pop Posted December 9, 2012 Share #1 Posted December 9, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) The question of charging batteries in the field pops up from time to time and the number of useful devices seems a bit limited. I've found the following link in the latest issue of the Scientific American: BioLite CampStove - BioLite Stove Has anyone here used such a device? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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giordano Posted December 9, 2012 Share #2 Posted December 9, 2012 Years ago I had a precursor device - with a little forced-draft furnace but without the thermoelectric generator (instead it used a D cell to power the fan). It made a very effective camp stove (dry kangaroo dung burnt well but ponged something awful). And it needed topping up with fuel quite often - no problem if it was just boiling a kettle or doing a fry-up, but it would be a chore to keep it going for hours. The BioLite website says its electrical output is 2W at 5V - compared with about 4-5W from an ordinary USB wall-wart charger (e.g. Kindle or iPhone) or 10W from an iPad charger. So I guess it would be fine for topping up a phone but tedious for devices that need a full charge after each day's use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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