The Solaris Atmospheric Water Generator is an energy efficient way to generate purified water out of thin air as long as the conditions are right. Even if the water system goes down, as long as you can power the Solaris System, you’ll have a potable water source even in an apartment, at a campsite or anywhere else where the conditions are met ( Temperatures between 59°F - 100°F and Humidity between 35%- 90%) If you are interested in this useful piece of preparedness tech, use this link to support the channel: tinyurl.com/mran85vm Use the code “magicprepper” for $150 off of a Solaris Atmospheric Water Generator!
It’s called a dehumidifier, they’ve been around forever. They do require humidity though. For $2000, I’d rather have a dehumidifier and boil & filter & save $1600 to spend on something more useful.
Absolutely, Get a good one at walmart, buy a Sawyer water filter for $20 and you've got it made. Make a gallon of water in a few hours. This is high tech for red necks.
@@JamesBlue72 well, being stuck behind enemy line's in SoCal, we just don't get the humidity. I'd be better off boiling and filtering, and I was very fortunate to have found a perfectly good, distiller. I couldn't believe my eyes when I seen it at the Goodwill, for $10.oo bucks. I just need to buy some charcoal filters and I'm set.
I rigged up a 21 gallon tank at the bottom of my central a/c units drainage tube. It produces about 20 gallons of distilled water every 24 hours. All I need to do is filter and boil for drinking purposes if needed. I use the water to water my trees daily using a cheap $15 submersible pump from harbor freight.
I picked up a couple of dehumidifier units that run on peltier modules. Work decently. Definitely do have to filter and sterilize the water before use. This all in one unit is very interesting though. Thanks MP.
MP , Another alternative for getting water is a FOG NET . Theyve been using these around the world with good success . Its a large somewhat fine net mounted on a tubular frame that has an angled gutter at the bottom that is connected to tubes or a hose . The net is mounted in the air and collects fog or dew , the moisture collects on the net and drips down into the gutter and then is taken away by the tubing or hose and into buckets . They are kind of hard to get ahold of in this country so ive looked into alternative types of material to use . From what I can tell it looks like garden shade cloth material should work but I havnt tried it yet . It would be a much more affordable way to go . Relief organizations are purchasing fog nets at extreme high prices to give away to third world places that dont have water like in Morocco . They are able to get enough water out of the air to grow crops for a whole village
The actual scientific issue is called dew point. I sold these 21 years ago until legal wrangling showed up. Temperature and humidity MUST be within 20 points of each other. Get some limestone blocks and store in your holding tank to prevent distilled water acidity.
It's a great idea...pricey .. and if this product isn't for you... you still need to be planning for drinking water... when your drinking out of a puddle this machine will be priceless! Good show magic prepper
My thoughts are I 100% like the idea of this product it is a great item to have as part of your preps however what I’m not onboard with is the overall cost for it. $2,000 for a dehumidifier with a UV light and water filtration, in my eyes. For us trying to prep and knowing not all of us have unlimited funds need to be smarter about where else we can spend that money on. You are correct that is not the most expensive item that preppers have in their preps but I believe it is not a reasonable purchase. The other items you mentioned was night vision and weapons. In my opinion those are reasonable because it’s not that easy to make yourself. Not a easy DIY project. I would be more comfortable to buy a large dehumidifier, then run that water through an in line three stage off grid water filtration system with an inline UV light at then end. Then once it gets through that put it through a Berkey just for piece of mind. Even with all that it would still be cheaper and if the dehumidifier breaks I can easily buy another one from any box store at a much lower price than if this item breaks and coughing up another $2,000. All these items will not last forever.
Thank you for showing us the product, it is innovative. The return policy and warranty are a deal breaker for me. If you don't trust your product for longer than a year, then neither do I.
Capture your central a/c units water drainage if possible. For a about $50 in tubing, hoses, submersible pump and small tank you can gather 10 gallons a day easily when you're using your a/c. I am currently collecting over 20 gallons a day using this method. Way cheaper!
I wouldn't use water from my dehumidifier. There is too much risk for contaminants I cannot get out. Plus how it's made. But this is pretty cool. Thanks for review!
This thing is $1,600... It does 10 liters of water a day. There's a device I got for HALF the price that makes 10x more water though (seriously). Its an industrial dehumidifier. Abestorm LGR Commercial grade. 100 liters a day. Runs great on my Ecoflow Delta Pro. I just run the resulting water through a Berky. Besides, not all water you get would have to be pottable. You may wanna use it for washing. So it lets you filter the portion you wanna drink in a more sustainable way.
This thing is absolutely worth every penny. Every one I Love will get one after I get mine.😮 I’m very excited to see this… I’d love to giveaway these to my children
47 litres a day at 1300 watts for $700 Canadian on a Costway dehumidifier on Amazon. I would build a tank (a barrel and a half a day would be the consideration needed for it.) with a UV light on it and filter it like a rain catchment system. The air filter wasn’t something that I considered but it’s a nice idea since it would mean cleaning the radiators less. I would also move the water switch into the tank. My system I was designing was considered with rain catchment in mind alongside it. The idea was to always have water anywhere on a camper since they usually have a tank built in. Another use for these types of systems is the advantage for devices that always need water to have their own tank that is always filled up by the air like a coffee machine or anything similar.
Yea it's been working really well. I understand the sticker shock aspect of it but I didn't design it or put it into production. From my end I was only concerned with whether or not it worked well and provided what was advertised. And so far it has. But the price will keep a lot of people from being able to try it out.
Seems like a pretty cool gadget, just a bit pricey. As someone who still loves to travel in my mini Skoolie. This is why I am in a van parked down by the river. 😊
You could also - to check your general humidity, just check the weather website on your phone. Most give you a representative humidity level for your area, and in some views, you'll see what it is during each hour of the day. Your indoor humidity level should be different, typically lower, but if you open your windows, you'll be getting the outside humidity. In some areas, this device will work GREAT during the summer months, but may fail miserably during the winter months..
Great review! If it can work on a boat, in spite of a bit of motion, I would think it would be cheaper and more reliable than a reverse osmosis water generator.
Many of us already have an air conditioner or a dehumidifier that we can use some tubing to collect water in a 5 gallon bucket. And to filter it all you need are some of those life straws. They last a very long time whenever the water is already crystal clear and all you’re doing is filtering out micro amounts of pollen and dust & low levels of bacteria. Just remember, if you are in a low humidity, dry area, like the desert in states like Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico West Texas, some parts of Oklahoma & California, none of these solutions will work for you because you don’t have the humidity. This product he’s advertising also will not work in a low humidity areas.
Exactly…we call these humidifiers and air conditioners…you can’t really drink distilled water…you need to add electrolytes back…distilled water will destroy cells…water follows salt…so you need to add electrolytes…
I live in Mobile, the rainiest county in the lower 48, with a metal roof, so all I need is a 4-pack of Berkey water filters ($64.00) and a 5gal. Bucket.
Build a Water Generator! Use 10-50 plastic bottles into PVC pipe, make into "I closed" piping, connect all bottles to mainline, place a faucet/neck, BOOM! Water Generator on your roof! ...I make 80 gal.s each day of purified water, no water collection here 😎👍
Buy a dehumidifier and a $150 water distiller and have much cleaner water for much less money. I use a distiller daily for absolutely the cleanest water possible.
A life straw knock off is 15 bucks. A sawyer filter, 2 pack with 2 bladers is 30. Boiling is free, coffee filters are cheap. Look, money is hard enough to get your hands on. Thats not to say that the machine isnt cool and that i dont want one, but for that price point, id rather get a few gravity feed systems.
Sawyer Squeeze filter is the best of the Sawyer's. It has better flow rate and less clogging issues than the Mini FYI. Ditch the squeeze bags they come with though they won't last. This is the discovery/conclusion learned by thousands of hikers. You can set one up with a siphon pump to create lots of clean water quickly if you don't want to wait for gravity to work. Pre-filtering is definitely recommended.
"You lost me at 'Celsius' and 'liter', son." Ha, ha, ha! Just kidding! This unit's functionality sounds amazing! I guess it seems to be worth the price... but it is also beyond my financial capabilities. I literally cannot "afford to survive" a SHTF scenario. Rats. Thanks for the info and review, though!
It is definitely expensive and understandably too much for many people out there. But I try to showcase what's available or possible to at least give people ideas. Thanks for the support!
i think its a great idea, yes we all know in its most basic form it's a de humidifier, but a compact, all in one water collection system that cleans, purifies, and serves the clean water is an invaluable tool in many situations, the price at this point is staggering, but i would assume they will become more buyer friendly as the tech becomes picked up by more companies and competition starts to dictate pricing, yes they need power to run, but i personally could rig a dozen different ideas up to get a machine like that running in an emergency, certainly easier to sort out a power source than pulling clean fresh drinking water out of thin air.
Thank you for the excellent description of the unit, how it works, and how much it produces! This is my first time to learn about a device like this. So does it produce distilled water (just like a distiller, with no minerals or contaminants)? Thanks for all your helpful info!
I read somewhere that the plastics dehumidifiers are made of contain mildewcides (sp), some of which are potentially very harmful. May want to research that.
The air intake vent filtration, water filtration and UV preservation is all a part of the cost…but the cost is just too high for what this is. At least for me. So stoked I live in Hawaii where water falls on us everyday. 😂
My only add to this, I bet, but cannot say for certain, that in time the price point should come down in time, especially if this is a first iteration.
It is wise to ensure you have additional sodium for your diet if you are relying on water like this in an emergency. I often remind people to stock up on salt while it is still affordable for this reason.
1700 bucks... 😂 You're usually on target MP, but this is straight up Canadian Prepper territory. Get a dehumidifier for 50 bucks. Put some chlorine in it if you're worried. And my dehumidifier looks nothing like yours after years of operation and not cleaning it once, wth you doing with yours??
I bought one of these from amazon. It arrived broken and unusable and appeared to have already been used by someone before I got it. Amazon took it back and replaced it....with yet another broken unit! That second one went back for a refund. I would have loved to have one of these in actual working condition mainly for purposes of having water during an emergency. I guess I'm screwed.
Here us a better idea. Put a dehumidifier in your attic. Run a house all the way down to.a storage tank.in your basement. Filter and use a uv filter like on a fish tank.
I fun a uv light on my water supply. The lights are good for 6 months . Now for emergency I run my dehumidifier then filter with a Berkeley style filter. Then into storage .
It can produce up to 10L per day if the conditions are right. Mine seems to be pretty close to that most of the time with a minimum of 5L for certain. The filters are between 6 months and 1 year based on the environment as well regarding air quality.
Don’t buy this. Do your research it’s just an expensive fancy dehumidifier… just buy a regular dehumidifier and have your own water filter. After a year these fancy filters and uv will be worthless. This is not a new idea it’s been redone every few years. Just buy a dehumidifier and use the hose extension and put it into a bigger container. That way you won’t get that nasty tank issue. My cube uses average 100 watts per hour and generates 1 gallon every 4-5 hours.
@@MagicPrepper if you want to buy a fancy one I would say I saw another brand with a built in solar panel on it so it is a complete solution. It is not as mobile as yours but it also had the uv light and filter. And it was in the 2k region too
And then I'll need a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators. 😊 But seriously, make sure that you are getting enough minerals. An R.O. system and one like this will take out ALL minerals. Same as distilled water. And that can lead to health issues in the long run.
@@MagicPrepper I have 50lbs of idolized salt in storage, but I need to get more. I believe it was 50lbs a year in Colonial times per person. That includes food preservation. I have a R.O. filter in the kitchen, when I added the re-mineralization feature the taste improved. But it adds calcium and magnesium besides the sodium. All of which helps bones and health.
@@suburbancommandojeremyidolized salt 🙏 all hail 😏 FYI iodized salt is cheap but also uses forms of aluminium as an anti-caking agent. If you're buying more salt I suggest pink Himalayan or Celtic sea
How much does it reduce humidity in the air? That would be an added benefit for those of us in the southeast without power after a hurricane. It is bearable without a/c, or just a window unit for one room, if you can get the humidity down.
Well to play it safe, if it needs to be in constant water generation mode for 24 hours it would likely need about 6000 Wh. Now it does not use that level of energy consistently while the tank is full. But if you were relying on the water from it and it was constantly producing, then that is what you'd likely be looking at. However, since it's only using around 200W in my experience, if you could counteract that output with a decent solar panel setup, that might not require as high of a capacity.
I had an opportunity to get a unit similar to this one for free. I just needed to purchase new filters. That's where I round into a problem. As nobody made the filters for that particular unit that I was going to receive. Also I question how long the UV light last as most only last a year. There is also a concern about the type of water it produced. Was it similar to distilled water? Am I going to leach minerals from my body? After weighing the pros and cons I decided this was not the direction I wanted to go.
Probably not. You need to at least have an output of over 245W and then it needs to be able to run for a minimum of 8 hours in my experience for decent production. That means you'd need around 2000 wH of battery capacity if you don't have any additional input from solar or another source coming in.
Same principal as a dehumidifier, built my own using stainless steel parts and computer fans with a micro 12 volt pump. > 200 USD. Just use a life straw or carbon filter .oo1 if you plan to drink it. Use it on my sailboat powered by solar to wash dishes,..cloths.... 🚿.
I'd have to sell almost everything I own to afford this. I'll just use a dehumidifier or 3. Please start recommending things the vast majority of us can actually afford. Most of us have little to no savings left, credit cards are maxed out...... We need affordable preps for the regular Joe and Jane barely scraping by.
@@relicpathfinder2800You can still use it to flush toilets. I’m curious why it has high lead levels from moisture taken from the air. Maybe get a different dehumidifier? Honestly, if the SHTF, I’m not going to care that much about lead levels as long as the water doesn’t have any harmful viruses or bacteria, at least in the short term.
I make videos all over the gambit of affordability. Some things are not cheap but still relevant and interesting to preparedness. An underground bunker for example would still be worth showcasing and exploring even though for most people it would not be feasible. Thanks for your feedback and I will keep it in mind.
A dehumidifier will work = don't let the water accumulate in the tank - just drain it straight off. And what if you do and clean it once a month... like you do with the generator. Yes, do filter it and add a mineral additive. $1700.... wow. I did not know the difference in power usage.... 500 watts is a lot... something to consider though.... we need and I mean need water. And where I live, there's no natural water source nearby....
I would imagine that the wattage difference is because dehumidifiers tend to be a lot larger than the device he's showing. A bigger & more powerful dehumidifier will suck more moisture out of the air, but will also use more power.
Most logical choice from a survival aspect would be to not rely on the sterilization of a UV lamp in an overpriced glorified dehumidifier and... just boil water from a dehumidifier as one would need to do this (or an alternative form of sterilization) if sourced from a from a river, lake, or stream anyway. That's a lot of money for a UV bulb that does no better than the age-old act of boiling water.
The Solaris Atmospheric Water Generator is an energy efficient way to generate purified water out of thin air as long as the conditions are right. Even if the water system goes down, as long as you can power the Solaris System, you’ll have a potable water source even in an apartment, at a campsite or anywhere else where the conditions are met ( Temperatures between 59°F - 100°F and Humidity between 35%- 90%) If you are interested in this useful piece of preparedness tech, use this link to support the channel: tinyurl.com/mran85vm
Use the code “magicprepper” for $150 off of a Solaris Atmospheric Water Generator!
How long does the machine last with out break in down
It’s called a dehumidifier, they’ve been around forever. They do require humidity though. For $2000, I’d rather have a dehumidifier and boil & filter & save $1600 to spend on something more useful.
Exactly.
This uses 230 watts. My dehumidifier is upwards of 2000. Big difference.
Absolutely, Get a good one at walmart, buy a Sawyer water filter for $20 and you've got it made. Make a gallon of water in a few hours. This is high tech for red necks.
Literally. He tries to play it as it not being a dehumidifier. All it is is a dehumidifier with more features.
@@JamesBlue72 well, being stuck behind enemy line's in SoCal, we just don't get the humidity.
I'd be better off boiling and filtering, and I was very fortunate to have found a perfectly good, distiller.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I seen it at the Goodwill, for $10.oo bucks.
I just need to buy some charcoal filters and I'm set.
I rigged up a 21 gallon tank at the bottom of my central a/c units drainage tube. It produces about 20 gallons of distilled water every 24 hours. All I need to do is filter and boil for drinking purposes if needed. I use the water to water my trees daily using a cheap $15 submersible pump from harbor freight.
I picked up a couple of dehumidifier units that run on peltier modules. Work decently. Definitely do have to filter and sterilize the water before use. This all in one unit is very interesting though. Thanks MP.
Yea I also thought it was interesting.
MP , Another alternative for getting water is a FOG NET . Theyve been using these around the world with good success . Its a large somewhat fine net mounted on a tubular frame that has an angled gutter at the bottom that is connected to tubes or a hose . The net is mounted in the air and collects fog or dew , the moisture collects on the net and drips down into the gutter and then is taken away by the tubing or hose and into buckets . They are kind of hard to get ahold of in this country so ive looked into alternative types of material to use . From what I can tell it looks like garden shade cloth material should work but I havnt tried it yet . It would be a much more affordable way to go . Relief organizations are purchasing fog nets at extreme high prices to give away to third world places that dont have water like in Morocco . They are able to get enough water out of the air to grow crops for a whole village
The actual scientific issue is called dew point. I sold these 21 years ago until legal wrangling showed up. Temperature and humidity MUST be within 20 points of each other. Get some limestone blocks and store in your holding tank to prevent distilled water acidity.
It's a great idea...pricey .. and if this product isn't for you... you still need to be planning for drinking water... when your drinking out of a puddle this machine will be priceless! Good show magic prepper
This is my thought too. It sounds like a lot but I paid more for my cell phone.
My thoughts are I 100% like the idea of this product it is a great item to have as part of your preps however what I’m not onboard with is the overall cost for it. $2,000 for a dehumidifier with a UV light and water filtration, in my eyes. For us trying to prep and knowing not all of us have unlimited funds need to be smarter about where else we can spend that money on.
You are correct that is not the most expensive item that preppers have in their preps but I believe it is not a reasonable purchase. The other items you mentioned was night vision and weapons. In my opinion those are reasonable because it’s not that easy to make yourself. Not a easy DIY project.
I would be more comfortable to buy a large dehumidifier, then run that water through an in line three stage off grid water filtration system with an inline UV light at then end. Then once it gets through that put it through a Berkey just for piece of mind. Even with all that it would still be cheaper and if the dehumidifier breaks I can easily buy another one from any box store at a much lower price than if this item breaks and coughing up another $2,000. All these items will not last forever.
Thank you for showing us the product, it is innovative.
The return policy and warranty are a deal breaker for me.
If you don't trust your product for longer than a year, then neither do I.
Fair enough!
This would be great to have. I've added to my "someday" list. Thanks for the thorough review.
No problem! Thanks for watching it.
It's a super cool idea, that sticker shock though.
It is expensive. It does what it says it will do which is great. But it is a purchase that has to be justifiable for sure.
Capture your central a/c units water drainage if possible. For a about $50 in tubing, hoses, submersible pump and small tank you can gather 10 gallons a day easily when you're using your a/c. I am currently collecting over 20 gallons a day using this method. Way cheaper!
@@andyh3446WOOWWWWWWW
I wouldn't use water from my dehumidifier. There is too much risk for contaminants I cannot get out. Plus how it's made. But this is pretty cool. Thanks for review!
Dehumidifier costs $40. We already have one along with a Berkey filter.
This thing is $1,600... It does 10 liters of water a day. There's a device I got for HALF the price that makes 10x more water though (seriously). Its an industrial dehumidifier. Abestorm LGR Commercial grade. 100 liters a day. Runs great on my Ecoflow Delta Pro. I just run the resulting water through a Berky. Besides, not all water you get would have to be pottable. You may wanna use it for washing. So it lets you filter the portion you wanna drink in a more sustainable way.
This thing is absolutely worth every penny. Every one I Love will get one after I get mine.😮 I’m very excited to see this… I’d love to giveaway these to my children
47 litres a day at 1300 watts for $700 Canadian on a Costway dehumidifier on Amazon. I would build a tank (a barrel and a half a day would be the consideration needed for it.) with a UV light on it and filter it like a rain catchment system. The air filter wasn’t something that I considered but it’s a nice idea since it would mean cleaning the radiators less. I would also move the water switch into the tank. My system I was designing was considered with rain catchment in mind alongside it. The idea was to always have water anywhere on a camper since they usually have a tank built in. Another use for these types of systems is the advantage for devices that always need water to have their own tank that is always filled up by the air like a coffee machine or anything similar.
So it's a De humidifier with a uv light that lasts maybe a year. You'd be better off with a Dehumidifier and a Berkey
You clearly didnt watch the whole video. It has multiple filters aswell and uses way less energy
@@whatanamazingusername7962 And so how does that negate the dehumidifier and the Berkey?
Or instead of having two systems (a dehumidifier and a Berkeley), you can have just one system 😉
And you’d save $1500 in the process.
@@constitutionalright827It doesn’t!
One could easily add a UV lamp to a holding container in a dehumidifier and filter the water as needed.
We have 2 dehumidifiers for the wood room. Looking into this. Thank you Magic.
Yea it's been working really well. I understand the sticker shock aspect of it but I didn't design it or put it into production. From my end I was only concerned with whether or not it worked well and provided what was advertised. And so far it has. But the price will keep a lot of people from being able to try it out.
These machines can be very robust. We've been running the six liter Droughtmaster Traveler since 2016.
Seems like a pretty cool gadget, just a bit pricey. As someone who still loves to travel in my mini Skoolie.
This is why I am in a van parked down by the river. 😊
Can't go wrong with that!
Wow ima buying one this is a great invention, they can get rid of plumbing with that for showers
You could also - to check your general humidity, just check the weather website on your phone. Most give you a representative humidity level for your area, and in some views, you'll see what it is during each hour of the day. Your indoor humidity level should be different, typically lower, but if you open your windows, you'll be getting the outside humidity.
In some areas, this device will work GREAT during the summer months, but may fail miserably during the winter months..
Great review! If it can work on a boat, in spite of a bit of motion, I would think it would be cheaper and more reliable than a reverse osmosis water generator.
This is all good provided you have power. Without electricity you’re not getting water.
I’m so sold on this product, can’t wait to get ours. Thanks for putting this video together! 😊
I have used mine for 4 months. The water is excellent. I appreciate that I don’t have to deal with plastic water bottles.
Many of us already have an air conditioner or a dehumidifier that we can use some tubing to collect water in a 5 gallon bucket. And to filter it all you need are some of those life straws. They last a very long time whenever the water is already crystal clear and all you’re doing is filtering out micro amounts of pollen and dust & low levels of bacteria. Just remember, if you are in a low humidity, dry area, like the desert in states like Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico West Texas, some parts of Oklahoma & California, none of these solutions will work for you because you don’t have the humidity. This product he’s advertising also will not work in a low humidity areas.
Exactly…we call these humidifiers and air conditioners…you can’t really drink distilled water…you need to add electrolytes back…distilled water will destroy cells…water follows salt…so you need to add electrolytes…
It’d be neat if this technology could be fused with hvac technology. Some of them put out a lot of water.
We have one and we've been using it for years. ours makes alkaline water. We have solar generators to keep it running and enough solar panels
Sounds like it has been working well for you!
Yup. We really like it!
I live in Mobile, the rainiest county in the lower 48, with a metal roof, so all I need is a 4-pack of Berkey water filters ($64.00) and a 5gal. Bucket.
Nicely done, minimum Bla Bla Bla, concise and to the point, not like the 37 minute wast of my time I previously got sucked into.
Build a Water Generator!
Use 10-50 plastic bottles into PVC pipe, make into "I closed" piping, connect all bottles to mainline, place a faucet/neck, BOOM! Water Generator on your roof!
...I make 80 gal.s each day of purified water, no water collection here 😎👍
Why 50 bottles and not just a tarp? 🤣🤣🤣
Buy a dehumidifier and a $150 water distiller and have much cleaner water for much less money. I use a distiller daily for absolutely the cleanest water possible.
A life straw knock off is 15 bucks. A sawyer filter, 2 pack with 2 bladers is 30.
Boiling is free, coffee filters are cheap. Look, money is hard enough to get your hands on.
Thats not to say that the machine isnt cool and that i dont want one, but for that price point, id rather get a few gravity feed systems.
Sawyer Squeeze filter is the best of the Sawyer's. It has better flow rate and less clogging issues than the Mini FYI. Ditch the squeeze bags they come with though they won't last. This is the discovery/conclusion learned by thousands of hikers.
You can set one up with a siphon pump to create lots of clean water quickly if you don't want to wait for gravity to work. Pre-filtering is definitely recommended.
The ISS has something like this to supply clean water to the astronauts.
"You lost me at 'Celsius' and 'liter', son." Ha, ha, ha! Just kidding! This unit's functionality sounds amazing! I guess it seems to be worth the price... but it is also beyond my financial capabilities. I literally cannot "afford to survive" a SHTF scenario. Rats. Thanks for the info and review, though!
Yea its Fahrenheit or nothing!
@@red88chevy haha if I had my way it would be
It is definitely expensive and understandably too much for many people out there. But I try to showcase what's available or possible to at least give people ideas. Thanks for the support!
@@MagicPrepper Ha, ha! Yeah, don't let my bitching and moaning stop you from continuing to give us all of this awesome information! X-D
Me too! 😂
i think its a great idea, yes we all know in its most basic form it's a de humidifier, but a compact, all in one water collection system that cleans, purifies, and serves the clean water is an invaluable tool in many situations, the price at this point is staggering, but i would assume they will become more buyer friendly as the tech becomes picked up by more companies and competition starts to dictate pricing, yes they need power to run, but i personally could rig a dozen different ideas up to get a machine like that running in an emergency, certainly easier to sort out a power source than pulling clean fresh drinking water out of thin air.
Very cool. Too bad this wouldn't work here in Vegas where our humidity is usually under 15% year-round.
Thank you for the excellent description of the unit, how it works, and how much it produces! This is my first time to learn about a device like this. So does it produce distilled water (just like a distiller, with no minerals or contaminants)? Thanks for all your helpful info!
Can't you just use a dehumidifier? And then filter the water. If you keep the tank clean and then filter the water?
Yes. And technically water from the dehumidifier just needs sterilization (chlorine), it's pure water with (potentially) some air borne contaminates.
@@tradermunky1998 thanks for that info
Could even put a uv light in the dehumidifier tank it wouldn't be hard to make
I read somewhere that the plastics dehumidifiers are made of contain mildewcides (sp), some of which are potentially very harmful. May want to research that.
@@conchaholic7287 yeah will have to do some research for sure thank you
Dang living in the southwest US really doesn’t help rn
Central Arizona here. Nope, no good for this climate.
Southern California just outside death valley, it's a no go here also. High humidity is 15-20% here
I do miss that dry heat sometimes.
The air intake vent filtration, water filtration and UV preservation is all a part of the cost…but the cost is just too high for what this is. At least for me. So stoked I live in Hawaii where water falls on us everyday. 😂
Totally understandable!
My only add to this, I bet, but cannot say for certain, that in time the price point should come down in time, especially if this is a first iteration.
The idea is great, the power consumption is however still high. It might be a good water source if you live in a desert, an island, etc.
Does anyone consider the cost of replacement filters and how often they need to be replaced...
In most emergencies, though, a power source is not really guaranteed.
Do you notice the humidity in the room decrease like a dehumidifier would accomplish or is it negligible comparatively speaking?
Power usage? Can it be ran from a power station & solar?
35% humidity is a deal breaker for most in the west.
Yup in my experience it only uses about 200W and I have run it from a solar power bank without issue.
I have three dehumidifiers at home, they all produce copious amounts of water.
For the rich, nice concept.
Dude!! That’s a lot of money….. but when everyone else with night vision and SCAR 16’s are at home and all dying of thirst you'll be the smart one!
Damn, I didn't think about using my dehumidifier when services go down lol
Thank you Magic !!!
No shortage of humidity here in the southeast, she'd be running at max output 😅
haha yea that is accurate.
I'd be pouring water down the drain
That is cool! Is it distilled water? Isn’t drinking distilled for extended periods bad for you?
Yes you will have to ad minerals back into it I think
Just flavor packets or eat a healthy diet.
Can add a little bit of salt to your water or sodium bicarb
no
as soon as it hits your spit its over
It is wise to ensure you have additional sodium for your diet if you are relying on water like this in an emergency. I often remind people to stock up on salt while it is still affordable for this reason.
1700 bucks... 😂
You're usually on target MP, but this is straight up Canadian Prepper territory. Get a dehumidifier for 50 bucks. Put some chlorine in it if you're worried. And my dehumidifier looks nothing like yours after years of operation and not cleaning it once, wth you doing with yours??
Ah, good, I'm not the only one who thinks canadian preper is waaaaay over priced.
@@nickm9123 He's selling gear through his own shop, his channel is basically an infomercial disguised as fear p*rn
I saw this in Dune
THE SPICE MUST FLOW
@@ewokjerky4508 please don't take my water
thank you as always Mr M/P 👍🏼
Thanks for always checking in!
I bought one of these from amazon. It arrived broken and unusable and appeared to have already been used by someone before I got it. Amazon took it back and replaced it....with yet another broken unit! That second one went back for a refund. I would have loved to have one of these in actual working condition mainly for purposes of having water during an emergency. I guess I'm screwed.
Here us a better idea. Put a dehumidifier in your attic. Run a house all the way down to.a storage tank.in your basement. Filter and use a uv filter like on a fish tank.
Very cool review, thanks for sharing YAH bless !
Thanks!
I fun a uv light on my water supply. The lights are good for 6 months . Now for emergency I run my dehumidifier then filter with a Berkeley style filter. Then into storage .
You don't need one if YOU'RE LIVING IN A VAN, DOWN BY THE RIVER!
I miss those days
down by the riverside... down by the riverside...
motivational speaker Matt Foley :)
Wow, thanks!
Much appreciated!
How much water p/day does it produce? How frequent do you need to change filters?
It can produce up to 10L per day if the conditions are right. Mine seems to be pretty close to that most of the time with a minimum of 5L for certain. The filters are between 6 months and 1 year based on the environment as well regarding air quality.
@@MagicPrepper Much appreciated!
hi magicprepper--what power source do you use to run this machine? Thank you!
I run it through my EcoFlow Delta Pro 3 right now. Works perfectly fine!
Do a review in a couple years. 2 months is good though, in survival mode.
9:41 I was imagining you spitting out the water after announcing the price lol that would've been the best haha
If you have ever been out of drinking water, then you know that this is worth the price. 😊👍
From where is this water gen is going to get electricity if there is no power?
thank you for this awsome review
You said any questions, just ask. Ok. Can I have it?🤣
Nice
haha not right now
Don’t buy this. Do your research it’s just an expensive fancy dehumidifier… just buy a regular dehumidifier and have your own water filter. After a year these fancy filters and uv will be worthless. This is not a new idea it’s been redone every few years. Just buy a dehumidifier and use the hose extension and put it into a bigger container. That way you won’t get that nasty tank issue. My cube uses average 100 watts per hour and generates 1 gallon every 4-5 hours.
* unless you want it.
@@MagicPrepper if you want to buy a fancy one I would say I saw another brand with a built in solar panel on it so it is a complete solution. It is not as mobile as yours but it also had the uv light and filter. And it was in the 2k region too
@@davidjimenez2322 interesting. I'll have to check that out. Thanks.
Because nothing bad ever happens to moisture farmers - Owen Lars.
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What you really need is a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.
Very interested.
Dehumifiers work well to distill water
And then I'll need a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators. 😊
But seriously, make sure that you are getting enough minerals. An R.O. system and one like this will take out ALL minerals. Same as distilled water. And that can lead to health issues in the long run.
I have often promoted the stockpiling of salt. I hope people listen haha
@@MagicPrepper I have 50lbs of idolized salt in storage, but I need to get more. I believe it was 50lbs a year in Colonial times per person. That includes food preservation.
I have a R.O. filter in the kitchen, when I added the re-mineralization feature the taste improved. But it adds calcium and magnesium besides the sodium. All of which helps bones and health.
@@suburbancommandojeremyidolized salt 🙏 all hail 😏
FYI iodized salt is cheap but also uses forms of aluminium as an anti-caking agent. If you're buying more salt I suggest pink Himalayan or Celtic sea
@@MB-jg4tr oops 🤪
How much does it reduce humidity in the air? That would be an added benefit for those of us in the southeast without power after a hurricane. It is bearable without a/c, or just a window unit for one room, if you can get the humidity down.
Do you have any idea of how many watt hours the unit uses over the course of 24 hours of your normal use?
Well to play it safe, if it needs to be in constant water generation mode for 24 hours it would likely need about 6000 Wh. Now it does not use that level of energy consistently while the tank is full. But if you were relying on the water from it and it was constantly producing, then that is what you'd likely be looking at. However, since it's only using around 200W in my experience, if you could counteract that output with a decent solar panel setup, that might not require as high of a capacity.
I live in California central valley dry heat here , would it work here ?
What does this thing use for power? 300 watts? 800 watts? 1200 watts? It would be cool to know.
The answer is a claimed 245 watts
I had a whole segment on it in the video. It states a necessity of 245W but in my testing it generally only uses 200W.
@@MagicPrepper Sweet man. Thanks.
Lol its called a dehumidifier with a filter.
thanks
I had an opportunity to get a unit similar to this one for free. I just needed to purchase new filters. That's where I round into a problem. As nobody made the filters for that particular unit that I was going to receive. Also I question how long the UV light last as most only last a year. There is also a concern about the type of water it produced. Was it similar to distilled water? Am I going to leach minerals from my body? After weighing the pros and cons I decided this was not the direction I wanted to go.
You said it will work with a power bank. Will it work with the 4 patroit supply hand held power bank?
Probably not. You need to at least have an output of over 245W and then it needs to be able to run for a minimum of 8 hours in my experience for decent production. That means you'd need around 2000 wH of battery capacity if you don't have any additional input from solar or another source coming in.
@@MagicPrepper Thanks Magic
My portable AC does this & it's not an evaporative cooler. Very strange. But the water still needs to be purified.
I hadn't thought of using A dehumidifier.
Right now, its way too expensive. When clean water becomes hard to get, it will seem cheap.
Same principal as a dehumidifier, built my own using stainless steel parts and computer fans with a micro 12 volt pump. > 200 USD. Just use a life straw or carbon filter .oo1 if you plan to drink it. Use it on my sailboat powered by solar to wash dishes,..cloths.... 🚿.
man, here in las vegas humidity is only 13% outside, but inside my house its 37%
My mobile home gets so humid my portable AC pulls at least 3 cups an hour out of this Florida swamp air .
Ahh yes. Someone reinvented the dehumidifier. Again. Seems every couple of years people forget these have existed since refrigeration was invented.
I like the gizmos you show on your channel MP, I'd say this is a reasonable price if you have unlimited power to prevent [mostly] ever dehydrating
And that dehumidifier looks GROSS. It was time for a cleaning perhaps 2 years or so ago.
Yup it is gross
I'd have to sell almost everything I own to afford this.
I'll just use a dehumidifier or 3.
Please start recommending things the vast majority of us can actually afford. Most of us have little to no savings left, credit cards are maxed out...... We need affordable preps for the regular Joe and Jane barely scraping by.
Make sure to have very good filter/purifying systems.
My dehumidifier waste water has an extremely high count of lead in it.
But he was just about to do a video about a $7k ballistic helmet that has a cooling feature & some $20k NODs!
@@relicpathfinder2800You can still use it to flush toilets. I’m curious why it has high lead levels from moisture taken from the air. Maybe get a different dehumidifier? Honestly, if the SHTF, I’m not going to care that much about lead levels as long as the water doesn’t have any harmful viruses or bacteria, at least in the short term.
@@relicpathfinder2800 that's easy to mitigate. But that sounds like a model specific issue.
I make videos all over the gambit of affordability. Some things are not cheap but still relevant and interesting to preparedness. An underground bunker for example would still be worth showcasing and exploring even though for most people it would not be feasible. Thanks for your feedback and I will keep it in mind.
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A dehumidifier will work = don't let the water accumulate in the tank - just drain it straight off. And what if you do and clean it once a month... like you do with the generator. Yes, do filter it and add a mineral additive. $1700.... wow. I did not know the difference in power usage.... 500 watts is a lot... something to consider though.... we need and I mean need water. And where I live, there's no natural water source nearby....
I would imagine that the wattage difference is because dehumidifiers tend to be a lot larger than the device he's showing. A bigger & more powerful dehumidifier will suck more moisture out of the air, but will also use more power.
@@KellyS_77 that makes sense. Humidifiers produce about 6 gallons a day too.
Most logical choice from a survival aspect would be to not rely on the sterilization of a UV lamp in an overpriced glorified dehumidifier and... just boil water from a dehumidifier as one would need to do this (or an alternative form of sterilization) if sourced from a from a river, lake, or stream anyway. That's a lot of money for a UV bulb that does no better than the age-old act of boiling water.
Provided you have power which is more likely to go down then lack of drinkable water.