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Self-Filling Water Bottle

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:35 am
by composite
Can't say I'm totally sold for cycling/bikepacking in this country :wink: but a nice idea and certainly useful in some places.

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

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Re: Self-Filling Water Bottle

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:55 am
by ScotRoutes
Not quite what I was expecting!

Stillsuit anyone?

Re: Self-Filling Water Bottle

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:19 pm
by AlasdairMc
I was expecting something along the lines of Guy Martin's catheter with a filter

Re: Self-Filling Water Bottle

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:06 am
by Alpinum
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

Re: Self-Filling Water Bottle

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:43 am
by Charliecres
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.

Re: Self-Filling Water Bottle

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:44 am
by Bearbonesnorm
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.



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Re: Self-Filling Water Bottle

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:50 am
by FLV
A good start.

How do you drink from it though?

And what happens when it overflows?

Re: Self-Filling Water Bottle

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:14 pm
by Joshvegas
the overflow could be channeled over a small generator for charging lights etc.

Re: Self-fill ing Water Bottle

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:05 pm
by Joshvegas
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....

Re: Self-Filling Water Bottle

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:18 pm
by Alpinum
Joshvegas wrote:the overflow could be channeled over a small generator for charging lights etc.
:lol: :lol:

Re: Self-fill ing Water Bottle

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:16 am
by ianfitz
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!!