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Most likely not. Hard part really is rejecting the heat involved in phase change of water from vapor to liquid. You have to effectively dump that energy somewhere and all the time you do not you don't get liquid water.'

It sounds easy, but eventually you can heat up whatever you use as heat sink and then you have to wait for that to cool.

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When you kill a man do you get to take his water?
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I honestly can’t believe the article didn’t mention dune.
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If the collecting fabric was on the inside, you'd literally have a stillsuit. I can imagine there would be complications with it getting clogged by oils from the skin.

Plus, you know, completely ruining thermoregulation by preventing heat loss through evaporation.

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