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Cooking at Camp Takes an Odd Turn Toward Microwaves

By Rocky Thompson on October 18th, 2008

flashpoint-cooker

If this Flashpoint handheld microwave turns out to be a real product it’s going to cause some problems when you forget to turn it off before stuffing it in your backpack. Not to mention that there will be issues when it’s the only thing you can find at night when looking for a light to take on the walk to go to the bathroom—I can imagine the forest fires now. According to the literature, the FlashPoint ES is a pocket-sized mini-microwave that you wave over your food like a magic wand to heat stuff up. I don’t know much about radiation or microwaves, but this thing should also work wonderfully as a Death Ray.

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2 Responses to “Cooking at Camp Takes an Odd Turn Toward Microwaves”

  1. rick October 19th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    i also have a wonderful collection of magic beans you could purchase from me.

  2. Arya October 20th, 2008 at 8:55 am

    I doubt it’s a mini-magnetron because that would be just too dangerous. It’s most likely (not like I’m going out on a limb here) just a powerful flashlight with a crapload of IR light. Possibly using an IR laser as the source and bouncing it off the reflector as opposed to keeping the beam in line.

    This should probably be filed under “general mischief” instead of camp stoves.