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klmmicro said
on 10/21/2009 Back in the 70's, my dad had a polished aluminum "reflector oven" that he would bring back packing. We could boil water with it. He was good at baking things too. With the consciousness rising in regards to saving money and reducing our footprints, I think this is a very timely article. Some commercially available solar ovens claim the ability to hit 325 to 400 degrees. This is enough to cook almost any food I can think of. What a great concept!
sunshineandrose said
on 5/7/2009 wow great article very interesting.5*
SLCookie79 said
on 10/25/2008 This is the coolest thing I've read today. I'm going to try this. Great article!
Freestyle said
on 5/26/2008 We are doing it for our class experiment, please give us more information to jpatrick248@gmail.com(Our teacher) or pitawas_013@hotmail.com(me) or waritgreen@hotmail.com (my best friend)
Anonymous said
on 4/18/2007 Don't just use a reflector and conductor, also use a insulator. This will prevent your item from burning. Also, make a pyramid-like reflector (with a flat top) so it will trap sun light into your box or base. This is to help your item to heat in 30 minutes to 45 minutes instead of an hour.
Anonymous said
on 2/12/2007 Don't use Ziploc bags. How many bags do you know of that are completely clear? Find some glass, it's not that hard. Just find an old picture frame. It will transmit much more light and convert more of it into heat. Plus the difference in insulation properties of glass compared to a thin piece of plastic is huge. Not to mention it's much more durable. Also I'm not sure what that guy was talking about an insulator won't keep your food from burning, and the designs already incorporate insulation. Make sure the box is sealed tight.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 When you come to the step for adding the wrap, if you don't have any then use large plastic bags. Just cut off the zipper and cut along the creases. Then tape two cut bags together and tape it.