Nuvoe - Upgrade your bottle with water purification

Freshen your drinking water & clean your bottle all day long with the power of UV-C light. Watch the video to learn how.

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The power of the sun neutralising germs & viruses inside your bottle.

UV-C neutralises germs & viruses by disrupting the nucleic acids and the structure of the cell's DNA.  UV-C light is the new industry standard disinfection technology for hospital wards and high traffic public infrastructure and we have miniaturised this technology to a size that can fit inside your water bottle! Nuvoe purifies your water and cleans your bottle all day long.

Water bottles are perfect incubators. They are dark and moist ecosystems where bio-contaminants thrive and grow.

We know you wash your bottle - but guess what? Despite all that hard work - it's just not as clean as you think. Research shows that even with regular washing, 70% of refillable water bottles carry levels of bio-contamination above the FDA recommended limit for bottled water.

In fact, despite chlorination the treated water out of the tap still carries low-levels of bio-contamination, and when you store that water in a dark, moist bottle and drink from it throughout the day, it accumulates and grows between washes. It feeds on the nutrients released from saliva! Even worse, backwash adds more contamination with every sip. 

It's a constant cycle that's impossible to stay on top of.

The result? Your favourite water bottle starts to give off that nasty, funky smell and your water starts to develop an 'off' taste. Yuck!

It's not pleasant. That's why we created Nuvoe.

We take a much deeper look in this article.

Small yet powerful, the Nuvoe Pod is a UV-C light sanitiser designed to fit inside your water bottle. It purifies your water and cleans your bottle of bio-contamination. Drink the freshest water from the cleanest bottle possible every minute of every day.

Using Nuvoe is simple!

Upgrade - Tape the Magnetic Anchor to the outside of your bottle and drop in the Nuvoe Pod. It will magnetically snap into place! You only need to do this once.

Shake - Every time you refill, simply shake for 2 seconds to activate a cleaning cycle.

That's it! Nuvoe will beep after 1 minute to let you know it finished purifying your water and cleaning your bottle.

 It's as easy as that - now you can enjoy purified, contamination free water from a bottle that won't smell.

Your questions answered.

Watch to learn more about how easy Nuvoe is to use!

Nuvoe seamlessly fits into your lifestyle. Upgrade your bottle once and enjoy fresh-tasting water wherever you are and whatever you're doing. 

Nuvoe works with all the water bottle brands you would recognise - and even non-branded bottles too. Check our minimum size requirements at the bottom of the page.

Constantly cleans. So you don't have to. 

Nuvoe automatically activates for a short cleaning cycle every two hours to prevent the build up of biofilm and any newly introduced bio-contaminants throughout the day. Gone is the daily hassle of having to regularly wash your bottle. Guaranteed freshness.

Explore without worries.

Traveling or want to drink water from a natural water-source? Activate Deep Clean by shaking your bottle for 4 seconds to start an extra-rigorous 3-minute cleaning cycle.

Keep your favourite bottle.

Nuvoe lets you upgrade your own water bottle! It is compatible with most wide-neck bottles and most bottle types.

More than one bottle? Swap them out!

Do you use a different bottle during the day and another for the gym or hiking? With additional Magnetic Anchors you can move the Pod amongst your bottles to always drink the cleanest water, no matter what you’re doing. (Additional Magnetic Anchors are available as an add-on.)

One month's charge.

Charge your Pod using the supplied magnetic USB cable. One charge is good for 30 days of daily use.

Like bottled water. Without the waste. 

Globally, more than 1 million plastic bottles are sold every minute and over 91% of these are not recycled. Nuvoe supports the sustainable switch to using a refillable water bottle, and makes sure you are drinking the freshest water possible all day long.

Source: Nace T. We’re Now At A Million Plastic Bottles Per Minute - 91% Of Which Are Not Recycled. Forbes. Published July 26, 2017. 

Upgrade all your water containers.

Nuvoe's small size, and easy to fit mounting system gives you so much choice on where you can use it! You can upgrade other water dispensing and storage devices around the home like filtered water pitchers, jugs & carafes, fridges with a dispensing water containers, and pet water accessories!

Switch Nuvoe to auto-mode by holding the power button for 5 seconds. It will now automatically turn on at a regular basis to keep your water containers as clean as can be.

Sanitise anything! 

UV-C light can sanitise more than just water! Nuvoe is not permanently attached to your water bottle so you can take it out and use it to sanitise more things around the house like your phone, keys, or face mask.

Just attach Nuvoe inside any metallic tin with reflective internal surfaces, double tap the button to start a cleaning cycle and you're ready to go! 

Nuvoe bottles are specially designed to work with the Nuvoe Pod. They feature a built-in Magnetic Anchor, come in a great variety of colours, and have a highly reflective internal surface to improve Nuvoe's ability to freshen your water and clean your bottle.

The Nuvoe bottle comes in two types. Choose between a high capacity non-insulated bottle or upgrade to an insulated version to keep your drinks cold all day long for an additional AU$14.00 (~US$10.00). This will happen in the post-campaign survey.

Colours

The Nuvoe Pod & Bottle bundle comes in a great range of colours and feature a colour-matched Pod! Coloured Pods will only be available with the Bottle bundle. There are three core colours: Slate, Hot Coral and Midnight. This applies to all 'Nuvoe Pod & Bottle' reward tiers.

We will be releasing more colours as stretch goals as the campaign progresses. Keep an eye out for updates. The first stretch goal will unlock Chive and Candy. And the second stretch goal will unlock Citrus and Robin. With your help let's unlock them all!

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UV-C light is the new industry standard disinfection technology for hospitals and high traffic public infrastructure. We have miniaturised this technology to a size that can fit inside your water bottle! 

When shining UV-C light on bio-contaminants the light penetrates through cell walls disrupting nucleic acids and the structure of the cell's DNA. This leaves them unable to perform vital cellular functions, rendering them ineffective.

We have taken this very same UV-C technology, optimised it and built it into the Nuvoe Pod. The Pod uses three (yes, three!) UV-C LEDs to get rid of those hidden nasties in your water. The LEDs are positioned to maximise the volume of water and bottle surface area the UV-C light reaches.

Pure Light at 275nm.

Each of Nuvoe's LEDs emits light at a peak wavelength of 275nm, the optimal frequency for water-based UV-C applications. 275nm is also the optimal wavelength to target the most common bio-contaminant offenders found in our water bottles.

Why is 275nm more effective than other UV wavelengths? Other wavelengths either target the cell as a whole or specific compounds in the cell. UV-C specifically targets nucleic acids and DNA and requires 1,000x less power to achieve the same effect, and as such, are much safer and more efficient to use.

Other UV-C systems use 280nm based LEDs but Nuvoe's LEDs shifts the peak wavelength down slightly from 280nm to 275nm resulting in up to 25% improvement in efficiency!

Chemical-free, filter-free & no single-use consumables!

UV-C does not rely on chemicals or filtration materials, and can therefore be used effectively and safely. We're tired of the onerous repetitive cost and waste of single-use consumables and subscriptions. This means Nuvoe is an all-in-one, one-off-purchase solution.

Next-generation LED materials.

Old UV-C systems used mercury to generate UV-C light. Nuvoe's LEDs are completely mercury-free. The core of our LEDs are made from a bio-compatible, non-toxic gallium nitride (GaN) which is often used in medical devices like implantable electrodes.

100% Ozone-free.

UV light at very small wavelengths can produce ozone but Nuvoe's spectrum never falls below 250nm. Ozone can only be produced at wavelengths below 185nm meaning it's completely ozone-free! (Ironically, UV-C at 275nm breaks the third oxygen atom that's attached to any ozone, converting it back to straight oxygen!)

Medical-grade materials & IPX8 construction.

Our Story

We love our refillable water bottles - we have one with us all the time -  but they do come with their own annoyances & problems. We came across news articles & supporting papers that surprised us with how much bio-contamination lives inside our bottles and how municipal water isn't as clean as we think it is. We also hate that funky smell and 'off' taste that can slowly develop throughout the day no matter how much we rinse it out; and the daily chore of washing to keep the water tasting great does become tiresome. We wanted to design a product that upgrades our existing water bottle with self-cleaning super powers and keep us using our bottles every day knowing the water is as clean and fresh as it can be.

The Nuvoe team has over 25 years combined experience delivering innovative technology solutions for start-ups in Australia and around the world and we are excited to bring this experience to our first Kickstarter campaign.

Supporting Indigenous communities. 

Nuvoe is working with Kembla Corp which is owned by Mark Ella AM (Member of the Order of Australia). Kembla works with Indigenous artists to help support Indigenous communities around Australia.

Environmentally friendly factories

Our factories are ISO accredited

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