>>1828165Not really, when it's a mechanical inefficiency that literally everyone that uses water filter bitches about it's worth it to look for innovation
Price per unit is kinda a dumb concept too, considering how much people drop on Dyneema shit and Arc'teryx
Besides, it's a complexity step of "a lever and a shaft connected by a pin" and "a wheel connected to a general rod by a pin connected to a shaft by a pin"
It's literally what steam locomotives used, it's simple enough