New Berkey Light Water Filter

[Chazmr]

After doing a lot of research and asking a few questions during the thread on water a couple of weeks ago, we ordered a Berkey Light early last week. We got the black filters and the PF2 fluoride filters. And we bought a couple of the sport bottles to put in each of the vehicles. We ordered from http://www.directive21.com/. I called the toll free number since I wanted to confirm a few things. They were great on the phone and shpped the next day.

Our water here in the Memphis area is pretty good for city water and we were already using a pitcher type filter, so we haven't noticed a big difference in the taste. But I am glad to get rid of the fluoride and other stuff in the water. Hopefully we'll see some long term health benefits from that. And I figure we're now much better prepared if I have to start carrying water from the small lake down the road in the event of a true disaster.

At this point we've very pleased.

Thanks to everybody here for their input and answers in the previous thread.

[Jamie Jackson]

Excellent chazmr.

Glad to hear you've got your primary water issues covered.

Did you speak with Jeff at Directive21? He's good folks and a good resource, & definitely a "prepper".

[Dennis1209]

Not to disparage Berkley, as I have one of their systems also, but...

Not long ago their "black" filters were separating and failing big time. I have the white filters and they are fine. On the forums I never read if they corrected the separation problem or not. Might want to check into that.

[Chazmr]

Prag - Yes, I talked to Jeff. He was very helpful.

Dennis - I was very concerned about the issue with the black filters coming apart after all of the comments I had read online, but I've talked to two different reps and both said Berkey changed the way they make the black filter a year or so ago. They now have a rim at the bottom that the filter material fits into instead of just being glued to a flat bottom piece. Reports are that the new design is holding up well. But that question is one of the reasons I wanted to talk to Jeff over the phone and discuss the issue. He was very up front about the problems they had with some of the previously designed filters and discussed at length the changes that had been made to solve the problem. I guess only time will tell for sure, but hopefully they've resolved the issue and I felt comfortable that they will stand behind the filters if there are any future problems.

So far we're very pleased.