Berkey Water Purifier

http://www.milkandhoneyfarm.com/sales/berkey.html Sarah Lea talks about the no electricity, no water pressure Berkey water purifiers. Pure water is part of a healthy lifestyle. Check out more information at the Milk and Honey Farm web site.

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Education

Tags:

• water
• clean
• pure
• filtered
• reverse
• osmosis

[hydrobot2003]

you should have used a clear glass so we can see how clean the water is, but even that isn't a guarantee. I would need to see consistant lab test from 1 gallon to the 3,000 gallons it makes. Distillers work better.

[brobob777]

@hydrobot2003 - I don't think anybody would argue that distillers make purer water in low-volume quantities. But consider distillers have a much higher initial investment and you must operate them with electricity which costs money. Distillers quit working when you lose electricity or city water pressure. Distillers also require more maintenance to remove "hard water" mineral deposits. For us, the Berkey is a great value and a healthy choice.

[ctfam]

Berkey Light, Lots of canned food, AK-47 w/ 6 mags and 2 cases of ammo, Dump dollars for Gold and Silver. Good to go.

[brobob777]

Having a Berky down in Haiti right now would make life a lot more bearable.

[brobob777]

I cleaned the bottom catch tank when I first got it and haven't cleaned it since. It gets nothing in it except purified water. The filters in the top tank will begin to slow down in the speed in which they filter. Then I clean the top tank and the filters. It is surprizing how much dirt and slime collect in there which without the filter, we would be drinking. The pair of filters are good for about 6000 gallons of water.

[brobob777]

The filters are $99 and are good for 6,000 gallons of water. That's 1.7 cents a gallon. Filtered water at a grocery store is at least 25 cents and in plastic gallon containers, at least 69 cents. Our Berkey unit paid for itself in nine months compared to a Culligan system we were using before. We're drinking for free now.

[crabtrap]

the berkey does NOT filter fluoride.they do sell a

secondary filter element that does for $59 (sometimes free with berkey purchase) the secondary slows the drip rate down about 20% but it filters fluoride AND arsenic.

[MrEddie68000]

I don't understand where the heat source is coming from to being the process? It seems that you use it indoors where, it is assumed, there is no direct sunlight.

[notcrunch]

thumps up if you saw this because of F.r.i.e.n.d.s! :D

[hydrobot2003]

@brobob777 - I'm sure it is ok to use a berkey filter with municipal water but not so sure I would trust any filter with lake water that has bacteria in it. And not all Distillers work on electricity, some are for camping. You build a fire and place it on top and it will work that way. You can get fire anywhere easily, even by rubbing two sticks together. The major Problem with any filter is that water cleanliness declines with each use.

[stud002]

@teamhex not really. they start out at $220 and go up from there. most water filters are at least that much and go up to $2000.

[WeCanAllGetAllong]

5 STARS!

Grade A double plus good guys!

[wheelori814]

@IIIAmericanIII take the filtered water to a lab and have them test it.

[ctfam]

@brobob777 Very true. Thanks for posting this. I've decided on the Berkey light with the PF-2 filters. Flouride is a concern for me and I just realized Poland Springs puts it in their bottled water!!! Another company I will boycott. PEACE!