| Decide which to use - get
a Solar Cooker you will use often...
There are many different Solar Cookers that will help you start
cooking in the sun. You can make your own with one of the many designs on
the internet. This can be fun and costly - but the results are unreliable.
Even among commercially available units there is only a few that work
properly.
Panel Cooker -
Good Points - Very Small,
Cheap
Bad Points - Doesn't get very hot, Can't bake, Takes long time to
Cook, Doesn't keep food hot
Solar Oven
Good Points - Hotter
temperatures, Some keep food hot
Bad Points - Most can't bake
(bread etc), Most take a long time to cook.
Parabolic Cooker -
Good Points - Very Hot
temperatures
Bad Points - Dangerous (can cause blindness / wind
hazard), Very Big, Expensive, Must be refocussed often, can burn
food.
Hybrid -
Good Points - Can cook with
electricity
Bad Points - Defeats the purpose, poor solar cooking
ability
Our Pick? - The Global Sun
Oven!
This is a Solar Oven design but uses reflectors to gain extra
heat. This mean it can cook faster & Bake / Roast etc but doesnt have
the size, danger and expense associated with parabolic cookers.
It is
also designed to keep food hot for hours and doesn't need adjusting as
often It folds down compact for traveling, doesn't burn food easily &
is easy to use. By far the best choice to date! easily & is easy
to use. Bakes loaf of bread in 45 minutes,
Roast (1.5kg) in about 1hr 15min! |
