Berkey Water Filters

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Greg
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Re: Berkey Water Filters

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Precision wrote:vacuum seal the initial product. Wash with vinegar, rinse then wash with bleach water. Dry, then insert significant amounts of FRESH ground coffee and FRESH ground nutmeg into an exo- bag for vacuum sealing.

Should make Human noticed chloroform odor disappear. :D
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another variant of water filter. This one in black wrapper.
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Re: Berkey Water Filters

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Greg wrote:
Precision wrote:vacuum seal the initial product. Wash with vinegar, rinse then wash with bleach water. Dry, then insert significant amounts of FRESH ground coffee and FRESH ground nutmeg into an exo- bag for vacuum sealing.

Should make Human noticed chloroform odor disappear. :D
black_bikinis_brunettes_latinas_models_403aae9d6e_m.jpg
another variant of water filter. This one in black wrapper.
Ohmigod. A 5'2" Ecuadorian with hazel eyes and that's an ex-gf. *shudder*

Edit: Imagine if her best friend looked just like this. Who would you go for? :shock:
The one with bigger... um assets. Like I would have that problem, besides the GF has some pretty nice assets. :D
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Re: Berkey Water Filters

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Precision wrote:
Greg wrote:
Precision wrote:vacuum seal the initial product. Wash with vinegar, rinse then wash with bleach water. Dry, then insert significant amounts of FRESH ground coffee and FRESH ground nutmeg into an exo- bag for vacuum sealing.

Should make Human noticed chloroform odor disappear. :D
black_bikinis_brunettes_latinas_models_403aae9d6e_m.jpg
another variant of water filter. This one in black wrapper.
Ohmigod. A 5'2" Ecuadorian with hazel eyes and that's an ex-gf. *shudder*

Edit: Imagine if her best friend looked just like this. Who would you go for? :shock:
The one with bigger... um assets. Like I would have that problem, besides the GF has some pretty nice assets. :D
Revisit my coffeehouse anecdote in aglifter's 'how to ask out nice girls' thread. You can figure out which girl was which. ;)
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Re: Berkey Water Filters

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probably the best bet is to compare the advertised .5 micron capability of the CTD filter (see it's shorter chubby sister that comes with a sock for $29) to the Berkey micron rating. I don't know what it is, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's probably a little better.

I went with the Katadyn gravity system that uses 3 candle style filters. It was reasonably priced and has excellent capabilities.

For general use I imagine these would be fine. It's much better than nothing and the price is good. Remember to use food grade buckets. Also get more than one filter so you can get more water per day. 6 filters would run you the same as the katadyn system and give you two complete units. You do need to get spigots and buckets on your own. Somehow I think you will manage.

Here is a link that you'll want to read
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