I want to suggest an idea to you that you probably haven't thought about and
going to talk about something a little bit different now this is going to be
another preparedness video now whether you're just somebody that likes to be
prepared for emergencies storms and things like that or if you're a
full-fledged prepper one thing that we're always concerned about is power
now in emergency situations especially long-term emergency situations shtf
things like that where the power's out for a long period of time we need to
find a way to have some power now when we talk about that some of the things
most people think about or gas powered generators propane generators we even
talked about solar generators wind turbines things like that but but when
you're in that emergency situation and you're looking for a power source I want
to suggest an idea to you that you probably haven't thought about and
that's using yourself as a power source now there is a way to convert the energy
that's stored in our bodies to power things like cell phones laptops iPads
flashlights radios really any rechargeable electronic device you know
we've all seen those little hand crank radios and flashlights and things like
that and those are great but they really don't put out that much power so the
product we're going to be talking about today is the Kate or power box this is a
20 watt portable petal generator now this thing folds up in a nice little
tight package and I will roll in a picture of that so you can see what it
looks like it's very light as far as generators go it's very transportable
it's a lot more easy to transport than any of those other power sources we
talked about and basically the way it works is you just turn a pedal and it's
going to convert all that energy and charge anything that you have plugged
into it now obviously something like this is not going to take the place of
your gasoline generator or your solar panels or anything like that this has a
very specific purpose like I said it's extremely portable now you're obviously
not going to use this to power the lights in your
house your refrigerator or anything like that
this has a very specific purpose it will be great in long-term emergency
situations situations where maybe you don't want to use that gas that you have
stored up or you've run out of all your other power sources another great thing
about this is it's not dependent on the weather obviously a solar generator you
have to have good sunlight wind turbines you have to have wind this is something
that you can use anytime 24 hours a day as long as you have the energy to pedal
it you can create power and that's another thing to consider in those
really bad emergency situations where maybe you're cooped up in the house or
you're at a bug-out location or even in a bunker if you have one this thing is
not only going to generate power but it's going to give you some exercise
that you're gonna need if you're cooped up for a long period of time now as you
can see this does have a universal plug in it so no matter what country you're
from no matter what kind of electronic device or appliance you're trying to
plug into this thing you will be able to do that this model does not have a USB
port on it but but most of us have a USB converter laying around from our
cellphone chargers or things like that there is another version of this it's
the Kate or power box 50 and it's actually a 50 watt like I said this one
is a 20 watt the newer version is a 50 watt the thing's going to generate a lot
of power now if you do want to go pick up one of these I'll put a link in the
description below but I would definitely go with the 50 watt version if I was you
it is going to be a little bit more expensive but it's gonna generate a lot
more power and you're going to be able to charge more items at once now while
we're talking about that you can plug an extension cord or a power strip into
this thing and charging multiple items at one time as long as you're not
exceeding that 20 watt limit of this device you'll be able to charge multiple
things at one time now I do have a few things laid out here in front of me that
we're going to try to charge all at one time we're going to plug in a cellphone
a two-way radio and a chargeable flashlight and now we're just going to
see if this thing can charge it up all at one time
now as you can see as I start peeling the LED lights come on you can see that
foam turn-on is starting to charge and it is charging all these items at once
I'm sure you'll be able to charge even more you do have to keep a constant
pedal going if you stop it's going to stop charging so you need to get
yourself in a comfortable position so you can keep pedaling continuously
depending on the device you're trying to charge it could take a long time to
charge some items to charge a cell phone to full power it could even take up to
an hour but you want to do it all at one time
you know pedal for ten minutes take a brake pedal some more maybe you can swap
out with a family member or a friend to keep that going now it really doesn't
take a lot of energy to pedal this thing it's actually very light resistance
almost like a bicycle on the highest gear where you're pedaling really fast
there's very little resistance there you know the more items you have plugged in
the more power that it's putting out the the more resistance it's going to have
now we'll say one thing about this little generator it is very loud while
you're pedaling it just has a really loud high-pitched whine and that's not
really a big issue but it is something I wanted to mention now depending on the
chair you're in it can be kind of difficult to get the right angle on this
thing it's really not that bad I would recommend putting it on carpet or
something like that if you're on hardwood or tile this thing's going to
slide all over the place and there's no way you're going to be able to do it but
as you can see I'm laid back pedaling it's not a big deal I could probably do
this for a while you know if you're not in great shape it may be harder for you
but you know I could easily see doing this for 30 minutes at a time no problem
now Kate or does recommend mounting this at a slant on some kind of platform that
they do sell a premade one that just puts it up at a little bit more of an
angle so it's more comfortable and more stable for you to pedal
and that's why I'm sitting here at my recliner for this video I just wanted to
show you guys that you can just kind of kick back relax and just pedal this
thing now I'm just sitting here charging my cell phone you can see it's charging
there you know I started out when I started doing this it was on 4% I've
been you know it took me about I don't know probably ten minutes of pedaling to
get it up to 8% and it's not that bad now while I'm sitting here pedaling it
just went up another percent so you can tell it's working it's really probably
just as fast as a wall charger it even says right now that it is fast charging
most modern cell phones have that fast charging feature and this generator is
capable of producing that now one of the benefits of a traditional generator is
that it's stored power that you can use anytime but the K tour can be used in
that way too you can use the K tour to charge up a 12 volt battery and store
that power that you can use with an inverter later to power your devices now
if you are going to put it on a platform I definitely recommend doing that and
mounting it at an angle the stand here does have mounting holes so you can
screw it down to that platform this thing's already simple to put together
it folds out really nice and tight it's easy to fold back up when you want to
you know even the first time I did this looking at instructions and trying to
figure it out it only took me like three minutes to put this thing together so it
is very simple it does seem to be really well-made it's made out of a really
heavy-duty plastic the petals themselves are made out of a metal so they should
last a good long time without any issues and that's the K tour power box guys
like I said this is definitely not going to replace a gasoline generator or solar
generator or anything like that but it does have its place
does have a lot of good applications especially if you don't want to use up
all those other fuels just to charge a cellphone or something like that you
don't want to crank up your generator and run up all your gas just to charge a
cellphone and some to a radios so so why are you just sitting around you can tap
into that energy in your body and convert that into something that you can
actually use to Kate or does make some other really nice products like I said
this is the 20 watt version they also have an upgraded 50 watt version that's
more powerful they also have these hand crank generators there are going to be a
whole lot better than those cheap wind-up radios and flashlights that you
see I probably will do a separate review just on this this thing puts out a lot
more power than those little radios so stay tuned I'll probably do a video on
this and I will put a link to all these things in the description below if you
want to go check those out if you're a prepper or even just a preparedness
minded person having something like this will be a benefit for you so I
definitely recommend you checking those out now if you like these kind of videos
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