Rainman Desalinization

[daletournier]

Originally Posted by chuckr

We saw Rainman at the Istanbul boat show and it was a nice unit to look at - but we had a few issues - what do we need 30g/hr capacity for with just 2 of us (that can be said for a lot of units) second was the energy requirements as we do not have a generator and after 10 years underway see no reason to get one, third the price was a bit high -
But it was a well built unit and the folks were very knowledgeable


ps we have a katadyn e80 and it runs off our solar panels and runs underway and is modular so we have it scattered throughout the boat and we have no issue with running it a couple of hours a day or more - to meet our needs


if I had a huge boat with lots of power we would look at a Rainman

Hi Chuckr, don't really understand the "the price was abit high" comment. I looked at a number of units and the Rainman was very competively priced, particularly in usd or euros?
I cruised for eight years with a katadyn 80e, it served me well but it can't really be compared to a high volume ac driven watermaker. People have different requirements, I now very much prefer the luxury of lots of water.