Frequently asked questions

Yes. There are two ranges, The SafeRing and The SafeMaker, and the latter comes in four finishes: ST, EX, IN and LU. Then you pick the fill — P21 with 4 kg of powder (21A, 113B, C) for a flat, or P34 with 6 kg (34A, 183B, C) for a house. The extinguisher itself is the same size either way; only the weight changes.

Because powder handles the most. It covers classes A, B and C — solids, flammable liquids and gases, which is exactly what burns in an incipient fire. So every Amplla is filled with Furex ABC Spezial, one of the best powders on the market.

Rather the opposite. You hold and operate an Amplla with one hand, the left one, and the hose and nozzle clip straight into the shield, so it all stays together in that hand. Your right hand — the stronger one for most people — is free to open a door or move the children. Left-handers are no worse off; they use it exactly the same way.

Yes. A full P21 weighs around 10.7 kg, a P34 a little over 12.5. Of that, 4 and 6 kg respectively is the powder; the rest is the vessel, and ours is built from more material than usual. That is where the difference comes from — the shield has almost nothing to do with it, it is light. More to the point, you never carry the thing anywhere. It hangs within reach and putting a fire out is a matter of seconds: the P21 empties in about 14, the P34 in 20. Holding ten kilos for a few seconds, with one hand, is within a child's strength.

In the Czech Republic. We make the pressure vessels ourselves in our own plant, and that is where the extinguishers are assembled too. The plastic parts come from Czech suppliers and the EX fabrics from Europe. The design behind it is a Czech patent.

Yes. An Amplla is a fire extinguisher certified in its own right, not a designer cover slipped over someone else's device. The certification is valid in 25 countries, and the certificates for each of them are on the Certifications page.

Yes. It is a portable fire extinguisher certified to EN 3-7:2004+A1:2007, with an approved pressure vessel, a declared fire rating, a type label and a pictogram. It counts towards the number of extinguishers a building is required to have, just like any other.

For a new build, the fire safety design that forms part of the project documentation settles it for you: it sets how many extinguishers the building needs and what rating they must have. In a flat or house where no such document is in play, we recommend one per floor, along the routes you actually walk — a P21 usually does for a flat, a P34 is the better choice for a house.

Yes. People notice an Amplla when nothing is on fire — and what you already know, you find in a crisis. A conventional extinguisher is usually tucked away where nobody looks for it in a panic. An Amplla also carries a pictogram to the applicable standards, so it is obvious at a glance what it is.

Self-extinguishing, yes — they will not catch fire on their own, and if a flame licks them they go out. Plain fabrics have the property built in; on multicoloured prints we add a self-extinguishing impregnation, so the result is the same. The shield is mainly there to protect you from radiant heat and falling debris, and it does that for the whole time you are extinguishing.

Nothing complicated. Once a month, look the extinguisher over yourself — that it is where it belongs, the seal is intact and the gauge needle sits in the green. Once a year a service partner comes for an operability inspection, and every five years for a periodic test. You will find a partner on the Service page.

Every service partner sets their own rate, so ask the one you pick from the Service page. The annual inspection covers pressure, seal, hose and mounting; the periodic test goes further, to the inside of the vessel and the agent itself. Nobody charges extra for the design — an Amplla is serviced like any other extinguisher.

Yes, but only after proper servicing by a trained partner. Once you release the agent the valve no longer seals and the unit loses pressure within hours — even if you only used it for a moment. That is why the seal has to stay intact until something is genuinely on fire.

Twenty years, as long as the extinguisher goes for its regular service. The clock starts at the date the vessel was made, and that is stamped on the unit itself, so you can check it any time.

Yes. A wall bracket comes with every extinguisher; all you need are plugs or anchors intended for plasterboard — an ordinary screw into the board will not hold. The procedure is in the installation instructions, which come in the box and can be downloaded here.

Yes, and free. There are 2D drawings, 3D models and BIM objects for AutoCAD, Revit, ArchiCAD and Lumion — all on the For architects page, together with the mounting documentation.