Originally Posted by
spinnaker
I'm guessing that you won't be cooking long enough to get and real charging benefit out of this stove. The specs say 20 minutes of cooking gets 60 minutes of talk time and you can bet that is optimal conditions. If you want to spend the extra money on this stove for it's alternate fuel capabilities then that is fine but I would not be investing to keep your cell phone charged. You would be better with a dynohub or solar panel.
I would be interested in finding out how much drag the dyno hub creates and when coupled with the weight of the stove and fuel it might not be the best use of effort and money. As far as solAr solutions go, I've yet to see anything that appeals to me.
I found it pretty easy to charge my iPhone ~15% in about a half hour. In the am I only make coffee but then boil water for cleaning so it's not a problem. In the evening it's easy to get more than a15% charge.
Obviously, one has to use a product in order to have an informed opinion on it...