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Revolutionary water bottle

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Da_Buddha
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I came across this cool video of a water bottle that could help the world, check it!

Jun 5 2012 5:57PM
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Forcillo
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Hm. This water bottle seems cool, I know! I'll make a thread about it!
Jun 5 2012 6:08PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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that was really cool. i want one.
Jun 5 2012 6:08PM
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shane.t
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great for the upcoming zombie apocalypse
Jun 5 2012 6:12PM
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Forcillo
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now that I actually watched the video, that's really cool. If they shipped those off to some villages in 3rd world countries it could make a difference. Sorry about my first post OP
Jun 5 2012 6:20PM
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Wallisch_pl
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sounds like a cool idea. I would get one but what use would i have for it? buy one and give it to third world countries..only 100$
Jun 5 2012 6:24PM
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Bateman
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that was fucking great. Didn't expect i'd watch the entire thing when i saw its length, but i did. hah, things need to change over there.
Jun 5 2012 6:25PM
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Poems
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Fuck you dude. It's a new life saving piece of technology.
Jun 5 2012 6:25PM
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Forcillo
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did you see my second post
Jun 5 2012 6:26PM
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_DUSTY_
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I don't understand this guys math. He says with 20 billion dollars we could provide safe drinking water for 3.5 billion people. This works out to be about $5.72 per person, however the website it says that it costs $100 to donate one bottle.

Although the actual bottle is a great idea and probably works I don't believe that fixing the water crisis will cost so little.
Jun 5 2012 6:39PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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i figure the actual manufacturers cost is much cheaper, maybe not 5 dollars cheap though.
Jun 5 2012 6:47PM
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Joebin
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My friend has one of these. One summer we decided to go Bear Grylls and took a trip to his uncles out in Oklahoma for about a week. We only brought the cloths on our backs and any food we could fit in a filled camel back plus that water bottle. We wound up running out of food within a day and a half since we couldnt carry much and our water lasted less than that. We found a pond to set up basecamp at, but the water was disgusting. We ran it through this bottle and it came out clean as a whistle. The only problem is that even through it filters out all bacteria and viruses, it doesnt filter out whatever makes water taste the way it does, so it still tastes like water that came out of a cesspool. So for the next couple of days we all drank shit water.
Jun 5 2012 7:05PM
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Bateman
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then why did the people in the vid seem to enjoy the water? And drink it as if it was tap water? it was poo in there for christ sake.
Jun 5 2012 7:07PM
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egg.
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can you pee in it?
Jun 5 2012 7:19PM
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corona
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well yea, it can't filter out chemicals and such. which is why water from a river like the Ganges still wouldn't be safe.

also it can't filter out are prions. not that many water sources have them.


other than that, that's one hell of a product. sucks it's not too affordable for the people who need it unless it's donated to them.
Jun 5 2012 7:25PM
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EricaMN.
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Jun 5 2012 7:29PM
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