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I went to the website and there is a stainless steel one and a plastic one, which do you have?

Does it fit in your fridge or does it sit out on the counter? If it sits out on your counter does it keep the water cold? It does not show how it works atleast the web site I went to does not.

Carolyn

In a message dated 4/10/2011 12:43:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, solomon@... writes:

I bought a Brita originally, thinking it "cleaned" the water, when in fact it barely removed the taste at almost $10 a cartridge, depending on where I bought them. Then a Pur, and it was good, but restricted to how much could be put through in a 24 hour period. Once hubby started retirement and saw how many filters we used, he did the research and bought the Berkey (which I wanted to begin with but he said it was too expensive). Great machines.VeldaOn 4/9/2011 9:34 PM, FOOD FUN wrote:> Check out the price for the replacement filters on the system at Costco and> see how much they would add up over time. The Berkey's filters can be> cleaned and reused many times. That's what sold me on it. Plus the fact it> is a purifier, not just a filtering system.> Beverly>>> Re: Fw: OT Water Cure - was - Reduce high> blood pressure...>>> I just googled a berkey and wow they are expensive. I have water problems.> I am on well water. I have been looking at the filter system at costco. I> believe someone else in this group has the one from costco.> Carolyn>>> In a message dated 4/9/2011 2:59:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,> solomon@... writes:>> I think I talked about the Berkey (I'm on a preparedness group) for over> a decade, husband basically ignoring me. Then once he retired and> realized how many filters we were going through, he began to look. He> comes in one day and says, I found this great filter called a Berkey.> (Yeah I had a hard time keeping a straight face). I looked at his link> and said, yes go ahead. Now he wants a bigger one and put this 2 gallon> one in the RV. Husbands!! Sometimes you just have to let them figure it> out for themselves.> Velda>> On 4/8/2011 8:22 AM, FOOD FUN wrote:>> Oh yes, we love our Berkey too. We had a pur for over 15 years. Look> at>> the money I could have saved on buying filters.>> Beverly>>> ------------------------------------>>

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I checked with hubby today and ours is the Big Berkey (which is

stainless steel). Would not fit in my fridge, too tall! If I wanted

cold, I would transfer the filtered water to either pitcher or

bottles, and put on a shelf in fridge. Then I would have room to

keep more water going. However, ours sits on a corner of the kitchen

counter which sometimes gets some morning sun. The water is quite

cool year around sitting there, but we do use AC in house during

summer. I think the stainless steel being shiny helps reflect the

sun away. The Big Berkey is a double cylinder sort of affair. The

larger cylinder has the spigot and sits on the counter. The other

cylinder has a tapered edge on the lower inch which fits inside the

lower one, to hold it in place. The upper one has a removable lid.

When you lift the lid, you see the two black filter cartridges. We

fill either with the hose spigot from faucet, or from a pitcher.

Ours holds 2.5 gallons. Plenty of drinking water for the 3 of us. We

do not use it for ice cubes, as our fridge has ice machine. Only

time we run short on water is if no one has filled top in a while

and husband decides to make 12 cups of coffee in his machine! I

don't drink coffee, but he likes to keep a insulated pitcher of hot

coffee next to the coffee maker, so he can just go fill his cup when

he wants. When he fills that big coffee maker, it takes our lower

chamber of filtered water down a bit. Just a matter of filling the

top and waiting a while.

Velda

On 4/10/2011 8:20 AM, ocarolyn1@... wrote:

I went to the website and there is a stainless steel one

and a plastic one, which do you have?

Does it fit in your fridge or does it sit out on the

counter? If it sits out on your counter does it keep the water

cold? It does not show how it works atleast the web site I

went to does not.

Carolyn

 

In a message dated 4/10/2011 12:43:47 A.M. Eastern

Daylight Time, solomon@... writes:

 

I bought a Brita originally, thinking it "cleaned"

the water, when in

fact it barely removed the taste at almost $10 a

cartridge, depending on

where I bought them. Then a Pur, and it was good, but

restricted to how

much could be put through in a 24 hour period. Once

hubby started

retirement and saw how many filters we used, he did

the research and

bought the Berkey (which I wanted to begin with but he

said it was too

expensive). Great machines.

Velda

On 4/9/2011 9:34 PM, FOOD FUN wrote:

> Check out the price for the replacement filters

on the system at Costco and

> see how much they would add up over time. The

Berkey's filters can be

> cleaned and reused many times. That's what sold

me on it. Plus the fact it

> is a purifier, not just a filtering system.

> Beverly

>

>

> Re: Fw: OT Water

Cure - was - Reduce high

> blood pressure...

>

>

> I just googled a berkey and wow they are

expensive. I have water problems.

> I am on well water. I have been looking at the

filter system at costco. I

> believe someone else in this group has the one

from costco.

> Carolyn

>

>

> In a message dated 4/9/2011 2:59:17 A.M. Eastern

Daylight Time,

> solomon@...

writes:

>

> I think I talked about the Berkey (I'm on a

preparedness group) for over

> a decade, husband basically ignoring me. Then

once he retired and

> realized how many filters we were going through,

he began to look. He

> comes in one day and says, I found this great

filter called a Berkey.

> (Yeah I had a hard time keeping a straight face).

I looked at his link

> and said, yes go ahead. Now he wants a bigger one

and put this 2 gallon

> one in the RV. Husbands!! Sometimes you just have

to let them figure it

> out for themselves.

> Velda

>

> On 4/8/2011 8:22 AM, FOOD FUN wrote:

>> Oh yes, we love our Berkey too. We had a pur

for over 15 years. Look

> at

>> the money I could have saved on buying

filters.

>> Beverly

>

>

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