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Berkey Water Filter: Portable Filtration Solutions

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A Berkey water filter system can save money, reduce waste from plastic bottles and be taken anywhere – perfect for families, small homes and apartments, travel or camping trips!

Your Berkey comes equipped with all of the components required for assembly, including two stackable silver chambers, a lid, spigot and Black Berkey filters. In addition, an optional Water View Spigot allows you to monitor how much water remains in its respective chamber.

Portable

The Travel Berkey water filter is portable and user-friendly, ideal for weekend and vacation trips alike. With its compact carrying size and space-saving design, it fits neatly on countertops while filtering up to 2.7 gallons an hour – ideal for hiking trips where water sources such as streams or lakes need filtering.

Add two PF-2 fluoride and arsenic reduction filters to make this powerful system even more efficient, assembly taking just minutes without tools or electricity, easy operation, cleaning, and maintenance are also hallmarks of success!

Black Berkey elements reduce over 200 harmful contaminants found in tap water, including pesticides, heavy metals, toxins and coliforms. With their 2-year prorated warranty they provide an ideal way to safeguard yourself and your family against chemically-laden tap water.

Easy to use

Berkey water filters are simple and straightforward systems, making them an excellent option for travel and outdoor activities, such as trekking. Their lightweight, compact size makes them great for emergency situations or natural disaster relief efforts; lightweight versions can even fit easily in luggage!

Each Travel Berkey system comes complete with upper and lower stainless steel chambers, two Black Berkey elements, wingnuts, washers, and a priming button. Filters may be replaced as needed and additional PF-2 fluoride/arsenic reduction elements may be added for increased capacity.

This system is ideal for 1-3 people and requires no electricity or tools to use. Simply pour water into the upper chamber and dispense from it through a handy spigot in the lower chamber; your safe drinking water contains healthy minerals and costs only 2 cents per gallon! Plus it’s affordable; average price: only about two cents.

Long filter life

Filters made from stainless steel have an extended lifespan compared to competitors and come with a lifetime warranty, as well as being easy to clean without needing chemicals or air circulation for maintenance.

Your Berkey filter’s lifespan depends on both its source water quality and frequency of usage. If contaminated water enters through, its elements will become more vulnerable to clogging, thus decreasing their lifespan over time.

To maintain optimal working condition of your Berkey filters, it is advisable to conduct a Red Dye Test regularly to check that its seal remains undamaged. This test is an easy and fast way of testing system integrity; this may allow you to determine when it needs replacing as well as provide insight into water levels in lower chamber. You could also purchase a spigot which allows you to check levels – this feature may prove invaluable when traveling with children who might forget to close spigot properly!

Easy to clean

Berkey water filters are easy to use and clean, providing an environment-friendly option. By eliminating disposable plastic bottles and jugs from use, Berkey filters save both money and waste while offering healthier water alternatives than bottled varieties – they even taste better too!

Travel Berkey provides an efficient, portable, and economical water filtration solution for off-grid use, effectively eliminating pathogenic bacteria, cysts, and parasites while simultaneously decreasing harmful chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, VOC’s organic solvents radon222 trihalomethanes heavy metals such as lead mercury. Nitrite levels can also be significantly decreased and red food dye removed completely from drinking water supplies.

Made of highly polished 304 stainless steel, its upper chamber nestles within its lower chamber for transport and stands only 12 in. in height when collapsed. Each durable Black Berkey element can treat up to 6,000 gallons* per filtering cycle and includes two PF-2 fluoride and arsenic reduction elements to enhance filtering efficiency. *Flow rate calculations reflect full upper chamber fill, so as water levels decline it adjusts accordingly.


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