all in one

[ZoNiE]

Probably posted here before, but anyone have one? Does it work well?

@ Amazon

 

[highdesertranger]

I wonder what the electrical draw is with everything running at once. it can't be trivial. highdesertranger

 

[lenny flank]

Yeah verily--I wouldn't even wanna think about how much solar it would take to run all that.

My homemade alcohol stove can do anything this thing can.

 

[B and C]

The description on it says 1500 watts. A BIG battery bank, generator or shore power.

 

[travelaround]

I'd hesitate to take the glass carafe along on a trip. My carafe is a stainless steel thermos.

 

[lenny flank]

1500 watts actually isn't as bad as I thought it might be. But that's still an awful lot of juice.

 

[B and C]

I don't have an all-in-one. I have two glass carafe's. Never a problem. They reside in the coffee maker (both drip coffee makers) all the time. They are never transported separated. I put the coffee makers in with the carafe facing a corner.

 

[WanderingRose]

I carry a small coffee maker with glass carafe, too, for when I have electricity, and have never had it break.

I love that I can hit that button and, by the time I’ve put the dog out and gone potty myself, my first cup of coffee is ready to go.

 

[Dingfelder]

Re heating liquids, I think a plain kettle is good because it is versatile -- heats water for coffee, tea, cooking, or my hot water bottle.

The appliance OP shows looks pretty cool, but it puts me in mind of things like computers with monitors all in one unit(laptops, some desktops), or TV's with DVD's embedded in them. They are more reliable these days, but the basic principle that's problematic is that if one component goes, it becomes dead weight, and sometimes the whole unit doesn't work anymore.

If the TV goes out, you wouldn't keep it just for the DVD, and if the DVD goes out, then you have to buy a separate one anyway, which you may or may not be able to connect ... and the old DVD is just there taking up space.

Repairs on integrated units can be harder and more expensive, and replacements can be so expensive that you might as well throw the whole unit away and start over. But ... integrated units tend to come at a price premium ... so ... financially, they rarely make sense to me.

You don't have much choice with a laptop PC, but you do with something that makes coffee and toast.

 

[highdesertranger]

1,500 watts for a coffee maker, electric griddle, and toaster oven. I don't believe it. any one of those usually draws that much. maybe if you only used one feature at a time, but the picture seems to show all being used at the same time. highdesertranger

 

[ZoNiE]

By the looks of the selectors, you cannot use everything at the same time unless the griddle is also the heat for the toaster. Could easily be.

 

[B and C]

I have a 4-cup coffee maker that only draws 525 watts so not a stretch that all could work. Maybe slower than you are used to though.