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Thermal Core
A warm bed and a hot shower, off grid.
$595Module
In R&D · ships when it passes a cold season
Target price $595. We publish the field-test results in the journal before we take a dollar.
An insulated ten-liter heat battery that charges from propane, packable solar thermal, or surplus from the Power Block, then feeds a hydronic sleep pad and a shower wand. Heat the bed, not the tent.
Store10 L water · ~350 Wh thermal
ChargePropane · solar thermal · PV surplus
Sleep pad31–34 °C microclimate, one night
Pump~3 W
Weight16 lb dry
In the box
- Thermal Core
- Sleep pad
- Shower kit
- Rail mount
Why it is built this way
A kilowatt-hour stored as heat costs a few dollars of hardware. Stored as lithium it costs three hundred. We ship this when it passes a cold season, not before.
Own the Frame once.
Every module we ever make mounts to the rail you already have. That is the whole idea.