does berkey have a filter that would remove microvystin?
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I don't have an answer to that question, but buying a Berkey is one of the best purchases I have ever made. We use it for drinking, cooking, and making ice. Dried beans seem to cook faster in the filtered water and taste better! Our city water is rusty and has a terrible smell, and the Berkey makes it into crystal clear water that I feel health wise is a better choice. I wish all of my family members could own one. You probably could contact the company, and they could tell you.
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Berkey offers plugs which seal new models (with extra, pre-drilled holes), so perhaps call a Berkey supplier directly and order plugs. But why would you switch from ceramic filters? I understand they are more desirable.
1503810
I use the travel berkey in my travel trailer. I empty the berkey of all water and then pack paper towels around the filters to stabilize them while moving the berkey around. Or you might be able to completely take the filters out while transporting. I have not run into any problems.
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Just got our Berkey today. Primed two black filters and two flouride filters per instructions, and my Berkey is only a 2.25 gallon, but began filtering "clean" well water around 3:30pm and it is now 8:41pm and still have about a gallon left to filter. Why on earth it is taking so long is a question for Berkey. Think we will be returning ours very soon!
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It really depends on the water condition. I haven't had our Berkey long but that's my understanding of how the filters work. Get a water tester and just test from time to time to make shore the filters are working.
670337
Berkey doesn't publish micron ratings as they're a little misleading. From their website, if a filter traps of 0.2 micron particles then it's acceptable - even if the other 10% lets in 1.0 micron particles - to call it a 0.2 micron filter. But if you read the test results on their website, their filters are capable of filtering 99.999% of viruses and 99.9999% of bacteria. That's better than almost any filter out there. In fact, you test the filter by adding a teaspoon of red food coloring to a gallon of water and running it through the filter. I can vouch for the fact that in mine, the water comes out crystal clear.
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If you don't have filters, then you will need to buy them The Berkey Royal normally comes with two black filters. There are four holes for filter attachments on the bottom of the upper chamber. If you only use two filters you need to plug the remaining open holes with the plugs included with your Berkey. I use four filters. Two Berkey Black BB9 Purification filters and two Berkey PF-2 Fluoride/Arsenic Filters. I believe I get the best purification possible with this set-up.
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I dont havr the sheet with me but i think so. On Berkeys website it will tell you what it filters. I know it does remove alot of taste from it. I live on San Antonio Texas and we have aquafer water. When I drink my girfriends Berky water it has almost no taste at all.
1524049
I recommend googling for the Berkey website and it will give you a description of what is removed since getting the wrong information in this case could be deadly. I have never seen any sort of demonstration of filtering really mucky water though.
762371
2nd to the Berkey water filter the Zen water gravity filter is one of the most efficient water filters available. The only thing that the Zen does not do that Berkey does is remove flouride -- check out the following article by Mike Rogers who conducted independent testing of water filters: Big Berkey beats ProPur gravity water filter for removal of heavy metals and toxic elements Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com#ixzz3H8Q5zOms
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Berkey is a physical gravity fed filter that sits on the counter top and reverse osmosis is also a filtering system but needs a tank under the sink. RO is a filter that is utilizes pressure to push water thru the filters that takes out smaller and smaller particles. Reverse osmosis probably removes more contaminants than the ceramic filters but may be comparable to the black berkey filters. Neither take out fluoride from what I have read but I don't know that for sure. Berkey does have extra arsenic/fluoride filters that you can use in conjunction with the ceramic or black filters that supposedly removes fluoride. I believe reverse osmosis might need electricity but not sure. Also Berkey is portable. Reverse osmosis is not.
888155
Berkey has a shower water filter that would work better for that application.
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Berkey doesn't publish micron ratings as they're a little misleading. From their website, if a filter traps of 0.2 micron particles then it's acceptable - even if the other 10% lets in 1.0 micron particles - to call it a 0.2 micron filter. But if you read the test results on their website, their filters are capable of filtering 99.999% of viruses and 99.9999% of bacteria. That's better than almost any filter out there. In fact, you test the filter by adding a teaspoon of red food coloring to a gallon of water and running it through the filter. I can vouch for the fact that in mine, the water comes out crystal clear. Berkey doesn't publish micron ratings as they're a little misleading. From their website, if a filter traps of 0.2 micron particles then it's acceptable - even if the other 10% lets in 1.0 micron particles - to call it a 0.2 micron filter. But if you read the test results on their website, their filters are capable of filtering 99.999% of viruses and 99.9999% of bacteria. That's better than almost any filter out there. In fact, you test the filter by adding a teaspoon of red food coloring to a gallon of water and running it through the filter. I can vouch for the fact that in mine, the... » Read More Berkey doesn't publish micron ratings as they're a little misleading. From their website, if a filter traps of 0.2 micron particles then it's acceptable - even if the other 10% lets in 1.0 micron particles - to call it a 0.2 micron filter. But if you read the test results on their website, their filters are capable of filtering 99.999% of viruses and 99.9999% of bacteria. That's better than almost any filter out there. In fact, you test the filter by adding a teaspoon of red food coloring to a gallon of water and running it through the filter. I can vouch for the fact that in mine, the water comes out crystal clear. « Show Less
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It claimed to remove fluoride with the special filters, which you buy extra. I bought the filters, because removing fluoride was a huge priority for me. The Berkey never removed fluoride, or anything else. In addition to problems with the seals (they're cheap and don't tighten down properly), the filters themselves were faulty. I did water tests, and the Berkey removed nothing, and it left the water tasting more chemically than it does straight from the faucet. I followed all of the instructions to the letter. I'm still angry about it.
46929
Don't remember all my research but I think not as I paired mine with a Berkey shower filter first in line to remove "junk." Whole system works great!
1255774
Not sure about pesticides. Do some research on the size of pesticide microns. The filter will filter down to .2 micron I believe.
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I bought a Krups perm filter at Bed, Bath and Beyond. If they don't have it at the store they can prob order it.