I’m really enjoying the addition of the Big Berkey in our home. It makes the simple act of drinking water so much easier. Earlier I was using a tiny filtered pitcher and the occasional bottled water, but now I just fill up at the Big Berkey.
Our Big Berkey Filtration System is placed on the center island in our kitchen and I must say it is receiving a lot of attention from my daughter and myself. Not only do I use the water to drink, I also use it during cooking. The Big Berkey holds 2.5 gallons of water. I fill it three times daily and while I could have purchased a larger Berkey (even though the Big Berkey is suitable for four people) this is the most convenient. Standing at about 19″ tall, it’s a nice size and I didn’t want something even taller crowding our counter space.
Initial impression
The water filtered through the Big Berkey tastes great. Installed correctly, I’m not experiencing any weird taste in the water. Initially, I did not install it correctly and the water tasted like tap water. Why was this happening? The rubber washers had not been installed on the black filters and so tap water was dripping into the filtered water area. That was easily remedied by installed the washers onto the black filters. Problem solved! Now our water has no after taste and none of that chemically taste that I could always detect in tap water. Also, the water didn’t have the “plastic” taste that I could spot in bottled water. Regardless of the brand, if the water is in a plastic bottles I could taste the plastic.
Loving the Big Berkey!
It’s safe to say that I’m loving the Big Berkey, the initial cost might make some pause. I spent $286 for the unit that also has cylinders to remove fluoride. But, if you purchase bottled water, it won’t be long before the Big Berkey pays for itself. Before the Berkey, I only carried freshly made juices to work and that was due to the fact that I hated how bottled water tasted, but thanks to the Big Berkey I’m now bringing water to work in my stainless steel water bottles.
This is VERY interesting to me because the water where I live is awful. We opted for the Primo System because we have a few outlets locally and it’s completely separate from our tap water but I love learning about this from you and might look into this for down the road! Thanks!
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@Jennifer, I love it a lot, one last plastic thing I have to have in the home. 🙂
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