How many Wh of heat does each Hot Hands packet offer?

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answer:I do not have the absolute scientific answer for you but I do have a subjective one that might help others answer your question. First I commend you for asking the question in the form of Watt-hours for total heat , and power for max output. That is the correct way to do it and will enable you to compare the output with other devices and systems. I have used similar chemical heaters in the past and they “feel” like a 2 watts battery heater for the first hours or two (call it 1.5 hours) and then taper off to a watt for the remaining 4. That gives me the purely subjective answer of 7 Whr. How does that compare with other things? A typical AA battery has a capacity of 4 Whr so you can figure a chemical heater is about 2 energizer alkaline batteries. Total cost about $0.80 What would electricity cost for that heat? In my area electricity cost 12 cents per kWhr . 7 Whr at $ 0.12 / 1000 Whr = $0.00084 = ~ 0.1 cents Batteries and chemical heaters are very expensive when compared with electricity.

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