[pct-l] BioLite Camp Stove

[Tom Weir]

Chris,

 

Stick with your Jet Boil or alcohol and carry some extra batteries.  The
BioLite is nothing but a novelty.  "Look guys my stove charges batteries".
The average alkaline AA battery has about 3 Watt-hours of energy and weighs
0.83 oz.  You would have to burn the BioLite for 1.5 hours to get the same
amount of energy.  It would take 2.5 hours to charge a fully discharged
iPhone that has a 5.3 W-hr battery.  I could carry my one oz. alcohol stove
and 2 pounds of AA cells and have the same weight as the BioLite. That is
about 38 AAs.  You would have to burn the BioLite over 60 hours to get the
same energy.  I don't know what a Jet Boil weighs, but I am sure it is much
less than 2 pounds, so you could still add a lot of batteries and be lighter
than the BioLite..

 

Tom

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
On Behalf Of Chris Curtiss
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 9:37 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] BioLite Camp Stove

 

A friend just sent me a link to a small camp stove (2lbs) that can replace

all battery and chargers from a backpackers inventory. Has anyone here seen

this thing in action or had any experience with it. I'm pretty set on my

Jetboil and with the BioLite (not light) being over $100 I don't see myself

making that big of last minute change. It does look and sound like an

amazing idea though. Here's the link with a a decent desription video of

the technology and uses.

http://shop.biolitestove.com/BioLite-CampStove_p_15.html

 

8 weeks until all of the planning and prepping pays off.

Chris Curtiss

Hiking the PCT for the WWP

www.trailvsman.com

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