This Big Berkey® comes with two or four 9" Super Sterasyl™ filter elements. Super filter elements have up to 30% more capacity and life than the standard 7" filter elements.
| BIG BERKEY with Two 9"
Super Sterasyl Filter Elements Frugal's Price: $189.00  |
BIG BERKEY with Four 9" Super Sterasyl™ Filter Elements Frugal's Price: $250.00 |
ALSO AVAILABLE WITH 7" FILTERS |
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| BIG BERKEY with Two 7"
Super Sterasyl Filter Elements Frugal's Price: $163.00 |
BIG BERKEY with Four 7" Super Sterasyl Filter Elements Frugal's Price: $225.00 |
ABOUT BERKEY SYSTEMS
The Berkey's unique design combines the age-old process of micro-porous filtration used by nature coupled with modern state-of-the-art technology and the highest quality materials to bring you virtually the finest water filtration system available anywhere.
To use, the upper chamber of the unit is filled with water. Gravity draws this water through the exclusive British Berkefeld® ceramic filters, where it then collects in the lower chamber.
The two piece housing is portable and can be used virtually anywhere, anytime. An easy to turn on-off spigot is used as the outflow tap.
The Super Sterasyl filters reduce up to 99.99% of particulates, cysts, parasites and pathogenic bacteria including E. Coli, Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Salmonella Typhi. Additionally, these filters will reduce chlorine, rust, sediment and organic chemicals. With filtration rating efficiencies of >98% down to 0.2 microns >99.9% at 0.5 microns >99.99% at 0.9 microns (Spectrum Labs).
Takes minutes to assemble and can provide many gallons of good-tasting, sparkling, wholesome drinking water each day. Constructed of high grade, polished stainless steel making it hygienic, durable and easy to clean.
The Berkey filters are powerful and economical. The unique ceramic filters are impregnated with pure silver, rendering them self-sterilizing. What's more, the durable ceramic filters can be cleaned over and over, as needed, with a soft brush or ScotchBrite pad.
The Sterasyl Ceramic Shell
The Sterasyl grade ceramic is designed to remove suspended solids and pathogenic bacteria (>99.99%). The filter elements are produced using the latest ceramic techniques to provide a hollow porous ceramic, which is fired at a temperature in excess of 1,000ã C. They are designed to operate with water flow going from the outside to the inside of the element. The ceramic shell exhibits a strictly controlled pore structure, so as to provide efficient sub-micron filtration, a proven defense against hard-shelled parasites such as Cryptosporidium as well as pathogenic bacteria. The ceramic also removes other less harmful, but equally unpleasant particulate debris such as rust and dirt.
Composition of the Sterasyl ceramic contains pure silver. This silver is a material designed to significantly inhibit bacteriological mitosis or grow through. The result is that bacterial growth is inhibited from occurring within the Sterasyl ceramic element (which is possible with the other ceramic filter elements). This silver content insures that filtered water contains levels well below those required by international standards. Because of the silver, Sterasyl filter elements do not require sterilization after cleaning.
The Sterasyl filter, when used in in-line housings, is certified by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) as meeting their Standard No 42 for materials.
The Super Sterasyl Water Filtration Element
The Sterasyl ceramic is the ceramic shell used for the Super Sterasyl filter element. Accordingly, this filter element will have, at a minimum, the filtration benefits of the Sterasyl ceramic. Additionally, the bore of the ceramic shell is filled with granular activated carbon, which enables the filter to reduce chlorine and organic chemicals while improving the color, taste, and odor of the source water. The re-cleanable Super Sterasyl filter elements remove suspended solids, parasites, cysts and pathogenic bacteria (>99.99%) and reduce organic chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, organic solvents, trihalomethanes, SOCs, VOCs and foul tastes and odors. The top of the Super Sterasyl element is closed with a unique ceramic dome. This prevents the possibility of breeching (leakage), which can occur with filtration elements that are closed with a plastic cap.
Big Berkey Technical Information
Frequently Asked Questions
NOT YET AVAILABLE IN CALIFORNIA AND IOWA
The BIG BERKEY
with Black Berkey™ Purification Elements
2 Element Price: $250.00
4 Element Price: $339.00
BERKEY SYSTEMS FILTERS, PARTS & ACCESSORIES Everything you need to maintain and expand your Berkey System. VIEW LIST |
Accessories |
 PF-4™ Arsenic & Fluoride Reduction Elements Price for 4: $80.00 |
 Super Sterasyl™ Replacement Filters Price for 4 (9"): $168.00 |
| Replacement
Kit - Stainless Steel Systems - Black Berkey Purification Elements Price: $25.00 |
