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Are there any consumer-grade atmospheric solar water generators on the market right now? I did a very quick search and didn't find anything. Is there anything like this that people can buy right now?

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Quick Google found this: https://www.source.co/

Edit: There's also this water bottle I remember seeing a while back on Kickstarter or Indigogo. It doesn't seem like they actually sell it on the website: https://fontus.at/

It says clean, but isn't it only as clean as the surrounding air? For example if you used this next to a manufacturing plant spewing chemicals into the air, won't these contaminants be captured by the condensation and make it into the water?

Yes, this is the company in Arizona. They can do about 4-5 liters a day without an external power source.

Super interesting, thanks. Kind of surprised more people aren't talking about this.

If you don't mind having to add the solar kit for power (separate purchase) https://www.accairwater.com/home-atmospheric-drinking-water-... and similar products could be used..

You could buy a few solar panels, an inverter, a dehumidifier, and a water filter and be fine. The problem is sizing the power generation and dehumidifier to match and generate an amount of water meaningful to you.

Regardless you need quite a bit of solar to get a decent amount of water.

Given that a dehumidifier is prime bacteria habitat, I'd recommend probably also putting it through UV sterilisation (or ozone or chlorine) before a decent filter cartridge before drinking. But yeah, the energy required is so high that it's usually one of the least useful ways of getting water in most places.

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