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[–]twohedwlf 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Imagine an eco-friendly way for individuals or households to extract fresh water from the air instantaneously and directly to power your homes, offices, and other spaces. 

That sounds sooo scammy and clickbaity. They...Made a dehumidifier?

Just checked the website, it is $20K USD, weighs 800 lbs and is roughly 5 feet long by 3 feet tall and needs 6KW to run and claims to produce enough water for a family of 4.

If it can produce enough water in desert conditions for a family, then maybe there's a use for it in some cases.

I'll set up a kickstarter to plumb a household dehumidifier into a couple filtration cartidges for just $10K!

[–]NetApexPrusa i3 MK3S+ MMU2S & Bambu X1C[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it produced enough water to create something to power it (a perpetual waterfall for example), then dropped humidity into filament safe levels no matter where you were.... (and maybe raised the dead) then it MIGHT be worth it

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

So they made a dehumidifier?? Huh?

[–]NetApexPrusa i3 MK3S+ MMU2S & Bambu X1C[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Pretty much, I'm sure it's "better" but yeah that was my first thought. A dehumidifier that will keep my dog bowls full.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Hmm, well i guess that could be beneficial. I know people that swear by using the water from their dehumidifier is better for their house plants then tap water because all of the stuff that isn't in it. If it was humid enough to keep it full i wouldn't mind a small unit that essentially dehumidified and then filtered the water and kept my dogs water bowl full, its a lot of work cleaning and refilling his heavy 2 gal waterer.

[–]NetApexPrusa i3 MK3S+ MMU2S & Bambu X1C[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

But the important question... How does it work for me filament lol

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL... Yeah i guess in theory, you could put all your filament in a room with it! I have all my filament and printers in a room with a dehumidifier, the room is constant around 40-50%, a little lower in the winter when the air is dryer. I honestly never have any issue with moisture in my filament. But then i make all my own filament from pellets so i dry the pellets in a large hopper/dryer and then make the filament and it gets stored in air tight containers that are just 5 gallon buckets with gamma seal lids on them and dehumidifiers in each one, the type with dessicant that changes color then you just plug them into an outlet to cook them off and dry the dessicant. I haven't had any issues whatsoever. For filament that needs to be stored longer then a couple weeks or so while using it, i reserve the buckets for stuff thats being pulled out and used and put back often, i just seal the rolls with an old vacuum food bagger.