Last updated on February 15th, 2019 at 03:01 am
It’s frightening, y’all.
When I decided to steer our family towards a real food and natural solutions lifestyle, my research enlightened me to something I had never given too much thought about: just what is in my drinking water?
People: you MUST enlighten yourselves. You MUST be aware of the realities of the state of our drinking water!
For the safety of your family and children, please read this post….
How’d ya like a nice, tall glass of drinking water with a side of chlorine, lead, arsenic, viruses and bacteria?
Sounds delicious, riiiiight?
The realities of contaminants in our drinking water is utterly horrifying. Then, to further learn that most standard filtration doesn’t do the job…..well, that’s just down right maddening.
Just What Are The Effects Of Contaminants In Our Drinking Water?
Check out this article, as well as this article, for more information and to educate yourselves regarding this reality.
The reasons you all need a dependable and reliable water filtration system are endless, sadly.
There are lots of water filtration systems out there, but we chose the Big Berkey because of three main reasons:
- It’s portable: If we move, it moves with us (this is huge, since when you invest in water filtration, it’s never cheap)
- Reliability: It removes the most toxins versus other filtration systems
- Price: It’s reasonable compared to other filtration systems
It really is that simple. After much research, it soon became clear to me that the only true and real winner in all things water filtration was the Big Berkey….
Here is a full explanation as to WHY you need the Big Berkey in your life:
- It removes hundreds of contaminants: Bacteria and parasites, heavy metals like lead and mercury, VOCs and toxic chemicals like benzene, chlorine and chromium-6, pesticides, pharmaceutical drugs and more, to levels higher than 99.99%
- It might not be THE cheapest on the market, but when you factor in how often you have to purchase replacement filters for the cheaper options compared to how little you have to replace the Berkey filters, the clear winner is again the Big Berkey. Berkey did the math on this and posted the cost per gallon on their website. This is what they found: the Berkey filter cost per gallon is approximately 1.6 cents while most of the other major brands averaged between 6 and 8 cents. The Big Berkey (2 gallon model) costs about $250, which may seem like a lot of money for a water filter, but get this: The two Black Berkey filters inside will purify 6,000 gallons before needing replacement. If you drink 10 gallons of water a week, it will last you about 11 years at a cost of less than 2 cents per gallon. Most water filters need replacing after 3-6 months! Again, we can easily see who the clear winner here is….
- It has fluoride/arsenic filters: these filters remove 95% of fluoride and arsenic. The fluorosilicic acid your city puts in your water is a toxic waste product of the phosphate fertilizer industry. It literally poisons your body, doesn’t help your teeth, and most filtration systems do not remove fluoride or arsenic. Need I say more???
- You can test the filters for accuracy: no other filtration system on the market offers this. That’s leaving an awful lot to chance when you are throwing down $$$$ for any water filtration system! This really impressed me, especially since as a single-income family since we need to know for sure the system is working properly and our hard-earned money wasn’t wasted
- It’s gravity fed: it doesn’t need electricity or water pressure. You just pour water into the top chamber and it filters down into the bottom chamber, clean and ready to drink. Again, as obsessed campers, the portability factor of the Big Berkey was critical to us
- Berkey filters exceed EPA NSF/ANSI standards for filtration and thus are rated as water purifiers
- Good reputation: Big Berkey filters are even used to purify non-drinkable water in third world countries by relief organizations like UNICEF, the Peace Corps, Missionary organizations and the Red Cross. Berkey was even rated #1 for contaminant removal by Natural News Water Filter Labs
- Leaves in the good, takes out the bad: Big Berkey doesn’t remove beneficial minerals in our drinking water. But of course it does remove all the bad stuff
- Dude: it filters pond water into clean, drinkable water. Nuff’ said….
Need more convincing?
Berkey performs regular testing on their products.
Water-borne illnesses are REAL, people: protect yourselves!
1% of the water on Earth’s surface is suitable and safe for drinking. Yeeeeaaaahhhhh……that’s NOT a lot.
Berkey Facts
How To Perform The Food Dye Test?
- Remove the top portion of the stainless steel system, leaving the black filters securely screwed in.
- Place the bottom tip of each filter into a glass jar.
- Add eight cups of water and 10 drops of food coloring to the top basin and stir it around.
- Watch the water come out completely clear into the glass jars below.
If the water in the jars has any tint to it, it’s time to replace the filters.
Talk about peace o’ mind! It is beyond nice knowing our hard-earned money and attempts at detoxifying is actually working!
So, What EXACTLY Does It Filter Out?
According to the Berkey website, Berkeys filter out over 99.99% chlorine, over 99.99% bacteria and viruses, lead, VOC’s, THM’s, lindane, benzene and atrazine. It ALSO removes over 96% of LEAD!!!
We chose (and, highly advise you do!) to purchase the additional PF-2 Filters to remove Fluoride as well as Arsenic. I am guessing I don’t need to explain why we chose this….
What About Changing Filters Out?
Each black filter will last for 3,000 gallons. Each system can house up to four filters. We have 2 on ours, so that gives a total lifetime filtration amount of 6,000 gallons. For our family of three, we figure ours will last around 5 YEARS!!! There’s just NO comparison to that!
Do I Need To Clean My Berkey?
Yes. First remove all the water from the Berkey system. Next, remove the filter by unscrewing the wing nut that holds it in place. Scrub it down with a scotch brite pad under cold running water.
So, when you decide that you DON’T want your drinking water with a slice of pharmaceuticals…….
and you realize that clear, pure, and toxin-free water is your BIRTHRIGHT.……
THEN you will see as clear as a glass o’ Berkey filtered water how critical acquiring your very own Big Berkey is…..
 Use this link to get a 5% discount!!!!
Add discount code: SL5 to the coupon code window in order to get a 5% discount on your very OWN Big Berkey!
Here is a direct link to the Big Berkey Instruction Manual Page to make it easy for ya once you have your Berkey and you’re ready to install!
“When the water we consume is inadequate or impure, every cell in our body suffers.”
–Â Sheldon Saul Hendler, M.D. PhD
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CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: please note beforehand, not all systems are available to ship to the state of California due to state law. At time of this article, the Travel Berkey, the Berkey Light, the replacement filters, and all accessories were the only products available to CA residents.
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