[D_Alex]

I absolutely agree with you - this is bad allocation of money and effort.

I just cannot think of a niche where these units would actually make sense.

It is a terrible idea to use these for disaster relief - never mind the cost, it would be better to ship in an equal weight of water.

It is wrong to use these wherever there is salt water, or polluted water - it would be far cheaper to purify whatever water there is.

And it is a bad idea to use them at remote locations, as emergency supplies or wherever reliability is important. Again, equal weight of bottled water would be much cheaper, and safer - bottled water will not break down.

I invite anybody (Mr Carmichael Roberts or company itself) to outline a scenario where this technology is preferred over reverse osmosis, or bottled water. The "Applications" page on the company web site demonstrates IMO 100% wastefully inappropriate applications. Happy to comment on any specific one of those.