ZOMG the BioLite Wood Burning Campstove.

I got sent something via email that included this:

The BioLite Wood Burning Campstove is basically a stove the size of a water bottle that recharges your USB devices.  That is so going on the Wish List for Pennsic; I don’t need it, but in terms of sheer swank it’s totally worth it. My wife thinks that a solar panel array is more efficient, of course – and, sure, the Goal Zero 41001 Switch 8 Silver/Black Solar Recharging Kit is also pretty dang cool.  But a wood-burning USB charger sounds like it’d be useful under more conditions.

6 thoughts on “ZOMG the BioLite Wood Burning Campstove.”

  2. At least buy the kettle to go with it, the grill attachment is also tempting.
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    What i want to know is how they manage to insulate the electronics from that much heat is such a small package

    1. At a guess, the space joining the metal firebox and the yellow cylinder is pretty much a solid brick of peltier thermoelectric material, i.e. not much heat gets through.
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      Note also that the USB plug (and, therefore, what is presumably the main board for the device) is located low and far from the heat ..
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      Looks like it should work, although I’d wager you wouldn’t want to use it as your only stove since the insulation cannot be perfect…
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      Mew

  4. I’ve long wanted to test one, but the price point ($130) is outside my budget for gadgetry.
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    However, if you do get one, I invite you to write a review of it for my prepping blog.

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