We did it – another 24 design success! Thanks to everyone who participated and stayed awake with us. Petal Drops is available for $4.50 in pre-sales. Commit now!
Designed by the Quirky Community in just 24 hours, Petal Drops is 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, and repurpose it for watering your plants. Rainy days may not seem so bad anymore!
Constructed out of 100% recycled HDPE, Petal Drops’ beautiful form and flower shape makes it something you would not mind placing in your garden or on your patio – it may even blend right in! Simply set it down in your desired location and place some pebbles or pennies in the bottle if it’s a particularly windy day. Once it starts to rain, you’ll watch as the petals act as a super funnel — collecting & storing rain water efficiently in that bottle you were o-so-close to chucking.
Once full, pour out the water wherever you choose… feed that thirsty plant, wash the chalk off your driveway, give fido a bath, etc. As ‘they’ say… every little bit counts.
10 Comments
M | 12/08/2009 12:27 PM
Not going to lie, I resent paying $17 total to get it shipped to the UK
cancelled my order because of this.
$12.50 just feels far too much for shipping, the previous $7.50 was more reasonable. A few dollars increase in price most people could have accepted but a $5 jump is crazy.
You guys give USA pre sale commitments free delivery, is it unreasonable to ask for reduced shipping fees on international pre-sale commitments?
Jack_Clarke | 12/08/2009 2:52 PM
Hi , i feel the same , i live in the UK and i didn’t complete my order when i saw how much the postage was
Ian Patrick Co | 12/08/2009 4:10 PM
I just realize this could also double as a funnel in the kitchen – one which looks great btw.
Michael Cavada | 12/09/2009 10:02 AM
Ref to oversea shipping cost… Would a European Rep to ship bulk orders be a solution?
ben kaufman | 12/09/2009 7:40 PM
Hey guys,
We will setup European distribution early next year- until then we have to cover our hard costs. We were losing money at 7.50
If we find a petter solution we will let you guys know.
Ben
shannyk | 12/15/2009 3:40 PM
For shipping to Canada, depending on the product (Petal Drops, for one), at $12.50 that’s going to be a lot more than actual costs to ship! It doesn’t cost the same to mail something here as it does overseas, even though it does cost a little more than to mail within the US. But it doesn’t cost *that* much more, by regular air mail, so it’s almost like Canadians buying smaller products have to subsidize free shipping for Americans. I hope you have a better solution for us, too, because there is no way I’m paying $12.50 for shipping something that could be mailed in a bubble mailer for $10 less until this changes.
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BARBARA | 03/18/2010 2:20 PM
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL COST OF JUST ONE OF THESE ITEMS? PLEASE ADVISE.
nikki | 03/18/2010 5:48 PM
@barbara each petal drop costs $5.25