Tigerlily
Senior Member
I have a Berkey dispensing water right now. So, I am pretty alarmed that it is likely a worthless exercise.
RT 12min posted two months ago
From the description:
I explain my little journey with New Millennium Concepts - the company that owns the Berkey brand - and why the Berkey filter is basically junk relative to other filters you can buy. I recommend some products that I found are really good, and I do not receive any kind of affiliate referral fee or anything, I'm just a normal guy trying to get clean water and help others do the same.
RT 10:34
From the description:
While digging around trying to find filters that are good to use in the old Berkey stainless steel canisters, I stumbled upon two lawsuits, one class action that involves all of us who purchased Berkey filters. I'm really angry after reading the court documents. I'm linking to them so you can read for yourself. Now, these court cases haven't been decided officially yet, they are ongoing. We'll have to wait and see. But, if you're eligible for jury duty, you're able to think through the court documents and form tentative conclusions.
I don't trust Berkey/New Millennium Concepts as far as I could throw a Berkey water filter system, and I'm beginning to seriously doubt Jamie Young's lab - and why does just about every single one of these company's use him? Even ZeroWater and Clearly Filtered. Thankfully ZW and CF have their own NSF certs independent of his lab for a few contaminants.
As far as what filters to use in the old SS cans, I still don't know! I've got some leads, but I need answers to several questions I've asked of companies. I'm not going to rush, I'll go as slowly as I need to find good enough answers.
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Court documents here - click "PDF" under "Download Options":
From the description:
I explain my little journey with New Millennium Concepts - the company that owns the Berkey brand - and why the Berkey filter is basically junk relative to other filters you can buy. I recommend some products that I found are really good, and I do not receive any kind of affiliate referral fee or anything, I'm just a normal guy trying to get clean water and help others do the same.
Part 2 - Berkey Sued: Class action lawsuit against water filter company
From the description:
While digging around trying to find filters that are good to use in the old Berkey stainless steel canisters, I stumbled upon two lawsuits, one class action that involves all of us who purchased Berkey filters. I'm really angry after reading the court documents. I'm linking to them so you can read for yourself. Now, these court cases haven't been decided officially yet, they are ongoing. We'll have to wait and see. But, if you're eligible for jury duty, you're able to think through the court documents and form tentative conclusions.
I don't trust Berkey/New Millennium Concepts as far as I could throw a Berkey water filter system, and I'm beginning to seriously doubt Jamie Young's lab - and why does just about every single one of these company's use him? Even ZeroWater and Clearly Filtered. Thankfully ZW and CF have their own NSF certs independent of his lab for a few contaminants.
As far as what filters to use in the old SS cans, I still don't know! I've got some leads, but I need answers to several questions I've asked of companies. I'm not going to rush, I'll go as slowly as I need to find good enough answers.
...
Court documents here - click "PDF" under "Download Options":
Berkey lawsuit court documents : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Public court documents regarding lawsuits against New Millennium Concepts, the company that owns Berkey brand.
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