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Brett · 12-20-2020, 06:34 PM

(12-18-2020, 03:23 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:
(12-18-2020, 12:10 PM)Brett Wrote: Thanks! Do you have the stainless steel or plastic spigot? And when you say the biggest drawback for you is the flow rate of water....are you referring to how quickly the water gets filtered or how quickly the water comes out of that spigot? Because if you were referring to flow rate of water based off stainless steel spigot, I just read a review for the stainless steel spigot and someone said the flow rate of the stainless steel spigot is about a third less than the original plastic spigot. Unless you are just referring to flow rate of how quickly it's filtered. It seems like it's mixed opinions between the plastic and stainless steel spigot.

And what's your thoughts on the stainless steel stand? Did you include that as well or no? Thanks for your help!
The flow rate comment is for the spigots. I have both spigots and the flow rate on both is less than desirable IMHO but the stainless one looks better and feels more solid so I use it and keep the plastic one aside just in case.

The 2 filters will filter 2.25 gallons of water in about an hour (four filters would be faster, of course). Probably faster but I don't actually time it, I just know when I fill it up I can go back an hour later and have a full tank of water. We always empty it then fill the top all the way so we're using the entire length of the filters. My husband prefers cold water so he'll fill up his old Pur 1.5 gallon tank he keeps in the fridge and between that and what I've already used throughout the day it's ready to be completely filled again.

Ok thanks....we just purchased a Big Berkey and I'm still in shock I made such a big purchase lol. I'm kind of frugal so it's tough to pay out that much money but hopefully it will be worth it. We didn't purchase the stainless steel spigot but I just figured we could buy it later if we needed. By the way, is it super hard to upkeep and set up? And do you have the stand? We didn't purchase that either.

Also, what do you do if say you are gone for an extended time period such as several days or a week, etc. Would you just leave the whole tank completely empty during that time or do you also have to take out the filters during that time? Lastly, do you have a priming instructional video or something you like the best? And do you have to prime it just once when you get it and that's it or later on years down the road at numerous times too?

Thanks!