Power Pot

[corvus]

This is an interesting bit of gear http://www.campsaver.com/powerpot.html has anyone tried them ??
corvus

[doogs]

There's a thread somewhere hereabouts on it or something very similar. search is a wonderful thing viewtopic.php?f=15&t=9531&p=126837&hilit=powerpot#p126837

[Nuts]

Oh, I was thinking ol corv was onto some good drugs!

[Strider]

Who said he's not!

[Nuts]

err.. he probably is, i doubt its the narcotic kind.
Wasn't there one of these systems that took energy from yer boots, that sounded interesting?

[corvus]

I was asking if anyone had used one as I had an inkling that they had been mentioned before but could not remember the thread
corvus

[Supertramp]

http://www.biolitestove.com/about/technology/

[Snowzone]

I was asking if anyone had used one as I had an inkling that they had been mentioned before but could not remember the thread
corvus

Well they do say it causes memory issues.

err.. he probably is, i doubt its the narcotic kind.
Wasn't there one of these systems that took energy from yer boots, that sounded interesting?

I'd rather a system that put energy back into my boots at times.

[Joomy]

516g for a 1.4 litre pot that charges your phone. I'm dubious about these thermoelectric charging options.

A titanium 1.4L pot weighs roughly 120g, add a Powermonkey Adventurer at 250g and you're still under. Or just take a big 'ol lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack like the Anker Astro 3 2nd gen; 12,000 mAH for 300g. That's like a full tablet charge or 6 smartphone charges for less than 400g with the pot.

[Franco]

I have the 1.4l Power Pot.
It works and on my brief tests it does charge batteries at about the same rate as your computer USB socket does.
So the problem here is that if your gitzmo takes 5 hours to charge via USB it will also take 5 hours via Power Pot.
You need to have liquid at less than boiling temp inside the pot for it to work.
The only somewhat useful application I came up with (apart from when your electricity is out but still have gas or a wood burning stove...) is for the guys that spend long winter hours stuck in a basecamp tent equipped with a stove.9hunters/survivalists)
If you are not familiar with that (tent+stove) look up TiGoat/Kifaru and SeekOutside
For hiking if wood burning is possible (and obviously if that is your cup of tea...) the BioLite is more versatile because it will take most pots but you don't even need a pot anyway.
For 5-10 days solo or for a couple I would think that a power bank is still much easier .

[KANANGRABOYD]

I have the 1.4l Power Pot.
It works and on my brief tests it does charge batteries at about the same rate as your computer USB socket does.
So the problem here is that if your gitzmo takes 5 hours to charge via USB it will also take 5 hours via Power Pot.
You need to have liquid at less than boiling temp inside the pot for it to work.
The only somewhat useful application I came up with (apart from when your electricity is out but still have gas or a wood burning stove...) is for the guys that spend long winter hours stuck in a basecamp tent equipped with a stove.9hunters/survivalists)
If you are not familiar with that (tent+stove) look up TiGoat/Kifaru and SeekOutside
For hiking if wood burning is possible (and obviously if that is your cup of tea...) the BioLite is more versatile because it will take most pots but you don't even need a pot anyway.
For 5-10 days solo or for a couple I would think that a power bank is still much easier .

And Franco tried to sell it to me!!!!....Franco!!!!!

[Joomy]

I have the 1.4l Power Pot.
It works and on my brief tests it does charge batteries at about the same rate as your computer USB socket does.
So the problem here is that if your gitzmo takes 5 hours to charge via USB it will also take 5 hours via Power Pot.
You need to have liquid at less than boiling temp inside the pot for it to work.
The only somewhat useful application I came up with (apart from when your electricity is out but still have gas or a wood burning stove...) is for the guys that spend long winter hours stuck in a basecamp tent equipped with a stove.9hunters/survivalists)
If you are not familiar with that (tent+stove) look up TiGoat/Kifaru and SeekOutside
For hiking if wood burning is possible (and obviously if that is your cup of tea...) the BioLite is more versatile because it will take most pots but you don't even need a pot anyway.
For 5-10 days solo or for a couple I would think that a power bank is still much easier .

And Franco tried to sell it to me!!!!....Franco!!!!!

I'm sure there are people out there who are glad they own one. They're just weird.

[KANANGRABOYD]

Just Joking!- Franco has these weird fetishes for those things, and pillows, and stoves - and has/had an AWESOME cat - just like me!