10/20 LPH · Portable Watermaker
Scout 12V Portable Watermaker for Boats
10 or 20 L/h · From $4,899 AUD incl. GST · No permanent installation
Model Scout · Part No. LEDI-SCT
Make fresh water from seawater using your 12V battery supply. Choose 10 or 20 litres per hour, with no permanent installation. Built and serviced on the Gold Coast.
$4,899
AUD
incl. GST · ex. shipping
10 LPH: $4,899 AUD · 20 LPH: $5,799 AUD
Questions? Call +61 494 562 668
2-year warranty on the unit — free with registration.
Australian & international shipping available.
Built & serviced on the Gold Coast. Real engineers answer the phone.
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10 or 20 LPH output — approximately 20 or 40 litres in a two-hour run. Scout 20: approximately 20 L/h at the recommended 750 PSI.
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Runs from your 12V battery system. Typical draw is 16–18A for the Pumptec 107SS high-pressure pump and feed pump together. Suitable solar charging can support your battery supply. No generator needed.
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Powdercoated aircraft-grade aluminium chassis with stainless hardware. Same parts logic as our fixed installs — just portable.
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Designed to be serviced. Every wear part is field-replaceable. We service every unit we build.
Veteran-owned
Australian small business since 2022
Built on the Gold Coast
Every unit, every membrane test
Lifetime support
In-house servicing for the life of the unit
Ships worldwide
AU & international
Talk to the people who build it
Find the right Scout for your setup.
Tell us about your boat or off-grid plans. Our Gold Coast team can check suitability and help you choose 10 or 20 LPH.
- Advice from an LEDI engineer
- Help with power, water source and fit
- A quote for the setup you need
Request a Scout quote
Email is required. Everything else is optional.
True to size
Stand a Scout in your space.
Spin the real thing here. On your phone, tap View Scout in AR and the Scout appears at true size — on the floor, the bench or the transom — so you can walk around it and see it fits before it ships.
Use your phone to see Scout at true size on your boat.
Every control where you'd expect it.
Tap a number on the model to read it there, or run down the list.
700 × 220 × 240 mm — the scale is locked to true size in AR. Drag with one finger to slide it, twist with two to turn it.
Specifications
The numbers that matter.
Output
10 or 20LPH
At 35,000 ppm seawater feed; output varies with water temperature and salinity
Power
12V DC
16–18A draw, solar-compatible
Water quality
<350ppm*
Output TDS
*Most water sources.
*Most water sources.
Pre-filter
5µm
Sediment, transparent bowl
Scout 20 recommended pressure
750PSI
Approximately 20 L/h · Pumptec 107SS high-pressure pump
Weight
18kg
Approximate unit weight; check lifting and stowage suitability
Dimensions
700 × 220 × 240 mm
L × W × H, handle folded. 10 LPH unit: 590 mm long
Inlet hose
5m
Reach from deck to waterline — extendable on some models
Warranty
2years
Free with registration
Scout 20 produces approximately 20 litres per hour at our recommended operating pressure of 750 PSI. It can produce around 24 litres per hour at 950 PSI; 750 PSI remains our recommended setting. Actual output varies with feed-water conditions.
Which output suits you?
Choose 10 or 20 LPH. Make only what you need.
Most owners run Scout in short daily blocks and cover the essentials — drinking, cooking, washing up, and a freshwater rinse. Choose 10 LPH for lighter crews and compact boats, or 20 LPH when you want faster tank filling.
If your day looks bigger — family of six, twin-engine fishing rig, hot showers — we'll point you at Nomad instead.
Drinking & cooking2 people · per day
~8L
Drinking & cooking4 people · per day
~16L
Quick rinses4 people · per day
~20L
Full cruise day4 people · cooking, washing, rinse
~60L
Scout output2-hour run · 10 or 20 LPH
20/40L
Plan your run time: A two-hour run makes approximately 20 litres with Scout 10 or 40 litres with Scout 20. At the stated 16–18A draw, allow roughly 32–36Ah of battery capacity for two hours, before any charging contribution.
Built for
Cruising sailboats. Offshore trailer boats. Offgrid camping rigs. Anywhere a tank gets in the way.
Cruising sailboats
Stay out longer. Skip the tank fills.
For owners of 20 to 50ft yachts who'd rather make water on passage than divert to fill up. Drop the inlet over the rail, plug into 12V, and you're producing while underway.
- Runs from your 12V battery system, supported by suitable solar charging
- Stows in a cockpit locker between passages
- No through-hull, no plumbing, no install bill
Offshore trailer boats
A weekend's water without towing it.
For trailer boat owners running 6–7m offshore rigs to outer reefs and overnight anchorages. Throw Scout in the cabin, run a hose over the gunwale, and turn three days into a week.
- Approximately 18 kg — check your locker dimensions and lifting access
- Wires direct to the start battery or auxiliary
- Use it on the boat, take it off-grid in the camper between trips
Quality & servicing
It's hard to break. Easy to fix. Backed for the life of the unit.
A watermaker is only as good as the day five years from now when something needs replacing. Scout is engineered, supported, and stocked for that day.
It's hard to break
Powdercoated aircraft-grade aluminium chassis. Stainless through-bolts. Glycerin gauge. USA-made Pumptec 107SS high-pressure plunger pump, machined from one billet of marine-grade stainless. The same service-first thinking we put into commercial fixed installs — just packaged for one person to carry.
No proprietary controllers. No firmware. Two switches and a needle valve.
Easy to fix — in the field
Every wear part is serviceable in the field. Pre-filter cartridges, membrane, switches, hoses, seals, valves, and the ceramic plunger are replaceable without sending the unit away.
The high-pressure pump is built to be rebuilt. We publish the parts list and we'll talk you through the swap on the phone.
Send it home for service
If you'd rather we do it: ship Scout back to our Gold Coast workshop. We'll strip it, descale the membrane, replace seals, certify the output, and send it back.
Standard service is 3–5 working days. We service every unit we've ever built — new or years old.
See it in action
Watch the Scout make water.
Not a studio demo — real owners running the Scout on deck, at camp and on the road.
Owners
What people who own one say.
I run the 12V LEDI Scout with a 300Ah battery and 200W solar panel. It gives us dependable fresh water with very little draw from the battery. The unit is light, durable, great value, and suits our catamaran really well.
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Peter N.
Catamaran owner
I replaced a bulky multi-unit watermaker setup with the LEDI Scout. It is compact, lightweight, low-draw, plug-and-play, and makes fresh water from a small 12V battery and solar panel setup.
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Tony P.
Boat owner
The portability of the Scout means I can use it on my boat and also take it in the camper. Very glad to have bought one of the first units available.
CL
Colin L.
Boat and camper owner
In the box
Everything you need to make water.
No hidden extras. No "but you'll also need…" surprise cart additions.
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Scout unit
Assembled, pressure-tested, output-certified before it leaves Gold Coast.
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Submersible BLDC feed pump + 5m feed hose
Food-grade push-fit tubing that won't corrode, with a custom two-layer stainless intake strainer on the end.
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3m product hose
Food-grade. Clip into a jerry, tank, or directly to a tap.
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12V power lead
2m, fused. Anderson plug or bare-wire on request.
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Spare 5µm pre-filter
One in the bowl, two in the box. Standard 5" cartridge.
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Membrane preservative
For end-of-season pickling. Step-by-step card included.
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Operations manual
Plain English. With the parts list and our number.
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Test certificate
Output, pressure and TDS readings from your specific unit.
Frequently asked
The questions buyers actually ask.
Is 10 or 20 LPH enough for me?
Choose from your daily water use and available run time. Scout 10 makes approximately 20 litres in two hours; Scout 20 makes approximately 40 litres in two hours, or 60 litres in three hours. Scout 20 is rated at approximately 20 L/h at the recommended 750 PSI. Allow for drinking, cooking, washing and rinses, and check that your battery capacity and charging suit the planned run time. Output varies with feed-water conditions.
If your typical day is bigger — six people, a hot shower habit, a charter operation — we'll point you at Nomad (40–80 LPH, self-contained and approximately 50 kg). No sales game. We'd rather you have the right unit.
Why is Scout cheaper than the European competition?
It's not cheaper because it's worse. It's cheaper because we don't import it.
Our pumps and membranes are commercial marine-grade, sourced direct from the manufacturers. There's no European distributor markup, no shipping an 18kg case across the world, no agent's margin. You're paying for the watermaker, not the supply chain.
The components inside Scout are the same ones we use on commercial fixed installs running 24/7. If you've ever opened up a name-brand portable, you'll find the same commercial pump heads and membrane housings we use.
What if I break it offshore?
Every wear part on Scout is a standard size you can find at any decent marine chandlery or pump supplier worldwide. We publish the parts list on day one — you'll know the membrane spec, the pre-filter spec, the seal kit, and the fuse rating before you've even unboxed.
If something breaks and you can't source it locally, our workshop posts spares within one business day — AU domestic and international. We've sent parts to Tonga, Tahiti and Tasmania in the same week.
And if you'd rather we just fix it: ship the unit back. Three to five working days, descaled, reseated, recertified, returned.
Do I need to install it?
No permanent installation is required. Connect the fused 12V lead to a suitable battery supply, place the feed pump in the water and run the product hose to your container or tank fill. Prime and operate the unit following the supplied manual, including discarding the initial product water.
If you want a permanent install with a dedicated through-hull, fixed pre-filter bank, and tank plumbing, that's Nomad or our modular system — we'll size it with you.
Can I use it on brackish or river water?
Yes. Scout is rated for any feed up to 35,000 ppm TDS. On lower-salinity feeds (river, brackish, contaminated freshwater) you'll see higher output and longer membrane life — the unit works less hard.
We've shipped Scouts to disaster relief teams pumping flood-water and to remote-area cattle stations running off bores. Same unit, same workflow.
What about international shipping & warranty?
We ship Scout AU-wide and internationally. Units travel in a custom timber crate — no surprise damage in transit. Get in touch for a shipping quote to your port.
The 2-year warranty (free with registration) applies wherever you take it. Servicing — including international — is handled out of our Gold Coast workshop; for owners outside Australia we ship spares direct, or you can send the unit back.
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Drinking water,
anywhere you go.
One Scout, two switches, 10 or 20 litres an hour. Built on the Gold Coast. Shipped anywhere. Backed for the life of the unit.
Australian & international shipping · 2-year warranty (with registration) · Serviced for life
Scout
Portable watermaker · 10 or 20 LPH · 12V
$4,899AUD
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