The New, Infinite Waterbottle!

Sick of forgetting your waterbottle on rides?

Fed up of foetid waterbladder water?

Industrial design student Kristof Retezár is unleashing the Fontus upon the world – a thermoelectric moisture condensing slice of genius/madness. You maynever have to replenish your waterbottle conventionally again! (Provided you live somewhere muggy, presumably…)

A Sodastream and a Dust Buster had a love child…

Strapping onto the top tube, the Fontus aims to condense up to 500ml per hour in the right conditions. Here is a cutaway so you can see how it all works:

Is this the future?

More details can be hound here.

Barney Marsh

Barney Marsh takes the word ‘career’ literally, veering wildly across the road of his life, as thoroughly in control as a goldfish on the dashboard of a motorhome. He’s been, with varying degrees of success, a scientist, teacher, shop assistant, binman and, for one memorable day, a hospital laundry worker. These days, he’s a dad, husband, guitarist, and writer, also with varying degrees of success. He sometimes takes photographs. Some of them are acceptable. Occasionally he rides bikes to cast the rest of his life into sharp relief. Or just to ride through puddles. Sometimes he writes about them. Bikes, not puddles. He is a writer of rongs, a stealer of souls and a polisher of turds. He isn’t nearly as clever or as funny as he thinks he is.

Comments (9)

Steve PhippsSteve Phipps December 5, 2014 at 2:46 pm

I don’t think it’s the future…
But it’s incredibly cool!

foureyesfoureyes December 5, 2014 at 4:24 pm

Nice idea, not sure if condensed water still carries traffic or other pollutants though?!

AndyAndy December 5, 2014 at 5:27 pm

What’s the potential for flicked up poop to make it way through the inlet?

ScotRoutesScotRoutes December 5, 2014 at 7:15 pm

In the UK, wouldn’t it be simpler just to ride with a funnel pointing forward?

chris100chris100 December 5, 2014 at 7:19 pm

Gaffer tape a bowl to the top of my helmet would have collected a few litres today

BezBez December 5, 2014 at 8:49 pm

One for the Mamils who have their saddle too low and pedal with their knees out, it would appear 🙂

DracDrac December 5, 2014 at 8:57 pm

Solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

themightymowglithemightymowgli December 5, 2014 at 11:56 pm

Mmmmmm condensed sweat from the guy in front and salty road spray

ampthillampthill December 6, 2014 at 9:45 am

Its for collecting water in humid environments where you can’t get hold of water. He tested it in a bathroom with hot shower going or something because otherwise the air was to dry

Does that ever happen that its humid and there is no surface water?

Now if it worked in deserts, but it doesn’t does it….