I have a question about water filters; I have been reading up and I keep getting conflicting reviews. I live, literally, on the banks of the Cumberland River, so I have unlimited water.... I just have to filter it. For backpacking, or a bug-out, I would use a Katadyn filter, but to shelter in place, due to a power outage or storm, I was thinking Big Berkey. Amazon has so many conflicting reviews, I don't know what to think, can anyone help?
i bought a big berky and i love it. I use it daily,filter all drinking/dish washing and cooking water,and im on "city water" at present time. The place ive bought in Mo has well yipppeee
Do a search here. Lots of opinions from people who depend on them. A while back, they had issues with their filters. I think that has been fixed.
There are some excellent threads on Potable Water, and filtration, in the Off-Grid forum... Written by Colt Carbine (Our Resident Plumbing Expert) that you might want to look at.... .... YMMV....
Freyasman Cumberland River where?? For me 49°15'30."N 124°35'40."W 100M above datum, the Cumberland River is just over the next bump. Filtering out deer / bear / eagle /fish poo ? if your far enough up the river. There is a bottle water filling area plus a booze factory on 2 other streams of either side of the Cumberland River. The bottle water plant has filtration , but since the water is pristine , brita or a simple carbon style would do me.. Now Your Cumberland River could be thick enough to walk on. Sloth Edit add. To filter well , is to know what you expect to filter , and then use the correct size and filtering compounds.
Check this out. Much cheaper when you make it yourself. http://www.survivalmonkey.com/forum/back-basics/30023-homemade-berkey-water-filter.html
