# How heavy is 35 kilograms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 19, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148 "2016-12-19T17:09:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/41 "2016-12-19T22:04:38Z")
Just remember that if your battery charge isn’t lasting long enough, you may need a larger coal scuttle. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/42 "2016-12-19T22:13:04Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Maybe they could use my invention of two motorcycles hooked together side by side with four seats. I was trying something like that, but starting with four unicycles. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/43 "2016-12-19T22:25:49Z")
\*\*Archinist’s \*\* new home-built PC boards an aeroplane: [![](https://i.insider.com/4dfb8533ccd1d5cb200d0000?width=620) ](https://i.insider.com/4dfb8533ccd1d5cb200d0000?width=620) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/44 "2016-12-19T22:26:28Z")
Have you considered strapping it to a portable generator? They weigh more than the 35 kg, but you’re looking at over 12 hours of run time on one tank of gas, and they already have wheels & such. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/45 "2016-12-19T22:30:59Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Maybe they could use my invention of two motorcycles hooked together side by side with four seats. > [@Mangetout](#): > > I was trying something like that, but starting with four unicycles. Or four [motorized unicycles.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfsi_plW21g) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/46 "2016-12-19T22:59:43Z")
Two words: Steam Powered ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/47 "2016-12-19T23:13:34Z")
> [@Archinist](#): > > I am thinking about a mini-ITX PC build that would weigh 35 kilograms. Are you making it out of iridium? My Shuttle XPC box weighs only a little over 5 Kg fully loaded. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/48 "2016-12-19T23:26:40Z")
BTW - putting a UPS in the case won’t work. They require AC power to energize. An inverter _will_ work, but it’s an absurd idea. Spend the money on a high-pwer laptop. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/49 "2016-12-19T23:49:16Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > BTW - putting a UPS in the case won’t work. Actually, there are UPSes that fit in 5.25 inch drive bays. Of course, like other UPSes, they are meant to keep the computer running during a power flicker, or just long enough for you to shut down gracefully during a longer outage, and not as a replacement for AC power. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/50 "2016-12-20T00:20:05Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Actually, there are UPSes that fit in 5.25 inch drive bays. Of course, like other UPSes, they are meant to keep the computer running during a power flicker, or just long enough for you to shut down gracefully during a longer outage, and not as a replacement for AC power. Yes, I’m aware of that. But, I don’t think any of those will start up without AC power being present. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/51 "2016-12-20T00:22:51Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Yes, I’m aware of that. > But, I don’t think any of those will start up without AC power being present. That’s why you install a kickstarter! ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/52 "2016-12-20T00:38:26Z")
> [@](#): > > How heavy is 35 kilograms? 77.1617917647071 pounds, to be exact.[sup]a[/sup] 😃 [sup]a[/sup]Assuming standard gravity. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/53 "2016-12-20T00:47:46Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > 77.1617917647071 pounds, to be exact.[sup]a[/sup] 😃 > > [sup]a[/sup]Assuming standard gravity. But the OP said 35 kg, not 35.00000000000000 kg. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/54 "2016-12-20T00:51:34Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > 77.1617917647071 pounds, to be exact.[sup]a[/sup] 😃 > > [sup]a[/sup]Assuming standard gravity. Err - why would gravity make any difference. It weighs what it weighs. With different gravity it wouldn’t weigh 35 Kg ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/55 "2016-12-20T01:06:33Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > Err - why would gravity make any difference. It weighs what it weighs. With different gravity it wouldn’t weigh 35 Kg Pounds are a unit of weight that varies by local gravity. Kilograms are a unit of mass which do not. Of course, the OP never indicated that he wanted to build this monstrosity on Mars so the difference is probably academic. I may be going out on a limb but I assume that this computer that weighs as much as a large child is going to be mainly used on Earth so 77.161 lbs is probably a close enough answer. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/56 "2016-12-20T01:42:55Z")
… 343.23 newtons … ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/57 "2016-12-20T02:02:24Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > A buddy of mine had an [IBM Portable Personal 5155, model 68](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Portable_Personal_Computer) (or if not that exact model, one that was very very similar) and it was about 30 pounds, with an integrated 9-inch screen. > > I don’t think I even got my first laptop until 2007. I still have it, still use it. Back in the day [http://www.rugged-portable.com/history-portable-computers-rugged-bias/osborne-1/](http://www.rugged-portable.com/history-portable-computers-rugged-bias/osborne-1/) [http://www.rugged-portable.com/history-portable-computers-rugged-bias/grid-compass/](http://www.rugged-portable.com/history-portable-computers-rugged-bias/grid-compass/) ---
**Author:** ![Chunkylord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Chunkylord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chunkylord)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/58 "2016-12-20T04:12:14Z")
What a great thread guys, 10/10 on the snark! But yeah, laptops these days can be very capable if ya got the cash for it, especially with those shiny new nvidia mobile gpus. You can even get power banks for those laptops without removable batteries. Again, it just might cost ya an arm an a leg for the lot. Sent from my HTC One\_M8 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/59 "2016-12-20T05:01:19Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > 77.1617917647071 pounds, to be exact.[sup]a[/sup] 😃 > > [sup]a[/sup]Assuming standard gravity. What if it’s used in a run down neighborhood with substandard gravity? ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148/60 "2016-12-20T12:58:21Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Pounds are a unit of weight that varies by local gravity. That is true of the [pound-force.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(force)) But a [pound-mass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass)) is a unit of mass, independent of local gravity/acceleration. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-heavy-is-35-kilograms/775148.md?page=4)