Berkey Water Filter Blog

What Are Berkey Sight Glass Spigots and How Do They Work?

Berkey sight glass spigots are specifically designed for the stainless steel systems. That includes the Travel, Big, Royal, Imperial and Crown systems. What they do is allow instant reading of water level in the lower chamber of your stainless steel Berkey water filtration system. You don't need this with the...

Stainless Steel Berkey Water Filter Instructions

By Jeff Wise
Berkey Water Filter How To

Are you looking for Berkey water filter instructions?Sometimes before we make a purchase we like to see how the product will work. I personally do that kind of research whether it's a TV, toy, health food product or water filter. This is why I want to provide these Berkey...

Aging Water Infrastructure Makes Countertop Water Filters Necessary

By Jeff Wise

An aging water infrastructure across the United States has become a real concern.It has been confirmed that every two minutes a water main breaks somewhere in the US with 300,000 breaks each year, according to the American Water Works Association. This causes many more problems than just temporary flooding....

Water Preparedness For Tough Times

By Jeff Wise
Preparedness

When discussing emergency preparedness, there is quite a bit of talk surrounding emergency food supplies and storage, but what about water preparedness? Food is a necessity; we all know that. Who likes to even go a half day without food? Not me! But if we had to, we could survive...

Portable Water Filter - When Would I Need One?

By Jeff Wise

When talking about a portable water filtration system, many people automatically think of hiking, camping, survival or doomsday scenarios. There is nothing wrong with that because those are all legitimate reasons to own a portable water filter. But there are more reasons to own a system like this. Let's explore...

55 Gallon Water Barrel Review - Best For Preparedness?

By Jeff Wise
Preparedness

The 55 Gallon Water Barrel is one of the most popular water storage barrels available today, as lots and lots of people are buying it. Water storage is a very important part of preparedness. Humans can't survive long without water, so it's better to be prepared when disaster strikes, instead...

Sport Berkey Water Filter Review

By Jeff Wise

Welcome to our family Sport Berkey water filter review. I've recently been talking to someone about the Sport Berkey because his oldest son and some friends are traveling abroad and he wants to make sure they are drinking clean water. So many times people from North America travel places and...

Berkey Water Filter Review - Finally, Clean Water You Can Enjoy

By Jeff Wise
Berkey Water System Info

Believe it or not, it took us a while to write a Berkey water filter review. I was looking at all my posts the other day and I had one of those "huh?" moments. Sometimes I assume most people already know the ins and outs of this water filtering system. Many people...

Water Filters That Remove Fluoride - Is It Necessary?

By Jeff Wise
Fluoride

I'm here to tell you that it is 100 percent true there are water filters that remove fluoride. The Berkey PF2 fluoride filters have been tested and approved to reduce it up to 99.75%. What's the big deal about fluoride, you might be asking. Fluoride greatly reduces the development of...

Dangers of Sports Drinks You Should Be Aware Of

By Jeff Wise
Hydration

When I was a kid growing up, there weren't any real dangers from sports drinks. Today there are numerous sports drinks like Gatorade and Powerade and you should really think twice before drinking them. There are many multi-million dollar advertisements on TV using sports heroes of the day to sell...

How To Remove Fluoride From Water

By Jeff Wise
Fluoride

Nowadays, many people are asking how to remove fluoride from water. More and more people are researching and learning the harmful history of fluoride. Usually, the question comes up, "Why are we drinking this?" We're told that fluoride is healthy for us. It will lower our risk of cavities and...

How To Get Clean Drinking Water in Today's World

By Jeff Wise

There is quite a bit of contaminants and pollution in what we drink and bathe in and if you're like me I want to know how to get clean drinking water to keep me healthy. Headline after headline every day tells a story. "Study keeps up stink over polluted river."...