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Last night (and early into the morning today) Quirky got crazy and developed a green product in 24 hours. What they came up with is called Petal Drops, a flower shaped funnel that fits on top of standard threaded water/soda bottles providing you with a chance to elegantly and easily capture rain water to water your plants. $4.50 and it’s yours!

Full Disclosure (Hat tip FTC): I’m an advisor to and shareholder in Quirky, inc.

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michele Wednesday, 12.14.11 @ 5:57 pm

hmmm,..everyone’s a critic it seems…. yes, price point is high -I’d guess to offset mfg costs.

I’d be looking for a mass quantity to be interested,..say 60-100 qty and I’d like to expand on them as well. [Making larger petals for instance-using different colored plastic bottles for instance,...as I am a local farm and food business with a side car of landscaping- I could see them being something I could use and incorporate and sell for water collection for gardens etc. I'd love to 'showcase" them in fairs and what not...they are also easy to 'reverse engineer' and -it'd be far wiser economically and environmentally -for those who cant afford to buy them- to create these from existing PET bottles [cutting them into the funnel shape] and I can see a HUGE ‘crafters cottage industry springing up from this idea. Please dont shoot the messenger, but thats a really nice feature in my opinion about this design and concept. Its very elegant and its very micro environment friendly. Love the concept and execution of the design but the price point is a hold back. Also variations in ‘petals’ would be an added feature. [size them- add 1 or 2 larger petal designs? also, what if you made one that was anti splash back? Just wondering!




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