Bouba
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It’s certainly a job for the cabin boy but why would you have him in your life raft?
A game changer watermaker if its as good as claimed.
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mjcoon
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Blood is thicker than water (even salt water)?
pvb
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Call me a cynic, but the whole thing has a hint of scam about it. To start with, it's improbably cheap at £48, but then they have the "buy one, we'll donate one" pledge, so the price is actually £24. The offer is designed to appeal to the "woke" generation. All the talk of 2.2 billion people without access to fresh water - but they mostly don't have access to reasonably clean seawater either, and that's all the QuenchSea can work with. Then there's the "spread the word and earn 7% commission on what your friends spend" offer. I'll be surprised if this one is a game changer.
AntarcticPilot
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Besides, a youngster might be more tender when the "custom of the sea" comes into operation!
Sealong
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Alright I will: you are a cynic and I feel sorry for you.
pvb
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Having read some of your recent posts, I'm not at all concerned by your sorrow. After all, you described the QuenchSea as a "daft design".
MarkCX
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Maybe this shows that existing watermakers are overpriced? ?
The £48 won’t be the final retail price anyway. There are a limited number at that price. Yes one is being donated too, but that doesn’t mean it’s £24 each. The donated will will be at cost price for the manufacturer.
The £48 won’t be the final retail price anyway. There are a limited number at that price. Yes one is being donated too, but that doesn’t mean it’s £24 each. The donated will will be at cost price for the manufacturer.
rogerthebodger
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Some time ago there was a low cost propeller towed water maker that never worked and was discussed here.
The real issue is the lack of knowledge of the science and engineering required for a proper watermaker that really works.
It is too easy to make claims that are not independently substatented at a too lower cost to attract those who don't understand the science
The real issue is the lack of knowledge of the science and engineering required for a proper watermaker that really works.
It is too easy to make claims that are not independently substatented at a too lower cost to attract those who don't understand the science
MarkCX
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Fair enough. I don’t have any need for a water maker at any price point, if I did then I’d take a punt on it at that price. Which is rather the point of crowd-funding. Getting a substantial number of units out to your target market even though you might not make a profit on those initial units can have benefits, especially if the product does meet expectations. Many crowd-funded projects don’t deliver as promised; I guess we’ll just have to wait and see with this one.
Porthandbuoy
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People were rather scathing of the Chinaspacher heaters when they undercut Eberspacher by about 90%. Perhaps Quenchsea will demonstrate how overpriced their opposition is.
Fr J Hackett
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If you have arms and wrists like a silverback gorilla they might be useful.
Pete7
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Or a solar panel and a bilge pump motor.
Also, they say it will produce water with a TDS of less than 1000. So a reading of 998 is okay, or is it? I thought the current WM produce water with a TDS in the low hundreds.
Pete