I looked Ace Fire up to recharge a small fire extinguisher kept on my tractor. Extinguisher was about a month old, but I had to use it for a small grass fire. I chose them because they were the closest to me.
The lady on the phone suggested I just throw it away and go buy a new one. Given its not your typical plastic-valved HW store cheap unit, but one designed for use in rugged or weather, I wanted to recharge it instead of throwing it away. That's just a waste of a good tank and valve assembly.
The lady quote me $25 and a 24-48 hour turn around for their on-call tech to do it. I dropped it off, filling out their little paper, and she reaffirmed the price and turn around. I didn't get any type of acceptance paperwork. Over a week later, I still hadn't heard back, so I called, and was told it still wasn't ready due to something about the tech and his license or something I didn't follow. Then I got a call early next morning saying it was ready. When I picked it up at lunch, the bill was $41 and change, and not the original $25 dollar quote. No real reason given for the price increase. Its still cheaper than ordering a new unit, but not by much. Next time I need to recharge any extinguishers I will look at some of the other shops. read more