[Baaahb]

Boilite stove
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Other vegetables have a hard time competing with potatoes.

[Scoop]

No, but it looks pretty cool.

[J]

I've several friends that swear by the 'originals', a turbo-cone burner but minus the new electro thermocouple. How can it be bad?

[QuiverQueen]

Here's another device along the same lines, the Power Pot:
http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/recreation/gear-junkie-heating-stove-generates-power-to-charge-electrical-devices/article_e9d54df0-914f-52ef-8719-e67a6bd1b6da.html

Both seem intriguing. Be nice to see a new generation of innovative chargers using this technology, although I'm really liking my new Brunton Inspire battery and solar panel. No biomass or liquid fuel required, and I don't have to babysit it.

The boys here at home think the name "Power Pot" is a winner...
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A humble student at Fryingpan University.

[Pinnah]

whoa!
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Dave "Pinnah" Mann
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"It is impossible, or not easy, to do noble acts without the proper equipment."
Aristotle, <<Politics>>, 1323a-b, trans Jowett

[Whiteout]

b I O lite.

I think the key is not a lot of hot water, but getting to feel green while you're glued to the LCD while BC.

[polemonium]

Cute, but horrendously inefficient as a source of electric power.

If you were planning to make a fire anyway and just need a trickle of charge for your device fixation, it might be useful. In terms of weight, it would be more efficient to carry extra charged batteries, if your device supports them. I do that with my camera. Maybe not if you were going out for a month (in that case, maybe a solar charger?)

Burning wood is not totally without environmental consequences.

Never used or even touched either; the Biolite looks like it is designed to have greater efficiency as a stove (like a rocket stove).

[funhog]

biolite at hurricane Sandy
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It's all about fun....

[aqua_toque]

How can a wood-burning device be that shiny?

[funhog]