Not a big fan of electric cooking. The one exception is the cook top my sister has (Kitchenaid) where the elements are below an 1/8" of Pyrex glass, which moderates the temperature swings and is very close to gas. Of course it isn't made anymore:( The Jet Boil is really hard to beat. If i had to use electric in a camper, i would just go with the $13 models from the river company and use your own pots. Good and honest review though of an Apple approach to cooking! It will interesting to see your solution for AC in the desert. Here is the southeast, where it can be 100 F with 100% relative humidity, it just takes brute force to cool anything at all.
I'm not a big fan of electric either, but was surprised with how this performed! I had an induction cooktop in the van originally, but am so happy I switched to a propane system. I will have information on the AC unit coming out next week sometime! Things are scheduled to show up starting Wednesday so I'll be getting to work on the install as soon as I can. Planning to release a video before talking about my choice and everything going into keeping the van cool-ish this summer
Dude, your "cons" are way weird. it's like you had to look for them to have something at all. That thing is just a water boiler bottom with a pan on top. it's great as long as you can adjust the heat. It's perfect, but I really don't understand what it does in the category of vanlife and overlanding. It belongs more in caravaning and if you overnight in a cabin. maybe an upgrade for your old cabin. It lacks a carrying case though. it doesn't look well thought through. I'm positive to this product compared to most other actually. it's just simple and doesn't try to be something.
I'm sorry but I'm just not feeling it. I love cooking gadgets and especially ones that are multi-functional, convenient and small but this one is just too limited... it's basically a Hot Pot/Rice Cooker and Grill Plate setup. There are tons out there that are not PROPRIETARY to only their own Pots and Grill Pans. The price is OUTRAGEOUS for what they are offering. The required amount of Watts for any actual cooking is equally OUTRAGEOUS. For actual cooking you'd need a pretty powerful Power Station since the Watts are going to drain most smaller systems QUICKLY, even with additional Solar. Husband and I have been camping for over 65 years... all different forms of camping and have no intention of stopping anytime soon. Trust me, there are WAY BETTER OPTIONS for Electric style cooking. Nope 👎NOT a WINNER.
Not a big fan of electric cooking. The one exception is the cook top my sister has (Kitchenaid) where the elements are below an 1/8" of Pyrex glass, which moderates the temperature swings and is very close to gas. Of course it isn't made anymore:( The Jet Boil is really hard to beat. If i had to use electric in a camper, i would just go with the $13 models from the river company and use your own pots. Good and honest review though of an Apple approach to cooking! It will interesting to see your solution for AC in the desert. Here is the southeast, where it can be 100 F with 100% relative humidity, it just takes brute force to cool anything at all.
I'm not a big fan of electric either, but was surprised with how this performed! I had an induction cooktop in the van originally, but am so happy I switched to a propane system.
I will have information on the AC unit coming out next week sometime! Things are scheduled to show up starting Wednesday so I'll be getting to work on the install as soon as I can. Planning to release a video before talking about my choice and everything going into keeping the van cool-ish this summer
Nice job, great video’s.
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Dude, your "cons" are way weird. it's like you had to look for them to have something at all. That thing is just a water boiler bottom with a pan on top. it's great as long as you can adjust the heat. It's perfect, but I really don't understand what it does in the category of vanlife and overlanding. It belongs more in caravaning and if you overnight in a cabin. maybe an upgrade for your old cabin. It lacks a carrying case though. it doesn't look well thought through. I'm positive to this product compared to most other actually. it's just simple and doesn't try to be something.
Not much of a use case. You can pick up a hot plate for $15. If you wanna spend more for extra efficiency, get an induction cooktop.
I'm sorry but I'm just not feeling it. I love cooking gadgets and especially ones that are multi-functional, convenient and small but this one is just too limited... it's basically a Hot Pot/Rice Cooker and Grill Plate setup. There are tons out there that are not PROPRIETARY to only their own Pots and Grill Pans. The price is OUTRAGEOUS for what they are offering. The required amount of Watts for any actual cooking is equally OUTRAGEOUS. For actual cooking you'd need a pretty powerful Power Station since the Watts are going to drain most smaller systems QUICKLY, even with additional Solar. Husband and I have been camping for over 65 years... all different forms of camping and have no intention of stopping anytime soon. Trust me, there are WAY BETTER OPTIONS for Electric style cooking. Nope 👎NOT a WINNER.
rip off. way too expensive for what it is.