BioLite stove?

[Julienc]

Hi. Has anyone out there tried the BioLite wood stove? I like the idea of using the stove to generate energy to run the fan, but I have to admit, the ability to charge other USB accessories at the same time sounds too good to be true.

If not this stove, has anyone tried a fire-based electricity generating camp tool that they would recommend?

[jdmitch]

The other interesting options, IMO, is the power pot...

[Kismet]

I have a bio lite stove. In theory it is a good stove The problem with it is it does intermittent charging the charge is not strong enough to charge a USB device fast. The charge stops charging to recharge the battery it can't Keep the fan going at the same time as it is charging your device. Another issue I have had is it got too hot and melted the welds on the inside of the canister. I called the company and they sent me a whole new stove minus the power generator. I still think it's cool it's just not worth the money. I like the company because they donate stoves to people around the world.

[Kismet]

One thing that is cool is the pot that you can buy it fits on top of the stove it works very well. I have extreme problems of lighting the stove in wet weather. I do not use any form of Accelerant I'm sure if you carry something like this with you the stove would work fine.