Parabolic mirror

I got one of these quite a few years ago from Radio Shack, don't know if they still have them but these guys do:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005..._spark_lig.php

Here's mine and it does work oretty good, on a sunny day.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...CT0794crop.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...CT0795crop.jpg

Another option for fire starting, light and easy to carry.

Canid has a parabolic mirror cooke in his albums mad from an old satellite dish.

Here's a good demo of one in action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U220eTxHmvw

I did not have to go past the bacon, I am sold !!!!

I'm thinking Death Ray. I can control the world. Muhahahahahahahahahaha!

I'm thinking, that that kind of thing takes up relatively big space 'cause of the shape...

Not the one Hunter posted. It's small.

I noticed, thats why I used the word "relatively". As in, you could take one of those with you to use it to make fire, or cook your food by it self, but it takes up a large space in relation of what it does. I mean, that could be nice addition to your fire/food making options. If they'd only make a folding model of that...

The would come in handy for a stationary camp or homestead.

Yeah, I was thinking having one set up at the cabin might prove to be handy or for anyone off grid.

Years ago, when I still lived in the lower 48, we made a parabolic cooker out of a 12' C-band satellite dish. Cooked and entire turkey dinner on it. It worked GREAT, but you have to rotate it regularly or the bird will burn. . .quickly!

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Originally Posted by NCO

I noticed, thats why I used the word "relatively". As in, you could take one of those with you to use it to make fire, or cook your food by it self, but it takes up a large space in relation of what it does. I mean, that could be nice addition to your fire/food making options. If they'd only make a folding model of that...

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This one will fit in the palm of your hand and packs pretty flat, was sold as "solar cigarette lighter", and it does work for that real well when the sun is shinning.
I have carried it, lost it, found it, and am carring it again, for a lot of years.
It was one of those,"This is COOL" things.

I do like the idea of the satellite dish cooker, .......hummmmmm.
Thanks for the link.

Hunter - Have you used yours to cook anything?

A very interesting article on solar parabolic cookers.

http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_West

Rick, no pretty small, but the thread on the canteen cooking might be a possibility.
I'm hunting for an old satellite dish, I think that would be the cat's behind.

here's a vid of one in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq7_TYIO9VM

If anyone has a table top oscillating fan that is busted the wire safety cage can be made into two parabolic mirrors. There is a cage in front and one in back.

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