. My stove started running away on me last night and glue temps got up to 700. I used two of these and it quickly calmed the chimney down but it didn’t completely put the fire inside the stove out. I quickly put on gloves and started grabbing burning logs and then I threw a bucket of ash to kill the rest of it. Product works very well and fast, that white film you see on my door was from this product. Very happy with the product because it protected my house and family.

Hopefully never have to use it! Great insurance item. Instructions are clear and easy to read. Looks like it works like a road flare, but extinguishes the fire. Highly recommend. Made in USA!

First, they work great. Unfortunately, I had to use them for a woodstove chimney fire. Here is what I learned. I have no idea what the instruction " drop along side fire " means. Do some people have tiny little fires in their woodstoves? There is nowhere in my stove that is not on fire. I threw two in and watched them burn. Stuffed a rag in the air intake, used a dry chemical extinguisher on one small spot ( you will never put the fire out in a woodstove with an extinguisher ) got a small spot out and put my other two chimfex sticks in. That put the chimney fire out. Next time, I bought 36 Lbs of baking soda and put it in 6 , gallon size ziplock bags. I will throw the bags in, they will cover the whole woodstove. Fire will melt the bags releasing the baking soda. Even if they don't put the whole fire out they will put enough out so I can throw in the chimfex. I don't want to dump the baking soda from a bucket because the door would be open longer and feed a lot of oxygen to the chimney fire. As for the problem everyone is having trying to figure out when they expire, in the old days, they printed the manufacture date on the stick. Then they printed it on the box. Then they put a sticker on the box and now, these have no date on them and chimfex offers the very unhelpful advice of, " best if used within 60 months of purchase ". So chimfex could use the one you just bought in the warehouse for 10 years to prop a door open then ship it to this retailer and you won't know it expired 5 years ago until you try to use it. If they ever get a competitor that prints the date of manufacture on them, I will stop buying chimfex, but for now, they are the best way to put out a chimney fire. Buy several over several years, increases your chances of getting one that has not expired. As for how to use it, take it out of the box, take it out of the bag ( you don't want it to absorb moisture, leave it in the bag and box until needed) pull cap off, pull top off of cap, there is a striker pad like one the side of a box of matches and a head like the head of a match on the top of the chimfex stick, strike the cap across the top of the chimfex stick, it ignites like a road flare. Light it in front of where you care going to use it and put it immediately. It smokes and stinks. Then get out of the house and call the fire department.

Thankfully I haven’t had to use it so I can’t speak to how well it works but it seems to be good quality. If I have to use It I will update review

I hope i never find out if it works! It's a great safety backup to have next to my fireplace. In addition to your fire extinguisher place this little helper in the matches bucket and you have it just in case your worse fear happens and there is an it of control fire! Great buy! If you have a fireplace you better get a couple of these! I was a first responder for 20 years and when an emergency happens your brain does not work the same. Finding the fire extinguisher and hoping it's up to date and pulling the pin and, etc, etc. Or just throw this stick that's right next to the fireplace into the fire. Now you have time to go get the extinguisher and call 911 and make some calm decisions on what to do next. It just makes sense.... and cents! Lol..BUY IT!

Works! Suffed out a raging chimney fire right away

Thank goodness we haven’t had to use it yet but have read good reviews that it worked great if you need it.

Hard to rate because I hope to never have to use it, but it’s been highly recommended to have just in case. I feel better knowing it’s on hand.