$258 is cheaper than $26 - Berkey Water Filter vs Brita Water Filter
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- Опубликовано: 31 янв 2018
- Berkey water filters out perform typical water filters and actually cost less. Even if all you want is to filter your house tap water, a high quality water filter is your best option, and saves you money.
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My only regret with my Berkey is I didn’t buy it sooner. Love it
👀 Thanks for the review and constructive feedback! We do recommend removing filters when traveling to avoid damaging the Black Filter Stems, we also now have a travel tote that comes with a padded filter case! Keep up the good work, we love you too ❤️❤️
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If you guys hadn't thought about it yet... regarding the 'lip', you guys could invert the bump (and move it to the bottom compartment) so that it pokes inwards instead of outwards, leaving the top compartment to slide 'over' the bottom compartment, thus reducing contamination issues. Should be a pretty easy design fix. This would leave a singular 'smooth' finish on the outside. Though a small additional lip around the top compartment could reduce seepage.
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5:09 - If Berkey is a smart company, they're paying attention to you. Great review, by the way
Exactly what I thought!
I've been running all my cooking and drinking water through my Berkey for over 15 years. PUR and Brita are OK, but I clean the Berkey filter every year, and replace every two or three years - rather than every two months. The Berkey is all stainless, so I clean it with BLEACH once a year. A guy selling filters at the farmer's market tested water from my Berkey and said it was the purest water he had tested.
@KK R - I use the Pure filter in my bathroom, but I suspect they are similar.
@NumptyMagnet - with a brush.
@NumptyMagnet I use a wet non scratch pad/ sponge and lightly brush over the black filter and then rinse it. I was amazed the first time that I cleaned them at how much "gunk" they had trapped. I love my Berkey.
I made my own. It still cost $150. It's the filters that cost you. 2 food grade buckets, 2 filters, and a spigot. Works perfectly. However we don't use ours to filter already clean water. We needed a way to get potable water in case of an emergency. The berkey needs a lot of help filter lake/river/pool water. Pre-filter the water first, then run it through the berkey then add chlorine bleach 2 drops per quart. The berkey does not remove bacteria/viruses. Let it set for half an hour. Drink all you want. If you let it set 48 hours the bleach will evaporate, but whiles in there it kills all micro-organisms. You can not just start pouring lake water in the berky. The filters will clog very quickly and your water will be full of micro-organisms. Be safe everyone and happy self-sufficiency (prepping). Yes you are a pepper if your thinking about these kinds of things.
The berkey water filter removes 99.9999999% of bacteria and 99.999% of viruses. It purifies water. I have the berkey and grayl and both purify water. I have used stream water and drank it after filtering without issues.
Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?
Haha
came over to RUclips from Amazon while researching water filter pitchers. Down the rabbit hole and this guy sold me on a Berkey system!
I had one. It took up a lot of space. I ended up going back to Pur pitchers. The water tasted better and I liked the ease of cleaning and replacing filters. For me it’s all about simplicity.
You are a gai boy
The Berkey first caught my eye in a cute country store. Ooh, that gorgeous shiny cylinder!! The price did shock me at first. Then, I read all the info & did some research. Cost per gallon would be MUCH less for improved filtration. I went back and bit the $200 bullet. Upfront, yes it seems a lot. But years later I have no regrets. The Berkey is not just pretty, it’s much more efficient than our filtering pitchers. Aesthetics aren’t everything, but I have to say, I enjoy having it on display! Ala Marie Kondo, it brings me joy!
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I got my Berkey in 2011. It is one of the best things I've ever bought. Wish I had purchased it sooner. The water tastes great and will make your coffee better too!
It's amazing how much we leern Whit this people that take their time to teach us about something that useful... tanks
Yes!!! Very grateful to You Tube & the people who take the time to share their experience & knowledge. 💓🙏
Thanks for all the info. I had no idea this type of water filter existed before seeing it in tiny house tour :P
I just bought the Royal Berkey today. Thank you for the great video. I’d just cover the unit when traveling with foil
Great idea on covering the fresh water filter ports. I pray Berkey listens. We will be new users this year. Gone are the pur filters.
both of the problems you mention can be solved by having a plastic bag that fits the bottom container and wraps around the inverted top steel container. No contaminants touch the clean insides of the storage. No filth or dust can reach the filtering drains through the closed off plastic bag ;) Still I agree that the lid fitting both possible configurations, i.e the normal filtering mode and the compact transportation mode, would be awesome to see in future upgrades! Thanks for the idea!
Great video! I'm looking at purchasing one now. . . Your ideas are great. Berky should pay you for this practical informative video about their product! Hope they do see your ideas and use them. Thanks so much from the Goodman family NZ 👍🏽
Thank you! 'm thinking about buying a Berkey, but I wanted a good testimonial that gave a realistic description of the pros and cons of daily use along with the reality of using it in emergency/off grid situations. Yours is the best review I've seen, and you did a great job explaining how it works in each situation. BTW, Amazon does now sell the "Big Berkey" and lots of accessories , although they, like everyone else, are sold out right now due to C-19 panic, but you may want to go ahead and link that here too. Thank you again!
Have used a Berkey since 1968, when the housing was ceramic. Turned a Doctor on to it and he with his friend (another doctor) ran spiced rum through it. The rum was no longer spiced. It was clear instead of brown.
Well that's a rather fucked up thing to do to perfectly good rum.
Yes, those "doctors" need to see a doctor (psychiatrist, prefarably)! Cheers!
@@grakkerful They had more. The rum still had an alcohol level, just not spiced any more - size of the molecule. One of those research projects done while you're 3 sheets to the wind. Although I did well in college Chem. class, because I don't use it, I forgotten most of it. Guess that's why the filter says 99.9%. Alcohol molecule is small enough to get through and I assume they knew its size before they started
@@panamapatti3364 Haha, context makes all the difference! I'm sure that I would have done the same.
They made ceramic housings? I'd love to get one of those. Time to scour eBay. Or are you referring to ceramic "candle" filters?
Been using Berkey couple of months now, love it. My dogs seem to be drinking ALOT more water I have noticed so I know their health will benefit from the Berkey. If I get 5 years on those filters I will be thrilled.
Awesome video. I would still boil from streams, etc. When you consider 1 drop with a load of spiroketes, especially in years with high spirokete loads, yeah, I'd strongly recommend boiling it, after it's filtered.
It's nice to know that you can flip the top into the bottom. I wasn't aware of that.
It looks like an o-ring when used for camping especially, might be a good idea.... a big rubberband basically, to seal it.
If you have animals, even with tap water, their bowls can get slimey with even tap water.
If ANY dirty water gets into the bottom, even a drop, I'd boil it.
Good info! TY!
This was excellent. Very well presented. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I ordered one 30 minutes before I saw this video, and was hoping for a positive outcome. Whew!
Appreciate this very much.
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We’ve been mulling over a Berkey purchase for a few months for our family. Nice to have great info like this to factor in. Thanks so much for sharing!
We bought a big berkey several years ago, running tap water through it. Works so great. Coffe, tea, soup everything taste so much better. After our 12 year old doggie passed, we got a white Maltese puppy. With regular tap water he had a bad problem of red tear eyes. When we started giving him berkey water, his red tears stopped and cleared up, pure white ever since. Love our berkey.
I have a friend with a dog that has that. I'll let her know!
Great work on this video! Feels very real. Nothing held back. Lots of info! I’ll save for this.
So informative well done. I am about to get my 1st Berkey. Can’t wait!,
Great review. Nice idea regarding the lid during storage. Cheers!
I love my Berkey. I have well water, but around here everyone has septic tanks that drain onto leach fields, and uses Round-Up and other harsh chemicals regularly. Sometimes the tap water tastes terrible. The Berkey really helps and won a blind taste test with half a dozen friends. One thing, though: If using lake or river or other wild water, I'd consider using cheesecloth or even a cotton towel in some sort of a strainer arrangement too, just to keep out the larvae, eggs, and sediment blecch. It will keep your filters clean longer and give you peace of mind regarding what's living in your top chamber.
Good points about the dribbles into the lower chamber. Thx
Love my Berkey. Going on my second year with no issues. I have a spare set of filters for "some day".
ive been looking for a good water filter, this just made it so much easier!! great video :) thanks!
You're welcome
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you for the Berkey filter system demo.I appreciate the camping concerns and how to handle them in regards to the Berkey .
Cover top with shower cap, boom, no dirt.
Or saran wrap + elastic band.
or put the whole thing inside a trashbag and seal it, no dust anywhere (including where the two halves meet, doing it that way
comes with a cover
Yeah, and a saran wrap around where the two vessels meet would solve the "oops, dirty water ran down the side and contaminated the bottom chamber" thing.
I live near a natural spring. Folks from all around go there with containers getting the water. I'm gonna get myself a Berkey and filter the spring water.
Thank you for your info. I'm seriously thinking of getting a more sophisticated water filter. This one looks good. I'm wondering what the filter is made of, it seems they last along time. Thanks once again.
Love my Berkey! After 9 months it finally needed the filters cleaned. Was super easy and very efficient. Worth every penny.
Does the water stay cold?
@@Crystal-od5is room temperature. I just refrigerate a pitcher full.
@@kennaoconnor4633 Thank you. 🙏
Thanks for sharing, and for showing long term costs!!! God bless
Totally valid "concerns" that you made a good case for, hopefully someone will make accessory products for.
Another idea is to use a fabric to cover the bucket you are pouring "pond" water into, to pre-filter/strain out some of the larger particles, before pouring that into the Berkey Filter System.
Now I Like that 🙄
We have had our Berkey since last fall and love it. I do find that where the two sections meet it will seal and I have to lift the top up a little to break the vacuum so the water comes out of the spout. It doesn't happen often but it is well worth the money. I did look at a under the sink system and for a few thousand dollars? And Berkey uses no electric. I keep about 10 gallons in jugs in case we lose electric. We have a fairly clean creek on the property so there is always a source, just in case. Thanks Much for your report on your Berkey! Peace! DaveyJO in Pa.
i really appreciate your review.. I'm also glad to know that you have been using the Berkley for 7-8 years, that alone is reassuring to know you still love and recommend..
I have been using a Berkey for 10 years and I also still love it and recommend it!
@@WholeBibleBelieverWoman Pur and brita are scams. I haven't tested the Berkey but it needs to be tested.You can buy cheap PPM "thermometer" and nitrate strips to test your water easily.
@@xaza7774 I've been using Berkey for 9-10 years now. LOVE IT. I do not perceive any need for testing, but go ahead and test it. It's one of the best on the market.
@@WholeBibleBelieverWomanNSF certified pur filtered water for example was putting out 257-260 PPM (particles). Same as my tap water. Bottled water was 20-24 PPM. Also a ph test on pur water was acidic which is not good. NSF certified means nothing as it's self governed (privately owned) and not a government identity as many believe.
@@WholeBibleBelieverWoman Undecided on the Berkeley. I am currently using zero water filtration pitcher. But I'd like to use one that is connected to my kitchen faucet that works well.
The idea of making the lid with a deeper lip on it is excellent. I would still boil water from a lake, stream or river first just as an added precaution.
Great idea.
Thank you so much this was really really helpful and I wasn't aware that you could use Lake water river water and that's what I want and I love that it's gravity fed so we don't have to worry about electricity!!😊
I bought mine for $5 at a garage sale! I would just put each one in a big zip lock bag and store them separately in the camper. Berkey could make the top one to have a lip that comes over the bottom one so the dirty water won't run into the bottom one. What about overfilling them?? That is what happens at our house. I finally put a catch basin underneath, actually a glass deviled egg tray, it catches the water when we fill it to full.
Such a nicely presented and very useful informational video. I've been thinking about getting one for a long time now and you just helped me make my mind up to do that. Now off to find the best deal on one that I can. Many thanks!
did you purchase and if so how has it been?
The Berkey has been the best purchase of my family's life. I plumbed in a pot filling spigot that's installed on the side of one of our kitchen cabinets to fill it up. It's amazing. We have the six gallon crown and fill it up about every 2-3 days.
This was a great straight to the point videos thanks!
Great video. I’m going to start harvesting rain water for drinking & cooking water. This will be a great way to filter it
@@SergeyPogreban You can drink rainwater, but it should be filtered. because there may be dirt in the air that gets stuck on the raindrops depending on where you live. There are places on earth where they recommend people to use rainwater instead of groundwater because it is not clean. type India.
@@SergeyPogreban Minerals are in your food you are talking nonsense.
@@PUTDEVICE agree. Capturing rain water is my next goal for back up water for plants, cleaning, etc....& drinking thru a Berkey
I live in the UK, in a country where tap water is completely safe to drink. If you also live there, you know that there's an ever increasing demand for bottled water despite the many alternatives.I understand filtered water solutions such as a Brita can do the job, however you would be impressed by the amount of my friends who still prefer bottled water! And usually those are immigrants or expats who lived in countries where tap water is not safe! They say bottled water is "safer, you know exactly the mineral composition of the water each time, and so it has a great taste". Filtered water should technically enhance the flavor, but it does not recreate premium bottled water, such as Evian or Volvic.
Full disclaimer: I do not work for this company.
Since I live in London, I came across this startup called "Sküma" claiming to recreate and miniaturize the bottled water process, at home from your tap! This seemed interesting since it limits plastic waste and recreates the same purity, mineral composition and taste as other bottled water.
Being an expat myself, I can see this being a viable long-term solution for people with similar background or tap water concerns.
I live in Canada and I use a Brita but I have never changed the filter. When I bought it I never saw a difference and it’s $$ for what it does. I always end up drinking from the tap or bottles. I’m really curious about this product, have you tried it?
I think bottled water should simply stop being produced aka bought! The website of skuma i think is www.skumawater.com
I don’t really trust Britta as I think people think it filters more than what is but Skuma sounds like a really good option!
@@laurafidalgo485 It seems they have still not launched, I am signed up to their waitlist to secure my spot! Will try to give you an update on how it goes!!
@@ruyaworthy2428 Absolutely, this is the exact reason I have joined their waitlist!
Great points that only someone using this for period of time would know about. Thank you.
I bought the Big Berkey because my well water has a colorful film floating on top. After my habitual adherence to all instructions putting the berkey together with the black filters and the fluoride filters I also followed the instructions in running the water through it the number of times it said. Even after doing this several more times than instructed the final water coming out still has the film on top after sitting in a cup for a few minutes. It doesn’t have that film when I use a Zero water filter but they don’t last as long as I’d like so I finally settled for a counter top water distiller.
xanadu1jw long term distilled water I heard is not healthy j/s.
thanks for the vid, i suggest u put an amazon affiliate link so that people can buy through it and you can earn a commission
berkey water filtration system is not available on amazon. Buy it directly from Berkey company.
Katherine McChesney but the replacement filters are on amazon. Free shipping too.
It’s a good product review. It would not be unfair for him to make some coinage .
@Being Reality Offering an affiliate link isn't the same as selling it.
Someone buys a device. They review it and then in the description put a link for you to buy it. The link will take you to the seller. The only difference will be that the link will tell the seller where you arrived at their store from (which affiliate) and then they can track which affiliates are giving them the most traffic/sales. And you can always look up the same item separately from their affiliate link once you get to the site.
Although, affiliates can tread the line to being sellers when they accept payment for reviews, which I believe Amazon tries to monitor for.
Retirement move to Alaska as soon as CN/US border opens. Water is an issue. Thanks for the honest review, maybe I will take a Berkey with me
I have in line water filter on my RV Hose then purchased a 20 cup Zero water. I just made the the best and smoothest cup of coffee ☕️ I have had. It’s smoother than Starbucks. So double filter from reasonable priced filters is really working well
Since when was Starbucks coffee smooth?
That lid covering it upside down is a great idea and pretty much common sense. Hopefully they will redesign it that way. Good job. Good info. I will be getting one soon.
Great review!Have a zero filter and it works great.Cartridge for the zero will last 30 days stretching it and cost between $10 and $12 each.Berky makes sense.
The only bad thing about the zero filter is that it also removes healthy minerals where as the Berkey leaves them in, or so that's the claim
A smart man! these flaws are true. Great advice!
I purchased my Big Berkey in '99. We were on well water then so I'd hoped to remove or at least minimize the rotten sulphur egg smell our drinking water.
The sulphur doesn't harm us to consume but who likes to smell rotting egg when you're gulping cool clear water.?..... nobody of course.!.
The Berkey removed about 95% of the sulphur smell from our well water.!.!.
Except for the rare prolonged power outages ... 2 since '99 ... I've run nothing but well water through my Berkey. Since I'm the kind of person who's not 'settled' if I don't live by running water, its those times I simply walked a short distance with a couple 5 gallon buckets & my family of then 6 children had plenty to drink.
At the time of purchase I bought a total of 8 filter elements. I'm still using my 1st 4.
My only maintenance costs during this elapsed time was for a new dispensing spigot after a visiting child used it to support his body entire weight while the Berkey sat on the counter.
I support corporal punishment so the child never returned.
Berkey is the one of the most sound & wise decisions you can make in life.!.!.!.
Nicely presented, my friend. Very useful information. Many thanks!
Great review! Thank you!
Nice review!
When you run dirty water through it, do you let it settle first in the bucket and then just pour the top half?
Rather than boiling water to clean it, how about just saving a quart of the last batch of filtered water for cleaning purposes?
I would think the filters should essentially last forever. They are ceramic and I don't think they lose their filtering properties with age. I know they start to clog up and just like you said to take a scotch brite pad and scrub it back to almost new. My camping/backpacking water filter is basically the same thing but pressurized and you just scrub that too, it even comes with a square of scrubbing pad.
I have the small Berkey as part of my preparations, but use Brita for now because my municipal supply is pretty darn good, but the day that turns off, and I have to harvest rain water or something, I sleep well at night knowing that my Berkey is right there on the shelf ready to go
My wife and I just bought our first Bereky, “Big Berkey” we love it. 👍🏻
This is such an awesome and informative video I’ve been looking for weeks now what would be the best water filter for me and haven’t seen anything quite sticks out except this video thanks a lot
finally, a video showing how the darned thing nests inside itself for transport! i have looked everywhere, even emailed the company- who told me that you MUST take the whole thing apart before nesting to travel... considering i'm looking at a TRAVEL berkey, this should have been easier jnfo to discover. thankya!!
considering the failure of the lid to cover the ends of the filters when nested, i'm already imagining looking around for a lid or shallow pan (maybe cake pan) that would fit the bill.
fyi, they sell a padded travel bag for any berkey, but it's pricey, like $50. a diy would not be too challenging tho.
Great ideas about keeping everything clean
I do the stream, swamp water, etc.. biggest thing you can do. Prefiltered the water through an elcheapo filter even a handmade charcoal gravel filter...
Good itea about the lid having a longer lip, makes sense to me.
Thanks for the amazing review!!
Very informative video! Berkey really should be paying attention to you since you are advertising their product and also the fact that I’ve seen a lot of people, here on RUclips, who are Mobile (RV, Vans, Tiny home living, etc) who use the Berkey system for clean water purification, it only makes sense that Berkey would want to listen, since there seems to be a large number of individuals transitioning to this lifestyle. Berkey would be wise to consider some revisions and or modifications to best address the needs for Mobile users. 👍🏼
Thanks for the great review!
Nice review! Cheers!
Thanks! Just purchased Crown Berkey.
We bought our Berkey Travel back in November when we moved into our temp home before we fulltime RV next year. We figured we’d get it early to help filter the crappy tap water we have here. Best investment ever. The filtered water has tasted excellent since we got it. I am amazed by how bad the tap water is here, the sediment builds up on the bottom of the filters. I need to clean them every 2-4 weeks. For the two of us, we keep a one gallon container full of filtered water at all times, using it for tea and coffee every day to keep it fresh, plus we will fill our water bottles and glasses from the Berkey. We go through at least 1.5 gallons a day, possibly 2.
Brita is basically useless, the Berkey has already paid for itself by us not having to buy bottled water.
Awesome video and great information. Berkey should hire you.
Sorry troll but they do work and I have used the red dye test on mine, worked like a champ. We have been using our Berkey for a few years now and are very pleased and satisfied with it performance.
Very pleased with this item. Keeps good readings
Great information.
Thank-you
You can cover the inverted top tank
With a trash bag and bungee cord.
I love it! I have the 6 gallon Berkey.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Thanks! 😁 A love your English. I could understand everything. 😊
It looks like you could cut the threaded portion of the filters to make them shorter and then the lid would fit on top better for travel?
I can not thank you enough for educating me. I'm in my 60's and really have concerns about my cities ability to supply truly quality water . They Claim it's safe but, actually check it yourself and you will find as I did. There idea of safe quality water is not mine . So thank you again for a much safer alternative.
did you go for the berkey or something different? cheers
I bought one but the filters inside kept coming unglued and floating to the top, I called them and they said must have been a bad batch of filters and sent e more but they did the same thing they would come apart and float to the top. I didnt want to use common glue on them so I sold the thing
My husband and I use a Berkey everyday in our house. Looks like we have the same one.
Good to know. Appreciate the info
I have a travel unit and my daughter has a larger unit...water tastes is great almost as good as distilled. We also have the fluoride filters.
I have an old well in my back yard. How long would the filters work on cleaning that water?
Do you think water filters really purify contaminated water? And will water be useful after filtration?
I think when Berkey refers to storage of the filter, they are referring to long term storage. At which point you should be cleaning it before and after storing it.
Similar to when you store something like a dishwasher, fridge or washing machine, you need to clean them and dry them before and after storage.
Question is Berkey filtered water cleaner then distilled water. I use a lot of distilled water in humidifier, CPAP machine etc. Distilled water is in short supply NOW so can you used Berkey filtered water in place of distilled water?
Thank you so much for this amazing information. Finally today I bought a BERKEY! I saved and saved. I bought the big Berkey and the white Fluoride filters too.
Do you use them?
Is that a Big Berkey?
Thanks again.
Corinne Culbertson the fluoride attaches to the black element prongs then put screws on.
$260 for a water filter is actually a great price!! Thanks for sharing the video!
You can find videos on RUclips to make your own Berkey water filtration system. You still have to buy the 2 black Berkey filters that cost $155.00 now.
think if you pour in coffee clean water would come through?
Thansk for the great info!
I just bought a Berkey since I can't find distilled water anymore. But Berkey doesn't distill & I can taste it. I do have the peace of mind in knowing if utilities fail I have water I can drink and don't have to run to the store. Worth it. Looking for a way to upgrade to distilling. Berkey is my phase 1 and safety water. But I love the taste of distilled. Searching. Any resources out there?
U said that so well. Didn’t miss a beat. Good video. I hope they are paying u.
Ever tried cheese cloth over the top as you add your river water?
If so did it work well?
Ty! I will give it a try :)
What about the hard plastic on the filter itself? Does that contaminate the water?
I used to have a client who owned a Berkey. She loved it but in filling it for her I noticed some of the exact flaws you've mentioned here. That's one of the reasons I never got one for myself. The upfront costs are also, as you say, quite high which put a damper on getting one for me as well. Counter space is also an issue for me as I live in a very small RV.
As you were speaking I started wondering if they could put locking mechanisms (like you find on steamer trunks) on the outside for assisting in transporting the setup "as is" instead of taking it apart and inverting it. It also might help to actually create a threaded system between the two water bins to help keep them tight during times of movement.
I definitely hope Berkey sees your review and addresses the flaws in their current design. It would be nice to finally have one of my own.
Would this help towards making rain water safer?
Great item we have one in our Motorhome it also removes plastic particles which are present in all plastic water bottles. The Peace Corps uses these all over the world!
The lid does fit if you unscrew the filter...