Tuesday, February 19, 2019

T Stands for Emergency Preparedness

At the beginning of Winter and the threat of a bigger storm with loss of electricity (didn't happen), I was searching for a way of heating water for tea without a gas generator or camping stove requiring storing of flammable liquids.



And I found the Cauldryn Fyre Mobile 2.0 Smart Mug.  It comes with a battery that you charge using a wall outlet. The battery charge lasts 20 hours and also has 2 USB charging ports. The smart mug will keep your beverage at the perfect temperature you set. It also comes with a desk coaster so you can have your tea or coffee just the way you like it at your desk. The mug/bottle holds 16 oz.

According to the packaging you can take the mug camping, hiking, outdoors and you can cook food directly in the mug, sterilize water, besides heating water for tea or coffee. It's also a good device to have on hand for emergency preparedness. The insulated bottle can also be used to keep a beverage cold.

On my test run out of the package, the battery needed to be fully charged. The instructions read to fully charge the battery before every use.  The battery took 4 hours to fully charge. The temperature scale on the mug can be changed from Fahrenheit to Celsius.


Somewhere I read that 135 oF. was a good temperature for tea. It isn't. The water was tepid, and I ended up nuking it in the microwave for 20 seconds. I also forgot to time how long it took the water to reach the temperature setting.


On my next test, I used the desk coaster instead of the battery. A search for the temperature of the Keurig brewer found 192 oF. to be the perfect setting for tea or coffee. Cold tap water was 38 oF. and took 1/2 hour for the water to reach 192 oF. Not nearly as fast as a cup of coffee/tea from the Keurig brewer. Maybe as fast as water boiled in an electric kettle?

You can also buy additional accessories. A blender attachment if you want to make smoothies out in the middle of the woods, a percolator and coffee bean grinder, an adapter base so you can heat water while driving in your car or your boat.

I won't be needing any of the accessories any time soon. The mug is perfect to add to my emergency preparedness routine.

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.

46 comments:

  1. Thanks for introducing us to this new cup for preparedness sounds kinda neat to have on hand
    Happy T hugs Kathy

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  2. I just got to thinking if you have to use electricity to charge the battery for the mug-than you would need to charge it in anticipation of an outage? or the usb ports could be charged in the car too if you have those-just thinking out loud here lol

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    1. Yes, the battery would have to be charged ahead of time. Hopefully, if the electricity went out, it would come back on before 20 hrs was up. The USB ports are for charging things like cellphones, iPads and not for charging the battery. An adapter accessory would need to be used for heating the water using your car plug.

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  3. This sounds an interesting gadget/machine to have in the kitchen, especially if there are cuts in power supplies. However on reading you post I don't think I would be going in search of one,[ fingers crossed ]we don't get many cuts in the UK.
    Happy T day wishes.
    Yvonne xx

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    1. When the big storms roll through, and we've had a few, we have lost power. The longest for us was during an ice storm in 2009 and we were without power for 2.5 days. We went to stay with Himself's brother as without a heat source in the house, it was too cold to stay.

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  4. What a fantastic idea. My biggest worry if losing power would be not being able to make coffee! Happy T Day, Valerie

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    1. That was my worry. Now I can heat water for my tea, hot chocolate, and soup if the need ever arises.

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    2. I'm going to look for something like that here.

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  5. Interesting gadget to have on hand. I keep meaning to put together an emergency preparedness kit, but so far I haven't done it. (Awhile back, I added a link to the US Govt site that tells you what you should have in it, with a reminder to have stuff for your pets, too.) I nuke my tea water in the microwave for 2 minutes. A kettle on the stove takes about 5 minutes or so. If the power went out, I'd be in sorry shape, with no way to make tea or coffee. Ugh. Happy T-Day! Oh, and the closest thing to a Spring Moon name: Full Worm Moon, which actually falls on the first day of Spring this year (March 20). (I found the names on the Farmer's Almanac website a few years ago.)

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    1. When my girlies were little, I had a box that I would stock with non-perishable food that didn't need to be cooked. Crackers, peanut butter, Pop Tarts, tuna, etc. Along with paper cups, plates, plastic utensils. At the end of the Winter if we didn't use the emergency rations, I gave them an eat the emergency food day. They loved it. I never stored as much water per person as the gov't guidelines. Didn't have that many containers or a place to store them.At that time we had a generator and a small microwave which could be taken down to the generator and hooked up to heat water or cook. One of the next projects is a solar powered generator.

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  6. Sounds like too much work for a cuppa to me..... :-/

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  7. Looks like a convenient mug /maker set to have but here if power goes out I use my outdoor grill to heat things up;) Happy T day!

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    1. We no longer have a grill. And I don't like storing flammable liquids in the garage.

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  8. Looks like a handy addition to your electrical goods. Hope you don't need to use it too often though as it sounds time consuming

    Have a wonderful T Day

    Love Chrissie xx

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    1. It's time consuming if this is going to be an every day at home item, but if you have no electricity, this is a marvel. And I hope we don't have to use it very often, either.

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  9. Sounds quite a long process just for tea, our son has emergency rations and cooking items just in case of a tsunami or earthquake as they live in San Francisco, as well as a tent and sleeping bags,
    Have a good week
    Jan #17

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    1. Tent and sleeping bags, I'm not quite that prepared

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  10. I love your dark blue Fiestaware mug :) Emergency preparedness must include hot drinks, so I'm glad you found a way to take care of that. I'm looking out at my chiminea and wondering if I couldn't somehow put a rack over a fire in there. But no, your way sounds better. Happy T Tuesday!

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    1. To be without power for more than a couple of hours, the little, comfort things really matter.In the camping aisle at walmart, you might be able to find a standing rack that might fit your chiminea opening. My gadget may be a bit safer.

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  11. That sounds like a great gadget when the powers out and I enjoyed testing it with you to find what temperature you need and how long it takes, great idea 😁. Wishing you a happy T Day! J 😊 x

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  12. Well, that is an interesting gadget, and probably worth it's weight when the power goes out.
    Happy T-day

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    1. It will save me from being desperate for a hot cup of tea when the electricity stays out for several hours or a couple of days

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  13. Leave it to you to come up with yet another cool gadget. You find some of the best for preparedness.

    Unlike you, I make a pot of coffee and turn off the heat. Even in the winter, I don't mind cold coffee. I always have a pot on hand, and one spare I place in my fridge if I have been warned we will probably have a power outage. Like you can't live without hot tea, I can't live without my coffee, cold, luke warm, or hot. Caffeine is my drug of choice (grin).

    BTW, not sure if you ever saw my question about your new basement ventilation system. when Scott got back with me, he said there was nothing on their web site to tell where to buy one locally. Did you get yours locally, or go through the national web site? Also, can a handy person install one their self? Scott and I are both quite handy. After all, I built my free standing bath in my basement in four days and installed the toilet, tub, shower, and sink in that time. What took the longest (nearly two days and two saw blades) was cutting through the concrete in the basement to find the sewer line.

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    1. Yes, I answered you on your blog. But again. You have 2 ways to contact them to purchase the system:

      1. Got to the website and the Contact Us link. Fill out the form. A salesperson will contact you: https://www.wavehomesolutions.com/contact-us/

      2 Or you can telephone 800-293-9577 the company is located in Oceanside, NY

      If you're handy you can install yourself. You will need to drill a dryer vent size hole through your siding as the unit vents outside. If you're not sure, they will recommend an installer in your area.

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    2. Got it and forwarded the info to Scott. Thanks. I'm running so far behind, I didn't think to check MY blog!!!

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  14. good info - i will look for one of these! still another storm coming in and we have been lucky so far this year - no extended loss of power.

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  15. This is very cool.I shouldn't be surprised that they have a smart mug. Everything is a smart something or other nowadays. Thanks for sharing.
    Happy Tea Day,
    Kate

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    1. And if it isn't smart enough, you can download an app to control it from your phone.

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  16. This is cool. You are the gadget queen CJ. I have never heard of these but a good idea for those winter storms. Hope you had a super T day. Hugs-Erika

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    1. And now that I have it, I probably won't have to use it. :-D No complaints

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  17. That is an interesting gadget. We have power outages regularly. Usually they don't last long, but sometimes they do when the powerlines are damaged due to bad weather. In my house I try to depend as little as possible on electricity. My hot water comes from solar panels and I cook on bottle gas (butane), my heating is wood or almond shells. When the sun doesn't shine (rarely this happens as we have 320 days sun here) I have a 6 litre kettle on the stove to do the washing up with. I don't have a gas fridge as they are ridiculously expensive. My friend has one as she lives off-grid totally. Her water heater is on gas too. New laws dictate that they have to be placed outside, which is a pain as we do get a lot of temperatures below zero at night. And these water heaters don't work when it's so cold.
    Happy T-Day,
    Lisca

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    1. Our next project will be a solar battery/generator that will be able to run the sump pump, the heating/cooling units, the well,the fridge, and microwave in case of a power outage.

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  18. Good idea to do test run - it would probably be quite stressful waiting for that time if the power was down and you didn't know how long you would have to wait for a hot drink! We are so lucky that if the power does fail here it's not for long although there were places in other parts of the UK without power for a couple of days last Winter. We often have power down with a prior warning so that's not so bad - time to get prepared and make up some Thermos flasks! Hope you don't need to use this lovely gadget too often! Belated Happy T Day! Chrisx

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    1. I'm hoping since I bought it and will have it at the ready, we won't lose electricity. Longest we have been without power was 2 1/2 days during an ice storm.

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  19. I love your little GIFs, CJ. My eyes keep going back to the hibernating bear. He's adorable. Is that a cat on his back (grin)?

    Even though you bought that amazing contraption that you didn't need this winter, it seems like a very useful thing to have on hand for emergencies. Except if you have to charge it after every use; or maybe it's after every 20 hours of use? Or maybe it's after every 20 hours of power outage. Hmm ...

    We're almost completely solar. But then, we have lots of sun all year long.

    Happy T-day! Eileen xx

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    1. As a computer programmer in another life, I love all the dancing baloney, bells, and whistles. Yes, that's Pusheen on the bear's back.

      The battery will hold a charge for 20 hours. I think the suggestion to charge after use was to always keep it to the max.

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  20. How interesting, a smart mug! We all need that! Happy T Day!

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  21. This is interesting! Thanks for telling us about this CJ! We are suppose to be getting 100km winds tomorrow. They say it's really going to be dangerous! I hope it passes over!!! That's why I'm trying to get some blogging done tonight! LOL! Big Hugs!

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    1. We're in for the heavy winds, too. Stay safe!

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    2. Thank you! You too! It's hitting us right now, with the snow!!

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