I was reading "The 20 Best Medicines for Men" at Men's Health. They recommend Solarcaine for burns. Okay, fine. I bought a 3 oz. pressurized aerosol can.

That got me thinking. I really shouldn't take this on a plane. And maybe I want something much lighter to actually carry with me every day. What would be a good substitute, say, in a very small plastic bottle with a pump sprayer?

Also, I'm trying to back away from store-bought first-aid kits and go with first-aid items I buy myself. I like the idea of a spray antisceptic. No creams or ointments to rub in. No contact with already irritated wound areas. What would you folks recommend?

-- Craig

Burnaway Plus

You can find a couple of other sting and rash relief items there.

Oops... Missed the bit about a preference for spray. Nevermind...

Sorry about that! <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Best stuff for burn care is water jel...

http://www.waterjel.com/

If ya want I can send you few pockets to try out if ya live in the US. I have some left overs which expire in Oct 2006.

Polak187,

Ditto on the Water-Jel! We had a boy burn his hand on a hot rock from a campfire and the spray did not help much. My son burned his hand on the glass of a propane lantern. The Burn-Jel did the trick. It has a different chemical than the spray. The burn treatment is the one area that the 20 best medicines is wrong!

Buy it at REI.

Good stuff!

Has anyone purchased Burnaway Plus? I tried, got an automated e-mail response acknowledging my order, then nothing. Follow up e-mails were also ignored. Anyone have a similar experience?

Pre-emptive thanks to responders <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I had the exact same (bad) experience with George Townsend & Company (Burnaway Plus). I eventually went with Fruit of the Earth 100% Aloe Vera Gel...no alcohol, unlike some Aloe Vera gels.

Re: Martin's Burnaway Plus

I've not tried ordering Burnaway Plus online, so I can't help out there, sorry. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

I can try and find out where my brother-in-law got his from if you're still interested though. He's not the type to shop online for something specific like that so I'm guessing some pharmacy or store or other out there stocks it.

I live right here in the good ole US of A. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

The weird thing is, in the past six months or so, the people around me (not me!) in daily life have been suffering minor burns -- including my wife. And I don't have anything to treat such wounds.

I'm not a medic or anything, but I seem to be the "Go To" guy for first aid and flashlights and cutting tools and stuff like that. So I figured I'd better have something on hand to treat minor burns, since everyone around me is burning themselves!

It's very odd. I don't know what to make of it. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

What the heck is water jel? I never heard of it.

-- Craig

Send me your addy and I will send you a package with Burn Jel.

I will double ditto the Water Jel.

Pete