Hexi tabs.

[co’den]

Remember hexi tablets? The wee white solid fuel tablets for heating your beans on a Hexi fold out stove? Anyroad, they were made illegal last year with up to 2 years in prison for possession.

I don’t doubt that a few of us will have an old hexi stove in the garage or shed. Probably worth digging it out and having one last brew!!

 

[takbok]

Funny I found this when digging out some camping stuff on the weekend.

 

[wytonpjs]

Well I never……..

“As hexamine is a precursor for the simplest synthesis of the chemical explosive RDX,[2] its possession is tightly regulated in the United Kingdom.[3]”

Who knew….

 

[wytonpjs]

Remember hexi tablets? The wee white solid fuel tablets for heating your beans on a Hexi fold out stove? Anyroad, they were made illegal last year with up to 2 years in prison for possession.

I don’t doubt that a few of us will have an old hexi stove in the garage or shed. Probably worth digging it out and having one last brew!!

Still available from many sources according to Google - this was one:

Hexamine Stove Solid Fuel Tablets Esbit – Johnsons Of Leeds

www.johnsonsofleeds.co.uk

 

[Morkai]

Still available from many sources according to Google - this was one:

Hexamine Stove Solid Fuel Tablets Esbit – Johnsons Of Leeds

www.johnsonsofleeds.co.uk

It mentions needing a licence.

Ban on solid fuel tablets

World of Railways is the UKs biggest Railway themed website, incorporating British Railway Modelling, Garden Rail, Narrow Gauge World & Traction

www.world-of-railways.co.uk

 

[Trickyd66]

Here's the official blurb. Not that I had heard about it.

Licensing for home users of poisons and explosive precursors

www.gov.uk

 

[Apthorpe]

It mentions needing a licence.

Ban on solid fuel tablets

World of Railways is the UKs biggest Railway themed website, incorporating British Railway Modelling, Garden Rail, Narrow Gauge World & Traction

www.world-of-railways.co.uk

Hang on. How come it only costs £39 to perform the necessary checks to license someone to possess things to make bombs with but it costs the fat end of £100 (and allegedly several times more) to do exactly the same thing for guns?

 

[tozzybum]

Ebay and t,Internet is awash with people selling them.
Like most " new " rules as enforceable as a ban on breathing.
Garages and sheds across the UK will have these loitering with intent .Yes to make a cuppa next hunting/fishing or camping trip.

 

[Donkey Basher]

Pretty certain a ‘friend’ might have at least one of these still in the protective paper wrapper in the loft