Imagine you wanted a little fire in a little can
Now imagine it can charge your phone and actually turn on a light for you
because what I'm about to attach to this can is a big ol' battery
that can self-fan this flame and charge itself from the flame
and charge your phone from here So what I'm about to do is...
I've got this can.
All this is is an empty can.
And it's got a hole in the side.
You can see this hole right through here.
And I'm going to stick this giant rod through this hole.
Once there's a roaring fire in here, this rod is going to heat up.
And the heat from the fire, after it heats this up,
will be converted to electricity for this battery.
So watch this.
Stick this in here.
And once this orange piece is in its little nook there,
you open the kickstand, and that locks it in.
So now it can't come out.
Alright, so this is what I'm about to do.
I'm going to load this with fuel.
There's going to be fuel inside here.
Flame is going to come up roaring all over this metal pole thing
I call it a "thumb" That is going to be super hot
And just transfer the heat in here where it's going to get
converted to electricity.
And once that happens, I will be able to turn it on,
with this power button, and it's going to start
sucking in air through here passing the air down here and out the back,
where a little fan is going to start spinning.
And it can actually breathe life into this fire all by itself.
Not only that, but there's a computer in here that will actually read
the temperature of the flame and help determine how fast to spin the fan
so this is always getting optimal heat or optimal air, excuse me,
for the most amount of heat.
So are you ready to get started?
I'm just going to see this in action.
You can burn sticks, you can burn leaves, You can burn paper...
you probably want something that will catch on fire and stay on fire,
so paper is not going to last you but a second.
You can tell from the color of the sky that it's a little bit drab today
so we don't have any dry sticks or leaves.
But I am going to grab these pellets-- and actually yes, they do come with this stove
You can get a big bag of these pellets.
So I am going to fill it up Inside you can see these wooden pellets
Kind of looks like the bottom of a rabbit's cage
And I am just going to fill this up.
You want to fill it up about two thirds of the way up here
So not at the bottom.
But you want to give it a lot.
And on the side of the bag, it actually says fill until about 3/4 full.
Don't block the two rows of upper jets because this will make the stove harder to
start.
That must be here.
These two rows here.
So I'm not going to block those two lines of dots.
Here we go.
(pours pellets) That looks about--
does that look 3/4 full or too full?
Camera guy: too full.
Too full.
Ok.
Back it up.
Back it up.
How about now?
Camera guy: Looks good.
It also comes with these wood shavings.
This is strictly to help the pellets get started.
You could use lint or toilet paper Whatever you got on hand
To get your slow burn going.
You could drop a match in here.
You could use your candle starter.
We've got this cool little guy...
This is going to make a little electrical arc right there
And this is electricity powered You can charge it right here.
(sold separately) Anyway, here we go.
Can you see that?
I'm just going to stick it right in the shavings and I'm just going to hold it in place
until I get a reaction...
There we go.
Here we go.
Alright, let's let that take care of itself.
As this flame is going to get started you can see it peeking out the top.
It is going to heat up that bar so the bar gets super hot
and converts all that energy into electricity here on the battery on the side.
Oh my gosh, that's gorgeous.
This, this is the best part.
This side here is cool to the touch.
So this is lava hot...
This is cool to the touch.
You ready?
Totally cool.
Room temperature.
It's got this space... looks like it might be
a quarter inch or a half inch between the can that's actually contacting the fire
and the part that my fingers are touching.
So there's plenty of airflow.
So you can just grab this and just lift this straight into the air.
Camera guy: The fan kick on?
The fan did kick on!
Check that out!
So the battery turned on all by itself as soon as it started sensing power.
You can hear the fan whirring (I'm going to be quite in a second
so you can listen) It's sucking in air right here
And the spot in the back that I pointed is blowing air through this hole
right into the kindling.
So tell me if you can hear that whirring sound...
(whrrrrrrr) Is that coming through?
Camera guy: Yeah, I can hear it.
I'm going to see if I can pass my phone right up here.
Alright.
Look at that.
So this fire is heating up that metal "thumb."
It's like a metal rod or something.
And that rod is built right into this battery and it's converting it into electricity.
Check that out.
While this is happening, this is how hot the fire is.
You can see it, it's actually climbing.
It was at one dot a second ago.
This is how hard the fan is blowing.
This is how much the battery is charged.
Now the neat thing is that the battery is charged
and will keep its charge even after you put the fire out.
So although it will turn on a light or charge a phone right now,
it'll also do those things later after the fire
as long as the battery indicator has a lot of battery in it.
Or energy in it.
Alright, how close are we...
I'm going to turn up the fan a little bit.
You ready?
Can you hear that?
That is managing itself.
It is sucking in air here, blowing it out the back, into the can.
Camera guy: You can see the fire kicked up.
Oh it did?
Check that out.
Oh yeah.
By the way, be real careful when you make fires.
It's got three kickstands, and also this table is soaking wet, so
we feel pretty good about out here.
There's a tiny whisp of smoke coming out, but I can put my face this close
and it's not billowing, it's not blowing in my face,
it's not hard to breathe, I can barely smell it.
There's a computer inside of here...
This is what my camera man is saying.
Say hi, Evan.
And Evan was just saying that it is not only transferring the heat from
this metal rod right here (I'll try to point and not burn myself)
but it's also reading the heat and deciding about the optimal fan speed
that it's blowing.
Should we kick it up a notch again?
How we doing?
We got three dots... it goes up to four dots.
So you're already getting that angle.
I'll come over here.
Oh yeah, you don't have to stir this.
You just let it do its thing.
You want to do four dots?
Camera guy: Let's do it.
Alright, here we go.
Oh yeah.
Look at that.
Four dots.
Maximum fan speed.
You can hear it.
I'm trying not to burn my head.
Oh my gosh it's coming right at me.
There's hardly any smoke coming out of here
but the flame is really taking a dive toward me.
The fire has got two dots.
The battery is charging right now.
Camera guy: Want to see if we Camera guy: can charge your phone with it?
You know, I was just thinking that.
Alright, here we go.
We're going to charge my phone with it.
Switching to camera one.
Alright, camera one.
So I brought this cord from my house.
This is the cord that I already had.
Didn't have to buy a special cord.
You just use the cord that you already use
to charge your phone.
Flip this little panel down here.
Oh!
There's a USB port.
I'm going to grab that.
There.
Alright... and...
So there's my battery, not charging.
We're going to plug it in, and we're going to see what happens.
(starts charging) OH YEAH!!
I think it might be struggling because the battery is working its way...
Oh check that out!
We got up to two dots!
So it is CHARGING the battery right now AND it's charging my phone
while the flame is going.
Have you ever heard of a fire that can charge your phone?
"Hi, I charge my phone with FIRE," "Do you have any FIRE plugs?"
"I charge my phone with FLAMES!"
You want to see if it will do the light?
Camera guy: So what's that?
So what this is, is just a regular LED light and a regular USB plug.
You can get these off the internet.
One of these will actually come with it.
And I'm going to see if I can plug this guy in.
So, one of the pieces of feedback we've heard is
"Why would I need a light if I've got a fire?"
"Because fires MAKE light."
To tell you the truth, fires are not that bright.
It's really low light.
It's orange.
Couldn't read a book by a fire flame.
Not unless you put the pages right next to the fire.
Camera guy: Yeah, and what if Camera guy: you have a pot on top of your..
Yeah, you could be cooking food So you don't have light there.
Did it work?
No...
(Camera guy turns it on) OH!
Is it on?
OH IT IS ON!
Camera guy: You have to tap it on.
You have to tap it on?
Just tap the side?
Camera guy: No.
(Camera guy demonstrates.)
*GASP* Ok, so I just touch the front or the back?
Or both?
Camera guy: Um, I think it's the back.
Isn't it?
Camera guy: No?
Front?
Oh it's the back!
Look at that!
Camera guy: I was right.
You just touch the-- There's a flame symbol here.
And I'm just going to touch it with my finger.
(Turns on light like a pro.)
That is AWESOME.
Camera guy: Can we see the backside?
Yeah.
So a picture of the flame.
You just touch it.
And you can see the light come on.
It's got 8 lights around the edges.
And 4 lights in the middle.
So, 12 LED lights.
LED lights take SO little energy.
You can have a nice, bright nighttime light, you could point this out here at...
Oh, gosh... the fire is really hot.
Cooking here, or food that you're putting on standby.
You could hold up your notes.
You could point it up like this at your canopy.
Be careful about burning this indoors.
Although we have heard a story of a guy who went hunting with it.
Very cold conditions.
And he actually put this under a canopy, and it heated up his whole tent.
Be super cautious about that.
But it is a way that people have reported using it.
That is really tall!
Whoa!
Camera guy: Hit the fan.
Bring it back down.
I will.
So the outside, still cool to the touch.
I'm holding my hand on the outside.
It actually a little bit warmer.
But man, that is amazing.
I can actually lift this in the air.
And it is fine.
Even though this flame is REALLY going to town.
Alright, so come back here and I want you to watch me do this.
If I just touch the button again, the fan is going to go down.
All the way back down to "one."
Camera guy: The fire is...
WHEW BABY.
Camera guy: Yeah.
If I do a long press, the fan is going to turn off.
If I do another long press... see how the fire has calmed down a little
bit?
Check that out.
Yeah you're right, that flame icon is ALL the way at the top.
Let's go all the way up again.
(fan runs at high speed) This is pretty incredible.
Camera guy: Well, time to get out of the rain.
Camera guy: It's starting to pour!
Alright, so this is the BioLite 2.
It's a greay way to-- You could set a pot right on here.
Look at the shape of these edges.
This is going to make sure your pot doesn't tip over.
So you can set a pot of food right here.
You could boil water.
You could heat some soup.
Some survival food, if that's what you got.
While that's happening, you're charging your battery.
That is also managing its own temperature inside the flame.
You can turn on lights or charge your phone at the same time.
And when you're done, when this is charged,
you just unhook it, and you can take it with you.
Now you've got a battery pack for anything that you can charge with a USB cord.
Hope you enjoy it.
And we'll see you soon.
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