Heating pad

A pocket stove is a small, based on combustion heater, which you can put into a jacket pocket. The purpose of the pocket heater is mainly used to warm the hands, outdoor athletes use them and to heat and drying shoes or socks. Nowadays pocket furnace is largely overshadowed by the hand warmer pillow, releasing the heat of crystallization.

Dark red glowing burner of a gas - pocket heater

Coal -powered Pocket Warmer

Unused coal - oven bag, along with two carbon rods

Most Taschenöfen be operated with no sharp edges and pressed rods with additions from coal or charcoal, but there are also models that are heated with lighter fluid. The approximately 10 cm long carbon rod is ignited and burns slowly with a reduced supply of oxygen in the glass-fiber padded pocket heater. The annealing time is several hours. To increase the performance of the carbon rod can be simultaneously fired also on both sides. The architecture of the pocket heater ensures that he never gets so hot outside that the heat burns to the skin or damage to the clothing may cause. In addition, it can be plugged to the heat protection in a cloth bag. It is important to ensure that the housing of the pocket heater is securely closed ( which can be done for example by an additional rubber band or by the cloth bag usually supplied ), so he does not inadvertently rises during aerobic activities in the pocket.

Fueled with gasoline Taschenöfen work flameless catalytic combustion by over a catalyst. The heating time may be more than 12 hours. Also, these devices can be operated in a cloth bag.

In addition sense also powered by batteries Hand Warmers are called pocket heater.