Royal Berkey Water Filter from Directive21.com

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kev

Discussion Starter · Feb 15, 2010 (Edited)

Awhile back I received a Royal Berkey from http://www.directive21.com/ for review. I would like to say that I'am impressed with the quality and workmanship of the product. I also had the chance to speak with Jeff, the owner of Directive21.com on the phone, and he sounds like a pretty nice guy.

Assembly of the Royal Berkey took about 10 minutes. You could probably do it faster, if you did not take the time to read the directions. Your going to need a screw driver to put the knob on top of the lid, so have that ready.

The stainless steel of the Berkey Water Filter is shiny, you can see the polish marks on it.

The unit I received is the 4 filter unit. From what I read on the berkey website, each filter has an estimated life of around 3,000 gallons. With 4 filters, this unit should be able to produce an estimated 12,000 gallons of safe drinking water.

On a side note - lets see you stockpile 12,000 gallons of safe drinking water without having a private well.

Even though this unit accepts 4 filters, only 2 filters came with it - which is no big deal. Included with the Royal Berkey are two plugs that seal off the 2 unused holes - problem solved.

This is the top reservoir turned upside down with 2 filters and 2 plugs in place.

The filters work by simple gravity flow. Pour the water into the top reservoir, and let gravity do its job.

To get the water out, simply lift the handle.

Overall, I am impressed with the quality and workmanship that Berkey puts into its filters.

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theberkeyguy

· #2 · Feb 16, 2010

Thanks Kev for this great video, the video is the first Royal Berkey Video on youtube, and motivates me to make one also. The Royal Berkey comes with 2 black berkey elements standard, and the 4 filter version is popular, but most people purchase the 2 filter system.

Great description of the system, and we are glad to send it to you.

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sigman

· #3 · Oct 14, 2010

i like the Katadyn Drip Ceradyn and the
Katadyn Drip Gravidyn cause ther cheaper

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mattbatson

· #4 · Oct 15, 2010

this is timely for me, as I was just getting ready to order a berkey.

I went to amazon to read the reviews and found two.

One was good, and the other was this....

""I don't like this filter system at all.
It's difficult to clean.
I don't like the taste of the water.
Water stands in the top of the unit and never filters to the bottom, so it gets slimy very fast.
It has to be filled constantly, cleaned every week, at least. It's really slow to filter the water, so if you forget to fill it one day, be prepared to wait for several hours to get a glass out of it.
The directions say to be careful with the filters when installing them, not to contaminate them. That doesn't make sense since the filter is suppose to clean dirty water.

It's lame and not worth the money.

When you put water in the top portion you can hear it slowly dripping into the bottom, today I filled the container and noticed that the water is coming out much faster than usual, through the drip screw at the bottom of the filter. If I push down lightly on the filter it slows down. So I'm guessing that the seal on the bottom of the filter where it meets the plastic cup that it sits in, is not like it was when I bought it.

Just another reason not to spend $300 on this piece of crap. ""

Is there any truth to this guys review?

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theberkeyguy

· #5 · Oct 15, 2010

mattbatson said:
this is timely for me, as I was just getting ready to order a berkey.

I went to amazon to read the reviews and found two.

One was good, and the other was this....

""I don't like this filter system at all.
It's difficult to clean.
I don't like the taste of the water.
Water stands in the top of the unit and never filters to the bottom, so it gets slimy very fast.
It has to be filled constantly, cleaned every week, at least. It's really slow to filter the water, so if you forget to fill it one day, be prepared to wait for several hours to get a glass out of it.
The directions say to be careful with the filters when installing them, not to contaminate them. That doesn't make sense since the filter is suppose to clean dirty water.

It's lame and not worth the money.

When you put water in the top portion you can hear it slowly dripping into the bottom, today I filled the container and noticed that the water is coming out much faster than usual, through the drip screw at the bottom of the filter. If I push down lightly on the filter it slows down. So I'm guessing that the seal on the bottom of the filter where it meets the plastic cup that it sits in, is not like it was when I bought it.

Just another reason not to spend $300 on this piece of crap. ""

Is there any truth to this guys review?

Here is my 2 cents.

I do not know if these people are actually telling the truth, the first review is incorrect that it needs to be cleaned every week. They can be cleaned every 6 months. Also, almost all people tell us that the water tastes great.

I have not heard of the 2nd problem about pressing on the filter, but berkey systems have warranty, and we stand by the products we sell.

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PortDawg

· #6 · Oct 15, 2010

I love my Royal Berkey. I live in a small river town, the kind that floods pretty good on occasion. Town water is the worst I have ever drank. I quit drinking it, making coffee. ect with it it is so bad. The Berky makes it like night and day. Tastes good, coffee, ect are great, even how it looks when I boil it is better (clear). I have the 4 black filters w/ the flouride/ metal filters on the bottom. WELL WORTH THE MONEY TO ME.

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375H&H

· #7 · Oct 16, 2010

I've had a Berkey for 8 years and have never had a problem. When we moved into our present house we only had well water. We decided to dig out our Berkey which we had bought for emergencies and have been using it daily since. We've never had the problems referenced by the previous poster. And if empty I can get a glass of water out of it in a few minutes. Have never had any slime either. I think the complainer must have been using it as a fish bowl.

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