Solar cooker brings sunshine to Australian campers

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A kickstarter campaign to help create a solar cooker that can be taken anywhere has achieved its funding goal and could be popping up around you soon.

Solsource Sport which has been unveiled by One Earth Design touts impressively to be able to cook in sun, wind or snow.

According to One Earth Design the newly created innovation is lightweight, weighing 4.5 kilograms.

Assembly of the cooking apparatus takes around 5 minutes with no fuel being required making it safer in helping to prevent fires.

Easy to set up solar cooker

Throughout the articles Kickstarters page explanation as to how the device works is explored, in brief all you need to do is point it towards the sun and wait for your food to be cooked.

It operates in windy environments as well as sunny as long as there is enough sunlight that you still cast a shadow.

It also works at different times of the day such as in Sydney between 7.00 AM and 6:30 PM in summer as explained in this graphic which looks at its optimal operating times around the world.

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Solar cooker hours of use table. Image: Solsource

“We are launching our innovative SolSource Sport model in response to the demand fora more portable solar-powered grill,” said Dr. Catlin Powers, founder and CEO of One Earth Designs in a press release.

“SolSource Sport is ideal for outdoor enthusiasts who need to travel light and for families who want to cook with the sun in small places or on-the-go.”

Who is Solsource Sport for?

This device is designed for those camping or those in the outdoors generally. It can be used in a park, next to the ocean or even your own backyard. It performs more of a overall function then then the Solar Dogger.

Solsource is powerful without compromising on the material used or how those materials last over time as described on the company’s Kickstarter page.

“Made up of one-hundred percent recyclable materials and designed with Life Cycle Assessment, One Earth Designs has thought of everything to make their product eco-friendly to the core…It reaches cooking temperatures in seconds and is capable of boiling water in 10 minutes or less, using only solar power.”

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