Looks like a LARQ 2 is coming soon, so clearing stock, for now this seems to be the cheapest variation on Amazon
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This was a great watch!
Such a solid performance while containing his nerves under pressure.
Over $100 for a drink bottle?!
its a bargain mate.
to put it in perspective, water rate for me is $2.67 a kilolitre…i can drink 37,000L of water with a normal glass instead of buying this.
If this bottle would last you 3 years, thats around 1000 days. For that period you can drink 37L of water per day, which means you're long dead from overhydration.
can you put it more in perspective for me.
are you buying it for the self cleaning,
or are you buying it for the purification reasons.
103 dollars for a drink bottle with a micro-usb port even.
Adding UV on the cap you market it for >$150… sheeesh
It is not a real water bottle. It is battery powered and vibrates.
Vibrates ha ?
Does it also self clean the exterior?
0/10 needs a flange. To the doctors i go again
RRP: $189.00
You're havin' a LARQ
$103.88 for a bottle? FARQ!
Its got those pretty led, its a gaming bottle
We so need a WTF or WOW button on some of these deals … like damnnnnnnnnnn
I also find it interesting that they say only e-coli is killed by this UV light … yet they are putting it into a stream of water … almost making it like it will "purify" ANY water that's put inside of it.
It also doesn't say how long the "purification" / "cleaning" of the water takes .. the only thing is that it must be 'clear to the eye' …
reading the amazon info, the UV light will kill bacteria. but it wont remove any solids. So if your water is muddy, you're going to be drinking mud.
don't worry, those floaties have no e-coli
What if there is turd mixed in my mud ?
This doesn't look like it's USB-C. No Deal!
SPLASH-PROOF - Recharge with waterproof IPX7-rated MicroUSB connector (MicroUSB to USB charging cable is included)
^— its not!
PS: $20 on ebay for knockoff, prolly does the same job
A lot of knock off "uv-c" is just a purple led. It'll look pretty, and make whoever buys it feel like they got a deal…but that's about all.
@incipient: UV Led is not that much nore expensive, why put purple if they can put uv led for same price ?
@bargainhuntr: They're really not cheap however: https://www.mouser.ca/c/optoelectronics/led-lighting/led-emi…
Purple LEDs are essentially free.
I would assume the 2nd gen will be USB-C, but will be at least $190…. :(
Good post though, have you been looking into one yourself?
Yeh I needed a new one, have a Linus Tech Tips bottle and keeps water cold, but the lids are horrible. Was now gonna get a yeti for $70, but for $30 more grabbed the LARQ
LARQ-ed out of existence.
drink filtered water and wash your damn bottle, this is pointless.
The problem is filtered water grows bacteria quite quickly. Not that refreshing your water bottle every day is a problem, but there is definitely some logic there for those to whom $100 is pocket change.
…or those that get strung up by influencers. Either way.
Filtered water does not grow bacteria quite quickly, unless you're somehow introducing bacteria and something for the bacteria to eat. If you have E-coli (or any unhealthy level of bacteria) in your water bottle, your issue is NOT a lack of UV lights.
Up to you to determine if it's a problem, but bacteria counts are absolutely higher in filtered water in a home environment:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8740859/
Personally I just clean it regularly and don't store the water for long, but it's still a thing.
I'm also not sure home filters like Brita etc will remove highly soluble nutrients (nitrates etc)
Drank from so many bottles and never thought of ecoli. Leave my e coli to me 😂
Iron belly
Quite expensive for an umbrella innit? lol
What amazes me is there's 1000's of legit positive reviews online for this product. People really like it.
also lots of complaints of new buyers getting refurbs sent as new…
that doesn't amaze me… lol. Great gimmicky product though. The company is gonna make a shedload of money for a while. Cha-ching.
Wish I'd thought of it.
I can see the use case for this but surely they can reduce the price? I can see this used a lot for travel
You want me to think this is a good deal marked down from $180? Some people have more money than sense….
You want me to think
No I don't, get over yourself!
So apparently the lid module emits a UV light which is reflected around by the insulated lining resulting in sanitisation (note: not the same as purification) of 99.999% of e-coli and salmonella bacteria with the 3-minute cleaning option.
The rim and lip of the bottle still need to be manually wiped / cleaned for saliva and mouth bacteria, which is the primary source of the 'bottle stink' in my experience.
Really curious to see how UV-sanitised water compares to carbon-filtered purification.
Carbon filtration works by binding/reacting with contaminants that have odour and taste, spores and bacteria can make it through. UV works by removing the ability of pathogens to multiply, stopping them from reaching unsafe levels. Other contaminants remain.
If you use clean fresh water, and periodically wash your bottle, there aren't enough nutrients in the water and bottle for bacteria to consume in order to grow and multiply, they multiply until they've consumed everything, then they starve.
This is a gimmick.
You forgot viruses, that don't need to multiply/grow in the bottle. And I question your point on starving bacteria: "Plant- and human-pathogenic bacteria can be preserved in pure water or PBS for several years. G(+) bacteria appear to survive better in PBS than in water." PBS is saline.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12803555/
Im not the target demographic, but it seems that most people here don't understand the purpose of this bottle.
Will it be necessary for day to day use? No. Just drink out of the damn tap.
Will it be useful when travelling through places with poor water quality, like 90% of Asia and the USA? Probably. Especially if you don't like drinking bottled water.
Will this be for camping? It looks heavy so perhaps not? But some Australian streams have better water quality than tap water from 90% of Asua and the USA so perhaps?
Lot of faith to put in an overpriced gimmick, but I guess the Real Travellers™ out there would happily gamble their health for a bit of virtue signalling, even when most of the locals in developing countries drink bottled water.
Plenty of foreigners virtue signalling while travelling through developing countries. Or then coming home and virtue signalling.
Personally I do bottled water in developing countries and the USA.
But anyway my point is that its not really for the typical Aussie to take to work. It may have a place but that place is probably outside of places with readily available clean drinking water from the tap
Kinda crazy to think that one of the wealthiest countries in the world doesn't even have consistently clean and safe drinking water (although there are places in Australia where you wouldn't want to drink the tap water, either…)
Will it be useful when travelling through places with poor water quality, like 90% of Asia and the USA? Probably
I would not risk this. This is dangerous advice. Just stick to bottled water and keep your stupid $100 bottle at home to bring in to show off at work or the gym.
Why dangerous exactly?
Thinking some UV gimmick is suddenly going to make water safe to drink, instead of getting actual potable water in bottles? Dangerous
@ATangk: How is water made potable exactly? Say from a rainwater tank? This uses UVC, that has proven pathogen inactivation properties. Many aquariums use it. Many rain water tanks use it (in combination with micron filtration). What makes it a gimmick exactly? And where do you get bottled water in the bush?
And where do you get bottled water in the bush?
and how many people use this type of bottle while in the bush. lol.
Cheers OP replaced my septic system with this drink bottle
This guy ozbargains…
Its a pity my septic only does usb c
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He missed the basket twice, got laughed at, could barely pour water his hands shaking so much, and he kept it together to negotiate a close on a super aggressive offer! Big brain move! He definitely fudged the valuation to get it where it landed, all planned out before walking into the tank! Bravo!