[DeaconBenjamin]

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[driftdiver]

Depends on whether you want a backpack portable or non-portable. Berky’s are about the best you can get for non-portable http://www.berkeywater.com/start.main.html

[DocRock]

Big Berkey

[alicewonders]

I’d like to know as well. We’re storing water from our tap in 2 liter pop bottles - I’d like to know how long that water would be safe to drink.

I’m not much into buying jugs of water that have probably come from a tap somewhere else - and then having to lug those home.

[NetLiberty]

We have used a British Berkefeld (also known as “Berkey”) filter for many years. These use four ceramic filter elements which last a long time and work very well. Our unit has a 2-gallon capacity. What sold us on the Berkey is the fact that these filters have been used by many years by aid organizations for water filtering in third-world countries—a proven design that is effective, practical and reliable.

[wita]

advice about storing food & water

If you don’t, and come upon hard times, what then?

Cistern, drums under gutters, Water heater, bath tub, toilet tank, jugs of all kinds, and Clorox as a purifier. Filters cost money and aren’t necessarily needed in good times, when prepared folks store what is needed for the bad times.

[driftdiver]

Steripens (a water purifier, not filter) are great very portable but limited in capacity.

Katadyns are very good and portable but expensive and also limited in capacity.

Bleach has a limited shelf life. Pool shock (Calcium hypochlorite) has a long shelf life and can be used to make a solution for water purification.

[ladyvet]

Berkey.

[dforest]

I have a countertop distiller and a reverse osmosis system.

[Any Fate But Submission]

Think 5 gallon jugs unless you have a water source that does not depend on electricity. For very long term look at sand filters; they have and are being used in places without electricity for centuries.

What are you prepping for? Read “How Long Can You Tread Water”. It is a well documented analysis of how really bad things could get in a hurry.

Good luck.

Tom S.

[wolfcreek]

http://www.grandpappy.info/honehour.htm

See links at top of page.

[mountn man]

For back packing I use a Katadyn Pocket, my buddy uses a MSR Sweetwater. I’d like to get a Big Berky for home. And I always have a bottle Iodine out on the trail.

[justsaynomore]

We have a Katadyn for camping, and the water is amazing - it is the only water that I’ve ever tasted that has no taste at all. It is not cheap though.

To extend the life of your filter, I have heard you can use Alum to make the heavy deposits in the water sink to the bottom of a bucket/barrel first, and then adding only the water on top to the filter.

Another cheaper alternative is a homemade filter made with 1/3 sand, 1/3 pebbles, 1/3 gravel. This would still need boiling.

In a pinch, what we do is use a clean t-shirt to filter out the icky stuff, and just boil the water for 10 minutes.

If you google homemade water distillers, or the Watercone, you’ll get some interesting ideas too.

[MomwithHope]

We’ve used Amway’s Espring for years, it’s fantastic. For emergencies we store in plastic jugs with a few drops of bleach. Then we have a Britta with extra filters for when it really gets bad.

[pops88]

I’ve been a member of a preparedness forum since before Y2K. The preferred filter is the Berky. It’s considered the best.

[surroundedbyblue]

Thanks everyone. I’m just trying to put things back for my toddler & myself (I’m a single mom) since I really believe hard times are ahead, esp since we have not monetized our debt. Thanks, Soros, you dirty bastard.

[FReepaholic]

Berkey. Buy extra filters and spigot to have on hand.

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[30Moves]

You can always fall back on distilling the water - if you have a mineral supplement to replace any good minerals lost.

Big cooking pot - an angel food cake pan (with a hole in the middle) and fashion a domed lid and there you have it.

[DuncanWaring]

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