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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Biolite Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:23 am | |
| Gone and got myself one of these
Biolite
It's a wood burning stove with a USB port so you can charge your gadgets at the same time. ________________________________________________________________________________  Ginger man without a ginger van  | |
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beakyboy
Cabin : Flight 019
Location : Dover
Posts : 2331
Join date : 2012-05-23
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:23 am | |
| Looks a novel idea KM , keep us posted with how you get on with it... ________________________________________________________________________________ Steve, Jo TigerLily and Carra the Child lovin' Golden Cocker | |
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TimV
Admin
Cabin : Flight 001
Location : Brighton, East Sussex U.K.
Posts : 14337
Join date : 2009-09-27
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:27 am | |
| Is that to fit to your DeLorean Dr. Brown? ________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportsKombi - The Bay Racer 
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Sunny
Cabin : Exec 050
Location : Wiltshire
Posts : 1743
Join date : 2012-01-22
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:46 am | |
| Sorry I chopped this tree down officer but I had to charge my phone, laptop, satnav, kids' tablets and Bluetooth speaker.
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:00 pm | |
| - TimV wrote:
- Is that to fit to your DeLorean Dr. Brown?
Not sure it's got the 1.21 giggawatts I need, but it's a start ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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Scooby
Cabin : Flight 004
Location : Reading
Posts : 8831
Join date : 2010-12-12
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:50 pm | |
| - beakyboy wrote:
- Looks a novel idea KM
We agree, doo you know the burn time to power output ratio? (It'll never replace the flux capacitor) ________________________________________________________________________________ Proud winners of Spike's Trophy 2017
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Sunny
Cabin : Exec 050
Location : Wiltshire
Posts : 1743
Join date : 2012-01-22
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Sat Jul 12, 2014 5:24 pm | |
| - Scooby wrote:
- beakyboy wrote:
- Looks a novel idea KM
We agree, doo you know the burn time to power output ratio?
(It'll never replace the flux capacitor) The fire kicks out about 5kW and the USB output is 5v 4W (max continuous). 1 liter of water boils in under 5mins and you need 46g of wood to boil 1 liter. | |
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Sat Jul 12, 2014 6:39 pm | |
| - Scooby wrote:
- beakyboy wrote:
- Looks a novel idea KM
We agree, doo you know the burn time to power output ratio?
(It'll never replace the flux capacitor) When it turns up I'll take it for a test burn and see how well it works ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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Sunny
Cabin : Exec 050
Location : Wiltshire
Posts : 1743
Join date : 2012-01-22
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Sat Jul 12, 2014 7:19 pm | |
| - kiteman wrote:
- Scooby wrote:
- beakyboy wrote:
- Looks a novel idea KM
We agree, doo you know the burn time to power output ratio?
(It'll never replace the flux capacitor)
When it turns up I'll take it for a test burn and see how well it works oh, I failed to note you'd bought one. Just reread the first post again and see you said you'd got one. Congrats on good gadget purchase. | |
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:12 pm | |
| Just taken it for a test burn. Wow that thing kicks off some heat. Haven't coked or boiled water yet to see how well it does but don't think it will be a problem. Works pretty good as a mini firepit too. It does go through wood pretty quick though.  Once everything is up to heat the led by the USB port turns green and you can then charge your phone etc  And to top it all off. It's Orange  ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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michel_bonn
Cabin : Club
Location : Germany, near Cologne- Bonn
Posts : 946
Join date : 2011-08-31
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Wed Jul 16, 2014 9:27 pm | |
| absolut cool, it looks good,
best to you
michel
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Scooby
Cabin : Flight 004
Location : Reading
Posts : 8831
Join date : 2010-12-12
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Sunny
Cabin : Exec 050
Location : Wiltshire
Posts : 1743
Join date : 2012-01-22
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:53 am | |
| Looks impressive. Nice alternative to a smoking washer drum though I wonder how many could sit around it  | |
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dizzylizard
Cabin : Exec 018
Location : Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts and Bristol
Posts : 2241
Join date : 2011-09-20
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:38 am | |
| - kiteman wrote:
- Just taken it for a test burn. Wow that thing kicks off some heat. It does go through wood pretty quick though.
Went down to the New Forest yesterday, seems you got there before us.  http://igreenhero.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/deforestation_uep.jpg | |
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Sunny
Cabin : Exec 050
Location : Wiltshire
Posts : 1743
Join date : 2012-01-22
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michel_bonn
Cabin : Club
Location : Germany, near Cologne- Bonn
Posts : 946
Join date : 2011-08-31
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:23 am | |
| hahahaha, dizzy, not bad, not bad :-)))))
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kiteman
Cabin : Exec 002
Location : Hampshire
Posts : 2896
Join date : 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:44 pm | |
| Had a good few uses of it over the summer so here's a quick review. As a stove it's great, gets up to heat really quick and will boil the kettle about the same time as the gas burner. It's also nice to keep the burner going and use it for some heat when sitting and chilling outside, you do need to get quite close to it though to get the full benefit. The other good thing is the outside of the unit stays cool to touch, even with the burner going you can still pick it up. The USB charging side of things isn't as good though. Modern phones have some big high power batteries which it struggles with, after about 1 1/2 hrs it only charged my phone by 3%. The other problem was the soot, the Base of the kettle is now black and to store the orange charger part after use it goes inside the metal part so it can all fit in the bag and ends up dirty, this was simply fixed though by wrapping kitchen roll around the charger then putting it inside. Conclusion - As a burner great, as a charger not. As an extra plus it's orange so not too fussed about the charger ________________________________________________________________________________ Ginger man without a ginger van | |
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beakyboy
Cabin : Flight 019
Location : Dover
Posts : 2331
Join date : 2012-05-23
| | Subject: Re: Biolite Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:24 am | |
| They were using one on the gadget show this week KM and showed it charging a smart phone , shame in real life it's not quite as you'd have liked but it's orange mate so every cloud ________________________________________________________________________________ Steve, Jo TigerLily and Carra the Child lovin' Golden Cocker | |
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