Self-Filling Water Bottle

composite · Post by **composite** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:35 am

Can't say I'm totally sold for cycling/bikepacking in this country

but a nice idea and certainly useful in some places.

http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/projects/fontus-2/
&
http://www.psfk.com/2014/10/self-fillin ... cling.html

ScotRoutes · Post by **ScotRoutes** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:55 am

Not quite what I was expecting!

Stillsuit anyone?

AlasdairMc · Post by **AlasdairMc** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:19 pm

I was expecting something along the lines of Guy Martin's catheter with a filter

Alpinum · Post by **Alpinum** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:06 am

Looks like a good muck-collector. I've been thinking of a good souvenir from the bike packing trips to UK. Now I found a souvenir collector

Charliecres · Post by **Charliecres** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:43 am

Neat idea but it looks bulky and heavy and won't work well when the air's hot and dry. Shrink it to the size of a Sawyer filter and get it to produce a litre an hour in all conditions and I'd be interested. At the right price.

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:44 am

Very clever idea .... however I thought it was a little complicated and maybe not suited to the UK in general.

So I've produced a simple, lightweight version that I believe will be ideal for the majority of the UK for 11 months of the year.

FLV · Post by **FLV** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:50 am

A good start.

How do you drink from it though?

And what happens when it overflows?

Joshvegas · Post by **Joshvegas** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:14 pm

the overflow could be channeled over a small generator for charging lights etc.

Joshvegas · Post by **Joshvegas** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:05 pm

majority of the UK for 11 months of the year.

Can't decide if you are implying a month of dryness in the height of summer or a month of frozeness in the depths of winter....

Alpinum · Post by **Alpinum** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:18 pm

Joshvegas wrote:the overflow could be channeled over a small generator for charging lights etc.

ianfitz · Post by **ianfitz** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:16 am

Joshvegas wrote:
majority of the UK for 11 months of the year.
Can't decide if you are implying a month of dryness in the height of summer or a month of frozeness in the depths of winter....

If happily take either if those!!

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