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What a wonderful product! I love the simplicity in setting the cooker up and the ingenuity of the design. We did a braised pork roast, which turned out moist, tender, and flavorful. Looking forward to many great future meals with our solar cooker. Congratulations on such a great product and love that it’s making people’s lives better all around the world.
I enjoy using one frequently in Upstate NY and I introduced. 3 to Sierra Leone in 2023. I appreciate the new side flaps that can be weighted down with rocks to stabilize cooker in windy conditions. I also like the idea that it can become a “heat retention oven” to keep food warm for hours. I would like to send more to Sierra Leone. The need and demand is strong and it literally can save and improve lives there.
I appreciate the inventor, owner Roger Haines, who has donated, helped expand this life - saving technology in Africa and elsewhere!!
Kent Winchester [****]
It was easy to set up. I started cooking right away and made tasty wild rice pilaf. I like the pragmatic design.
This is a great solar cooker. I have had mine for several years and it gets the job done!
This is my second pot and I love it. They are the best solar pots I have used. Here in the mountains, we can get at least 2 meals a day from the sun so I got a second pot so I can cook meats first in the morning and put the next pot full of veggies in the solar oven for a complete meal rather than a one pot meal.
We love it. Now if we could have a few more sunny days.
The Haines 2.0 is our solar cooker of choice for family stews, traditional rice and beans and any slow cook recipe.
Finding all kinds of uses for this cooker. Works as well as I had hoped. Recommending to all my friends
I haven't used it yet but the design. materials and cutting out of parts are all extremely well done.
Exploring more grid down cooking solutions.
All I can say is this thing works. Only used once so far.
I cooked a meat loaf, and it came out great.
Next try will be cooking a pot of pinto beans.
I have no doubt it will work just fine.
It assembles easily. Contains everything needed to start cooking
including a pot and glass lid. Disassembled, it is compact and light
weight and requires minimal storage space. It gives peace of mind
knowing I can cook food and the only thing required is sunshine.
I’m very impressed. On a 76 F day, I was able to boil potatoes and eggs (potato salad). It took about 4 hours and turned out perfect. The customer response was very fast and efficient.. i feel very confident that I can cook most anything. I highly recommend this.
haines 2.0 is the best solar cooker i own. it is my go-to cooker. i have several of them.
Very fast delivery
We love cooking with this unit and it is indeed well-constructed, but… The pot lid comes with the knob unassembled. The escutcheon that goes on the underside of the lid comes in a plastic bag. It has razor thin edges and my wife badly cur her finger while removing the piece. She was bleeding for days afterward it cut so deep. These parts need to be filed or machined to a smooth dull edge. Really.
Best value on the market as the Haines Solar Cooker includes an ideal pot with the purchase. The stand to raise the pot and the enclosing domed cover make this thing efficient and easy to use.
Ordered multiple Solar Cookers for family members (a great Christmas gift?). One small piece was missing, and it was courteously and expeditiously handled. PLUS, it's a terrific product.
Works great! Tried it out at home before putting it in the camper. It easily brought things to a boil to cook out batch of test potatoes. Really looking forward to not having to fire up the oven in the camper during the middle of summer anymore!
Solar cooker works great. I have to admit I was skeptical. Pot handle could be a little more durable though…dented the first time I dropped it but is still functional. Overall…great way to cook outdoors to keep the kitchen/camper temperatures down in the summer!
I bought my cooker based on the recommendation of my brother. The main reason I bought it is I’m in earthquake country and will need a cooking source and water boiling source in the event of the big one! It’s well made, well packaged and very light and portable.
Easy to assemble, lightweight, heated up amazingly fast.
love these solar cookers. I cook beans, rice, veggies, boiled eggs(no water), cakes, chicken, ribs, you name it! No more hot kitchens in the summer! Great value. I have bought and gifted to friends as well. Terrific product.
I became curious about solar cookers after reading about (and making) the Copenhagen. I had a very positive experience. Once exposed to the idea, and after more research, I discovered the Haines. I am very pleased. I’ve owned this product for over 3 years. To date I have cooked whole chickens, pork and beef roasts, an entire slab of rib (cut individually to fit in the pot), several casserole dishes, green beans with ham (a personal favorite), and today I am cooking apples for jelly. If it can be made in a slow cooker, or needs to be braised, it can be prepared in this handy cooking device. The reflective weighs almost nothing. If you can imagine it, it can be done. You cannot burn your food! It’s a good backup emergency cooking tool. It would be great for camping. I plan to take it to the beach to cook a pot full of hot dogs…imagine cooking literally at the waters edge!
Thank you Roger :)
LOVE this solar oven! It was my 1st one ever and I have used it often, it cooks great! On a sunny day I can put frozen meat in it in the morning and it's fully cooked and falling apart for dinner. And it totally boils water, bubbles rolling!
I own 5 Solar ovens and this by far is my favorite! Two reasons: it’s the easiest to use and cooks the best.
We’re so happy with our Hanes Cooker! It’s light weight, easy to assemble and take down, cooks one pot meals or sides so well and folds down back to its original box. We love it. We use it on a weekly basis to cook our dinner meal. It’s great for camping too!
Its not fast but it is fun. We chose this one for cost, amazingly durable and ridiculously easy. Its not fancy, but its near perfect.
All in all, I find the Haines 2 Solar Cooker a great addition to my cooking appliances and a very good value for the price. Now I wonder what Ill cook next?
Haven’t used yet but seems high quality, shipped fast!
