SlashGear Japan
This water cooler will suck the air dry pulling 36 liters of water from the surrounding air within 38 hours. That means its like a dehumidifier on crack, oh, and did I mention it also recycles and filters the water so its drinkable, and it even cools it a bit.
On top of all that, its an air purifier too, because it purifies the air before it sucks the water out of it, meaning when the air comes out the other end its both water and contaminant free. So you get cleaner, dryer air, and some clean drinking water, sadly there are a couple of downsides, the first is the $1799 price tag, the second is the nearly $17 per day operating cost, at least that’s what Ubergizmo has it estimated at.
I have always wanted a water cooler in my home, for several reasons, but mainly because our city water is horrible and is very hard. But I knew I was too cheap to rent one and make monthly payments to some company who brings us water, and still yet too cheap to buy the cooler myself and then just buy the water each time, I guess I have found my solution if I can come up with $1799 and some way to recoup the $17 per day it supposedly costs to run this thing.
AquaMaker AM10 Extracts Water from Air [via boingboing]
2 Responses to “AquaMaker AM10 pulls water literally out of thin air”
Ty December 11, 2007
That’s quite amazing, does it really pull out enough to make a full good couple glasses?
NeutralEmily April 7, 2008
Actually I just bought the AM10 shown in the picture and I have to say it makes close to 7 gallons of water in my office and I live in Dallas Texas. Of course the unit will not make any water in a dry places because the water has to come from the air but that was also disclosed upfront during my purchase. I asked for a AM10 for my mother in Illinois but they said they would not sell it because it would not make water for certain periods of the month. I was impressed by this because they had a sale and did not take it. They looked out for me and were very upfront and honest about their product and its benefits as well as its limitations. When I saw that it was posted the cost of 15 dollars per day I almost fell out of my seat. When I purchased my unit i was given a chart of electricity consumption and it is shows exact consumption per day which is not even one dollar per day at full capacity. I would really urge you too look into water generation a little closer because for most of us it beats having to pay for water for the rest of our lives when we can produce it in our homes and not have to worry about the city contamination or full and empty bottles to be stored or high costs associated with cooler systems. When I used to buy bottles it almost seemed like I was paying more for the transportation and production of plastic rather than what I really want to pay…just water. So yes I do love my water generator…as you can tell..lol..and I don’t think it is a product for everyone but it is definitely worth looking into for yourself and finding out the true facts.
Neutral