Thanks for the time and effort to make this video available to us. I've been retired for quite a few years so my knowledge on this topic may be "old school" to many of you. My profession was environmental chemistry and water pollution control systems design. In all of the reviews I have read here on youtube the creator of the video focuses on the brand name of the filtration device as though it is the most important part of the testing. In most cases, the manufacturer of these filtration units simply makes two metal cans that fit together, a lid, a spigot or faucet, and fittings to attach the filter(s). The actual filters are usually made by another company and sold to the device company to be installed in their product. In many cases the actual filters are all manufactured by the same company and installed in several different brands of filtration units. That's why the same filters can usually be installed in different brands. So the "tin can" that sits on the counter and looks nice and shiny plays absolutely no part in removing contaminants from the water no mater what brand name is displayed. I'm sure many of you already know this but some of the questions and comments indicate that this is not true for everyone. 😊

@melindamiller2804

2 ай бұрын

Could you please tell me the name of the company where I could buy just the filters, please? I am tight on money and would like to make my own water purification system using food buckets. Thank you!

@Tad-zh4wr

2 ай бұрын

Ty!

@nicholastaylor8289

2 ай бұрын

Me too

@melissaeggleston3632

2 ай бұрын

I just came across your response and that makes absolute sense. If one goes with the cheaper “tin can” what type of filters would you purchase to put in the canister? And do they just actually sit in the canister? Thank you hopefully you get this message.

They say to filter pond/creek/river water thru a tshirt first, get the chunks and debris out. Then thru the Berkey.

@deltabourke1005

4 ай бұрын

Do you think it should be boiled first? Before being out into the stainless?

@sophrosyne5900

2 ай бұрын

Can also use cheesecloth or a rice strainer

@grantrodgers2470

Ай бұрын

The best method is to just let it settle in a 5 gal bucket for 24 hous or so. Then pour in filter reservoir and just discard the last 3 to 4 inches at the bottom of the bucket before it goes into the filter reservoir. Time is your friend .

@deltabourke1005

Ай бұрын

@@grantrodgers2470 brilliant. Thanks! That’s great advice.

Thanks for the video ! Good Job !!! At our cabin we drink water out of the lake after boiling for 20 minutes and then running it through a Berkey that was given to us but not with Berkey's filter cartridges. The lake water is tested periodically for about 30 different contaminants. I never thought much of Berkey's refusal to do any 3rd party testing and NSF certifications. I don't trust a business that says: "Just trust us, we wouldn't screw you."

@MTknitter22

2 ай бұрын

Yes I agree.

Thanks for taking the time and money to run these tests, very good content 👍

Answers a lot of my questions, good job…thank you! I have the ALEXAPURE, by the way.

I like your test! I had my pond tested at the local college cost me $100 for their most thorough test. Stumbled across a good deal on the Alexapure setup you have and saw an amazing difference. My biggest worry being some of the excessive minerals sulfates, nitrite, nitrate, ecoli. Chloride dropped by 30.176 to 1.83 on scale. Ecoli went from 66 to

@pantrypreparedness

8 ай бұрын

Nice! I thought about trying to get it tested at a lab. I’m going to try some other tests for various minerals and chlorine.

I went with a Pro One water filter system which looks the other models you tested. Pro One has independent lab testing to back up their claims of filtration and when you read the vast listing it's a no brainer. A drip water filter system is a great item to have in reserve, just in case you need another clean water source. Great testing !!

I own the Purewell model with fluoride filters and the carbon. Total of (2) fluoride and (2) black carbon. Total of 8 stages. You can choose a chemical/mineral to focus on. Check your local water to see your chlorine or Fluoride level and choose accordingly 🤓

Great video! Thank you for taking the time to test them!!!

Great video! I’m looking forward to more! Since this one that I’m watching is four months old I’m sure you have some newer ones I’m going to look for them. I also subscribed. Thank you so much for taking the time, energy and money to do this most important video!I’m trying to decide what water system I want to buy for our home!

Vwry aqesome tests! I wasnt even aware these filters existed.

Thank you for the excellent video, this is exactly the information I needed. Subscribed! 🌺

@pantrypreparedness

7 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

Kool Thanks for sharing!!

Thank you for this review. I’m looking at the alexapure.

@pantrypreparedness

8 ай бұрын

I use that one every day. I think it’s a great option for the price. Berkeys are good too, just even more expensive.

great test! I would love to see more tests with the water filters!

@pantrypreparedness

8 ай бұрын

I’ll get on it! It’s going to be fun!

Another good video, thank you very much.

@pantrypreparedness

8 ай бұрын

My pleasure! I'm doing some more testing on these today, so I'll share that video in just a few days.

Vary informative nicely done 😊

Would love to see you push these filters to the limit. Considering there price I hope they can live up to all of their claims. Thanks for the time you took making this video.

@pantrypreparedness

7 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! Anything in particular you’d like me to test?

@TheRealWilsonn

7 ай бұрын

@@pantrypreparedness fluoride and chlorine are often in our water supply, so maybe those two at the very least. If it were up to me I would like to know that these filters can remove everything they claim and hopefully more. It would be cool to see what minerals remain after the water is filtered too.

@Listen2me400

Ай бұрын

@@TheRealWilsonnYes fluoride because AlexaPure says theirs remove fluoride though Berkey does not. You have to purchase separate filters that fit in the bottom for that.

@premadimauro2691

27 күн бұрын

⁠@@Listen2me400so with Alexaure no xtra filters are needed like the Berkey? Thanks I am in the process of choosing a filtration system. It does get very confusing

Great review. Subscribed to your channel. Would love to see you do the AquaCera cerametix gf filter in one.

I made another video to test these even further with some really interesting contaminants. When you’re done with this one, check it out! kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYGas6-JqLWXnpM.htmlsi=yJUmnnW15TjiQv2x

Love my purewell, could not afford the Berkey, the water is fantastic!

This is the best water filtration video I have ever seen. I have the Alexapure and love it . Thank you!

Great video, I too was curious about how the Alexapure would stack up against the Berkey and the generic versions. I use a hard pump well at my cabin and currently have been using a Brita pitcher for drinking water, however the filters don’t last more than a month or so before they slow down to a crawl. Thanks for sharing your experience!

I've had my Berkey for about 10 years and it is still going strong. They say that the filter is good as long as it passes water through it, and it still does. Replacing the filters has gotten so expensive that if I feel I need to replace them, I probably will go with these other brands.

@pantrypreparedness

7 ай бұрын

It’s nice that they’re so interchangeable!

@dianes7782

11 күн бұрын

You must do the red dye test. Water can run through but not be safe.

@Javaman92

10 күн бұрын

@@dianes7782 even if its tap water I am putting into it?

GREAT VIDEO!!! I just inherited a Berkey Light and find the peiming of the black filters a pain and expensive when purchasing the flouride/arsenic filter combo. Ive beenbteyingvto find outbif the 7" Sterasyl (ceramic) filter would be easier and reduce the need of buying the traditional combo. I would greatly appreciate your advice!

@pantrypreparedness

6 ай бұрын

I’ll look into that and see what I can find out.

Can the contaminated water dripping down the outside get through the crack where they mate and contaminate the clean water underneath?

Wondering if anyone can answer this question for me. I have been using a Berkey filter system for several years and have been happy with it. I heard about the Zero water filter and thought I would try it. Since I can put it in my fridge. It came with a testing probe that measures dissolved solids in the water. I did a test on my tap water, Berkey water and the the Zero water. Tap water registered 149, Berkey 167 and Zero was actually zero. What is the Berkey adding into the water? Now I take the Berkey water and run it through the Zero filter pitcher. I have repeated the test on several occasions and comes out the same each time.

How does this compare to the water machine?

I watch your income school videos 😂

@pantrypreparedness

6 ай бұрын

Cool! Welcome to my new channel

Wanting affordable water filtration system. Also want glysophates and other pesticides out of water. Not sure that after the first few hundred gallons if filters still filter out as well. Am still wanting other junk out of water too. Go get refills in gallon jugs. Tired of having to make trips and having lots of jugs sitting around. Thanks.

I live on rain water and use my pond during dry times... Berkey is the only filter I trust.. They are not the same, especially the Amazon specials.. Chinese knock offs can't filter what berkey does especially over time

@pantrypreparedness

4 ай бұрын

That’s what I’m seeing too! The Alexapure seems good too but it doesn’t look like it has the same lifespan as the Berkey.

Smaller Filter Pore Size - The filter pore size of Purewell gravity water filter is 0.01 microns so that it can filter out 99.99% tiny materials from the water while other brands' filter pore size is only 0.2 microns. The smaller filter pore size, the higher filtering accuracy. What's more, Purewell water filter system can maintain the optimal flow rate (4 gallon/hour) while the filter pore size is smaller.

Just an FYI, Berkey filters cannot be used with softened water. It damages the filters. Bummer!

Does a Berkey filter or Alexapure pro filter fit in the Amazon Purewell housing?

@pantrypreparedness

Ай бұрын

Yes! They’re all interchangeable

This filter can Remove fluoride from water

I wonder of you mixed up something like kool aid and ran it through them what would happen

@pantrypreparedness

8 ай бұрын

That's a fun idea. Berkey includes some water dye with their filter to test to make sure the filters sealed properly and it successfully removes the dye. But I'm curious about the sugar. Now I want to try it with a bunch of stuff!

@pantrypreparedness

8 ай бұрын

Done! I made a new video that includes Kool Aid. Here it is! kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYGas6-JqLWXnpM.htmlsi=yJUmnnW15TjiQv2x

You said you decided on purchasing the Pure Well brand on the right. How did you get possession of the others for this video?

@pantrypreparedness

7 ай бұрын

I actually purchased all of them. The one I think is best for the money of these 3 is the Alexapure. I did another test in another video and the Purewell doesn’t hold up.

@jade.j5781

6 ай бұрын

​@@pantrypreparednessWhat is your favorite things about the Alexa Pure over the Berkey? I'm trying to decide which one to purchase

@pantrypreparedness

6 ай бұрын

@@jade.j5781 the main thing is the price. Additionally, the Alexapure says it filters Chlorine and Fluoride with the standard black filters which Berkey doesn't. However, in my own test, the black Berkey filters and black Alexapure filters both filtered about the same amount of Chlorine and it wasn't as much as Alexapure claimed... so that's a strike against them actually. In the end, they're basically the same thing. The Alexapure does have the metal valve where Berkey comes with a plastic one. And the Alexapure is less expensive.

@jade.j5781

6 ай бұрын

@@pantrypreparedness I ended up going with the ProOne, they all seemed so similar in so many ways. I just likes the thought of the filters being simple, no added attachments for fluoride

@sandikobilansky8766

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. I just purchased the alexapure system. I think Berkey is overrated, and they have a class action lawsuit against them now.

Could you put in the more expensive filters in the cheapest one?

@pantrypreparedness

3 ай бұрын

You absolutely can.

None of then can take the salt taste out of my water (water softener salt) here in Florida:(

@grantrodgers2470

Ай бұрын

You have to plumb in a water line in the main line before entering the water softener with a handy little manual valve.That way you can fill up a bucket of the stinky water or hard water and put it through the Burky system .I paid a plumber an affordable price to do it for me and my family when I lived in a place with a water softener system like that.

ty for the time and efforts...but why would you ever add flouride?

@pantrypreparedness

8 ай бұрын

The idea is to remove fluoride that has been added. So I would add fluoride to test how well these filter it out.

Too bad you can't get the original Berkey water filters anymore. The new one is only for municipal tap water. I purchased 4 of them, so I am good for a while. I don't know if the other ones are able to kill viruses like the original Black Berkey filters.

@Sunkissedclo

5 ай бұрын

Why can’t you get the original filters anymore?

@EliseAngelofHealing

5 ай бұрын

@@Sunkissedclo You can still get them until they are sold out. The EPA banned the original black filters due to using silver to kill viruses and bacteria. The EPA considers them to be a pesticide since silver is use to kill pest in other countries. They are going to be selling a new one, but it is just for municipal tap water only. I don't know why they decided to pick on Berkey only. ProOne and AlexaPure also use silver in their filters as well. So I would say stock up on some if you have been using the black Berkey filters. I been reading up on ProOne and also AlexaPure. Some people say that AlexaPure filters don't last long at all. I think they say six months at the most for some, and then have to purchase more filters. Please research.

I would like to have your reviews regarding the 4 Patriot water filter . I’m in the search for getting a water filter and would like to decide . Thank you !

@pantrypreparedness

8 ай бұрын

I'll try to get a hold of one. Sometimes it's hard to justify already having these 3! I'm doing some more testing on these today though and the results are definitely more varied.

Where did you purchase both the test kits from?

@pantrypreparedness

21 күн бұрын

I got them from Amazon. I looked for the most comprehensive and useful kits I could find. I think in the future I’ll do some lab testing. That would be cool!

Do you have an opinion as to what the best filters are

@pantrypreparedness

21 күн бұрын

After my testing and subsequent research, the Berkey filters are the best from this test. Their lifespan is way longer than the Alexapure. I’d like to try out the Pro One filters next. I hear really good things.

Did you ever test the pro one?

@pantrypreparedness

Ай бұрын

I haven’t yet. I’ll try to get some of their filters soon!

How about filter capacity on these?

@pantrypreparedness

5 ай бұрын

I assumed they’d be similar. But I should have checked before making the video! According to Berkey, their fillers last way longer than the others. But I also know that their testing has been called into question recently so I can’t say for sure if they really do last that much longer.

If you can send it off to tap score it’s a much more intense testing

@pantrypreparedness

4 ай бұрын

Yeah. I think it would be cool to do that. Maybe I’ll contaminate some water with several things I’d like to test for and send off the contaminated water and a sample filtered through each filter, and my countertop RO filter. I’d love to get some accurate, numerical results.

@chefgav1

4 ай бұрын

@pantrypreparedness Just an FYI you need to prime Berry filters with 150 gallons as they leach aluminium. And you have to be careful not to overtighten and filters tend to be 1 in 4 will be faulty

You NEED to pre filter the chunks and debri out as well as wiggles through at least a cheese cloth or cotton material to not clog your filters and to get maximum longevity out of you filters? I understand this is a youtube video but you should follow manufacturers recommended instructions to make it more accurate? Just a thought???

Berkey most expensive because of the capacity of the black filters. Gal for gal its cheaper than the alexapure

@pantrypreparedness

Ай бұрын

Yeah, that’s a really good point

Isn’t the most important thing to clean water the filter? If most of these filters are interchangeable why not get the most inexpensive stainless steel container you can find and put the best filter in it? Am I missing something

@pantrypreparedness

27 күн бұрын

The main thing is that these all come with filters. So you can buy the cheap setup and the best filters but you’ll also get the cheap filters that don’t filter as much. The total cost may end up higher. That might be worth it if you decide to use the cheap filters too, but if you’re just going to throw those ones away then you won’t actually save money. But you are right, they’re all interchangeable.

Alexapure only can do 200 gallons on a filter ? And berkey is 3000 gallons ??? Huge difference and for the price berkey filters are much better. If I am seeing the info right

@pantrypreparedness

6 ай бұрын

I had to double check that. That’s what the Berkey website says! According to even the Alexapure site their filters only have a 200 gallon lifespan. Alexapure also claims that their removes almost all chlorine but that’s not what I experienced in my test.

@OhioInTheWild

Ай бұрын

​​@@pantrypreparednessalexapure used to say alot more then 200 gallons but after all the lawsuits with the other company's I think they changed the Info just to play it safe!

This is all good, fine and dandy. We know they all work and they all work well. Look at the required municipal water test results that are available. Do you actually need a filter at all? Not saying yes, not saying no. What I want to know is what are municipal test results? Each person should do their own homework.

@pantrypreparedness

4 ай бұрын

I don’t worry about using these so much for my tap water. My purpose is to be able to filter water from untreated sources if needed.

@jackwebb437

4 ай бұрын

@@pantrypreparedness Gotcha. I can agree with that. But I would like to propose another problem I have. See if you can help me. I live in two different towns by the week. I trust my Lexington, Ky water, but not my Smallville, Ky (town spared to protect the guilty) water. We frequently get boil water advisories on our very antiquated Smallville water system. A line will break and all sorts of potential contaminants from God knows where can and do get into the fresh water system. I’m only in this house every other week and each time I only stay there for a week. If I use the Berkey system then I have to reprime those filters. If I get a distillation machine then all I gotta do is fill it up. I’ll just say our water comes out of the Kentucky river and there has been coal mining going on here for over 120 years. Your advice very appreciated sir.

Drink them and do a video for us please😂

SO... where ware all the biologicals and contaminants going? Aren't they staying in the media, and growing, multiplying, clogging

You keep saying bacteria. What about viruses??

@pantrypreparedness

2 ай бұрын

Good point. Their micropores are small enough to filter out viruses too. They say 99.999% but I didn’t personally test the virus filtering.

next time try to use actual lab results it will invoke a bit more confidence thanks

Berkey is not even nfs rated. Wouldn't dare use it.

Thank you for putting to rest the whole more expensive is better idea. Berkey's are fine but their price point is ridiculous and nowhere do they demonstrate how their filters perform any better than their far less expensive competition. I don't care how many revisions they've made to their filter, how many were done strictly to lower manufacturing costs or supply chain realities? Proprietary means unique to them, not better performing It's a carbon filter utilizing pore size and ion exchange. The biggest actual difference is they cost about 80% more than a comparable competitor.

@MTknitter22

2 ай бұрын

Berkey costs more now simply because they CAN. I have it but we all pretty much know it’s true.

All the filters are interchangeable.

@pantrypreparedness

Ай бұрын

They sure are! You can spend less on the body and the buy whichever filters you want!

work on stop giggling and stop saying .... we..... its... I....

@pantrypreparedness

7 ай бұрын

It’s actually not “I”. My wife and some friends help me with aspects of this content, and I like to not take sole credit for the work others help with.

@jdahl01

4 ай бұрын

Work on not being a turd, deforrest.

@lauraloo105

3 ай бұрын

@deforrest5611 Dude. Why you gotta be so rude? Work on just not being a judgmental jerk.