That stir-fry was the greatest thing I have ever witnessed in my life, and I helped birth both my daughters!! YES!

Hey man! The best review of this product i've seen yet. People on YT are missing out on your great content.

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I appreciate the comment and view!

I first saw this stove at MakerFair New York. At that time they sold the biolite camp stove in the US, and only used the BaseCamp model for their projects in India and Africa. I'm glad to see you can get the BaseCamp ( or Home Stove, as they call it now) in the US, too. Tho it might seem silly in the woods, it will be great here in Florida for hurricane season. I hope biolite is making the stoves available to places like the Bahamas after Dorian. Thanks for measuring the thermoelectrics, that makes your videos especially informative. I also tested your Tyvek suit idea, and it allowed me to sleep without a sleeping bag in central Florida in late winter. I carried it in a vacuum bag made for vegetables and it was TINY in my pack! What a great (small, lightweight) emergency backup plan! Keep the videos coming!

I've used the smaller version a couple hundred times ....now I want a base camp , mostly because of the ease of feeding the fire ...thanks bro for the video , your a life quality maker

Thank you for sharing this comprehensive review. Neat all-purpose stove for car camping or longer term camping.

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks Kevin, that is one serious unit . Good review and good food, take care.

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Really nice. I got the Biolite Campstove 2 and I love it. Have a great one, Andreas from Off Grid Sweden 🇸🇪

The steak to vegetable ratio is perfect! Great Video!

@boknows7319

5 жыл бұрын

The garnish with the bacon outstanding sir!

Nice report on a great working stove . Thanks . Dan from Halifax out , Happy Canada Day .

@MegaWoodswalker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

That's pretty cool. I could visualize it being good for car camping, and to use during blackouts etc. I love the fact that you generally own and use something for a while before you review it.

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

excellent video helped me a lot I will buy mine greetings from Córdoba Veracruz Mexico

Awesome review! Thank you very much.

That’s a beast, nice review thank you 👍

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hey Kevin, great review as always. Nice piece of kit for base camp. I think I died and went to Steak N' Bacon heaven!!

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Definitely Thumb's up. I really like that set up. Thanks for sharing Brother 👍🏻👍🏻~John

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I’m watching a whole round of your videos and catching up on what I’ve missed. You have another video on that smaller mini Power stove. You and another channel where my early sources fir hot tenting. He put his Seek Outside stove pipe on top of that mini and used it to heat a small tent in temps around the freezing mark. Considering some of your hiking situations, temps and tent sizes, that might not be a bad experiment for you. It would have to be frequently loaded but would provide warmth and power. Just another option

I have never seen anything like that stove! That is so cool, nice setup!

I had no idea BioLite made such a stove. Thanks for showing it.

@BlackDragonWitheHawk

3 жыл бұрын

no longer, allthough the campstove2 with grill and the new firepit are awesome too

@leinad.s

19 күн бұрын

They should make a home fire with a chimney that can tricke charge home batteries.

Great review!

Great review. Gotta get one!

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

I am amazed at how great a survival tool this can be. Only wood and ignition is needed to charge a phone battery. Amazing! One can go to the top of a hill and charge their battery while they call for help if they need a rescue.

@MegaWoodswalker

4 жыл бұрын

I consider this a good bug in solution as it can cook with very little wood and charge USB devices such as lights etc. the company makes a smaller Campstove 2. thanks for watching.

Thanks to these videos, every time I get home from work or after waking up on the weekends I look at my dog and say, " So what are we doing today?".😂🤣😂🤣

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

LOL!

Kevin, thanks for sharing, atb

This is a neat stove for a basecamp and the back yard. Pretty neat if you can get it on sale.

Nice review.

cool bugout basecamp gear, i like your water stream gen. too.

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Would be a good combo. Thanks for watching!

Yea that’s what that light my fire mora was meant for is light that fire and prepare that bacon. Cool review of the base camp

@MegaWoodswalker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Kevin, great job, you could sell tickets for those meals.

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I got mine used condition, working just perfect for 75dls 👍👍

My Lords Kevin....You like Your Steaks! Great Video.....

@MegaWoodswalker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great review! I think beside the fact that it's massive one good advantage is that you can keep feeding it for hours without having to empty the ashes unlike the biolite stove 1 and 2 which I own and after an hours or so you need to empty the ashes because the bottom air hole are all plug up. Cheers!!!

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

I have run this stove for maybe 6 hours at a clip before. All that's needed is removal of ashes which is easy with the ash pan. Can use long wood so takes minutes to process hours worth of fuel. Probably transfer nearly 4000 mAh into a powerbank over that time if so inclined.

@bakupcpu

5 жыл бұрын

@@MegaWoodswalker I may add this stove to my collection in the future! Or not... I have plenty of stove already hahaha

Good one Worshipful !!!!

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

When cooking you should close that centre damper to disperse the heat more evenly.

Hey Kevin, I am very intrigued by this technology and wondering if you are aware of any set up like this for home use with a wood stove that would charge a battery to then charge other items. I burn a lot of wood in the winter and always feel like there is a potential load of energy being wasted and look forward to the future where it can be harnessed effectively. Let me know what you know :-)

I have one of those and Otis AWESOME I had it for too years and it is going strong I use mine every day it’s the only way I have a fire ado live in a place that has fire ban

They should include a QC chip in the usb charger for modern phones. Be more efficient letting phone soak up the entire battery pack quickly than making you slowly sit there waiting when you could just charge the start a small fire and do other tasks while enjoying your phone while the battery pack recharges.

Thanks

that thing is badass

@MegaWoodswalker

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This is such a great thing! I can smell that food from BBQ 😀

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Good Job

Iv made a few pizzas on my biolite base camp wood stove and It still amazing how lil wood it uses and

Great video. Just curious how do you clean burnt pan? Thank you

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

It's easy. Just a brush and soap. The pan turns black over time. One side from the fire and the other as stuff gets carbonized into the metal (best words I could think of). This very very thin layer doesn't easily come off even to leave a visible residue on paper towels etc. Over time less things stick to the pan well which makes cleaning up a snap. Also burns less food.

Cast iron,well maybe the burn chamber but the rest looks like stainless.Tailgating yes,camping only if your in a long time environment

I think something like this on a small home fire scale would be good, trickle charge home batteries from the fire.

It's a little heartbreaking that Biolite chose to cheap out on the power side of things. If they'd simply put a 3-4 cell 18650 removable battery module (so you could swap cells in and out) and 4 times as many peltier modules, this thing would make some serious, usable power. At 2200mAh (or ...

Hey Kevin, does the liner for the tent provide warmth? I watched a high viewer episode of yours on the Apalachian Trail and you talked about the liner. Seek Outside finally has a Cimarron liner but they told me it only keeps condensation off your gear and does not provide any warmth at all? I almost thought it would provide a double walled tent.

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

There is a difference between a nest and liner so check and see what they're talking about. The Kifaru liner acts as a double wall which goes right to the ground. In addition to mitigating condensation it acts like a double wall and cuts down on drafts from the bottom. I can fell the temp difference between the walls and can say without question the shelter is warmer when the stove is running with a liner than without.

@jasonb7865

5 жыл бұрын

@@MegaWoodswalkerThank you very much. I'll have to decide if I want to get the half liner for where my half nest is, or a full liner that has a cut out for the stove pipe. I was thinking the cut out for the stove pipe in their picture is a good chunk of the other half of the liner not covering it or it let's out heat / doesn't retain heat as well.

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

There is a large area near the peak of my Kifaru tipis without the liner as it hangs from the clothes line and yet the shelter is still warmer. If their liner is grounded I would get a full one. Now once the stove burns down the increase would be more marginal but with the stove running a liner rocks in terms of heat and even more so with a smaller shelter. You also need to keep all those drips off your wood and gear.

@jasonb7865

5 жыл бұрын

@@MegaWoodswalker True, thank you, I don't know if the Cimarron Liner is grounded but you've convinced me. I actually watch your videos a few times over especially the hot tenting episodes which are my absolute favorite. Through your review videos I did buy the Campfire Dragon and Keith Frypan. Thank you for all the videos and Prepper Claus in July isn't a bad thing just saying!

I think you've clearly demonstrated a few times in this video that a spork is no substitute for a proper fork. I'd rather carry a titanium fork and have the ease of stabbing the food properly.

Kinda big for my likes, Brother. But, it would be useful at a family picnic or campout, so that people could charge up an iPad or such to watch movies at night (or for an outdoor movie night in the yard). Keep up the great work !

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

It's definitely a base or car camping/ bug in type stove. Thanks for watching!

@brianmccann666

4 жыл бұрын

Great for home emergencies. Hurricanes. Power outages.

I've seen enough of your videos to conclude that bacon is an essential ingredient for every meal.

how do you carry it? I hqve the carry pack but I would prefer to be able to carry it in a bagpack

Does the lightning cable leading from the stove to the phone get very hot?

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

I adjust it away from the flames and never noticed an issue.

This was an excellent review, definitely a great base camping stove. The one thumbs down, is probably using a used Jiffy pop popcorn pan as a camp stove. 🍿

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

Always within a few minutes of posting a new video. LOL!

Where can I purchase a unit of this product? I'm not able to Find anywhere on the official biolite website ☹️

The BioLite stoves seem really awesome. What I truly dislike about them is that the batteries are soldered. That should be illegal, as it means it has a limited lifespan. I don't know what it's like with this one, but with the Campstove 2, I hear it doens't work very well without the fan, which will only work for as long as the battery does. They defend that by saying the battery will last for thousands of cycles, but keeping a li-ion battery full, reduces its lifespan and considering you're probably going through one cycle every two hours or so, it's not really that impressive even if the stove lasts for thousands of cycles. If they had just made the battery user-replacable, then it wouldn't have an expiration date. It annoys me. DON'T PRODUCE GARBAGE!

Like ive told them when I emailed Biolite. It NEEDS a lid like a bbq! Just like the campstove 2 grill, It also needs a lid. Whoever made the cooking models doesnt cook much. It would cut cooking times in half. Just so stupid to see. Ive also noticed their "stainless steel" is china steel. It rusts really bad. Best thing they have is the thermo electric generator. All models are missing something and doesnt work right.

Guys, I've had the camping stove, these batteries, for me only lasted about 3 years.

I evan use mine in the winter

You are getting a like from because you tested the dead phone theory lol thank you!

6:40 I’m 65 years old. I’m from the electrical generation 👍🏻 Is the password 🥓

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

We are all digital now brother. Thanks as always for watching.

👍👍👌👌👏👏

They should really consider doubling the battery capacity and adding a small solar panel for daytime charging. All of these stoves are fantastic in concept but average in execution. I'll likely buy the small one as a backup backup. Lol

"What's for dinner?" BACON!!! LOL

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

LOL! Thanks!

Tyvek is a great idea, but flip it over. Moisture goes thru one direction only.

Biolite no longer makes or supports the basecamp stove. I know because I have one (since 2014) and my battery finally died. Looking into replacing it, fyi it's a 18650 battery that is soldered onto the system board.

I see this being mighty handy when your pair of toddlers iPad starts to die .

Ordered one, didn't work. Contacted company and got a second(excellent customer service). Doesn't charge and no fan either. 2 is where I give up on a product.

@DAEL14

3 жыл бұрын

Both units were defective? Would that be the reason I can not find this product anywhere on their biolite official website? It seems is no longer available 😢

@johnnytime969

3 жыл бұрын

The first stove did not work at all. The company replaced it promptly and the second stove would not charge by usb or by fire. I cut some apple wood up and burned it through the stove for an hour or so before it started charging and finally came on. It now works within seconds of a solid fire going in it. Unfortunate it started out like it did but the second stove now works like a charm. If the company had been unresponsive it would have been a negative experience, but I'd have to admit I love the stove.

Have never seen this Biolite stove sold in NA before. I thought it was developing world only.

When we using small pieces of dry wood I don't think we should bb8 nurit and call it scraps we as human we don't appreciate what we have. Just a correction

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

All the trees wants or rather needs is for the dead wood to be broken down and minerals returned to the soil. Be it bacteria consumption or me burning then spreading the ash it’s all the same. Nothing else matters least of all what I call sticks. Thanks for watching.

Not sure , but I don't think they make these now .

#WoodsCraft #BushCraft #Camping #Outdoors #GearReview 👍🏻🇺🇸💯

So who win the giveaway?

Survival fantasy scenario.... LOL, yea, it’s that ridiculous. Bacon for dinner. She’s a keeper!

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

LOL! That is a favorite part of these types of videos. Thanks for watching!

And it’s my only way of getting power because I live outside 24 seven

In Australia we call this device a load of wank

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

LOL! Thanks for watching!

"I don't want anyone to see my password,........or my shower selfies"......!!!!

put the phone onto airplane mode it will charge 40% faster

At least it's bigger than Trump's hands........

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@TheGhungFu

5 жыл бұрын

@@MegaWoodswalker I see there's a pizza oven option. Maybe we could do a sacred bacon pizza review. YUM!

@MegaWoodswalker

5 жыл бұрын

I know!!!!! That would be epic.

Nice review.