Americans Spend $1,000 Per Year on Plastic Water Bottles. Kara Pod Gives You Clean Drinking Water by Pulling Moisture from the Air
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Water is the most vital resource to sustaining life, and yet accessing clean drinking water seems more difficult than ever. In 2021 alone, there were nearly 4,000 boil water advisories issued across the country. On top of that, nearly 66 million Americans say they won’t drink their tap water even if it’s been properly filtered.
As a result, the average consumer spends nearly $1,000 per year on plastic water bottles that end up in landfills or polluting our waters.
One company, Kara Water, is seeking to change that with a revolutionary device: Kara Pod. Powered by AirDrive™ air-to-water technology, Kara Pod pulls moisture from the air, purifies it with heat, UV & carbon filtration, adds essential minerals, and produces clean, mineral-rich drinking water from one compact device.
It even brews coffee with the same clean, healthy water and is compatible with original Nespresso Pods, as well as Kara Water’s own line of coffee pods.
Inspired by Nature to Save Nature
The Namib Desert in southern Africa sees less than six inches of rain per year. Despite that, one bug has found a way to survive by creating its own water. The Stenocara gracilipes, otherwise known as the racing stripe darkling beetle, uses its shell to attract and hold moisture from the atmosphere, which it then drinks by tilting its body.
Kara Water uses the same principle in its effort to deliver water to people through a compact device that just needs to be plugged in.
After attracting moisture from the air, the Kara Pod uses a three-step filtration process that heats the water to eliminate germs, sterilizes it with UV light, and purifies it with UV and carbon filtration.
It goes a step further by adding sodium, magnesium, and calcium to your water. These essential minerals help boost overall hydration and wellness, and result in cleaner and better-tasting water.
Since coffee is 98% water, this means your morning latte will taste better than ever. Each Kara Pod has two separate pouring nozzles: one for water and one for coffee.
What’s more, Kara Pod never has to be refilled like other coffee machines. It simply collects more moisture from the air, meaning you won’t have to wait for your next latte.
To date, Kara Water has offset four million plastic water bottles and produced two million liters of water. Their goal is to eliminate 10 billion plastic bottles, provide 1 billion people beverage access, and reduce 100 million tons of carbon dioxide from the global beverage supply chain.
The company’s award-winning technology has been named a Consumer Electronics Shows Innovation Award honoree twice (2023 and 2025), was named a CES Top 50 pick by USA Today, and was named one of the best inventions by TIME Magazine.
Tired of spending your money on plastic water bottles that just end up hurting the environment? A Kara Pod can save you $400 in the first year, and pays for itself in seven months.
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