This newly-designed self-filling water bottle looks just the trick for those long-distance cyclists afraid of running out of water, or riders who are too afraid to leave the bunch to go back to the car for bottles! Kristof Retezár, a designer based in Vienna, invented the device that extracts humidity from the air and condense it into drinkable water.
For riders too afraid to leave the safe sanctuary of the bunch and return to the car for a bottle, this is the moment you’ve been waiting for.
A self-filling water bottle is now on the market and it looks set to revolutionise that yo-yoing up and down the cavalcade searching for your (God damn) team manager!
It also looks a winner for cycling tourists whose biggest concern is where the next tap is going to come from.
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The Fontus is a piece of magic and turns air into water by bringing humid air through a channel and using the sun’s solar energy to convert it to water.
The device is battery-operated and the sun keeps this powered up, meaning as long as you’re not riding through the night your Fontus will stay powered.
When full it can hold up to 500 millilitres and as well as that, it’s lightweight and robust.
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However, it does take an hour to fill but that’s only when you have what Austrian designer Kristof Retezar termed “really good conditions”.
By that, he probably doesn’t mean the four degrees and rain Ireland gets for much of winter.
But come the Rás, this could be just what you need to stay in the bunch!
Never run short of water again
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