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Tuesday December 11, 2007
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 Looking for a way to preserve the memory of those carefree days spent on Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen's moister farm? The AquaMaker AM10 helps bring the spirit of Tatooine into your work environment by replacing your standard water cooler with what Gizmodo deems a "glorified dehumidifier."
The device can pull up to 36 liters of water from the air every 38 hours, theoretically circumventing the need to lug around those 5-gallon refill bottles. We're a little leery as to how much water the AquaMaker is actually capable of producing for those who don't happen to work in the Amazon, though we'd expect to get a decent output in our Manhattan office during the month of August.
But the $1,200 price tag plus $15-a-day operating costs don't exactly compel us to investigate matters any further. Unless your office-supply fund is deep, this is likely not the cooler you're looking for.
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April 2, 2008 3:33 PM
Actually I just bought the AM10 shown in the picture and I have to say it makes close to 7 gallons of water in my office and I live in Dallas Texas. Of course the unit will not make any water in a dry places because the water has to come from the air but that was also disclosed upfront during my purchase. I asked for a AM10 for my mother in Illinois but they said they would not sell it because it would not make water for certain periods of the month. I was impressed by this because they had a sale and did not take it. They looked out for me and were very upfront and honest about their product and its benefits as well as its limitations. When I saw that it was posted the cost of 15 dollars per day I almost fell out of my seat. When I purchased my unit i was given a chart of electricity consumption and it is shows exact consumption per day which is not even one dollar per day at full capacity. I would really urge you too look into water generation a little closer because for most of us it beats having to pay for water for the rest of our lives when we can produce it in our homes and not have to worry about the city contamination or full and empty bottles to be stored or high costs associated with cooler systems. When I used to buy bottles it almost seemed like I was paying more for the transportation and production of plastic rather than what I really want to pay...just water. So yes I do love my water generator...as you can tell..lol..and I don't think it is a product for everyone but it is definitely worth looking into for yourself and finding out the true facts.