Rainman Portable Watermaker Demo/Review after 3 Years use. How we make fresh drinking water on boat
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2024
- This video shows the very simple steps to set up and operate a Rainman Portable Watermaker to produce pure, fresh, drinking water from the sea onboard a boat via reverse osmosis. It’s also our honest, totally unsponsored, review of the system after using it on Our Dreamtime for the past three years, long enough to really know the product. We discuss an initial problem we had with the unit and the company’s response plus the availability of spares and service. We also test the units rate of production and compare it against the advertised figures and, finally, we give you our verdict on whether we think the Rainman option is a thumbs up or down.
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That was a pretty thorough review though I would like to have had a ballpark purchase figure. That said, I think this review was an excellent advertisement for Rainmaker and it's products and services. Good luck for tomorrow.
Thanks. Glad you found it informative. Cheers!
Love the review Rob, thanks
I’ve always found the whole making water thing daunting, but the Rainman looks simple.
Thanks for commenting Dave. We really appreciate it. The Rainman's simplicity is its biggest strength I think. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers - Rob.
Agree, Used petrol Rainman for 6 years, Loved it! 1 fault about 6mths in (leaky connector), which they fixed pronto. We made a connection to a keel water intake, which allowed water to be picked up while on passage, MUST be deeper than any potential bubbles. Next time prob permanently instal as a 12v or 240v system, but 100+ litres/hour changed life onboard for the better, more than you imagine (think no decision on rinse after swim). and saved money from marina visits ... to refill water. Food and diesel is easy to plan for a few weeks, water is either stingy use or refill every few days!
Thanks for taking the time to comment. We really appreciate it. Having now enjoyed a high capacity watermaker and the difference it makes to cruising life, we could not imagine being without it. It looks like we're in agreement about permanently installing the unit to make life even easier. Cheers R & K
Another fantastic informative episode
We live our rainman as well
Thanks so much for all you support Petra. It is very, very much appreciated. Cheers R & K
I mostly installed my portable. The only thing i do is break out the product water line and operate the pressure valve from a convenient location in the cockpit locker. Brine is plumbed overboard. I pumped your way the affairlasted for about 3 months then plumbed 80 percent of it in. It has a dedicated 120v outlet as well.
Sounds great. It's exactly what we'd like to do but we have to work out where. Unfortunately our cockpit locker is just too short to fit the cylinders. Cheers R & K
Excellent. Thanks
Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting. Cheers
Really great video. Non bias and informative. Thank you for posting it.
That was certainly our aim so thanks very much for taking the time to comment. We really appreciate it. Cheers R & K
Very interesting thank you. I'm now wondering how it would work on the move if the pick_up was in a live bait tank that had more flow than the watermaker. A good live bait tank has its own filter and plenty of flow. And no plastic bags or seaweed etc.
I think it would be fine in that situation. In theory I could weight the pickup line so it won't come to the surface and operate the unit underway but it's not something I've found the need to do - yet. Cheers!
Your videos are great 👍 really enjoying watching your channel 🇦🇺
Awesome, thank you so much for taking the time to comment too! We really, really do appreciate it. Cheers R & K.
EXCELLENT review! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful and thanks for taking the time to comment. We really appreciate it. We hope you can check out some of our sailing episodes too. Cheers Rob & Karen!
Nice review after three years. We're very happy things are working out with your Rainman. Do you mind if we re-post this onto the case studies page of our website?
Please do and thanks so much for the feedback on our review. All we did was say how we have found the unit. We're always happy to recommend what works for us. Cheers Rob & Karen
I want one for my 4wd expedition vehicle, and also for my boat. So I guess the petrol version is best..... but also as my RV will be 100% electric, solar.....am I better off having a 240v that uses an inverter, and get the high output, so doesn't take that much power to fill a 200 liter tank.....
We know people who Rainmans off their invertors but you do need a big battery bank.