If you are afraid that the water you drink on a regular basis is dirty, you have every right to be. It is probably very dirty, in a microscopic kind of way. There are lots of bacteria that survive the filtering process, which makes our tap water a little too polluted.

The Restore Clean Water System uses UV rays in order to clean water and the producers say it will remove 99.9999% of bacteria, 99.99% of viruses (less effective against viruses as we can see from the lack of nines) and 99.95% of microbial cysts. I really don't know whether to believe this or not, as I know there are other water filters out there that use more than the UV technology in order to clean tap water, but they also include it. UV rays are just one part of the water cleaning process, there are other steps that need to be taken as well.

They say UV rays also reduce the presence of heavy metals in the water you drink and that of Chlorine. Depending on where you live, you might have noticed that Chlorine is used in abundance and it completely changes the taste and odor of the water.

This purifying mug does not have an OS, nor does it require a PhD in electronics in order to be used, instead you just plug it in and it will irradiate the water with UV rays. It is produced by Homedics and retails for about $90, depending on where you buy it from.

The water we drink is not a major health issue nowadays, in my opinion, as we should be more concerned about the quality of the food we eat, but if you happen to visit Nigeria, Uganda, or other countries where poor people don't even have clean water to drink, the Homedics RWS-100 seems like a good solution for cleaning dirty water. Would you trust this gadget in such an environment? Via techfresh.


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