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Offline aaron

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stove burns twigs and charges cell phone
« on: August 20, 2012, 08:21:24 pm »
This is a review of the biolite stove.

The short version is this thing rocks!
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Re: stove burns twigs and charges cell phone
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2012, 08:21:53 pm »
the thing costs about $130
It is designed primarily for heating a pot of water, but in the pic you see it's good for egg on a stick too! Also tests well on s'mores. It burns as hot or hotter than a propane burner because it has a fan that recirculates the combustion gasses - and as a bonus there is a gizmo inside that generates electricity. this electricity runs the fan and also charges anything you can plug into a USB. Starting with an almost dead cellphone, it took about 15 min to get " 1 bar" ; 40 min to reach half charge, and over 2 hours for a full charge. During that time the stove needed almost constant attention- well ...at least every 5 min. I have not tested the time to boil water VS a propane or white gas stove, but my guess is it would be comparable. way hotter than an alchohol stove. Weighs about 2 pounds, i think.It seems very well crafted (in china).
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Offline Youngboyer2(billyf)

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Re: stove burns twigs and charges cell phone
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2012, 11:12:43 pm »
White gas stoves  are my favorite... But that looks interesting
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Re: stove burns twigs and charges cell phone
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2012, 11:52:17 am »
Thats a pretty neet gizmo. Ron
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Re: stove burns twigs and charges cell phone
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2012, 12:04:41 pm »
Cool! 8)
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Offline RidgeRunner

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Re: stove burns twigs and charges cell phone
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2012, 02:59:31 pm »
AARON:
Fill that stove about half full of old, very dry, cracked hickory nuts and it will burn a lot longer.
They are hard to light but burn a long time.

David
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