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The PowerPot V on a portable camping stove
Gear up for camping season with PowerPot's new portable generator
Posted 1 month 4 weeks ago

In an increasingly rechargeable world, the PowerPot helps backpackers and campers leave the batteries at home.

The PowerPot on display at Outdoor Retailer's 2013 Winter Market in Salt Lake City.
PowerPot Brews Coffee, Charges Smartphones and Attends Salt Lake City ISE
Posted 2 months 5 days ago

Power Practical will be displaying the PowerPot at this year's International Sportsman's Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The PowerPot works great as a portable Android charger, here charging a Samsung smartphone
New Portable Phone Charger 'The PowerPot' is the Perfect Holiday Gift for Emergency Preparedness
Posted 5 months 3 weeks ago

The PowerPot is an ideal gift for those who were affected by Hurricane Sandy or for emergency preparedness enthusiasts. The pot lets users charge phones and other devices by heating water.

PowePot being used indoors Ghana on a wood fire
The PowerPot: New Technology Promises to Bring Electricity to the Developing World
Posted 1 year 2 weeks ago

A tech start-up is set to use its new product, the PowerPot, to bring electricity to people living off-the-grid in developing nations. Over 200 million people in Africa alone have a cellphone but don’t have a way to charge it. Many walk over a mile to find a micro-charging business just to stay powered.

The Power Pot is a thermoelectric generator which transforms the heat of a fire into electricity for usb devices.
The PowerPot: New thermoelectric generator charges USB devices on-the-go
Posted 1 year 1 month ago

The PowerPot is a new thermoelectric generator that converts heat into electricity. It is water and fire resistant, ultra-lightweight and portable. To generate up to 5W of usable electricity, all you need is a power pot, water and a heat source. It can be used over a wood fire, propane or butane stove, a home stove. Add it to your lineup and keep charging!

 

Articles on the PowerPot

Power Practical PowerPot V Review
Posted 2 weeks 3 days ago

The PowerPot V by Power Practical offers an exciting new spin on the concept of portable power. This pot is unlike any pot that you have ever seen before; it’s really a thermoelectric generator disguised as a regular old backpacking pot! Simply boil water in the PowerPot and it will convert heat into electricity to charge your small electronics including cell phones, GPS, iPods, and battery packs via a standard (5V) USB port!  The incredible PowerPot V kit comes with a 5V USB regulator with 3ft-long , flame-resistant charging cable, lid-bowl combination, LED light-strip, and stuff sack.

Put This Pot On The Fire And Charge Your Phone While Cooking Dinner
Posted 3 weeks 1 day ago

Need a power source when you’re camping? If so, you might consider this pot that turns heat into useful electricity. It will power lights so you can see what you’re cooking, recharge a cellphone, or run a little Bach while you’re contemplating the flames (or really whatever music you’re into).

PowerPot Turns Heat and Water into Electricity
Posted 1 month 2 days ago

Power Practical, a student startup that sprang from research at the University of Utah, is selling a portable cook pot that transforms heat and water into a power source. Imagine charging your cellphone or using speakers in the mountains at night far from civilization. That’s what the device, called the PowerPot, can do with just a campfire and a little water. Using thermoelectricity, the PowerPot...

 

The PowerPot: Turning Water Into Watts
Posted 2 months 4 weeks ago

There are a wide variety of circumstances, intentional or unintentional, that can lead to the same scenario; you have no access to electricity and your electronic device is in desperate need of charging. Whether you are camping in a remote location or enduring a city-wide power outage, lack of electricity can quickly leave you with no means to charge your cell phone or other devices.  The remedy to this situation is the revolutionary new PowerPot, a portable electric generator that requires only water and a heat source to generate electricity.

In Charge
Posted 3 months 5 days ago

IN CHARGE: There you are, out in the bush camping, when you feel an urgent need to check your phone, which is now out of juice, even supposing you could get a signal. Don't worry, just make a cup of tea with the PowerPot and let it charge your phone while the water

This cooking pot charges your gadgets while heating your soup
Posted 3 months 1 week ago

If God wanted us to camp he wouldn’t have invented hotels. But sometimes one finds oneself caught in a hurricane, or living off the grid, or even camping if there’s someone one wants to impress. And for these occasions it would be wonderful to have a PowerPot, the nifty invention that uses a thermo-electric differential transducer to charge your cell phone as you cook your food.

11 inventions that help make the grid obsolete
Posted 3 months 1 week ago

Even more portable than the Readyset, the Powerpot series output 5,10, or even 15 watts of juice everytime they're heated. Ostensibly backpack cooking pots stuck to thermoelectric generating bases, Powerpots are composed of anodized aluminum to reduce their weight. To control how much power your pot puts out, just adjust the boil. At a full boil, a sing meal's worth of water can power up to four devices all night.

The PowerPot
Posted 3 months 1 week ago

The super lightweight Power Pot uses your camp cookstove to convert heat from boiling water into power. Fire up the stove, fill your pot & as it heats up, plug in your USB device and recharge. A great alternative to that portable solar panel that works only when the sun is shining.

A watched pot never boils, but it can charge your smartphone
Posted 3 months 1 week ago

It works like magic, but it’s really science: Boiling water in the $149 PowerPot can charge any USB-powered device during a power outage or while camping. Tea, anyone?

Cooking pot charges devices with energy from heated water
Posted 3 months 1 week ago

The Power Pot harnesses energy from heated water to power a multitude of electronic appliances. Since mobile devices are used constantly throughout the day, it’s no surprise that we’ve seen innovative ways to keep them charged – from adapted rocking chairs to handbags. Continuing the trend, the Power Pot is now harnessing energy from heated water to power a multitude of electronic appliances.