Fubar
Guru
Anyone seen/used one of these yet?
www.biolitestove.com
A camp fire that will charge your USB devices, apparently!
www.biolitestove.com
A camp fire that will charge your USB devices, apparently!
BioLite CampStove
- Thread starter Fubar
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No I haven't but like the sound of it, Wish I'd seen this before, I've just gone and bought myself a new Trangia stove
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Think I'll stick with not burning twigs and wood. I'm still on the Penny stove, and like it just fine, for the following reasons-
1- If it breaks, I can just make a new one. I'm the manufacturer. No difficult to make or find parts.
2-Runs on Denatured Alcohol (Meths) Easier to find, carry, and use than twigs. A little goes a long way.
3- Complaints or problems, I return it to the manufacturer. Get some new pop cans, make stove anew.
1- If it breaks, I can just make a new one. I'm the manufacturer. No difficult to make or find parts.
2-Runs on Denatured Alcohol (Meths) Easier to find, carry, and use than twigs. A little goes a long way.
3- Complaints or problems, I return it to the manufacturer. Get some new pop cans, make stove anew.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
Don't lose sleep over the missed opportunity. I think that the claimed performance is a tad optimistic. The stove would have been useless on my current tour unless I carried my own supply of dry wood, there's been some amazing thunderstorms in the past week. The driest thing around are the contents of my Carradice panniers. Meths is a lot more compact to carry and a lot less faff. As for charging a phone be prepared to burn a lot of wood to put some worthwhile charge on your battery. I'd rather be charging my phone in a friendly bar than being tied to feeding a stove no matter how eco it claims to be.
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Fubar
Guru
Don't lose sleep over the missed opportunity. I think that the claimed performance is a tad optimistic. The stove would have been useless on my current tour unless I carried my own supply of dry wood, there's been some amazing thunderstorms in the past week. The driest thing around are the contents of my Carradice panniers. Meths is a lot more compact to carry and a lot less faff. As for charging a phone be prepared to burn a lot of wood to put some worthwhile charge on your battery. I'd rather be charging my phone in a friendly bar than being tied to feeding a stove no matter how eco it claims to be.
Good point about the dry wood...