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I also opened another package with a September 2021 expiration date. That’s 3 years past the expiration date! I guess it’s been a little while since I bought some of these. I decided to stick to the Body & Hand Super Warmer as I had a package with a January 2018 expiration date in my BOB.

This gives me lots to work with for this experiment. A couple of years ago I found them on clearance for a ridiculously low price (.10 to. Hot Hands makes a variety of warmer products and I just happened to have them all. My back pockets (and what’s next to them) volunteered to take one for the team. One of the main reasons people give me for not wanting to prepare, store food, or put together an Emergency Kit is they feel stuff will go bad before they’ll ever use it.īeing the frugal person I am and not wanting to spend money unnecessarily on replacing items that were still perfectly good, I decided to do an experiment on the Hand Warmers that were in my kit.

Some of my supplies had passed the expiration date! Did I need to replace them?.

Several items of clothing were no longer the proper size (thank you COVID).

Several things that I thought were in my bag, had been taken out and put away somewhere else.

Making sure you have the right equipment when you need it is important during a disaster, but replacing everything just because a date has passed can be an expensive proposition.Īs I was going through my Bug Out Bag (BOB) making sure I had everything I needed, I discovered a few things.

Many items you will buy and store for emergencies come with expiration dates printed on them.