Comments on: Homemade Berkey Water Filter

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:59:22 +0000

If you hook up a rubber hose like for an aquarium air bubbler to the bottom of the filter, it will increase the flow rate. Seperate your top chamber from the bottom chamber by several feet and it'll be 3-4 times faster in filtering the water.

By: Bob C

Bob C — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:36:05 +0000

You can get a fully configured Bucket Berkey at DisasterStuff.com for $73.50 and you don't have to do anything but screw it together. Pretty good deal and it has the spin top buckets so the top chamber won't tip over. You can get it with 1, 2, 3, or 4 Black Berkey water filters. Go to DisasterStuff.com and then choose Berkey Water filters. Then scroll down to the Bucket Berkey. Here is the link: http://www.disasterstuff.com/store/pc/Bucket-Berk...

By: BJ Armstrong

BJ Armstrong — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:23:45 +0000

I was just about to buy a berkey light… wow, thanks for this post… now I don't have to!

By: jon toiletseatcovers

jon toiletseatcovers — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:45:02 +0000

Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read anything like this before. So nice to find somebody with some original thoughts on this subject. realy thank you for starting this up. this website is something that is needed on the web, someone with a little originality. useful job for bringing something new to the internet!

By: randy water filter

randy water filter — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:29:44 +0000

Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searching for a related topic, your site came up, it looks good.

By: Jeff Wise

Jeff Wise — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:02:20 +0000

In a survival situation I think this solution is awesome! Thank you for the detailed pictures as well. I definitely think the black berkey water filter is the best one out there.

In a 5-gallon bucket I would probably want to use four filters though.

By: Alkaline Water

Alkaline Water — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:23:53 +0000

Scary to think that times could get tough enough to require this.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:50:22 +0000

Save yourself some money and get a complete Do It yourself System for under $30.00 at the following website http://www.emergency-h2o.com/index.html
I have ordered for my kids to put in the survival kits. They recommend that you use a food grade bucket but when times are real tough I think anything even a trash can that has been thoroughly cleaned can be used. Hope it is of benefit to all to visit this site. It has some real good information and a CNN link showing the filter in action.
Sharon

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:42:53 +0000

Hey everybody, just wanted to let you know that I found a good source for the parts and all the Black Berkey elements online. Check out www.berkeyproducts.com . They have great prices and excellent service. They all seem to have similar prices on the systems, but these were the best prices on the parts and elements.

By: midge

midge — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:28:42 +0000

A couple of inexpensive aluminum (or stainless steel if you insist) stock pots would be perfect for this. I would like to first filter through layers of sand and activated charcoal, possibly even boil first if water source is really suspect (floodwater). But I'm paranoid. what's your excuse? : )

By: Healthnut

Healthnut — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:43:22 +0000

My only concern with this setup is the fact that it's using plastic. I didn't purchase the berkey light for this very reason even thought they state it's BPA free. I can't imagine this plastic is any better, but I could always store the filtered water in glass to save a couple hundred bucks. I was going to order a Royal berkey water filter because the Imperials are out of stock, but this solution is worth giving some thought.

By: Healthnut

Healthnut — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:43:22 +0000

By: starkpatriot

starkpatriot — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:52:58 +0000

I use a Berkey water filter now. I wish I had found this article earlier could have saved a couple of hundred bucks. I had an idea that you could also use 55 gallon drums with the same set up. Seems like a lot of fly by night dealers for the berkey out there. Here is a reputable place to shop for a Berkey Water Filter . You can find them on Ebay, but try getting ahold of someone if something goes wrong.

By: PeterAV

PeterAV — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:28:43 +0000

To save even more money, one can replace the filter with natural products such as sterilized sand black Charcoal [never brickets] other porous materials such as grasses. Not the very best, but will do in a pinch.
Simply fill the top bucket with 1/3 purified sand, 1/3 Grasses and 1/3 Charcoal on top.

By: Survival Time

Survival Time — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:11:07 +0000

Fantastic!!…I've posted this to my blog and facebook as well as my survival website so my viewers can find it!
You may want to check out my site too, I have instructions on making a solar oven that costs over $300 with things you may already have around the house!