Description
- The versatile British Berkefeld system is the ideal system for use at home with small or medium-sized families, travel, outdoor activities, or during unexpected emergencies
- Constructed of highly polished AISI 304 stainless steel
- Storage capacity of about 2.25 gallons (8.5 liters)
- Upper chamber nests within the lower chamber for transport and stands only 13″ in height
- Maximum Filter : Four 7″ Super Sterasyl Ceramic Filter Elements (in upper chamber)
- System includes upper and lower stainless steel chambers, four 7″ Super Sterasyl Ceramic Filter Elements , 4 wingnuts, 4 washers, 4 blocking plugs, stainless steel lid, spigot, and a rubber gasket to protect the base
- Height when in use: 21″
- Diameter: 8.5″
- Weight: 7 lbs empty
- Serves: 1 to 4 people
- Maximum Filtration Flow Rate: Configured with four 7″ Super Sterasyl Ceramic Filter Elements, the British Berkefeld system filters up to 12 to 15 gallons (45 to 57 liters) of water per day
- Up to four PF-4 Fluoride and Arsenic Reduction Filters may be installed in the lower chamber of this unit if desired
- Vino tap spigot style may vary
Flow rate calculated with upper chamber full to top. Flow rate decreases as water level declines.
Berkey Removes
VIRUSES
Exceeds purification standards:
MS2 – Fr Coliphage
PATHOGENIC BACTERIA CYSTS AND PARASITES
Exceeds purification standards:
E. coli – Klebsiella – Pseudomonas Aeruginosa – Giardia – Cryptosporidium – Raoultella Terrigena
TRIHALOMETHANES
Removed to below detectable limits:
Bromodichloromethane – Bromoform – Chloroform – Dibromochloromethane
Health effects: muscle & nervous system disorders, cancer
RADIOLOGICALS
Removed to below detectable limits:
Radon 222
INORGANIC MINERALS
Removed to below detectable limits:
| CONTAMINANT | HEALTH EFFECTS |
| Chlorine Residual | Cancer, Birth Defects |
| Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Removed to below detectable limits |
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| Alachlor Atrazine Benzene Carbofuran Carbon Tetrachloride Chlorine Chlorobenzene Chloroform 2,4-D DBCP p-Dichlorobenzene o-Dichlorobenzene 1, 1-Dichloroethane 1, 2-Dichloroethane 1, 1-Dichloroethylene cis-1, 2-Dichloroethylene Trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene 1, 2-Dichloropropane cis-l,3-Dichloropropylene Dinoseb Endrin Ethylbenzene |
Ethylene Dibromide (EDB) Heptachlor Heptachlor Epoxide Hexachlorobutodiene Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Lindane, Methoxychlor MTBE Pentachlorophenol Simazine Styrene 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane Tetrachloroethylene Toluene 2,4,5-TP (Silvex) 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 1,1,1-trichloroethane 1,1,2-trichloroethane Trichloroethylene o-Xylene m-Xylene p-Xylene |
| HEAVY METALS reduced by up to 95%: | |
| CONTAMINANT | HEALTH EFFECTS |
| Lead | kidney, nervous system damage |
| Mercury | kidney, nervous system disorders |
| Aluminum | respiratory, nervous system disorders |
| Cadmium | kidney damage |
| Chromium | liver, kidney, circulatory system disorders |
| Copper | gastro-enteric diseases |
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Jessica –
I don’t have one, just a question…
I am looking at this system and the Berkey Light system
( http://www.directive21.com/products/berkey-light-water-purifier/ )
What are the differences between the filters used in these two systems?
Paul Taylor (verified owner) –
If you feel your own tap-water tastes strange or have a strange odour or if you feel buying (plastic) bottled water expensive and wasteful (as far as plastic-production & plastic-disposal is concerned), or if you’d like to reduce your carbon-footprint, buy one of these systems!
My Mother-in-law had been buying bottled water as she was convinced the local NY water supply didn’t taste good, so I bought one of these to filter the water. She now drinks it without any negative comment and it has saved over $500/year by not buying plastic-bottled water.
It’s a five-star product which drops a star rating only because I feel that the tap at the base of the unit should be able to improve flow better than it does … it works fine when the base container is almost full, but flow is impeded when the base unit is about half empty.
Nevertheless, a great portable buy and good to know that should a natural disaster strike locally, as seems to happen quite frequently now, we could deal with ditch-water if necessary, safely!
David –
Thanks for the comment, Paul!
-David
Mike –
We have one in the house we have now used for over a year. Big difference in water taste and clarity. I would never drink the city water straight up again.
Phillip –
I do not see floride mentioned. Does it remeove floride?
jeff –
Yes, but you will need PF4 Filters in order to reduce Fluoride in the water.
Debbie –
So I have seen the words, REDUCE fluoride…so it does not remove it? I do not own one yet but researching.
David –
Water sources will vary in the amount of fluoride that they potentially have. The media in the PF4s will reduce the amount of fluoride and arsenic in the water, but may remove the amount of fluoride present. The challenge is that there is not a uniform amount of fluoride that will be added to all water, therefore reduction is what can be claimed due to the water having sufficient contact time with the media to reduce whatever amount of fluoride may be present.