Smart Droplet

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#142952 29-Mar-2014 21:45

I was having a look at some home irrigation options and stumbled across this (due June).
http://smartdroplet.com/

It looks so cool and maybe good for someone on tank water but I would so never hear the end of it from the wife if I got one. That and I'm sure it would be repurposed for malicious purposes such as spraying the neighbors cat

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#1015206 29-Mar-2014 21:54

Looks quite neat, but for the price I could dig in regular irrigation pipes and a tap timer for less. Granted no where near as much fun.

Now can you pump petrol through it to make a flame thrower?

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#1015467 30-Mar-2014 17:19

Mate, both my wife and I would buy it ONLY for the neighbour's cats! Lady across the road has 8 cats.

You can never have enough Volvos!

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#1015468 30-Mar-2014 17:22

Niel: Mate, both my wife and I would buy it ONLY for the neighbour's cats! Lady across the road has 8 cats.

Poor Cats.

Niel: You can never have enough Volvos!

The Volvos have got to your head

I think this would only work in the US. It relies on a lot of tracking things and local based services.

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#1015470 30-Mar-2014 17:26

Niel: Mate, both my wife and I would buy it ONLY for the neighbour's cats! Lady across the road has 8 cats.

Thoses poor cats!

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#1015978 31-Mar-2014 13:03

Thought I might buy one for my wife, until I saw the price. :( And it didn't even occur to me to use it against cats!

If you replaced the water hose with a supply of molten plastic, maybe it could be a long-range 3D printer? Then it would be cheap!

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#1015982 31-Mar-2014 13:04

frankv: Thought I might buy one for my wife, until I saw the price. :( And it didn't even occur to me to use it against cats!

If you replaced the water hose with a supply of molten plastic, maybe it could be a long-range 3D printer? Then it would be cheap!

End up with something out of willy wonker.

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#1016118 31-Mar-2014 17:05

Or a very solid neighbour's cat! lol

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#1016124 31-Mar-2014 17:24

For USD $300 you could buy your own cat.

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#1016129 31-Mar-2014 17:32

Jeez, I wanted sooo bad until I saw the price. And I wouldn't be leaving it on the front lawn!
I can underground a whole pop-up / drip sprinkler system for half that.