Gravity Water Filter System

Description:
(1) 1.75-gallon food-grade, BPA-free plastic bucket
(2) 2"x3.5" low-profile silver-impregnated ceramic filter with activated charcoal core
(1) Primo ceramic water dispenser with spigot
(1) cool wooden stand

That's it!  It's the simplest thing in the world! But it works, and gives you good-tasting water!

A friend said he got a stainless steel Berkey that does the same thing - but with this, we got the same pure water to drink at a fraction of his cost!  

(And, if you have a large bottle of bottled water you want to use for company, just take the filter container off, and put the bottle on top of the crock - it works as a water dispenser, too!)

These filters are produced here in the US, and are just as good - if not better - than the Sterasyl filters we used to use when we lived overseas.  They are rated at 0.2 micron pore size, so they will filter 99.99% of particles larger than 0.2 microns in size. They are silver impregnated, so they actually KILL bacteria and amoeba that try to swim through the filter with the water! There is a core of activated charcoal that removes bad tastes and odors from the water, too.

To use this on a regular basis, you'll have to clean the filter when the water that SHOULD flow through turns into a dribble.  Some people use a green kitchen pot cleaner - if you do, make sure it's an OLD one that's been worn down, so you don't wear down your filter too much.  Filters like these should last 6 months, being used on a daily basis.

Shipping:
Please note: This will come in 2 shipments: 
     1 box with the ceramic crock and wooden legs, and 
     1 box with the plastic filter container for the top, along with the ceramic filters.

Note further - these must be shipped by either UPS or FedEx to keep the shipping charges low. 
     If you cannot have it shipped to a street address, please don't buy one.

Installation:
First, decide whether you want to use the wooden legs to support the crock, or not. If you want the legs, you'll have to get a Phillips screwdriver and put it together. The big screw goes in the middle hole - the 4 smaller ones go around the edges.

It's very easy to install the filters in the container.  Take a filter out of the box, and you'll see a wingnut and 2 silicon washers on the bottom. Unscrew the wingnut, and set it aside. Take one of the silicon washers off.

Put the threaded shaft on the bottom of the filter through one of the small holes in the bottom of the container, so the shaft comes out the bottom of the container. The filter stays in the filter container.

Put the silicon washer back on the threaded shaft, and then screw the wingnut back onto the shaft.

When you tighten the wingnut, please hold onto the plastic base of the filter - DO NOT hold the filter, itself. If you hold the filter and it comes off its base, you will have to purchase another filter.

Turn the wingnut so it is tight.  

Repeat for the other filter. That's it!

Now set the filter container on top of the crock, and pour about 1 1/2 gallons of tap water into the container. The first time you use the filter, it'll seem like it takes forever for the water to work its way through the ceramic. After they get saturated, it won't take as long for the water to run through it, but please don't expect to get a ton of water flow-through with a bucket this size.

Water flow-through depends on the "head" of water that's above the filters. If you need a lot of water, get one of the uglier 5-gallon or 6-gallon plastic bucket systems that I've got listed. This will provide you with tasty water to drink, but you'll have to be diligent about refilling the top bucket every time you take some out of the full crock below. This is a tortoise - not a rabbit.

Replacement filters are available. They cost$17.50 each, or a set for $35, with shipping extra.
There is a current listing for replacement filters, if you need some. Please click on "See Other Items" in the upper right hand corner of this page.