I Drank a Glass of Dirty Swamp Pond Water and...💧(Berkey replacement recommended)
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- The water to your house or apartment just quit. Where do you get safe water? There's a natural disaster, and no one can buy nor find clean water. What do you give your family to drink?
You cannot live without water for more than a few days, so it's important to have reasonable answers to these questions. Water security requires a multifaceted approach, but I would not fail to have the Doulton filter I used in the video as part of it.
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If viruses are a concern, Doulton won't get those out entirely, so you'll need another solution; but in temperate regions without nearby fecal or carrion contamination, you should be good. Another concern is harmful algal blooms - as far as I know, there's no easy way to filter those toxins out, but I'll post something if I find a reasonable solution. Basically, don't drink water from sources that have green scum all over its surface.
After discovering Berkey is more or less trash, I needed to find a replacement for filtering raw, wild water for emergencies, camping, and some types of travel. I found it! Doulton's Berkefeld (over a century old, this company) is the best gravity filter system I've found. I use their Ultra Sterasyl filter. That's an old Berkey canister gravity system in the video, I just popped a Doulton filter in it and stopped up the extra holes with rubber plugs.
I'll post another video ASAP explaining in detail why I chose Doulton, and I'll link here when I do. In the meantime, my drinking of muck hole water and thriving afterward speaks for itself : )
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My other water filter and Berkey videos grouped here:
• Goodbye Berkey - What ...
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If you're looking for an in-the-house, daily driver solution, these currently seem best to me
Counter-top, fill reservoir:
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Under-sink:
AquaTru
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*NO information on Fluoride removal - I've included it because Dr. Knappe at NC State said he uses it in his home, it filters PFAS, and it's affordable
Pour-through pitchers/dispensers:
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*IS tested, though NOT certified, to remove Fluoride
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REPLACE your filters on time according to how much water you use. Remember to do it! They are virtually useless if they go too far past their life/service cycle. Yes, it is merely an estimate, YMMV depending on your water quality. But, it's the best most of us consumers can do unless we frequently pay to test our water. However you choose to time your replacements: Set reminders for yourself and change the filters!
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I hope my videos help you a bit!
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Great to see you follow the example of some doctors to practice self testing. Good job you used Berkefeld/Doulton filters that are actually made in England to very strict British manufacturing standards. But you knew that:)
Glad to see you back!!!
Thanks!
This information is so appreciated! I look forward to your video on why you chose the ones you did.
Thank you! my job keeps derailing video stuff, but I will post that video asap!
Berkey is a scam. I have gone through 3 sets of filters in 3 years. All filters failed the red dye test after a year of use. The last email from berkey said I'm out of warranty and not their problem. Thank you for sharing your honest reviews of this scam product.
I’m sorry you had to suffer through Berkey. They are not good! Thank you for your comment!
Hey there! I’m a fan of much of your stuff, work, effort (thanks for looking into things)! Safe/non toxic drinking water is so important and is a worthy goal to try to sort out, imo (in a portable, small-scale way and in a large-scale town, city or country). I remember reading a while ago that some water filters don’t remove viruses (or very small creatures n such, well), that you need to boil the filtered water to kill those kinds of things. Have you considered lab testing this product’s water for toxicants or any unwanted creatures n such (test what (if anything) can be found that was/is unexpected or unwanted)? I read above that you are going to make a follow up video on these filters, maybe you’ll talk about (specific or broad) testing there.. Either way, just something that came to mind after watching your video. Hope all goes well for y’all!
Thank you! Yes, you have to have a very fine/small filter to get viruses, or you have to kill/inactivate the viruses with some chemical or UV radiation. This Doulton filter does not filter out viruses. However, I'm in a temperate region where viruses are not as much of an issue - near the equator might be more of a problem. Sadly I don't have money to get a bunch of tests done, but the fact that I didn't get sick is a form of testing, and I passed the test!
Do you know anything about epic water filters?
Hey, thank for your videos
I was ending up having the same conclusions about Berkey and most other brands
Looking forward to watch your next videos, esp. why you recommend Doulton and AquaTru.
What do you think of the Boroux brand?
Thanks!
I think I’ll have my “why Doulton/Berkefeld” vid out in a couple of weeks. Aquatru might not be until later in the summer.
Hard to say exactly with Boroux, but my best guess is it’s as undesirable as Berkey.
@@Robert-Beaty Thanks for the quick response! Did you go to the nsf website and filter companies by nsf certifications? I found the eSpring brand to be actually certified for some chemicals (lead, PFOAS, etc.) for 1320 gallons
Yes, I’ve looked at many of the filters that have official NSF certs. Can’t remember which, but one of my vid descriptions lists how to find official NSF certs.
As for which water filter is best among all of the NSF certified ones, that’s a tough call that has take into account cost upfront and to maintain, contaminants you want to remove, where and when the filter will be used. There are lots and lots of good filters, but finding one that hits the sweet spot in the middle is tough and it’s a best guess on my part.
Do you trust these to filter tap water?
Literally just trusted a shot from a gator’s shithole…
I thought Berkey is Berkefeld
Berkey was one of Berkefeld’s distributors back in the day, but Berkey decided to peel off and do their own thing. And their own thing was to lower quality