BioLite CampStove Provides USB Power While Cooking

It is that time of year where you might be thinking about vacation time. For some, the idea of getting away to the back country is the primary place for vacation and roughing it. Getting into the mountains or to the lake where there is no electricity and lights is the desire for many. But the fact remains that we desire to continue to stay connected even in remote locations. But, carrying extra batteries to keep your smart phone or tablet charged up is not exactly what you want to do. The BioLite CampStove might be the perfect answer for your next trip to the wilderness.

The BioLite CampStove is small enough to carry with you to provide a camp stove powered by small twigs to cook your food. The silver cylinder has a fan running in the bottom to quickly get the fire going and keep it hot. That may require you to add more branches while you are cooking. And it has the strange orange attachment which captures energy from the heat while you are cooking with the BioLite. The orange attachment is where the heat from the fire is converted into energy which can then charge up your smart phone. The How It Works shows all the technical pieces associated with the process.

But, basically, the BioLite CampStove technology has 2 purposes. One is the ability to charge up your smart phone and the other is to power the fan that is running at the bottom of the fire. And that fan takes the priority. So while charging your smart phone, you need to make sure that you have a decent fire going. Otherwise, the fan will take the priority and you will not be charging your phone. That is a minor issue, but for some it may be a big problem.

The BioLite CampStove weighs in at 33 oz. and the size of it is 8.25 inches tall and 5 inches wide. It should fit in nicely for those weekend trips that some like to take. And you do not have to bring any fuel along as you are using twigs and small branches for fuel. With the BioLite CampStove, you can leave your solar charges and extra batteries at home and lighten your load. One of the key things to have is the ability to charge up a smart phone when you are out camping. That is the one thing you must have in an emergency and you must have the ability to charge it up. The BioLite CampStove gives you that ability to add to the charge and gives you peace of mind knowing that. And you can use it to cook on.