Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I own both the Global Sun Oven brand solar oven and a Solar Oven Society "Sport" Solar Oven. Both of them get used often (weather permitting) and I am glad I own each of them. If I had to make a choice between the two I would definitely take the SOS Sport Solar oven. The Global Sun Oven gets hotter quicker, but the SOS Sport Oven is the superior piece of equipment. The SOS Sport Solar Oven reliably heats up to about 220f and stays there. It will not get so hot that it will ever burn your food - but it will brown breads and meats. The SOS Sport also will cook two dishes at once. The SOS Sport Solar Oven is also less expensive than the Global Sun Oven, is a "green" product made by a legitimate Not For Profit organization; is made from recycled materials, is made in the USA, and does not out gas when used. I painted the interior of my SOS Sport Solar oven and the exterior of the pots/lids with hi-temp flat black paint to further improve the light/heat absorption of the oven. I have also found various other pots, trays, sheets and a small oblong Dutch oven that fit into the oven chamber of the SOS Sport (and have painted their exteriors with hi-temp flat black also). For the cookie sheets I use a 9x16 inch piece of heavy aluminum foil sheeting that I cut from the bottom of a disposable aluminum turkey pan. I painted one side flat black with hi-temp black paint and I just lay it over the cookie sheet or bread trays (laying it with the black side facing up). All in all the SOS Sport Solar Oven is a winner. It is well made, affordable, easy to use, and is an effective piece of equipment. I use mine (and the Global Sun Oven) often, especially during the summer because by using my solar ovens I do not have to use my regular oven - so I thus do not have to use electricity nor pay for the energy to run my A/C to cool the area after heating the kitchen by cooking with my regular stove/oven. And for emergency situations The SOS Sport Solar Oven is a great piece of equipment to own. Add to this a Stovetec One Door Deluxe rocket stove, and a Saratoga Jack's 7Ltr Two Pot Thermal Cooker, and a portable single burner butane camping stove and Vola! You have the capacity to cook without fuel on sunny days, to heat/cook a meal by means of wood or any bio-combustable during night-time or inclimate weather, and to cook indoors when necessary day or night - and all without power from the grid. SOS Sport Solar Oven Thermal Cooker Stovetec rocket stove Single burner butane camping stove Plus Ceramic water filter At least three 5 gallon buckets with lids One 5 gallon bucket toilet (with lid) A roll of toilet paper (placed in a zip-lock bag) Leatherman Wave multi tool Crank and/or solar powered emergency radio (with lithium AA battery backup) LED flashlights with lithium AA batteries Several extra lithium AA batteries 96 hours worth of all your meds (in water proof pill bottles) A basic medical emergency kit One full change of clothes per person Some cash A few power/sport drinks (Gatorade, etc) A few 5 hour energy drinks Bottled water A few cans of soup/stew or canned food that you like A can opener (w/bottle opener) Sterno or a can of chaffing fuel (if you haven't got a butane stove) A pot with a lid One spork per person This is all simple, basic, easily available stuff. Purchase it piece by piece as you can. Put all of it that will fit into the 5 gallon buckets, put the lids on them - and remember that you have it when you need it if an emergency arises. I hope this helps.