Comments on: SOLAR BOTTLE: Water-purifying drinking container

By: abiri

abiri — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:47:30 +0000

i want to know more adout solar purification of water

By: Grumpygal

Grumpygal — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:08:23 +0000

A great invention especially for those living in African countries, however, I cannot find an outlet for these bottles. A few teachers are visiting two schools in Mbuaro, Kenya and would like to be able to provide some for their use within the school.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

By: Oscar

Oscar — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:16:38 +0000

Can such be availed in Kenya? There are areas where accessing clean water is a problem especially in the susaharan Africa, It would be my request if such services could be availed or donated in our areas down here in Kenya. Please let me know if it is possible to have such in Kenya. I’m Dickens Odhiambo Otieno, working with Family Aids Care and Education Services-A program of University of California in Sans Francisco in Collaboration with kenya Medical Research Institute.
Thanks, This product looks very interesting and I believe it could be of importance in such an area.

By: samredman

samredman — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:53:23 +0000

I have concerns regarding possible toxic effects from PET water bottles being left in the sun, causing the plastic to release toxic materials into the water. While most articles I have seen do tout the safety of PET bottles, I have my own doubts. On several occasions I have left cases of bottled water in PET containers outside in the hot Texas sun (and sometimes inside of a closed glass-windowed vehicle, where the heat gets so hot it can melt an empty plastic bottle). After a case of water has been left in those sun-heated conditions, the bottles of water have to be disposed of, because it becomes quicky obvious that chemicals have been released into the water. At the first mouthful, that water actually causes the mouth and tongue to experience numbness and people who consume a few bottles of such water complain of feeling ill. Now, maybe the type of PET found in the so-called disposable (or recyclable) PET bottles is of an inferior grade and what they plan for this invention is a higher quality which is not affected by the heat (or the uv rays). Let’s hope they check that out before wide spread distribution.

By: Jeff Brown

Jeff Brown — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:13:44 +0000

This is the Ferrari of water bottles. Trust the Italians to come up with such a beautiful and functional design! We should not discard this design simply because it may be more expensive to produce. It may still be far less expensive, and practical, than bore holes, sand filters and the like.

I wonder if the designers have run any experiments with the bottles? How effective is it at eliminating pathogens? Research shows that a reflective backing is actually more effective than a black backing, unless, the termperature can be raised to more than 50 degress C by the dark backing.

What about redesigning the bottle, to incorporate a slight parabolic, with a reflective bakcing, that would enhance the solar radiation effect? The problem is that some parasitic cysts/eggs/oocysts are highly resistant to UV radiation. For example, the Ascaris egg needs 8.5 W/M2 of 254 nm to be destroyed. Can this bottle do that?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:33:21 +0000

I think this is a good idea but I also agree with alot of the comments here that a greener and low tech, economical solution is needed to purify drinking water around the world. I found this unique site online which offers really simple, eco friendly, low tech water purifier crocks made from terracotta /ceramic clay with activated carbon water filter candles. Check it out … http://www.stefaniterracotta.com

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Nevada Conservation League Blog » Conservation Stuff: 9/12/07 — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:41:08 +0000

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By: osama alwaeth

osama alwaeth — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:53:30 +0000

we need to get some more informations on how to get samples and whats its price and with whom we should contact because we have in our country a cholera infection and i think this is just the right time for such stuff ,please advice.

By: bordoni hugo

bordoni hugo — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:33:55 +0000

son inteligentisimos con su invento , pero les cuento que en varios paises centroamericanos donde no hay agua potable hace mas de 30 anos que utilisan los envases de plastico ejemplo coca pepsi sacan el agua de los rios lagos la ponen al sol unas horas y tienen agua potable. asi que ustedes no inventaron nada solo copiaron para hacer dinero con los estupidos consumadores .

By: Elle

Elle — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:45:46 +0000

Another design feature of these bottles v. regular plastic bottles, are the three tunnels in the center of the designed bottles. Those tunnels allow heat to get to the center of the bottle, which allows for more water volume to be treated. A regular bottle would take longer to heat in the sun, and the center of the water volume might not reach the optimal temp. I think these bottles are a great idea. They also use PET plastic, which can be recycled, and part of its content at the factory is recycled to make more PET plastic. Using plastic also lessens the weight of the bottles, making it easier to carry more of them if necessary.

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By: lucy

lucy — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:18:43 +0000

Talking is much easier than thinking, and most of your comments prove that.
Is not just the look of it, the design solves basic functional problems that standard bottles don’t, such as transportation. One person can easlily carry four of these bottles, and considering that each Solar bottle holds 4 litres that means that an adult can carry up to 16 litres of water … now try to carry 10 regular water bottles and tell me how easy that is.
Then the handle design allows users to set the proper angulation for best sun exposure and therefore better purifying effect, universal pictograms explain with no words how the bottle works and which is best angulation. You don’t get neither of these functions with regular bottles.
Finally is most likely not intended to be financed by the final users but by governments and ongs that are constantly trying to increase the quality of life of these people and save as many lives as possible. Mass manufacturing these bottles should be be quite affordable. I think that is great to see designers investing time and energy in giving proved succesfull processes such as SODIS an optimal shape and look, maybe more of us should do the same.

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