If you want one of these you can get one here, I would only recommend it if you frequently camp near fast moving water, otherwise stick to solar. waterlilyturbine.com/?aff=2
I've seen some thing like this before, and I always wondered why they wouldn't build this with...say 2 feet of a nylon or plastic type panel on each side of the turbine so you could stake the panels in the stream bed and funnel MORE water into the turbine if you're having trouble with smaller streams producing power. Keep up the great work.
That's a good idea. I think one could likely make such an option pretty easily. I'm thinking a piece of cheap blue tarp, two vertical channels (one at each end) to place your supports in (sticks, or one could carry cheap fiberglass or other material stakes), and likely a bit of cordage staked off or tied to trees back to the shore as anchors to counter the water flow. Put one both sides to funnel the flow. Could also be done with natural material, sort of like building a fish trap.
thats the thing you need more pressure for it to turn but you need it to be small amd portable to fit in small streams. i suggest that they make different sizes
I live near a river and use mine regularly. I’m happy with it. I take the pack home and charge a few appliances with it. Nothing major but with my other power sources it helps to keep costs down.
Definitely a good idea.. I was thinking of something similar as well. Also most stream of water can be easily modified to generate a higher water flow.
This is an excellent device for the Canadian Shield as there are numerous interconnected lakes & streams with sufficient flow to generate power. Thanks for the heads up on this product!
Canadian Prepper sold out to tiny hydro as apposed to big hydro. Lol. Very good and honest review. It looks like it would be a lot of fun to play with.
When SHTF different means of making energy. ie power is going to be a major factor. Great video and I might add this item to my Amazon store. Thanks for the review!
this looks pretty damn awesome if you can put it in a big enough stream and can make a cage/ filter up from it to stop crap from getting in it 24/7 power
I have an idea for this based on a vortex effect sucking the wheel from above and out of the water. Patent pending. It will be based on a centrifugal pump effect at the suction. Take a centrifugal pump case, face the discharge into the water with suction side facing up. Obviously you will have to weigh the case down with a tweeker proof cover and concrete weighing 300 lbs. to assure they can't drag it out even when methed up. Let's say the suction side is 2". Discharge side is 1 1/2". Put a reducer at the suction side and drop it back to 1 1/2" above with a fan wheel attached to a generator. Took me 5 minutes to blow away the stupid water lilly nonsense. Obviously you need to tee it off to keep the water flowing through the suction line I'm not going to design this thing for free. To get fancy on you which way does it need to spin in the northern hemisphere? Southern hemisphere? Equator?
Water can be a very reliable source of high wattage power for homes in particular a great example of this is in the video "Free Power for 16 years from a modified Washing Machine / Water Wheel" the guy has 600W of free power from a creek that looks like barely a trickle of water.
You could make a choke point in a creek using rocks or something else to make the water pressure higher and put a grid a few feet ahead of the hydro thing to keep the larger debris from getting to it.
Yeah I agree a choke point will be superb. Any port in a storm when you're on the Appalachian trail miles from nowhere and you need a emergency charge like yesterday
One simple way to get it more efficient is to build a rock weir in a stream. A rock weir is a pair of rock walls in a vee formation pointing downstream. The pair of walls would work like a funnel pushing a greater amount of water through the device. The very same solution could be applied to any hydro device.
I think a small wind turbine with telescopic pole would work better, in more situations, the turbine idea is OK. But it looks like a small water wheel, with trough would work better, like a 2' trough, 12"-16" wheel 6" wide, it could be used with a switching regulator, to allow low rpm power generation, but I think for portable power, gravity would be best! A generator could be rigged from a old drill, hung with weights on it from a tree, it would need resetting every couple minutes, but 50 watts should be easy! I'm used to working with 10's if amps, or kw, great video
Ah thank you! I have multiple Harbor freight drills aside when the battery goes bad, a battery costs about $14 while a whole drill, including another battery and another charger, costs like $18. Looks like I'll be making my own version of one of these...
tow this behind you kayak, id like to see how much drag it causes. Its a great idea for week long kayak trips i do to Algonquin Park. the lay of the land there is mostly flat, calm (gorgeous)lakes and creeks. But when your Moving back country campsites each day, spending 8-10 hours on the water. Traveling maybe 30kms, this may be a good option. Also i bring a 40L waterproof Barrel with me to store food, clothes, etc. Try filling a barrel with water and put a rain barrel valve to drip just enough water to opperate the device, but still not waste time in the backcountry filling barrels. Maybe 1 fill a hour. Last ditch sorta way to generate power with it? Maybe make another video? also outlining charge outputs vs water flow rate. Been watching you vids for over a year now. thanks for the ideas. cheers
There is another product (a couple years past on UA-cam new inventions [from Korea ?] - go see). Same downstream blue bullet with snap-open propellor design. These are absolutely great with a good-flowing stream/creek and place it in the near-middle of the stream and BELOW the level of visibility - out of sight, out of mind. Bury the cabling under the shoreline (and have it run back to a battery box cache-bunker). This would be as great or better than a solar option and total 24/7/365 energy resource.
NICE IDEA ! Unfortunately, here in Central Florida, the rivers are slow moving, except at dams or spillways. Good for mountain streams & creeks though !
The 'Waterlilly' device became available shortly after the 'Blue Freedom' and the 'Estream' devices and only the 'Waterlilly' is still available now. I actually preferred the other 2 versions to this model.
Do u think bolting it to the base of a bucket with a hole cut out. that it would generate more energy because all that damed up water is being forced out a smaller hole being the blades. I mean submurged in fast flowing water.
I hate trolls who just thumbs down a video that's is for educational purposes. Do you hate leaning or listening to people's points of view? Is the content soooo bad its in need of your highly educated suggestion of not good. Just my observation.
I have seen another portable turbine, the Estream - the construction looks a bit different but it would probably be less susceptible to debris reducing the output, but smaller logs or twigs may damage the fans.
I bought the 12 v version...and bought a y connecter, with an auto USB plug on one side of y, and 12 v battery on the other. Obviously you can use USB plug on the battery. But I bought this to supplement power to aid a weather station that needed 12 and 5 volts...
Could I connect this to a delta 2 max, to one of the solar ports? I’m in Scotland right next to a stream, so it would be a useful addition to the erratic solar.
First, check out the Biolite Camp Stove 2; I have used this as my portable stove when going out in the bush and taking the grill as well without noticeablestrain on my energy levels. Over the last fifty years of going out in the bush, this is by far the greatest small portable stove I have ever owned. You should investigate & di a review. Second, I have a 28w foldable solar panel for small items (Big Blue) and a 100w foldable solar panel for my solar generator; however, when going out in the bush in the winter, there is limited sun for my panels, so the WaterLilly 12v is great for mounting outside my tent when daisy chaining all three WaterLilly’s to get close to 90w to charge the generator. Like the solar panel placing the WaterLilly in the most strategic stop is essential. I don’t like the idea of using the WaterLilly in the stream. The last thing I need is to catch a trout in the blades. Mind you it would be an easy breakfast.
take the handle off a wire colander, put it on the up river side, those lines will hold it in place and it should be fine enough to leave the flow unrestricted. it will get blocked, of course, but it will be easier to clean than picking crap out of the fan blades.
I do have a place that is near fast running water so something like this is idea, especially since it's running year round (unless we hit -30 for longer than a day or two) and sunlight in winter is limited. I might look into this if I ever end up with kit that needs a greater power source.
I know my brain works a bit different than most but this is what I am thinking. I already have a USB fan, so what if I get the WaterLily and hang it up as to be used for wind power and just point the fan in that direction. Question is, will the fan still have enough air flow through or around the Waterlily device to still keep a small area cooled off during a power out event? Even better, Amazon has a $29.99 camping tent USB powered fan / light with a power bank. On the windy day you charge the fan and then use the power back up to get it started and keep running. I just need money to test all my crazy ideas.
I bought one from China for around $600 USD. The cooling fans inside the device were made from plastic and the first time I used it the fans melted. The factory blamed me for installing the device as specified in their instructions. Beware of the source.
i built a mini prototype water turbine. basic really, two barrels, one pvc pipe w a fan inside, one alternator, and one ac/dc adaptor. i can charge a car battery n about 8 hrs. my goal is to uses 55 gal drums, ill need to buy a cherry picker to pick em up, then run a battery bank and back feed the electricity through my house. it might work. if it doesnt work, i can just recharge batteries and use those. i found mosquitos to b a problem, then i learned u can use olive oil on top and just dont drain the barrels all the way. then when u run the water back through to the other barrel, the oil will stay on top. really a fun project that i can do n the comfort/ security of my garage.
Does anyone else recall that during the war in Bosnia or was it Yugoslavia ??? that people trapped in a city made small generators that they placed in the river.
Zed Eh hi Z , that is ringing some bells with me too. I tried googling it without any luck maybe it was Serbia or Croatia but I think it was one of those countries which was part of the old U.S.S.R. Anyone else maybe recalls this. Its bugging me that I can’t find anything - let put on my Tinfoil Hat it is “theMandelaEffect”.
@@musicalbard3 ya i figured but the issue is the jeep will get more drag from havinging in on. So the increase in drag will burn more gasoline So you would be trading extra burned gas for electricity You might as well just plug into to cars alternator as you drive
@@preppertechnicianee6013 If If a turbine's best efficiency is 40% at a wind velocity of 9 meters per second (about 20 mph), it will be 40% only at that wind speed. At all other wind speeds it will be something worse. That wind turbine will generally operate at lower than its best efficiency, because wind speeds are never constant or average. If said turbine can be turned easily, reducing friction and is used with consistent wind force, say; placed just under the back bumper to catch wind from under the jeep; on a smooth road, and is used to recharge a battery etc. The lack of resistance posed by it's placing and the energy generated would certainly compensate for what little resistance / minute amount of extra gas would be.
Yeah. Definitely don’t get it if you are in the desert! Haha. Good vid. They may be a good testing device for peeps looking at purchasing more advanced hydro option for a residence or camp.
I noticed the male female plugs on your voltmeter, I wonder if you could charge the Kodiak via the high power input (solar charger) plug by modifying a cord to fit the purpose.
So it worked for you? I couldn't get mine to work with the hand crank. :/ Gonna try it in a stream here soon and see how that goes. (Bought it back in winter when everything was frozen.)
I wonder how big funnel you need to make to gather enough wind to make that actually produce anything. Good news, you could make that from fabric or plastic sheets, so it would still be relatively portable and possible to set up by one person. Still, wind is very inefficient at small scale so even then this probably wouldn't be worth it.
I know this has nothing to do with this video but I'm going to Toronto soon and I was wondering if I would be able to carry a Swiss army knife there I've noticed you have one but do u know if I could carry one in Toronto and not get in trouble?
Your comment is five years old, but in Canada it’s all about the length of the blade. It’s easy to find the specifics online. And Swiss army is well within range.
I really want information about nickel iron batteries. From a permaculture standpoint, they produce a waste product of phosphorus or phosphate, something that is needed in soil as well. They are heavy and require their own shelter. I was into mountain biking in the 1990s and used nickel cadmium batteries for 24 hour mountain bike races, cadmium of course is very toxic. I would like more information, or a list of sources for these batteries, can a metal recycling center start a build your own? Seriously I think that these batteries are the best way to store electric energy.
Could you not jury-rig a cone-shaped web of wire mesh to reduce the jamming problem? Maybe a cone of closely-strung wire, so as to let the water through, as opposed to a mesh, which I think would reduce the flow?
I'll bet it would work better for wind generating if you had a big plastic cone, like the ones that go around dogs heads to funnel more air into the fan
Only solar, wind, hydro, and thermo are viable in SHTF. Period. Having multiple sets of each is better than wasting energy, meaning you should focus only on solar and wind/hydro. If you are not near a coastline you are better focusing on just solar. Further solar is the most durable for extended use as its the only solid state option. If you are near a coast, wind gusts are more powerful, rivers more common, and even saltwater generators exist that produce electricity from sea water alone.
Great review thanks. Quick silly question to Canadian Prepper. I do most things on my phone and I'm not able to change the price from US$ to Can$ on your website.
I bought something from him (the Silky Katanaboy 600 & the Yellow Big Boy which I love by the way) & I'm American. The website automatically charges you the American rate at checkout when everything is completed. (I called to verify this first, but it really does change it) also Bank of America charges an overseas/international fee transaction! Smh I can't remember if it was $1.18 or $7.00.
@@kimberlynhughes3658 Greetings from Canada! Thanks a lot! I knew that my credit card would automatically convert in can$, but I was hoping to see the prices in can$ to compare with items sold elsewhere. Tx again and take care
@@TheBradonfire Current exchange rate is as such. Can$ is $.75us, or in other words, if the price is in canadian, 3/4 of us$ will pay for it. US$ is $1.33can, or in other words, if the price is in american, add a 1/3 of can$ to pay it.
@@CanadianPrepper True. I was thinking as a balance maybe to say, weeks of rain (sub or tropics) little sun, water tank over flowing, perhaps then. I just need to be able to purchase a Kodiak generator in Australia. I've asked, hoping next year.. Gives me some time to save.
......Ya....I just clicked that link to see why you didn't mention the price even once... 199.00$US for the "basic" model....and over 250.00$ for the 12 volt version. Mighty spendy for such a weak system. Looks cheap to me plus obviously there will be issues about clogging up the turbines could really hamper your efforts to collect energy. Good to see someone's at least trying to bring some much needed technology more in tune with harvesting energy through alternative measures.
just review the product. you spent more time bringing up edge scenarios than talking specs, quality and thoughts on the product. people watching off grid energy production products on youtube are more than likely smart enough to imagine these scenarios ourselves.
The little thing you pedal is a great idea but why doesn’t someone make a stationary bike and use an appropriate gear ratio for optimum power production rather than peddling that little thing forever.
Hate to break it to ya buddy, that thing has gears in it. I'm not going to get into all the BS but the basic idea is that work=power, work being how hard it is on you, no amount of gearing will change the amount of work you need, but it will change the intensity and duration you need. Say you gear for high output, that makes it hard as hell on you to generate the power but you will make more in a shorter time. The same applies to gearing low, you make it easy on yourself and you don't get much power output over a short period of time, though you can keep generating power for longer
Here in Texas near the coast, a SHTF could be just a hurricane or flooding like we have had before. not all SHTF are huge nationwide events where you dont want electrical devices. Some are small events where you still need to find a way to survive to the next day until back to "normal".
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If you want one of these you can get one here, I would only recommend it if you frequently camp near fast moving water, otherwise stick to solar. waterlilyturbine.com/?aff=2
I've built my own, but it sucks compared to this🙉
Steve Linbergbaby hey even if it isn’t the best think you can make ones to trade after shft. Hey you can maybe even sell some now.
Thank you.
Have you tried it on a gutter spout?
That is so awesome
I've seen some thing like this before, and I always wondered why they wouldn't build this with...say 2 feet of a nylon or plastic type panel on each side of the turbine so you could stake the panels in the stream bed and funnel MORE water into the turbine if you're having trouble with smaller streams producing power. Keep up the great work.
That's a good idea. I think one could likely make such an option pretty easily. I'm thinking a piece of cheap blue tarp, two vertical channels (one at each end) to place your supports in (sticks, or one could carry cheap fiberglass or other material stakes), and likely a bit of cordage staked off or tied to trees back to the shore as anchors to counter the water flow. Put one both sides to funnel the flow. Could also be done with natural material, sort of like building a fish trap.
thats the thing you need more pressure for it to turn but you need it to be small amd portable to fit in small streams. i suggest that they make different sizes
A boulder in each side for that matter , but thats great thinking
Been looking at this, and have been waiting for someone to do a honest review before I considered it.
Thanks for testing it
I live near a river and use mine regularly. I’m happy with it. I take the pack home and charge a few appliances with it. Nothing major but with my other power sources it helps to keep costs down.
I like it. Three or four of those fitted inside a pipe, ...with a large funneling collection box, ...you might have something truly workable there.
That's a really good idea
Definitely a good idea.. I was thinking of something similar as well.
Also most stream of water can be easily modified to generate a higher water flow.
Yeah, with a domed screen at the head maybe?
Jamie Hitt ... Exactly what I was thinking !
Ditto for wind generation
@@canadiannavigator3346 - Might be interesting to stand about 100 feet of that pipe up, ...and see what kind of chimney effect you could get.
This is an excellent device for the Canadian Shield as there are numerous interconnected lakes & streams with sufficient flow to generate power. Thanks for the heads up on this product!
Canadian Prepper sold out to tiny hydro as apposed to big hydro. Lol. Very good and honest review. It looks like it would be a lot of fun to play with.
When SHTF different means of making energy. ie power is going to be a major factor. Great video and I might add this item to my Amazon store. Thanks for the review!
this looks pretty damn awesome if you can put it in a big enough stream and can make a cage/ filter up from it to stop crap from getting in it
24/7 power
I have an idea for this based on a vortex effect sucking the wheel from above and out of the water. Patent pending. It will be based on a centrifugal pump effect at the suction. Take a centrifugal pump case, face the discharge into the water with suction side facing up. Obviously you will have to weigh the case down with a tweeker proof cover and concrete weighing 300 lbs. to assure they can't drag it out even when methed up. Let's say the suction side is 2". Discharge side is 1 1/2". Put a reducer at the suction side and drop it back to 1 1/2" above with a fan wheel attached to a generator. Took me 5 minutes to blow away the stupid water lilly nonsense. Obviously you need to tee it off to keep the water flowing through the suction line I'm not going to design this thing for free. To get fancy on you which way does it need to spin in the northern hemisphere? Southern hemisphere? Equator?
great idea,good thinking
Thanks for making the videos man. I enjoy the cool stuff and the sometimes philosophy of the human condition in different situations.
High wind advisories/warnings is a good time to deploy this.
Water generator will come in handy with all the rain!
Water can be a very reliable source of high wattage power for homes in particular a great example of this is in the video "Free Power for 16 years from a modified Washing Machine / Water Wheel" the guy has 600W of free power from a creek that looks like barely a trickle of water.
I like the concept and see many more areas it could be used.
This is such a cool product and wish I could justify getting it but it’d never get used. I’ll be sticking with solar for now. But I really like this.
Canadian Preper this may work just fine out here on the Great Plains as here in Kansas a still day is 5 mph and a gentle breeze is 20 mph.
You could make a choke point in a creek using rocks or something else to make the water pressure higher and put a grid a few feet ahead of the hydro thing to keep the larger debris from getting to it.
Yeah I agree a choke point will be superb. Any port in a storm when you're on the Appalachian trail miles from nowhere and you need a emergency charge like yesterday
One simple way to get it more efficient is to build a rock weir in a stream. A rock weir is a pair of rock walls in a vee formation pointing downstream. The pair of walls would work like a funnel pushing a greater amount of water through the device. The very same solution could be applied to any hydro device.
I like it ! Another great video , keep them coming !
Thanks for testing this 👍
I think a small wind turbine with telescopic pole would work better, in more situations, the turbine idea is OK. But it looks like a small water wheel, with trough would work better, like a 2' trough, 12"-16" wheel 6" wide, it could be used with a switching regulator, to allow low rpm power generation, but I think for portable power, gravity would be best! A generator could be rigged from a old drill, hung with weights on it from a tree, it would need resetting every couple minutes, but 50 watts should be easy! I'm used to working with 10's if amps, or kw, great video
Ah thank you! I have multiple Harbor freight drills aside when the battery goes bad, a battery costs about $14 while a whole drill, including another battery and another charger, costs like $18.
Looks like I'll be making my own version of one of these...
What system would you suggest to charge a battery to a small inflatable boat?
Cool, gonna add this to my EDC.
Maybe i'm reading this wrong, but you're going to carry this thing around every day? :P
Like the commentary. Well thought out vid.
tow this behind you kayak, id like to see how much drag it causes. Its a great idea for week long kayak trips i do to Algonquin Park. the lay of the land there is mostly flat, calm (gorgeous)lakes and creeks. But when your Moving back country campsites each day, spending 8-10 hours on the water. Traveling maybe 30kms, this may be a good option. Also i bring a 40L waterproof Barrel with me to store food, clothes, etc. Try filling a barrel with water and put a rain barrel valve to drip just enough water to opperate the device, but still not waste time in the backcountry filling barrels. Maybe 1 fill a hour. Last ditch sorta way to generate power with it? Maybe make another video? also outlining charge outputs vs water flow rate. Been watching you vids for over a year now. thanks for the ideas. cheers
There is another product (a couple years past on UA-cam new inventions [from Korea ?] - go see). Same downstream blue bullet with snap-open propellor design. These are absolutely great with a good-flowing stream/creek and place it in the near-middle of the stream and BELOW the level of visibility - out of sight, out of mind. Bury the cabling under the shoreline (and have it run back to a battery box cache-bunker). This would be as great or better than a solar option and total 24/7/365 energy resource.
NICE IDEA ! Unfortunately, here in Central Florida, the rivers are slow moving, except at dams or spillways. Good for mountain streams & creeks though !
I should make a vid on increasing waterway speed for power production
How about at the peak of a teepee? Would the updraft be enough to turn the fan?
The 'Waterlilly' device became available shortly after the 'Blue Freedom' and the 'Estream' devices and only the 'Waterlilly' is still available now. I actually preferred the other 2 versions to this model.
Do u think bolting it to the base of a bucket with a hole cut out. that it would generate more energy because all that damed up water is being forced out a smaller hole being the blades. I mean submurged in fast flowing water.
I hate trolls who just thumbs down a video that's is for educational purposes. Do you hate leaning or listening to people's points of view? Is the content soooo bad its in need of your highly educated suggestion of not good. Just my observation.
Your vids are awesome!
I have seen another portable turbine, the Estream - the construction looks a bit different but it would probably be less susceptible to debris reducing the output, but smaller logs or twigs may damage the fans.
Cool video. I'd like to see more about costs of the different configs and how much you can power real devices like you have done in other vids.
Long Island New York has the wind, & the water -- can use this to juice a battery, & an invertor, or power pack 👍
I bought the 12 v version...and bought a y connecter, with an auto USB plug on one side of y, and 12 v battery on the other. Obviously you can use USB plug on the battery. But I bought this to supplement power to aid a weather station that needed 12 and 5 volts...
Interesting item. I agree, solar is the optimum resource.
Brilliant, thank you for posting
nice alternative power sources thank you
This would be neat to leave at my cabin. We have a little waterfall that would be perfect nearby
Dude, this is a really cool idea
Can you charge both 12V battery and USB devices at the same time using this??
A useful backup alternative.. and probably lightweight would be a good bob addi3
I found it on Amazon, but just a heads up - there's no link for the turbine in the description. Great video!
Its in the comments
Thank you for you take on this item.
Wow just think if you could install one of these things in a city water line. Just a dream!!! Lol
Thats just using the energy from the pumps in utility water so not a viable solution
With water being many time more dense then air we should be able to produce far more energy on a far smaller footprint!
Could I connect this to a delta 2 max, to one of the solar ports? I’m in Scotland right next to a stream, so it would be a useful addition to the erratic solar.
First, check out the Biolite Camp Stove 2; I have used this as my portable stove when going out in the bush and taking the grill as well without noticeablestrain on my energy levels. Over the last fifty years of going out in the bush, this is by far the greatest small portable stove I have ever owned. You should investigate & di a review.
Second, I have a 28w foldable solar panel for small items (Big Blue) and a 100w foldable solar panel for my solar generator; however, when going out in the bush in the winter, there is limited sun for my panels, so the WaterLilly 12v is great for mounting outside my tent when daisy chaining all three WaterLilly’s to get close to 90w to charge the generator. Like the solar panel placing the WaterLilly in the most strategic stop is essential.
I don’t like the idea of using the WaterLilly in the stream. The last thing I need is to catch a trout in the blades. Mind you it would be an easy breakfast.
idk, but shouldn´t the grill faceing upstream?
take the handle off a wire colander, put it on the up river side, those lines will hold it in place and it should be fine enough to leave the flow unrestricted. it will get blocked, of course, but it will be easier to clean than picking crap out of the fan blades.
Anything like this available now a days? My kid is so fascinated with water turbine lol
I do have a place that is near fast running water so something like this is idea, especially since it's running year round (unless we hit -30 for longer than a day or two) and sunlight in winter is limited. I might look into this if I ever end up with kit that needs a greater power source.
I know my brain works a bit different than most but this is what I am thinking.
I already have a USB fan, so what if I get the WaterLily and hang it up as to be used for wind power and just point the fan in that direction. Question is, will the fan still have enough air flow through or around the Waterlily device to still keep a small area cooled off during a power out event? Even better, Amazon has a $29.99 camping tent USB powered fan / light with a power bank. On the windy day you charge the fan and then use the power back up to get it started and keep running. I just need money to test all my crazy ideas.
You will be wasting more power running the fan
Ah no
Have you considered doing a review on any TEG's? Some of them claim to produce 100w on wood stoves would be interesting to see a real review.
I bought one from China for around $600 USD. The cooling fans inside the device were made from plastic and the first time I used it the fans melted. The factory blamed me for installing the device as specified in their instructions. Beware of the source.
Looks great thanks for sharing.
God bless the best country in North America Canada.
i built a mini prototype water turbine. basic really, two barrels, one pvc pipe w a fan inside, one alternator, and one ac/dc adaptor. i can charge a car battery n about 8 hrs. my goal is to uses 55 gal drums, ill need to buy a cherry picker to pick em up, then run a battery bank and back feed the electricity through my house. it might work. if it doesnt work, i can just recharge batteries and use those. i found mosquitos to b a problem, then i learned u can use olive oil on top and just dont drain the barrels all the way. then when u run the water back through to the other barrel, the oil will stay on top. really a fun project that i can do n the comfort/ security of my garage.
Great video!
Does the bugout roll attach to the bottom of a normal hiking pack ? Or do I have to put it in my pack?
Good review. Loved the info.
Does anyone else recall that during the war in Bosnia or was it Yugoslavia ??? that people trapped in a city made small generators that they placed in the river.
Zed Eh hi Z , that is ringing some bells with me too. I tried googling it without any luck maybe it was Serbia or Croatia but I think it was one of those countries which was part of the old U.S.S.R. Anyone else maybe recalls this. Its bugging me that I can’t find anything - let put on my Tinfoil Hat it is “theMandelaEffect”.
I was thinking of attaching it to the Jeep(while driving) for wind power. Might work.
see "Rube Goldberg" .
You would waste more in gas in
@@preppertechnicianee6013 Good heavens! Only attach and use with Jeep when Jeep is in use for another reason!
@@musicalbard3 ya i figured but the issue is the jeep will get more drag from havinging in on. So the increase in drag will burn more gasoline
So you would be trading extra burned gas for electricity
You might as well just plug into to cars alternator as you drive
@@preppertechnicianee6013 If If a turbine's best efficiency is 40% at a wind velocity of 9 meters per second (about 20 mph), it will be 40% only at that wind speed. At all other wind speeds it will be something worse. That wind turbine will generally operate at lower than its best efficiency, because wind speeds are never constant or average. If said turbine can be turned easily, reducing friction and is used with consistent wind force, say; placed just under the back bumper to catch wind from under the jeep; on a smooth road, and is used to recharge a battery etc. The lack of resistance posed by it's placing and the energy generated would certainly compensate for what little resistance / minute amount of extra gas would be.
Yeah. Definitely don’t get it if you are in the desert! Haha. Good vid. They may be a good testing device for peeps looking at purchasing more advanced hydro option for a residence or camp.
Could anyone explain how it works? Does it have coil inside? Permanent magnets?
I noticed the male female plugs on your voltmeter, I wonder if you could charge the Kodiak via the high power input (solar charger) plug by modifying a cord to fit the purpose.
If you have like solar and this in the day you could use solar and at night use the turbine
Can it handle wind over 30 MPH. .
So it worked for you? I couldn't get mine to work with the hand crank. :/ Gonna try it in a stream here soon and see how that goes. (Bought it back in winter when everything was frozen.)
I mad a video on basic generators. It might help you here
@@preppertechnicianee6013 Cool. I'd love to check it out. You got a link for me?
ua-cam.com/video/t03GMPShQr4/v-deo.html
@@preppertechnicianee6013 Thanks!
I wonder how big funnel you need to make to gather enough wind to make that actually produce anything. Good news, you could make that from fabric or plastic sheets, so it would still be relatively portable and possible to set up by one person. Still, wind is very inefficient at small scale so even then this probably wouldn't be worth it.
Will it survive an emp would also like tk know if that power block would survie as well the one witn the solar panel you did wile back
Ya it would its pretty small simple circuit. Unless it was targeted at it
What part of Canada are you from?
I know this has nothing to do with this video but I'm going to Toronto soon and I was wondering if I would be able to carry a Swiss army knife there I've noticed you have one but do u know if I could carry one in Toronto and not get in trouble?
No problem. You can carry a knife in canada, especially if you're reasonably subtle about it.
Your comment is five years old, but in Canada it’s all about the length of the blade.
It’s easy to find the specifics online. And Swiss army is well within range.
I really want information about nickel iron batteries. From a permaculture standpoint, they produce a waste product of phosphorus or phosphate, something that is needed in soil as well. They are heavy and require their own shelter. I was into mountain biking in the 1990s and used nickel cadmium batteries for 24 hour mountain bike races, cadmium of course is very toxic. I would like more information, or a list of sources for these batteries, can a metal recycling center start a build your own? Seriously I think that these batteries are the best way to store electric energy.
How much wind does it take I get wind
That's Interesting 😎
Could you not jury-rig a cone-shaped web of wire mesh to reduce the jamming problem? Maybe a cone of closely-strung wire, so as to let the water through, as opposed to a mesh, which I think would reduce the flow?
Yes but you can off set the flow reduction by adding a guide for the water increasing flow
I just made a vod on generators check it out
I have a stream in my backyard this is perfect and CHEAP
I'll bet it would work better for wind generating if you had a big plastic cone, like the ones that go around dogs heads to funnel more air into the fan
+ollin good idea!
@@CanadianPrepper I'm sure Marshall won't mind if you borrow his cone. 😂
Only solar, wind, hydro, and thermo are viable in SHTF. Period. Having multiple sets of each is better than wasting energy, meaning you should focus only on solar and wind/hydro. If you are not near a coastline you are better focusing on just solar. Further solar is the most durable for extended use as its the only solid state option. If you are near a coast, wind gusts are more powerful, rivers more common, and even saltwater generators exist that produce electricity from sea water alone.
I just made a vid on generators tell me what you think
U r legand
Great review thanks. Quick silly question to Canadian Prepper. I do most things on my phone and I'm not able to change the price from US$ to Can$ on your website.
I bought something from him (the Silky Katanaboy 600 & the Yellow Big Boy which I love by the way) & I'm American. The website automatically charges you the American rate at checkout when everything is completed. (I called to verify this first, but it really does change it) also Bank of America charges an overseas/international fee transaction! Smh I can't remember if it was $1.18 or $7.00.
@@kimberlynhughes3658 Greetings from Canada! Thanks a lot! I knew that my credit card would automatically convert in can$, but I was hoping to see the prices in can$ to compare with items sold elsewhere. Tx again and take care
@@TheBradonfire
Current exchange rate is as such.
Can$ is $.75us, or in other words, if the price is in canadian, 3/4 of us$ will pay for it.
US$ is $1.33can, or in other words, if the price is in american, add a 1/3 of can$ to pay it.
@@clintcarpentier2424 Thanks. I know I'm just lazy. I was hoping for an icon "Can" and "$Us" on the webpage. I'll calculate, no biggie :)
Im thinking only long term homesteading near water
+APeacefulWarrior Wouldn't invest in this for a homestead, just go solar. 30 watts is nothing for that
@@CanadianPrepper True. I was thinking as a balance maybe to say, weeks of rain (sub or tropics) little sun, water tank over flowing, perhaps then. I just need to be able to purchase a Kodiak generator in Australia. I've asked, hoping next year.. Gives me some time to save.
CP no water lily link???
Make you own based on my generatoer video
@@preppertechnicianee6013
I will check it out... tx
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Looks fabulous though doesn't it?
Maybe glued into the bottom of a dry bag to funnel water? Then gravity's pulling that water down.
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They should make it with folding vains that could expand for wind or water.
Do you have an area where Canadians can talk to each other and help each other?
Region depending..... Yeah your camp site should always be near water
they need to build a much bigger unit for people like me who live near a fast moving river.
google hydro generator
Mount it to the top of your car or RV as you drive down the road.
You would have a gas powered turbine. It would be more efficient to charge from the vehicle.
4:10 30 Watt?&??!!!
It barely make 0.5 Watts in typical condition. 5v 0.1A as seen in many review video.
......Ya....I just clicked that link to see why you didn't mention the price even once...
199.00$US for the "basic" model....and over 250.00$ for the 12 volt version.
Mighty spendy for such a weak system. Looks cheap to me plus obviously there will be issues about clogging up the turbines could really hamper your efforts to collect energy.
Good to see someone's at least trying to bring some much needed technology more in tune with harvesting energy through alternative measures.
30 watts can be overkill. Give us a lighter 5 or 10 watt version.
+yuenkitmun There is
just review the product. you spent more time bringing up edge scenarios than talking specs, quality and thoughts on the product. people watching off grid energy production products on youtube are more than likely smart enough to imagine these scenarios ourselves.
The little thing you pedal is a great idea but why doesn’t someone make a stationary bike and use an appropriate gear ratio for optimum power production rather than peddling that little thing forever.
Hate to break it to ya buddy, that thing has gears in it.
I'm not going to get into all the BS but the basic idea is that work=power, work being how hard it is on you, no amount of gearing will change the amount of work you need, but it will change the intensity and duration you need.
Say you gear for high output, that makes it hard as hell on you to generate the power but you will make more in a shorter time.
The same applies to gearing low, you make it easy on yourself and you don't get much power output over a short period of time, though you can keep generating power for longer
7:55 Mounted it on a canoe or bicycle...
I bet my whole life you cannot get any valuable energy from it.
Even in a strong current it barely make 0.5W.
When shtf I won't want hardly anything electrical on me especially not a phone. I will be keeping it old school which means strong and simple
Here in Texas near the coast, a SHTF could be just a hurricane or flooding like we have had before. not all SHTF are huge nationwide events where you dont want electrical devices. Some are small events where you still need to find a way to survive to the next day until back to "normal".
Wont that leave you at a disadvantage to anyone who uses electricity
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