Comments on: Innovation Strikes! In-Car Microwave Now Available

By: joeaverage

joeaverage — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:46:55 +0000

Yep, not bad for a camper van or trucker.

Of course the Idiot Brigade will do something stupid with it…

By: On the go? Cook in your in-car microwave

On the go? Cook in your in-car microwave — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:44:10 +0000

[...] Maplin Electronics told the Daily Mail. (Reader “Kurt B” commented during The Truth About Cars, “Twenty-car wreck caused by sweltering prohibited burrito. Actually, for people with food [...]

By: Kurt.

Kurt. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:56:47 +0000

I think it is a great product and wish I had one when I traveled all over the US as a (low budget) racer – living in my van going from race to race…

By: Chris Inns

Chris Inns — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:06:19 +0000

Fortunately, if its as underpowered as other commentators have said there’s little chance of anyone suffering McDonalds-style lap scaldings.

By: guyincognito

guyincognito — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:42 +0000

Screw that. Call me when they come out with the dash mounted kegerator.

By: SirRoxo

SirRoxo — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:15:07 +0000

Oh how nice, we can finally live in our cars AND still enjoy home cooking…

next is a driver seat built-in toilet.

By: Cicero

Cicero — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:36:52 +0000

I’d have to get rid of the hot plate.

By: Areitu

Areitu — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:15:05 +0000

That’s for poor people.

I had a microwave built into my glovebox and an ice chest built into the center console.

By: Landcrusher

Landcrusher — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:06:36 +0000

I love this site. I got a lot of laughs on this one. Thanks, Ed, and all the posters, too.

I can’t make up my mind on this one though. I sorta like cooking with flame when I am camping. Even better if it’s a wood fire. OTOH, being able to have some quick, hot beverages would be a pretty big boon for folks in the cold and remote areas. I will likely pass, but I won’t blame the device for an idiot that uses it while actually driving.

By: JEC

JEC — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:57:11 +0000

Screw that, I’m waiting for someone to make an in-dash automated espresso machine. Preferably in an Italian car, alongside a grappa dispenser (closed course only, kids).

By: nonce

nonce — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:17:03 +0000

I want a plug-in halogen lamp that I use to recharge my solar car, thermodynamics be damned!

By: shaker

shaker — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:41:18 +0000

“The in-car microwave can output a power of 175W when plugged into the car’s lighter socket. Alternatively, you can also hook it up directly to the car’s battery, which you’ll get a much higher power output of 660W. If you’ve got more raw food to cook in the car, you shall consider connecting it directly to the car’s battery to give you more power to ensure the food is well cooked. The device is also equipped with an LED screen that can handle touchscreen operation. When plugged into your car’s lighter socket, the output power is sufficient to let you make a pizza in only 4 mins and a coffee in 6 mins. This shall be fast enough to get your breakfast ready while you’re stuck in the heavy traffic in the early morning.”

Well, 175W seems a bit low to “cook a pizza in 4 minutes” – maybe a small slice of room temperature pizza could be warmed in that time…

I’d be a bit worried about the microwave leakage affecting the driver’s Bluetooth head(set), and the possibility of being carjacked by a ne’er-do-well attraced by the aroma of re-heating Chicken McNuggets on a hot summer eve…

By: jkross22

jkross22 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:36:13 +0000

Because we need more encouragement to get even more distracted while we drive and fatter at the same time.

I thought car distractions reached an apex when 2 weeks ago, I had seen a guy driving South on the 405 playing a guitar, and steering with his knees.

No joke.

By: Lokki

Lokki — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:14:26 +0000

Microwave, smicrowave!

I want a bidet!

By: toxicroach

toxicroach — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:53:30 +0000

Essen— you’re thinking too small man.

Real tailgaters bring their own generators!

By: shabatski

shabatski — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:34:55 +0000

Cicero, that’s a great idea! Time to burn some bacon!

By: essen

essen — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:31:12 +0000

I’ve actually been looking for a microwave for tailgating. The lowest power microwaves still use too much juice for even the most powerful DC/AC inverters (the ones you have to clamp directly to the battery). Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be worth it (6 minutes to heat a cup of coffee)

By: Kurt B

Kurt B — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:20:27 +0000

20 car pile-up caused by scalding hot burrito…

Actually for people with food allergies this could be very useful on a trip.

By: Cicero

Cicero — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:09:35 +0000

For the serious speeder, the unit should be roof-mountable, facing forward, with the door pried off.

By: arapaima

arapaima — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:06:04 +0000

For travel this could be convenient, no longer are you enslaved to hunger when on the road! Just have a passenger pop something in and eat as you cruise on the freeway.

By: Jeff Puthuff

Jeff Puthuff — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:55:37 +0000

Are we placing bets on how soon a purchaser sues the manufacturer?

“I was drivin’ my car and wanted to heat up my coffee. The box didn say nothin’ about not driving while heating up coffee. I put my AM/PM jug in there and punched up 2 minutes. Of course, as I was drivin’ I hit a Detroit trench in the road and when I opened the microwave, a gush of boiling coffee burned my hand and splashed into my lap! I’m suin’!!”

By: RayH

RayH — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:45:24 +0000

“The 12V appliance plugs into a car’s cigarette lighter and can cook a pie in four minutes flat or heat up a cup of coffee in six.”

I’d much rather have hot plates on either side of my GPS on dash, but to each their own. If anything has ever cried for an obesity tax, it is this.

By: kericf

kericf — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:33:07 +0000

This is just stupid. Now we will have people talking on their blue tooth, while texting, playing with their GPS system, and now they can cook a hot pocket all at the same time.

Can we keep stats on how many of these cause deadly traffic crashes each year so we can start PAMIC (People Against Microwaves In Cars)