Berkey Water Filters

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Search engine homemade berkey but if it needs electric then that may be a prob if grid goes down

Hope you got the Ceramic Filters for it (forget the other types)... plus you need a full set of spare filters.

I use the portable equivalent when wilderness camping (Katadyne "Camp Filter" with the optional ceramic filters) and it has always kept me healthy in the back country ... even when the water is really nasty and contaminated.

The Berkey's are expensive, but are probably the best countertop gravity fed system out there.

The absolute gold standard are the Reverse Osmosis filters ... but those need power of some sort (a LOT) in order to force the water through their filters, usually AC current though one can hook some models up to DC current (the cheapest models of reverse osmosis filters cost around $1500, and a basic countertop/sink model is closer to $2500)

IMO you made a good purchase.

i snagged a nice one a long time ago on ebay for $75.00 buy-it-now. best $75 i ever spent.

Q: How do you clean radioactive isotopes from a ceramic filter.

A: You don't because you can't

Useless gadget for radioactive water FWIW

Wrong, you can clean the filters. You clean them the same way you would normally. All you need is to pick up a stray, bring him close to your place, promise him all the water he can carry by himself. All he has to do is clean the filters on the Berkey.

Next...........

Lisa, I don't know what kind you bought, but you can do a comparison here.
I have the 'Berkey Light', with two filters, (included) and bought two other of the carbon filters to add on, to remove fluoride. I believe the first two regular filters are good for about 3000 gallons, maybe it's less?The fluoride ones don't last as long, but worth having.
Their price is 220.00, and includes shipping.

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Okay i've heard someone say some of the filters come apart for cleaning to be reused. Is this true? Because all mine are fused together. What brand comes apart?

Scrub the black filters with a green scrubbie under running water. I don't believe you can take the fluoride filters apart for cleaning... unless you have fresh media to replace the old stuff inside?

I've been using my berkey with all the filters for over 2 years and only cleaned the black filters once when the water flow slowed noticeably.

Hi Lisa!

Yea, I bought four 9' ceramic filters. This thing will go into storage, so I'll have 2 full sets of filters to use when I need it.

I really didn't know which to get, the black or the ceramic, but I figured I'd go with the ceramic.

Good purchase.

You can't get them any cheaper than that.

Well done Lisa*Lisa!

Everybody should have a Berkey.

Thank you!

I"m wondering if I should have gotten the Berkey Light......

IMHO, Big Berkey is an excellent choice and that price is and has been the price for along time.

Enjoy a good filter.

peace,

For the $240.00 I got the Big Berkey and 2 sets of 9" ceramic filters. I bought this on ebay, and the seller told me the price is going up on Friday to over $300.00!

I'm going to buy an extra set of the filters, so I'll have a total of 3 sets. I think that should last for a few years?

Yea, this is a gravity fed system, so no electricity is needed.

use mine on untreated well water on 11 yrs. replaced a cracked element from lehmans.

have berky light with black filters. use it daily. great filter. for those considering a purchase of a berky light, just know that if you get the little lights at the bottom, while very cool, they won't last beyond a year.

I read you can clean the filters up to 100 times with a rough pad (not sure about ceramic ones). these things almost last forever.

I picked up two food grade 5 gal buckets from a local restaurant for free. I bought the filters only then went to a hardware store and bought a spigot kit. Like someone else said check YouTube under "homemade Berkey water filter".

Excellent choice.

One of their salesmen told me their prices are going up soon (& I believe him - even if he wanted a sale) - so great timing.

I use the black filters - I live on water that gets farm runoff - (pesticides) & the black are best for that.

On the price - It's much cheaper than living off bottled water for a year ...

That's good to know. I was kind of mad at myself for not indulging on the blue light, I thought it was cool!

I take my Berkey Light apart every couple of weeks to clean the plastic, and filters. Much longer and it starts accumulating stuff.

Have one- a few years now- love it, easy to use- added the fluoride filters- we filter tap water, but great for no matter what happens.

Mine should be here around the end of the month. I got 3 sets of replacement filters. I'll store this in with the rest of my prepping supplies. Don't intend to use it until the day comes when I'm drinking rain water or creek water.

I bought one of these a few years ago and love it! Bought another for our other property and another for my daughter. All 5 gallon stainless. Plenty of extra filters, too. Don't drink anything else. Coffee, tea and soda are all made with the filtered water at our house :)

yeah i got one two , i got to tellyou all a problem with all berkeys filters and how to solve it or your flushingmoney down the pan ....

there is a fault with the fluride filters that screw on the bottom of the black or the ceramic .... where you screw it on it isnt air tight and once the unit is full at the bottom slight pressure causes the water to back up and come out the top .....everyone check for themselves you will see water around the top of the fluride filter ....

the way to totally solve this and get the system working properly is to wrap some electrical tape or plumbers tape around the thread about 1 inch up wrap it about 6 times and kinda taper the thickness off ...so it goes up in layers like a cone and gets thicker

when you screw your fluride filter on the pf2 it will go up to the filter creating a seal ... and then works brilliant ...

not alot of people will know this but trust me all berkey flurise filters that screw on the candles have this problem ...