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From https://www.terrawaterindonesia.com/the-filter https://www.terrawaterindonesia.com/the-filter: > A single Terra filter purifies up to 42 liters of safe, p
by treetalker 2mo ago
From https://www.terrawaterindonesia.com/the-filter https://www.terrawaterindonesia.com/the-filter:
> A single Terra filter purifies up to 42 liters of safe, pure drinking water a day, equivalent of 2 and a half plastic gallons.
Someone should tell them to check their math.
- ssl-3 2mo agoThose are plastic gallons. Plastic gallons are similar to treetalker gallons and ssl-3 gallons, in that all of these units share the property of being different compared to US gallons. (The ssl-3 gallon is particularly strange: It isn't even a measure of volume at all.)
- SoftTalker 2mo agoHeh never heard of a plastic gallon. I was imagining a plastic gallon jug such as a milk jug.
- fastball 2mo agoYeah, in Indonesia (and other parts of the world), the 5-gallon jug you would stick in e.g. a water cooler is called a "water gallon".
- SoftTalker 2mo agoI assume it's a local/informal unit of measure? DDG doesn't know what a "plastic gallon" unit is.
- fastball 2mo agoIt's not really a unit of measurement but rather just what you'd call the container[1], which in turn is 5 gallon / 19L. But nobody says "My 19L water jug", they they just say "My water gallon". Since most people in Indonesia get their drinking water from these jugs, stating this filter's output in "gallon" terms is just the easiest way to communicate potential savings etc (since people pay per jug, so they think in jug terms, not in any other unit of measure). [1] https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61fpdmJYUuL.jpg https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61fpdmJYUuL.jpg
- treetalker 2mo agoTIL! Not the first time I've made a mistake on account of failing to detect that a different English was being used.