camping gearI found the perfect cookware for our camping gear. We use a combination of solar ovens and a propane camp stove to cook our meals, and this set of pots and pans is something I've been looking for for use both at home and while we're camping. What makes it so useful for solar cooking is that the pans are lightweight and dark and the handles come off, so they will easily fit inside our solar ovens. We solar cook at home and when we're camping, so I know I'll get a lot of use from these pans.

I love it when I find products for camping gear that are also useful at home. These pans will not take up much space in the kitchen cabinets or the camping gear because they nest together. I'll keep the handles in a drawer. When we're in the woods, the handles can go in our cooking equipment tub. These pots and pans are the GSI Extreme cook set, Large. I'll be able to cook a multiple course meal using these pans.

The frying pans double as lids for the cooking pots, and it comes complete with cutting boards and a mesh stuff sack that will be handy when we're camping. It's not often I find the perfect camping gear for cooking, so I ordered this one right away from Paradigm Camping Gear located at www.paradigmcampinggear.com. I'm a member of a couple of solar cooking groups and I'm going to send the link out to them, too. It's amazing how many people are looking for good pots and pans for solar cooking, and these have multiple uses. I know my fellow members will appreciate this information.

Finding the right camping gear makes all the difference in the world when we're out roughing it. These pots and pans will be really easy to clean, too. When solar cooking, food doesn't stick at all to pans. Nobody likes to spend a lot of time cleaning pans up, so the fact that their nonstick makes them perfect for either style of cooking, too, that use direct heat.

Our solar ovens are a serious part of our camping gear. We like to go on hikes and love to come back to perfectly cooked, healthy meals and solar cooking is absolutely carefree when the sun is shining. We bake all our food at home this way for maximum nutrition. When we're camping, we bring along a propane stove that has been part of our camping gear for ages just in case we encounter a cloudy day. One thing is for certain, however. These pans will get lots of use at home and outdoors.