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Refuel yourself and your electronic devices with the BioLite CampStove 2 bundle. It includes the CampStove 2, KettlePot, CoffeePress kettle attachment, BaseLantern, and SiteLite Mini Read More
Why don't you put captions on your photos?????? What is the thing that looks like a narrow one-slice toaster and is plugged into a phone? What is the round orange-thing on a USB cable?? WHat is the big yellow thing with the grill work at the top?
matt98030"The yellow plastic thing " is the battery module. It houses the fan, battery and electrical components.
"The big silver cylinder" is the burn chamber where your fire will be.
A community member
May 9, 2019
My buddy used one of these on our last camping trip, it was certainly better than my little Ohuhu stove. That said, this is only suitable for car camping due to its size and weight, and at that point you're much Much MUCH better off with a two-burner Coleman for a quarter of the price. Neat little gadget, but extremely limited in actual use.
Hi micahk - thank you for your feedback and support! The points you have made are certainly valid. Although our CampStove 2 does weigh 2.06 lbs, when you consider the added weight of carrying fuel canisters you may end up with about the same weight overall in some cases. Additionally, when you consider the added cost of buying fuel canisters for your Coleman stoves, you may end spending more money in the long run. We like to think of our CampStove as a one-time purchase since you can use fuel from the ground to keep your fire going. With the added benefit of generating reusable electricity for charging when you need it. (you never know)
Hope this helps!
Thanks,
A community member
May 9, 2019
BurnwoodtheBioLitewayThanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, I completely agree that this stove is superior in a number of circumstances, and I'm basing that off of real world experience. Compared to my Ohuhu it was night and day, and I would choose this product over it every time.
However, it was February when my friends and I camped with our bio stoves, temperatures were hovering around freezing and all available tinder was damp. Trying to get our little stoves to light, burn, and sustain was not easy. I eventually fell back on my pocket rocket, while another friend broke out his Coleman.
But all in all, in the right conditions I think you have a really nice piece of gear! And I much prefer wood stoves to gas stoves when possible.
This is supposed to ship out in 2 days, anyone know how long that delivery is going to take? I leave at the beginning of July for a camping trip and hoping I'll have this to take along with me!
Can someone here explain the utility of these BioLite stoves over smaller wood stoves? What to I get for the extra $130 over the cost of a Solo Stove lite? It looks a bit large/heavy for lightweight backpacking. Are people using these for car camping?
Total weight appears to be ~4.77 lbs for all the items shown, seems heavy for the price.
BenjaminThis isn’t the ultra lite community, you are looking at an outdoor/emergency type product which comes with some nice lights and with battery packs built in (stove and light). Heavy,naw just a little heavier than some would prefer but for the price, I could not get AMAZON to be it.
BenjaminI use both, it depends what you want them for. A Solo-type stove with no fan (you can buy knock-offs on eBay for about $15) is light, super-compact, foolproof and unbreakable, but takes a bit of time to boil water while eating lots of twigs. If you're patient and need something light, it's great. The Biolite is a lot heavier and eats twigs faster, but boils a litre of water in about 6 to 8 minutes thanks to the forced-air fan (which goes like a blowtorch) and you can charge your GPS, emergency beacon, etc. I use a simple metal twig-burner for hiking, the Biolite when i'm kayaking and can carry more gear/weight plus need to charge gear on longer wilderness trips. Hope that helps.
"All sales final"...so no warranty? I couldn’t find one so I‘m asking. I guess the fan would be my only real concern since it moves the heat to the charging components. Adding in the extra items and I cannot see a better deal ever anywhere else. You’re getting multiple battery chargers, lights, equipment to cook with, I have wanted one of these for the longest time. I’ll probably join the drop w/o a warranty and hope for the best. I may even get a solar panel (in time) for added charging. I can’t believe this deal!
I've had the original campstove for a little over 2 years now and I've been really impressed with both it and the little grill attachment. Didn't buy it for the phone charging aspect, but I love that I've only had to manually recharge it once over ~40 uses. Biolite seems put a lot of effort into the design of their products
I had a BioLite CampStove once. The fan motor died just after the warranty period. BioLite designed the orange power unit so it can't be repaired so after some unproductive troubleshooting and although it had no visible damage, BioLite's best solution for me was to throw mine out and buy a new one. I was disappointed in the product and the company. I believed in and was excited by the potential of this product but there are simply better wood stoves and better USB chargers.