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Creating a Kitchen Pharmacy: The Benefits of Good Water

Creating a Kitchen Pharmacy: The Benefits of Good Water ~ And a Giveaway for You 4
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We all know that water is foundational for our good health and survival — nothing can replace it.

However, these days it seems like everywhere you look headlines like this appear…

…and obtaining wholesome drinking water seems near impossible.

As we work to prepare our kitchen pharmacies this month, it’s important to understand that the water coming from our faucets — the water we need to make herbal teas, infusions, and baths — more than likely contains floride, chlorine, high levels of harmful bacteria, heavy metals, and tons of other unwanted contaminants.

Sometimes, it’s these very contaminants that give our drinking water a variety of unpleasant tastes and smells. Bottled water can even contain similar contaminants…not to mention it’s super expensive and wasteful.

A Solution

I wish we all had access to a pure water spring — wouldn’t that be awesome! But more than likely most of us are at the mercy of some sort of water service. What are we to do?

Creating a Kitchen Pharmacy: The Benefits of Good Water ~ And a Giveaway for You

My family has been blessed by a gift of the Berkey Light water system and I couldn’t be more thrilled. For a while now, I have been dreaming of owning a Berkey — because based on the research I think it’s the best available. All we used previously was a standard little water filter, and I just didn’t trust it’s ability to totally clean our water…nonetheless, it’s what we had.

Benefits of a Berkey 

Creating a Kitchen Pharmacy: The Benefits of Good Water ~ And a Giveaway for You

  • Made in the U.S.A.
  • It holds 2.75 gallons.
  • The water tastes great…so clean!
  • No electricity is required in order for the filter to work.
  • It provides simple, reliable water purification right on the kitchen countertop!
  • Removes all the bad stuff and leaves some of the good minerals needed for good health.
  • The filters last to purify 6,000 gallons of water.
  • It’s super easy to transport. Being made of a safe and durable Lexan, the same material they use to make bullet proof glass, the Berkey is very light. Perfect when taken camping or used in an emergency situation.
  • It makes it easy for children to pour their own water, and all I can say is that we are drinking a lot more water!
  • For those of us on city water, this water filtration system is a great way to get rid of the toxins, chemicals, and dead bacteria found in the water; and those with well water will find it filters out excess minerals removing odors and poor taste.

Unfortunately the Berkey is a bit expensive upfront ($231). However, the long lasting filters and quality that it produces makes it a worthwhile investment. I figure it equals out to be about $0.50-$0.60 per gallon.

Read More About the Berkey

Creating a Kitchen Pharmacy: The Benefits of Good Water ~ And a Giveaway for You

-What exactly does the Berkey Light filter out? Read the exhaustive list found in this article.

-Looking to filter out fluoride, arsenic, and other heavy metals? Check out these filters.

-See all the different types of Berkey units and filters and learn their amazing benefits.

What do you use to filter your water?Creating a Kitchen Pharmacy: The Benefits of Good Water ~ And a Giveaway for You

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  1. Filtering out all the horrible stuff in our water- especially fluoride as I have fluorosis and thyroid problems.

      • Good clean water is a blessing and I am thankful that we in this country at least get to enter for contests like these, no matter who wins I loved learning about this product and will save my pennie sot earn one if I can’t win it! Good luck to all!!!!

  3. I was just doing research about Berkey yesterday. There are a few other of their products that I would like to purchase. This is a great way to try one and if we like it, we will get the others. My husband and I are planning to start a family and clean water is so important to us. Thanks so much for this opportunity!

  4. Thanks for such a wonderful giveaway. We are currently using a small filter and I have been wanting something better.

  5. What a great opportunity! We have been trying to figure out what the best solution would be for our less than stellar water.

  6. Wow, this is awesome. Our family has been hit with a myriad of health problem of late and I am doing my very best to yank them to a healthier lifestyle which includes more water. This would be an amazing gift to win to help us all move towards the right path!!! Thanks for the opportunity!

  7. A Berkey filter has been on my list forever. I have read nothing but great reviews of all their products. I like, too, that they have the fluoride filter to help remove those nasty bits from the water, too.

  9. Getting rid of all the contaminents that are in our water. I have a small pitcher filter but I am not sure how well it works and it takes alot of time to get enough water.

  11. What excites you the most about owning a Berkey? Oh, to be able to ensure I was providing my family the best possible water would be terrific! Our water tastes delicious as it is. I’m very lucky to live where I live in Lawrence, Kansas. However, the added security of having the Berkey do its filtering miracle would be such a wonderful gift. Water is what my family drinks as our main beverage of choice! 🙂

  12. Clean water is so important. I would love to win this as I currently just use a standard store bought water filter. Thanks!

  13. We currently filter our water through our refrigerator. I filter our water for our dogs and chickens as well. I new a gentleman who was a scientist and believed his dog got cancer from their water, also a young man who died of cancer traced back to toxic well water. Scarey stuff. We currently have city water and at times, you can smell the chlorine when you run the water. A friend in the same town, has well water that tested for high amounts of radon. They put in an expensive reverse osmosis system, but I still won’t drink their water. I too would love to own a Berkey. It’s been on my wish list for a while.

  14. I’d love the filter. While our water here is deemed to be of a high standard in purity etc…. I have learned, sadly, not to trust anything the big corporations state. I want to take as much personal responsibility as I can to ensure that my family ge the best they can on our limited resources. A filter like this would be way out of my league normally, but oh my, what an opportunity. Who could resist trying? Green blessings to all /I\

  15. Clean water is so important. The more I read about nutrition the more I learn about the importance of drinking water, clean water. I just always trusted the tap, wrong.

  17. We have another brand of filter system for the fridge but this one sounds like it would do a much better job. We thankfully have well water without all the stuff they put in the city water. But it would be nice to know all the harmful stuff is removed.

  19. Ive been reading about Berkey’s on Bulk Herb Store. We now have our own well water on our farm. We have hard water. Do you recommend it for this? Love to win this!

  20. I would love to own a Berkley, and not have to make weekly trips to the grocery store for water! We are given a disclosure every month from our water department telling us the many things they are over the standard regulations on in our water supply. We don’t even drink our city water and haven’t for years.

  21. The water here is so unpleasant. Large amounts of chlorine are used at the water treatment facility and the faint odor of bleach is always there. Right now I use a small pitcher filter, and a better alternative would be really wonderful.

  24. This is a great post! We already drink a lot of water each day either via the well or bottle (I know, I know). We would be super excited to win a Berkey – thank you for having this giveaway! 🙂

  25. I have wanted one for so long. Thanks for all you do! My daughter and I go through a gallon or more a day, just drinking, so this would be a blessing!

  26. I had never heard of a Berkley and now I definitely want one! Our water is filled with so much chlorine that it smells like bleach coming out of the faucet. Couple that with regular “boil” orders because of breaches in the system and a Berkley may be the answer we’ve been looking for.

  27. The portability and having a great filtration system to remove most contaminants.

  28. Although we are blessed to have pure, delicious well water, and really aren’t in need of a water filtering system, I would love to win this so that I could gift it to my son and daughter-in-law who are looking forward to starting a family. Fresh, clean water — wouldn’t that be a fabulous gift? Thanks so much for the opportunity! ~Lisa

  30. I’ve been wanting one of these forever! OK, not *forever* but since I first heard of them, for sure.

    I love the idea of having clean, fresh water readily available for my kids whenever they want it. xo

  34. Wow, I’ve been wanting one of these since I first heard about them about 4 years ago! I would love to be able to easily and safely filter out the nasties like fluoride and chlorine. And I love that it uses no electricity!

  35. oh, and I wonder, you wouldnt have to worry about chlorine in the water with this, correct? we dont have flouride in our water, thankfully, but we do have chlorine. Right now, I have to leave a pitcher of water on my counter to evaporate it all out.

  36. As we continue to tweak our home and habits, I’ve been wanting to filter our water. Using less energy is one of our goals, so I love that the Berkey doesn’t use electricity.

  37. What excites me more? Having pure water to drink, I can’t drink the tap water in my house! Thanks a bunch for the opportunity to win one!

  41. So funny! My husband just found this filtration system a few months ago for us. We haven’t purchased it yet but we need something better than our britta and it balances out compared to filter changes.

  43. What excites me the most is knowing that my family will be drinking GOOD water! We have an under the sink filter that I’m sure makes our water a little better, but the Berkley will be SO much better. I love that it is not huge and is portable. Love it! Thanks for doing the giveaway!

  44. I am a big fan of water filtering. I not heard of the Berkey before, but it sounds great!

  46. This is amazing!! I have well water so I’m not too concerned about Fluoride in my water but I am concerned about what else is lurking in it!!

  47. This would be so wonderful to win! To know that my family is drinking safer water would put my mind at ease. 🙂

  48. I am so excited about this giveaway! My husband is in school for environmental science and he has showed me so many acticles of the toxins and metals in our public water system. Think about all the prescription drugs that are washed down the drain or crushed down the toilet!!

    Can’t wait to see who wins!! Good luck to all:)

  49. We have been looking at the Berkley and planning for one. Winning one would be the greatest!

  50. We used filtered water alot. I like the idea that this is a non electric filter!

  51. I think having really good water so readily available would do wonders to up my family’s water intake! 🙂

  52. I had never heard of the Berkey Light Water System until now. It sounds like a great product and could provide my family and I the opportunity for better tasting and safer water. Thank you for providing one to giveaway.

  53. I have been really thinking about getting a Berkey – especially after reading how much Atrazine and other nasty pollutants are in the water here where I live. That is crazy scarey! It is great to know that there is something out there that could help the water in my area. Thanks for the post!

  54. This is the first time i’ve heard of this system and it sounds fantastic! What an awesome way to stop spending money on the Culligan guy delivering me 5 gallon jugs of water at a time!

  55. I would really love this, been buying bottled mineral water since I have crappy tap city water and would love a better way

  56. The quality of our water is very poor, this would be a wonderful addition to our kitchen!

  57. I would love to own a Berkey and know that I am safe drinking water that isn’t going to make me sick!

  58. I’ve always been concerned about chemicals and flouride in our water. The flouride in our city water gives me flourosis issues and we just lug 5 gallons bottles from the grocery. The Berkey would be soooo much more convenient and it is a real need for our family!

  59. This looks like an awesome system! Maybe it would make me drink more water like I already should be doing!

  60. We were just researching these this week! Much more cost effective and clean than bottled water. Great giveaway – thanks!

  62. This is a wonderful give a way!!! We currently take our gallon jugs to a carbon filtered ( and a few other filters) pay by the gallon spot each week. It would be amazing not to heft those each week.
    Thanks for this offer.

  63. WOW! I’ve been looking these past few months to try and find a new water filtration system (not being confident in my small refrigerator version, either!) and VOILA! Here is my favorite blogger sharing her wisdom with us once again!! Thank you, Andrea!! To actually have the chance to WIN ONE…well, that’s just a big ol’ bonus! 🙂

  65. I would love to get rid of the water filter in my ‘fridge and under the counter! This filter sounds quit superior to the ones we are using now!

  66. Oh this is fabulous! I have had my eye on a Berkey for a while. I know the chemicals and fluoride in in our water isn’t good for us and would love to be able to remove it. Thanks for the chance!

  69. I’d love to be able to go flouride-free. I actually didn’t know it was possible without a reverse osmosis system.

  70. My husband and I would really enjoy having clean water! We just moved into the city and have been disappointed with the taste of the water. We use a small filter but it doesn’t seem to get the job done and I wonder what is actually in the water.

  72. Our family has been working so hard towards becoming sustainable! Planting fruit trees, sugarcane and vegetables in our South Florida yard (including walking stick cabbages that last all year!). We’ve been struggling with how to reclaim all the water we get in the rainy season. Winning a Berkley would mean we could drink the rainwater we collect!

  73. With a beautiful, growing 20-month-old water filtration is so important. I wish we could afford a good filter to protect our son. Giving his little body the best start possible is my goal.

  74. I have been reading about these filters for a long time, I would LOVE to have one! I absolutely love that they are made in the USA and of course the clean water is wonderful. We have very sulfer-y, rusty well water and filter it to drink it. This would be amazing!

  75. I would love to own this,The benefits of drinking water without all of the questionable cooties would be nice!lol…

  77. Berkey would be a great addition to my family. Water is the most important ingrediant to life,other than Jesus.
    I would love to have one to help heal me from my surgeries.

  78. I’ve been hearing a lot about these on the Survival Podcast – what an awesome addition to our new home it would be!

  81. I didn’t realize what junk is in our every day tap water, it would be nice to be able to treat my family to ‘good’ water!!

  82. Our water district uses RECYCLED water. I’m sorry, but I don’t want to drink that, it smells! Buying bottled water has gotten more and more expensive and britta filters only do so much and do not filter fast enough to accommodate a family’s needs.

  83. I first learned about the Berkey system about two years and have wanted one but realized that the cost was a bit prohibitive. I should just bite the bullet and get one. We currently purchase water for drinking at $2 for each large bottle. That’s roughly 2 bottles a week, so you do the math. Would LOVE to win this!

  84. Looks like a great water filter. Just wondering what the ph level is of the water after it’s filtered.

  85. I love the idea of Berkey system and would love to have a Berkey Light! I love that it filters out all the crud in city water supplies!

  86. Right now we rent a cooler system and I would LOVE to have a system of our own. We go through tons of water ! Thanks so much for the giveaway.

  87. We’ve looked at the Berkey a lot and thought about getting one. Our current home has really good well water from a deep well, but soon we are moving out of state to a new home where the water quality is a lot more sketchy- so the Berkey has gotten a major bump up the list of things to get! =)

  88. I would love one of these after learning what is in our city water supply!!

  89. We live on a well system, and have had one contamination before- I do NOT want to repeat that experience!

  91. I would love to give really clean drinking water to my family of 6. What a blessing that wouldbe.

  92. I only drink water. Our city water is becoming awful to drink. I have 3 little girls and I do not want them exposed to all the contaminants in the water.

  93. We have well water…it doesn’t taste great, so I don’t drink as much water as I should…but the bottled water alternative is unappealing because of the almost certain fluoride content. I *need* a Berkey!

  94. I’ve been looking for a really good filtration system for my family. Everything seems so cheap and crappy. I just want a healthy family. Geez. Is that too much to ask?

  95. We are all trying to keep harmful pesticides and hormones out of our families bodies, but sometimes we forget about the harm found in drinking water. This would be great!

  96. Clean water is something that is very important to our family! I have been looking for something we could have at home instead of having to run all of the time to the store! As our family will soon reach the size of 7 (baby #5 is due in 6 weeks – children ages 6 and under) it is difficult to always get to the store. I just HATE having to use water from the sink. What a blessing it would be to have a water system at home! 🙂

  97. I would SO love to have this berkey!! We tried R/O–found that was unsafe. Tap water is bad. Bottled water is bad. We get concerned about other countries not having healthy drinking water–but ours is only a step up because it may be cleaner, but the chemicals are so bad!

  98. I have wanted a Berkey for a long time but it’s not in my budget. Thanks for the chance to win one.

  99. Definitely awesome. My girlfriend tells me I’m crazy when I talk about the different tastes in tap water, but with one of these I’m sure she’ll see it too. If I don’t win it, I’ll buy it, guaranteed! 🙂

  100. I had not heard of the Berkey until today, Wow! I am definitely going to check this out. Thanks so much for the chance to win one!

  104. I recently moved to the country where the water system is horrible. I’ve been shopping for a filter, but have had to purchase water through my local whole foods coop in the meantime. This is expensive and labor intensive. I had never heard of a Berkey before today. It sounds like exactly what I need!

  105. I’ve been wanting a Berkey for a while now! Hopefully I will win one, but if not, I’ll just keep saving up!

  106. Thanks for the chance to win … Would love to get a Berkey filter but not in my budget atm .. maybe in the future 🙂

  107. This looks like it would work WAY better than our fridge filtration. Thanks for the giveaway!

  110. I haven’t even heard of these before, so I’m excited to read what you have to say – and will look into it more. Clean water is so important – we have had scares in our little town a couple of times since I have lived here and don’t want my kids getting sick from nasty water!!!

  114. We could truly use a water filter system like this, heck who couldn’t! Thanks for having a giveaway!

  115. We have been using a pitcher with filter for years. Not fully what I’d want, but something. Thanks for this opportunity!

  118. Hoping to win, the counter-top cheapo filter we have needs to be retired!! Thanks for the chance!

  119. I’ve been wanting to get a Berkey for a couple years now. We just moved out to the country and thought we were on well water – but we are on city water. I’ve been trying to save up for a Berkey but it seems other expenses keep coming up 🙁 This is a great giveaway!

    Crystal <

  120. That would be a great system to have. Thanks for the giveaway!

    • I am notice the chlorine taste in our city water :(. That’s why it’d be so great to have the Berkey!

  121. It would be so wonderful to have a system that I know works to filter out all of the bad stuff. I’d love this so I could take it camping or have it at home!

  122. Thanks for the giveaway, but nothing happens when I click on your Rafflecopter widget. It just says “loading” and has a spinning wheel constantly turning. I’ve reloaded the page several times, but nothing ever changes. I can’t get it to work. 🙁

  124. Would love to win this! We would use it to filter the river water that flows by our home!

  125. I would love a Berkley because I have some friends who depend on bottled water. I would love to surprise them with this in order to save them money, make them healthier, and end the wastefulness of relying on bottled water.

  126. Great blog- as usual, this would be wonderful to win. I enjoy my city water, but would love to make it safer for me and my pets. Thanks

  127. I love this! The thought of having water that doesn’t smell or taste like chlorine is just glorious to me! I’m ready!

  128. Would love to drink water from our house without the chlorine smell and taste! The small water filter is costly and I agree that it may not get every thing out! I’d loooooooove a Berkey!

  129. The Berkey has been on my wishlist for LooooonG time!! I am very concerned about my water! I know that Berkey is one of the highest rated water filtration system on the market! I so appreciate the opportunity to WIN one!! Thank you!

  130. The thing that excites the most about owning a Berkley is that my mom would not need to purchase bottled water to be satisfied with our drinking water.

  131. Thanks so much for this giveaway! We live in Houston and use a filter in our fridge but I know that it’s not the best thing we can be doing. We’re getting married soon and would love to start getting healthier with this!!

  134. I would love to have a Berkey because we are in the city and the water is gross! I don’t think my little tap filter is doing much! I have been wanting a Berkey for a long time!!!

  136. No chlorine taste in the water along with who-knows-what-else makes a Berkey a fabulous opportunity!

  138. I would love to own an easier water filter. the water in our town i snot safe to drink and has super high flouride content. we have to take jugs to town to fill at a filtration place. I never have appreciated having safe water to drink before.

  140. I love the idea of the Berkey. It is so hard to find filters that are not made out of plastics that contain BPA and other chemicals. I love that you have done so much research on this product. We need to be sure to get the word out there, so that good companies with good products can get their voices heard. Thanks guys!

  142. I’ve read good things about the Berkey and would love to own one. The high price has so far prevented me from buying one.

  144. This is exciting. Thank you for the opportunity. Clean water is a blessing.

  145. I use a filtered pitcher in the fridge. I would love this Berkey! Thanks so much for the great giveaway!

  146. Clean water is better than owing lots of gold. I would love to win as they are drilling for gas around our
    area and this is affecting our water. Thanks for the chance.

  147. I have heard the berkeys are amazing! They even filter out arsenic in the water, which if you ever read the reports about your city water you know you are digesting aresenic. I know that the taste from a Berkey is clean! That excites me. I know many people who own it here in S Colorado because it takes out the sulphur which is what I am looking forward to the most.

  149. Our water is simply horrible and I’m excited that the Berkey would improve the taste and remove any toxins/impurities.

  150. I drink almost a gallon a day of horrible tap water. I would LOVE to be able to offer truly clean and healthy water to myself and my family. I used to think just drinking water was making me healthier… but unfortunately not all water is created equal. 🙁

  151. I just love your blog! I get so many great & helpful ideas. We drink so much water in our house in addition to making tea & kombucha. Would love to know the water we are drinking/using is as pure as can be! Thanks.

  152. My husband and I have always filtered our water with the Brita Pitcher in the fridge and it is the only water I will allow my two grandsons to drink. Just knowing that their water will be better filtered with the Berkley, makes me happy. It will be a great way to teach them too about the importance of good clean water!! Thank you for the opportunity!!

  154. For the past several years, I have wanted to purchase a Berkey system for myself and also for my other family members. The filtration system is amazing, and as I move toward a greater and greater self-sustainable lifestyle lifelong tools such as this are increasingly important.

  156. We could all do with reducing our intake of toxins, chemicals and living a cleaner life. Thanks so much for doing such great posts that are a true help!

  157. Wouldn’t the cost per gallon be much lower than $0.50-$0.60 per gallon? The article states that one filter is good for 3,000 gallons. I’m assuming the purchase price of $231.00 includes a filter? If so the price per gallon would be less than $.04/gallon and that’s just for the initial purchase. The cost would obviously be less when you were just replacing filters. $0.50-$0.60 per gallon would mean the initial investment would be over $1,500.00. Please correct me if I’m wrong but if not I just wanted to be sure everyone knew this is well worth the investment. As a family of 9 who is currently lugging around and refilling 5 gallon jugs from Culligan water kiosks at local stores for $0.29/gallon almost daily I am certainly aware of its worth. We’ll be getting one soon one way or another. 🙂

  159. Oops, I meant to say 6,000 gallons for an investment of $3,000. You get the idea… 🙂

  160. I would love to win this system. I have been wanting one for a while. Clean water is so important for good health.

  162. Always great information! Thanks so much! When I grow up I want to be like you. …Now to grow up!! 🙂

  164. I’ve dreamed of owning a Berkey for so long now, if only it were in our budget…I would love to feel safer about the water that we drink and cook with.

  165. I’ve been looking for a water filtration system. This one would be really awesome. 🙂

  166. I have had a berkey on my wish list for a few years now. I would love to win this for my family!!!

  167. I’ve been checking these systems out for a while now, but haven’t made the move. Thanks for the fabulous giveaway!

  169. I’ve been looking at these for about a year! So glad to see your write up about one.

  172. I have done my own research on the Berkey and it sounds well worth the money! From what I have read, the filters last for years and the water tastes so good. I have wanted one for a long time but have not been able to find the extra $$ to get it. Good luck to all who want to win one!

  174. We have been using a closed Berkey filter for YEARS (bought 1999 – for Y2K). It has been wonderful!!! We use it when travelling (hotel water is ALWAYS chlorinated) – and we can even use it for the ice cubes (making ice cold filtered water.) It takes out all the chlorine taste/smell. Would love to win one for one of my adult children! They would be thankful to have it. Thanks for giving the opportunity.

  176. I was just researching the Berkey the other day. I am very interested in drinking clean water.

  177. right now we share 2 portable water bottles between 7 of us, so a Berkey would be awesome, that is exciting!

  178. With a terminal illness in the family, we have seen amazing improvements in quality of life from good food, supplements and reduction of stress! Clean water is a dream of all of us! We could never afford to buy one so I am grateful n excited for a chance or chances to win it! Thank you FS n bless you n yours! 🙂

    • Maybe I should not hit enter before I mean to. LOL

      We have a well and the water is less than desirable. We have always filtered the water as it comes into the house, but some gets past. It’s very hard water.

  181. Like so many others posting here, I read about the Berkley a while ago and put it on my “Wish List”. I live in rural Washington and have had crummy water since we put in the well 25 years ago. It smells, is cloudy with clay, and is about as hard as water can get. Winning a Berkley would make it so I didn’t have to haul water from work (which is only slightly better than home!) P.S. I love your blog and pin almost everything!

  182. Wow! We’ve been looking at these for a long time, for both health and practicality. Would love to win one!

  183. Our city water is supposed to be safe (according to the letter that the water company sends us every year), but it doesn’t taste too good straight out of the tap. I love the idea of a water filter system that doesn’t use electricity (I’m on a mission to reduce my electric bill) like the one on our fridge does. I’ve heard that Berkey’s are the best!

  184. I would love to win this because we have been having a terrible time with chlorinated water….it is so strong you can taste it through your tea and coffee!

  185. Fantastic giveaway, Andrea. I just LOVE you blog. Every day there is some surprise happening. Amazing that you can take this water filter with you travelling, too. That’s a great innovation. Makes me want one.
    Chris

  187. We were just looking at purchasing one on Sunday evening. Maybe we’ll win one. If not, it’s on our purchase list for sure!

  188. I would love to have one of these- been trying to save the money on a disability paycheck. My water distiller has to be cleaned after each use, our water is that bad, and new filters are hard to get. This would be a dream come true!

  189. Love that it doesn’t require electricity. When I was preggo with DS1, my MIL brought us spring water. Boy do I miss that. Look forward to having pure water. 😀

  190. I have wanted to purchase one for quite a while now. We rent a culligan system….so even if we bought a Berkey it would pay for itself in a year. I love the fact that you can transport it wherever you go if you move. What a great giveaway!

  191. I’d love to have one of these! I’ve been looking for an inexpensive/longlasting solution for a while. So excited 🙂

  192. The ability to have filter water. We have well water and buying bottle water is costly.

  194. ooh, i’ve heard so many good things about this water filter. this would be a perfect addition to our kitchen.

  195. Better tasting water excites me most! Plus no flouride (with a special filter?) and less bacteria, yuck.

  196. Oh I would LOVE to own one of these! Our basic water filter has lasted up years, but I fear it isn’t doing its job like it used to. 🙁

  198. Water is life! Clean water is so important to me and my family and is the foundation to good health. I would be so excited to have a unit like this 🙂

  199. I have been looking at this brand for 4 months now, it’s on my NEED list. This would greatly help with getting our crappy water much healthier for my family and pets.

  200. I have one of the pitcher water filters and also one of the faucet filters and I’m not really happy with either one. The filters don’t last long at all and I can’t go out and buy a new one every other week.

  201. I have wanted a Berkey for so long! It’s on my wish list, but I never seem to quite pull together the budget to work it in!

  202. I was just worrying about my tap water this morning. I use a filter pitcher and has not been up to standards lately! We drink a LOT of water. We use our stainless steel water bottles ALL the time and I worry that as I tell my kids to drink lots of water (especially in the hot weather) I am making them sick. This system is AWESOME but not within my budget!!!! I would really use and appreciate this system!

  203. This filtration system sounds awesome! I would love to see this setting on our bar, beckoning all of us to partake of some clean healthy water!

  204. Good clean water is what i want for my family and i…i would love to have a Berkley water system in my house.

  206. I have a lot of heavy metals toxins in my body, and I don’t think my current water filter is doing a good job… I really could use a Berkley! 🙂

  208. We have pretty decently tasting water here, but taste has nothing to do with rally GOOD water. I would LOVE one of these but the cost is a major holdback. Winning would be AWESOME!

  209. I have been thinking alot about the whole water thing. I used to have a water cooler system but luggin the 5 gallon jugs to have them filled was hard! The Berkley sounds great!

  211. The more I find out about about what’s in my water, the more I’m convinced we need one of these! Our whole family would benefit.

  212. Having access to truly clean water would give me great peace of mind. What a great giveaway!

  213. My friend owns one and it is really great! When people see it, they just have to ask and taste. I would love to own one too! Thanks for the chance.

  214. We talk about getting something for our water and just haven’t yet. It would be so nice to win this filter.

  215. I would love to own one of these systems. Our water sometimes becomes very cloudy and smells which leaves me worried that in the times that it’s not like this that there must be *something* in there even if it looks and smells clean. We use bottled water when the change occurs but having a system like this would also allow us to save money and give us peace of mind.

  216. The thing I would love about this is being sure our water is free of chlorine! Thank you so much for the opportunity!

  217. What a cool way to filter a large amount of water. I wish we had the space for it. I’ll be sure to tweet the giveaway for you even though I am not entering.

  219. I had no idea my Brita wasn’t doing the job! The most exciting thing would be providing my baby with worry-free water. He’s not drinking water yet but I use it to make his baby food, mommy the cow drinks it, and he will too once he starts using a cup {we don’t do commercial juices}. I want one!!

  220. What an amazing giveaway. Thank you! I can tell the filtration system from my refrigerator doesn’t work very well. This would be a great gift.

  221. One can never go wrong owning a good water filter. In a worst case scenario even lake water can be made safe to drink by passing through the filters that Berkey uses! Personally, I do not think the up front cost is high at all… almost everyone I know buys bottled water on at least a semi regular basis. If you can afford to buy bottled water you can afford to buy a Berkey! When you consider the cost to the environment it is astounding. Our family re-uses glass kombucha bottles (mostly GTs), or mason jars for our water bottles.

  222. What a nice unit! I didn’t know about these until I read this through a link from a friend, but I’m so glad I did. I’m going to be reading much more on this blog…and about the Berkeys. Very intriguing!

  223. What a wonderful give-away…..always wanted one but just live on a part time salary, so it has always been one of those items on my “wish list”. Whoever wins this will surely be a happy camper !

  224. This is the perfect way to get my little one to drink more water instead of always asking for juice!!!

  225. Knowing I would have safe water everyday for drinking and making herbal teas and a great benefit when that next hurricane comes through.

  226. We are moving and I do not know the quality of our water at the new place.
    Clean water is so important for the health of my family.
    I would love to win the Berkey Light filter to insure safe drinking water!

  227. We recently moved and the water here has an odor and strange taste.I have been buying water.I really need to look into getting a filter for the house.Our previous house had a whole house filter.

  228. I would love a Berkey because despite “reassuring” blurbs from the water company about how great our water is, when you actually look at the fine print (i.e. the measurements taken), it doesn’t look that good!

  229. Oh my goodness, I would love to have a Berkey filter. Our well water is so rusty and sulfurous, it really doesn’t quench thirst at all and doesn’t make one want to drink their daily optimal amount of water. I’ve been eyeing up the Berkey for awhile now but just haven’t been able to spring for one on our single income budget. Thanks so much for the chance to win one. 🙂

  230. Oh, I ONLY drink water — it would be so nice to not have to worry what’s in it anymore!

  231. I want to see how much better it makes our well water taste! It’s kinda funky right now. 😛

  232. We’ve been using a Pur filter for lack of better affordable options. Would love to win a Berkey to replace it!

  234. This would be fantastic to own. We have to fill 5 gallon bottles and have a water cooler because the water where I live is so horrible. This would help us so much.

  235. I would love to win a Berkey. Would be nice to now that all the impurity is filtered out of our drinking water.

  236. My Mom has one of these and we all love it! I would love to have one to get all the nasties out of my water but the cost is way too much for us right now!

  237. I have wanted a Berkey for several years. Would love to have a way to filter our water completely…

  238. I tried to leave a comment on the widget above, but it didn’t let me type anything in yet said I had left a comment… Oh, well. I was thinking that this would be really useful in another country.

  239. I am always working towards providing my family with the healthiest options available to us. My husband and I have been wanting a Berkey water filter for a while, but haven’t been able to afford it yet. I would love to give my family the cleanest water possible.

  240. I’ve been interested in Berkey filters for a while. We’ve already ditched purchased bottled water in favor of refillable bottles – I’d love to be able to fill them with filtered water!

  241. would love to have cleaner water for my kids and animals, also if times get worse, it’s always safe to have a system that doesn’t rely on modern facilities

  244. Having clean water!! We have a well but having a Berkey would make me feel more secure about our drinking water.

  247. I have been looking into getting a Berkey water filter system, what a great giveaway.

  248. As with everyone else, we would LOVE to win a Berkey!! Thank you for the opportunity… 🙂

  249. We’ve been thinking of getting one of these! We drink water only at our house and it would be nice to know its clean

  250. We have had a Berkey on our wish list for a very long time. Thank you for the entry.

  251. We have excellent water at our home, but my parents have awful water! I would be most excited about giving it to my Mom for her to enjoy good tasting water with it!

  252. I am not really clear on how to enter to win a Berkly filtration system but I sure to need one! Our water system is really bad and my water is yellow and smells like swamp.

  255. Sorry, didn’t read how I was supposed to comment: I would be most excited about my water tasting better!

  256. We have been researching Berkey water filters for a while now. Thank you so much for the entry in this great giveaway!

  257. We’ve been saving up for one of these. Winning one would be nice 🙂

    I am really excited about the berkey because it filters out fluoride, most water filters don’t.

  258. We;ve heard lots of great reports about the Berkey and know that the 11 people in our family would be happy to keep that water flowing…lots of water being drunk up over here. Never can trust what comes out of the faucet…we’d drink easy w/ a Berkey.

  259. Clean, pure water is so important for your health! And, we have some health issues at our house and could truly benefit from this!

  260. The thing I like best about a Berkey is the incredibly low price per gallon of filtered water. It’s one of the best financial investments you’ll ever make, to say nothing of the dividends it pays in the health realm!

  261. Great article and giveaway!! I care about what my family puts in their mouths and on their skin. We have the Berkey show filter since our tap water reeks of chlorine. The Berkey Light would be a great addition to our household to help us keep a healthy lifestyle.

  262. I’m excited about cleaner tasting water… I have city water and it tastes like chemicals most days.

  263. We have 6 children and water is just about the only thing we drink! Some go through a lot of water… Unfortunately, we also live in Southeast Texas, where chemical refineries abound. I shudder to think of what is in our water!

  264. No matter where we live, we can always have access to clean/fresh/pure water!!!

  265. I am recovering from cancer and other health issues and would really love to have this wonderful water filter to give me healthy water! 🙂

  266. Two things excite us: one is getting the flouride out of the water. The other is that the area we live in is known to be one of the highest in the country for kidney stones. I am positive that filtering the water will help with that!

  267. What excites me most about owning a Berkey is not only clean drinking water for the whole family, but it would be one less thing that I would worry about putting into our bodies-goodbye stress!

  268. Would love to win this. We have been wanting to get a good water filter but cant afford it yet. Trying to pay cash like Dave Ramsey says.

  270. I would love a Berkey. It would be great to have the water out in the open so it would promote great healthy water twofold. My kids would probably drink more water and they would be doing it knowing it is cleaner and more pure for them.

  271. I have been looking into one of these for awhile but haven’t had the money for it! I would love know that my kids are drinking pure and clean water and I wouldn’t have to worry about it! Thank you for this giveaway!

  273. We would love to have a cheap, easy way to have good, fresh, clean water in our house!!! It would be fantastic to have a fantastic way to have healthy, clean water right at our use!

  274. Oops, I have been wanting to get one for months now, but can’t afford it!! We have a LOT of chlorine and other in our water and it just tastes nasty, my kiddos drink lots of water and I’m worried about what nasties they could be getting from the water!!

  275. I was so mad when I found out my fridge didn’t filter out Flouride… If Flouride causes cancer in lab rats why is it in our toothpaste, our mouthwash, and our drinking water?? I have been looking for a solution to this problem because I drink A TON of water. So glad I saw this. Pick my name!! 🙂

  276. Clean water is so important in these days. I would love to win this wwonderful water filter. Thanks!

  278. Would love to win this to bring with us to Africa! Preparing to move there as missionaries. 🙂

  279. I would love to have a water filter that got rid of arsenic and fluoride. I would love for our small kiddos and our new babe to have some cleaner water.

  280. I have been so impressed with the Berkey, but deterred a little by the price, although I know it’s worth every cent. I would be so grateful to win this…crossing my fingers!

  281. Berkey water is some of the best tasting water I have ever had. I love the idea of having it available right on my countertop!

  282. We have a reverse osmosis filter but this looks awesome, too and would help get those chemicals out that the ro doesn’t.

  283. We always buy reverse osmosis water at the store, but I have been wanting to buy a Berkey for a long time. Winning one would be amazing! Thanks for the offer!

  285. I so want a water system like this. I’ve had my eye on the one they sell at our local Mom’s Organic Market, which is very similar and much more expensive. Glad to find this one… Thanks

  286. I have been wanting a water filter in my kitchen for some time now but it seems that every time I’ve had enough money saved, something more immediate has come up! Frustrating! A Berkey would be wonderful!

  287. I would love one of these so much. I have been eyeing it for years, but I just can’t afford one at this time.

  288. Owning this filter would help us to have safe water for our son to drink while he is on the GAPS diet trying to heal his tummy.

  291. Shoshanna, I did the same research to find the best water for my family, and Berkey was my conclusion as well. And when I ordered the Berkey, I also got to choose the fluoride/arsenic filters for free, so all in all it was the BEST investment! This year for mother’s day my hubby bought me a new spigot that shows the water level inside the tank for our Berkey. Would love to win the Berkey Light for travel and trips or to gift one of my friends with!

  292. OOH, I have had one of these on my wish list for a while now, but our budget just hasn’t allowed it. I would love to have nice clean water without all the extra stuff in it for my family!!

  293. I have been saving up so we can get a Berkey for our home filtration system. This would be so wonderful in our home!!

  294. We’ve had our Berkey Light for about 5-6 years now and love it. I was curious about the cost numbers, though. If you were to buy the Berkey at $231 and 6 fluoride/arsenic filters at $61 each (those only last for 1000 gallons), that comes to $597…divide that by 6000 gallons and I get just under 10 cents per gallon. Maybe you’re factoring in something else, though.

    Also was wondering if others have the fluoride/arsenic filters? We added them last year and have never gotten them to work well, despite trouble shooting on the Berkey site. They make the filter extremely slow, to the point where we took them back out. We would LOVE to use these if we could figure out how to make them work properly. Thanks for any help if anyone else has had this problem.

  295. I would love to know that I’m drinking water that is clean and safe. Totally stoked about this giveaway!

  297. I would love to have this! We’ve had a little Brita pitcher filter for years and although it tastes better than tap, it doesn’t filter much.

  298. I’ve been reading about the Berkley and they sound really great! Would love the chance to win one!

  299. I’ve been reading about the Berkley and they sound really great! Would love the chance to win one!

  300. Awesome. I’d love to use this for our family for drinking water and for making water kefir!

  301. I would LOVE to win one of these! To be able to actually purify the water we drink? Priceless! I try to get things to get my family prepared, and the Berkey would be wonderful to have!

  302. I am excited to own a Berkey so that I can stop worrying about the flouride in our water damaging my toddlers teet! Yea!! 🙂

  303. We have one Berkey and couldn’t be happier. However, Baby #9 is on the way and being a family of competitive runners we go through tons of water. Would LOVE to have another Berkey running around the clock! : )

  305. I love the idea of quality, undefiled water that still has taste and nutrients. My family would love this…..all 7 of us.

  306. I NEED something that will filter the fluoride out of my water! I grew up with non-fluoridated well water and never had a cavity, thyroid problems, or skin problems…until I moved to a house with fluoridated city water when I was 33! Now I’m a mess! I also have a 2 year old and I don’t want him to suffer the effects of fluoride poisoning like I am! I’ve gotten my first cavity, have thyroid issues (having trouble getting pregnant too) and my face is a mess! Help!

  307. I have had my eye on a Berkey for awhile…. We have city water. We buy all of our drinking water at this time and would love to be able to filter our water with a quality filter system we can trust.

  308. My husband and I live in a tiny apartment, and the water here tastes like pipes and who-knows-what! We’ve been gimping along with a little pitcher filter, but it really isn’t cutting it. We would love to be able to drink water that we know is clean and GOOD! 🙂

  313. We recently moved to the city in another state. Really miss our clean delicious well water. Would love to have a Berky for teas, kombucha, cooking, drinking… My FIL has one he used in his motor home. Really want one of our own!!!

  314. I have had my eye on one of these for a while, and love that it doesn’t require electricity!

  315. We have been through several hurricanes and access to clean water is an issue everytime. The Berkey would be a great addition.

  317. Berkley Water filtration system is NEEDED in Stonington, CT to take the toxins, chlorine, heavy metals OUT of our drinking/cooking/bathing water! Thanks for the “one-in-a-million” chance to win one!!!!

  318. We have wanted a Berkey for awhile but can never seem to save the money. Seems we keep having children. Could be something in our city water. See I need this.

  319. LOVE this blog! I have been wanting a Berkey forever. It would be such a huge blessing to me and my family if I won 🙂

  320. I have a passion for water! Strange I realize yet it’s so crucial for life! A great tool for clean water.

  322. So glad I found your blog! We go through so much water at my house as it’s really one of hte only things we drink. This has been on my wish list for sometime. I think this is going to be added to the birthday list this year 🙂

  323. I would love to be able to offer this to my family! We currently have a filter, but it pales in comparison! Thank you so much for this opportunity!!

  324. We began using a Brita filter after moving to the city for my husband to attend law school, and thought that was sufficient. But then I began reading Cancer Think Outside the Box from the Bulk Herb Store and read how horrible fluoride and other things are that are added all the time to city water. I grew up on well water, so I had no idea! Definitely would love to have something that removes all the toxins from the water I give my husband and little boy, but the price has always been a bit of a hindrance.

  326. I, like you, have often thought it would be great to own one of these filtering systems. On a school teacher’s salary we have to mind where all our money goes so it’s not been in the budget. This would truly be a blessing. Thanks for the great giveaway.

  328. CLEAN water for my family! I’ve been researching them for a year and saving up – if I don’t win one soon, I’m close to buying it!

  329. I am continually concerned about the fluoride in our water, and have wanted a Berkey for some time. Would LOVE to win one!

  330. Our family strives each day to live a more frugal/sustainable lifestyle in the middle of suburbia. I have found this super challenging at times and think that winning would continue us on our journey! Thanks so much for the opportunity =)

  331. My in-laws have the Big Berkey and we’d love to have one too! The water tastes great!

  332. We have wanted one of these for years now. Then my husband lost his job and we couldn’t afford it. We are slowly trying to save up for one. We have been using a water distiller for years but we love that the Berkey does even better than the distiller AND it leaves the important minerals in the water.

  333. I would LOVE to own one of these, I have a family full of young children and this would be ideal to have an option for healthy water, right now where we’re renting the water smells of sulfur and has “bits” of rock or something in it and we’ve cheap water filters to help with the taste but the filters never last for very long.

    Thanks for all your great information, finding something made in the USA (which is so important), and for even giving away this wonderful product to someone.

    Cheers,
    Ashley

  334. To know that I’ll be drinking GOOD water and that my family will have THE BEST water is awesome!

  337. If I had one of these, I could FINALLY stop worrying about what we’re drinking.

  338. Cool, clean water! Just thinking of how wonderful our ice tea will taste this summer!!
    Hugs!

  339. OOOH< this has been on my wish list forever!!!! I want one BAD…. the stuff in our water is just downright scary, and I would love to stop worrying about what my children are drinking!

  340. I’ve always wanted to get something like this for my families kitchen, we get our water from a well and I just don’t trust it to be safe to drink. It would be nice to be able to quit buying bottled watered.

  342. I would love to know we are drinking pure water without all the harmful stuff in city water.

  343. I’ve wanted a berkey for the longest time…just the thought of all that lovely pure water excites me!

  344. I’ve wanted a Berkey ever since I read about it at the Bulk Herb Store, like a year ago. Our city water is so full of chlorine you can smell it when you turn the tap on, and Britta filters just don’t cut it. I have actually used two Britta pitchers and filtered the water from one through the other before drinking it. Sure would be nice not to have to do that.

  345. Our water is so chlorinated that guests who don’t live in our town gag on it. Or it smells like a pool. I think it would be lovely to offer truly clear water!

  346. i am so stinkin’ excited about this giveaway and really hoping i win. i struggle big time with the whole water issue and had never heard of the berkey until this blogpost and it seems so so SO amazing.

  347. Having good really clean water for our family!! I’ve heard such great things about the Berkey and I’d love to give it a try!

  349. We’ve just started thinking about buying a filtration system and this one looks great!

  351. We’d LOVE to have cleaner water! Our city water is yucky. Just talking the other day about water filtration systems with my lovely husband. 🙂 Thanks so much for the chance to enter! 🙂

  352. My husband and I having been looking and looking for a good way to drink healthy water. I ran across one of these in the CO-OP i belong to but just couldn’t afford it. I would love to use this in my home.

  354. I dream of never seeing “floaties” ever again in my glass of water. Is it really possible?

  356. I’ve had my eye on a Berkey for awhile now and finally did some real research on it yesterday. My husband and I feel this is the best option for clean drinking water. Thanks for this great giveaway. It’s like a confirmation for us that we should have one. 🙂

  357. We so need one of these as we just moved back to town where we have city water again, yuck!!! We really need one so we can have good water to drink.

  358. This would be so perfect for my family of 8. Our water has alot of hard minerals. My kidneys start to hurt and then I need to purchase distilled water for a while.

  359. Oh, what a great give-a-way. We are on well water and would love to know it is super clean after the Berkey does it’s job. Love your site.

  361. well, this is one of our sustainable goals – water in the desert! this product makes a lot of sense. i was just reading the water system book with the kids. ugh, it actually brags about adding ‘ safe’ chemicals to our water! no, thank you.

  363. We have a britta filter and everytime I use it I wonder if it is really making much difference. My husband does not want to spend the money on higher quality filters so this giveaway would be so awesome to win! sounds awesome! thanks for writing about it!

  365. Knowing that it would be safe and healthy for my family. I personally have never liked tap water and so for several years we have been having Ozarka Spring Water Delivered, but again I am not sure how safe it is in those plastic jugs. A berkey system would be a true blessing to our family!

  366. They say that a Berkey Light Water System is the best one can buy. Thank you so much for sharing about it with your readers. This is a great contest! 🙂

  367. It excites me to own a Berkey because we cant afford to buy one so to win one would be AWESOME! I like the idea of having clean water for my kids

  370. I’ve been wanting to get a water filter for a couple years now but my husband doesn’t want to dish out the money and he won’t research.

  372. I’ve heard and read so many good things about Berkey Filters that I’d love to have one.

  373. Clean water is what excites me! We drink city water and I hate it but also hate how much reliable filters cost. Winning the Berkley would be awesome! Thanks for the chance!

  374. I love fresh clean water..one thing i hate about most water is that in most you can see trace elements floating inside..nasty

  375. I have researched many water options and the Berkey sounds like the all around best. I would LOVE to win one for my family.

  376. I’ve had my eye on one of these and I was just researching it more yesterday. My husband and I feel this is the best option of getting good drinking water at home. What a blessing it would be to win…saying a prayer 🙂

  377. Wow what.a great giveaway! I have pretty good well water but this would make it even better.

  379. My family and I would love to win this Berkey because having clean, safe, healthy water is extremely important to us!! Hope we win!! 🙂

    Danielle

  381. DH and I have been looking for a good water filter and Berkley came highly recommended. We’d love to win this one!!

  382. I have been looking for something like this! I, too, don’t trust the little faucet attached filter that we have now. It doesn’t seem to work at all.

  384. This would be great to have. less of a pain then refilling the pitcher filter I currently have. 🙂

  386. I’m so excited about the Berkey. I want to own the Big Berkey and this one. I love that it works with gravity and the water is so clean. I love that it you can get filters to also filter fluoride and arsenic. Love Love Want!!

  387. Would love one of those our city water is pretty gross . Really need to have addsome clean water

  388. This would be awesome to have especially with our son recovering from a bone marrow transplant after having leukemia, and he can’t drink our well water.

  389. I would like to own this because it would provide us with healthy drinking water! My 3 kids would be able to get their own yummy water 🙂

  391. Wow, have you ever had so many comments?!
    I guess a lot of us think a Berkey would be a good addition to our households! I certainly do!

  392. We just received a letter from our city regarding our city water. It contains cancer causing agents (can not remember of the exact name of them off hand) and has for 30+ years!! But the citizens are just now being informed about it! Nice of them to finally tell us!! Hmmmmmm, maybe this has something to do with our county having the highest cancer rate in our state!! Grrrrrrrrrr!!!! Would love love love to win one!!!

  393. I just found out I tested positive for Lupus. I am trying lots of things to help me with feeling better. I would love to have the Berkeyto see if it would help the Lupus.

  394. Thank you for hosting this giveaway! I’ve been “coveting” the Berkey line for some time now. We use a little Brita but I know the Berkey would filter out much more. We have very hard, very heavily chlorinated water because we live on an island. We know we’ll be moving this fall and two of the places on the list have very hard water as well, one with a very bad sulfur smell to the area’s water. What a blessing it would be to have a Berkey on the counter instead of dealing with what would still be left in our Brita!

  395. We have well water, but with so many farms around us, I would love to have a berkey to filter it just in case.

  398. I would love to win one of these! I’ve been struggling with decisions about what water is our best option. Purer water would be great!

  399. I would be so excited to win this. I do a lot of thinking on preparedness and I always wonder if storing hundreds of gallons. That takes up a lot of room! So this would be perfect. So awesome!

  400. What excites me the most about the possibility of owning a Berkey filter is the peace of mind that would come from knowing my family is not drinking water that is unhealthy for them.

  401. We live in a semi-rural area, and although we have a water system we are hooked-up to, they put HUGE amounts of chlorine in the water. It smells like pool water coming out of the tap. I would love one of these so we could feel safer drinking our own tap water. Thanks so much for doing this giveaway! 🙂

  402. We’re moving to a new house, and leaving our RO filter behind. We’ve been wondering about the best option for filtering water at our new house, and I think this may be it!

  403. We run through filters in our Brita like crazy…. I would love to have this available for my family to be assured that they are getting the safest drinking water around and without having to change those dang filters so often like we are now.

  404. We currently have a filter on our faucet, for our well water. It would be great to win one!

  405. With young children it is so important to do what we can to have them be healthy. I am really excited that Berkley offers drinking in peace with having pure water. Thank you.

  406. yes for clean water!! We have a pur filter system now, but it ca be real slow.

  407. I would love to own a Berkey! We have been dreaming of owning one for a long time!

  408. I was just about to order a Berkey when I saw this giveaway posted on fb by BulkHerb and wondered if it was Providential! Thank you.

  409. I would love to enter this. I have been drooling for sometime over a Berkey. However, I can’t get the linky to work right (?) == it always asks to sign up to make one and then goes no further. Am I missing something simple here?

  410. We drink a lot of water in my family and this Berkey water system would be so nice to have nice and clean fresh water.

  411. I would love to have one of these to be sure my family is getting the safest, purest water possible.I have a 15-month-old and a baby due ANY MINUTE and would love the peace of mind this would give.

  413. Not having to buy bottled, less trash since we won’t have to throw away plastic bottles, and cleaner water for my family means we stay healthier!

  414. I have used the faucet filter, and the container with the filter. The faucet filter was a pain to change, and the container filter left little black specks of the charcoal. Just seemed……to simple to be healthy. Back to bottles water (where DOES it come from?) and plastic to deal with. This system seems to be safer and eco-friendly.

  415. I have Brita water bottles, and love them, but my kids don’t get to use them when I have them with me and they aren’t as well, so this would be AWESOME.

  416. I really like that fact that the system doesn’t use electricity to filter the water. Not only does it save money from buying bottled water, but it saves money on electricity, too.

  417. I try not to think about the water I am drinking since I don’t have the money yet to own a really good filter system like Berkey.

    Once I do, I’ll be so happy to drink fresh delicious water 🙂 I think my betta fish General Hemingway would also enjoy to live in fresh chemical-free water too!

  418. We live in Michigan now and fortunately live by a place that sells spring water for 50 cents a gallon. But we are planning on moving to Virginia soon, and all I keep reading about it their newspapers is how bad the water is there. I know that when we move there I need to invest in a clean water system, so I have been looking for something like this! Thanks for the chance to comment 🙂

  419. With this I would be able to offer my family a better choice and safer water and it’s an off the grid appliance!!

  420. Living in the city, I would so love to have real clean water! I cannot wait to see who wins!

  421. Do you know how this compares to RO water? That is what we are currently using for drinking/cooking water. Would love another alternative.
    Julia

  422. We also just have a cheap filter and I would love to know that my family was drinking fully purified water!

  424. I have been looking at Berkeys for a long time. I would love to have a good source of pure water.

  426. Berkey’s are great!
    Without one, my son gets stomach cramps from the water. We take ours on vacation: it’s wonderful that they’re portable. I’ve had mine for about 3 or 4 years. The distributor from whom we bought replaced our filters free, even though I felt it was our own fault the filters separated from their base when the entire canister fell over in our car while driving around a corner.
    If I win one I’d give it to one of my sisters, both of whom have it on their “wish list.” Thanks for the opportunity and the great website.

  428. I would love to have a Berkey; for the health reasons and I bet the water tastes wonderful.

  429. We have well water and have farmland that borders our property. I don’t even want to know what kind of goodies are lurking around at the bottom of our well! Clean water I can truly trust to be clean would be great!

  430. I have been looking at the Berkey water filters for awhile. I like the idea of having clean water for herbal teas and infusions.

  431. Would love to win this Berkey system! Our well water has “changed” and I really don’t care for the reverse osmosis setup… Currently using bottled and distilled. Need help!! Thanks for this timely info for a wonderful product!

  433. This would be awesome to win. I’m currently using a Brita water pitcher, and while I’m sure it’s better than nothing, the filter isn’t catching everything. Thanks for this opportunity!

  434. I love the Bulk Herb Store. I wish there was a local store in my area so I could just spend hours browsing. I had never heard of the Berkey system but I want one!

  435. My partner and I use a Brita filter we acquired for free, since we’re broke college students. I think this is definitely an upgrade we need.

  436. I would love to win this! We use a small Zero Water filter, but it is very slow and only purifies a small amount of water at a time. Thanks for the chance to improve our drinking water!

  438. Would love to win this system! I do not like the taste of tap water and do not trust bottled water. I am using a pur filter system right now and know it doesn’t get everything that it needs to be taken out of the water but figured it helps. I know the things they are adding to our water are not good for us and is causing alot of the medical problems my husband is having along with the medical problems everyone else in the world is having. We have a well but is unsafe to drink this would be perfect to have not only for the tap water to be filtered through but for the well water in time of emergency! I really want to win!

  439. Our city tap water is the nastiest stuff I’ve ever tasted, I hate to think about what is in it that makes it so horrible. We would love to win this!

  440. My county decided to fluoridate the water, and my last two childrens teeth have suffered, and I am sure this is why. I”ve heard of collecting rain water, and looked for filter’s but unsure if these otc filters will filter out the flouride. I need to tackle this water issue to provide good health for my family.

  443. I would love to win! We can walk a couple blocks to a co-op and get great filtered water for $0.37/gallon so we haven’t gotten our own system yet, but it would save us some money & lots of time if I got one of these for free 😉

  445. My husband and I have looked at this system, but with a new baby on the way hopefully closing on a house soon its just not in the budget. Our water is so hard and yucky I would love to have one of these to help us in our journey to go off grid!

  447. I have been trying to figure out how to fit one in our budget, so I would be ecstatic to win!

  448. I’d love to try this for my family. New Jersey just passed a law requiring all the water in the state be fluoridated! YUCK!!!

  449. Our water smells like sulfur and tastes awful. We have tried several water filtration systems over the years. I have seen the Berkey but the price has deterred me. I guess if you add up the price of all the bottled water over the years it wouldn’t seem like much. I would love to win one and get to enjoy fresh water w/o tons of plastic bottles waiting to be recycled. Thanks for offering the generous giveaway.

  451. I wish I could win one!
    Nothing better than to have nice, clean, fresh, healthy water for the whole family.

  452. I would love most having the knowledge that the water I provide for my family for drinking and for creating our food is safe and pure.

  453. Wow! What an awesome product. We use a filtered pitcher and would love something like this. Thanks for the chance to win! Diane

  454. I would be so excited for this, so that I can stop worrying about the quality of the tap water I am giving my family, vs. the destruction bottled water is doing to our planet.

  456. Having a Berkey water filtration system would be fantastic! I love this blog and all the helpful tips that we get!

  457. I purchase a lot of bottled water, gallons and smaller ones. This would be awesome!

  458. I’d love to win this for my dear friends. I already have a Berkey, and we love it. I’d buy one for everyone if I could. I can’t… so hoping to win this for my friends who haul filtered water home from the co-op each week and are raising two healthy, organic, attached young kids. Good luck to us!

  459. This is such a wonderful item. My DH has one at his work and raves about it. I have a thyroid condition and have to watch what I eat and drink. Something like this would really help out. Thank you!

  460. What I would love the most about this Berkey is knowing I am giving my family the best, cleanest drink on earth (next to natural spring water, of course!)

  461. This is awesome! and my dogs and I would LOVE LOVE to win it!!! We drink a lot of water 😉

  462. Living in what has been mountain top removal country and is also now quickly becoming fracking country, clean water is becoming more and more of a scarcity for us. would love to have a more reliable method to filter our water!

  463. This would be awesome. The standard water filters just do not get the bad taste out of our city water.

  465. Andrea, many thanks to you and to the Bulk Herb Store for an opportunity to win the water filtering system. I would love to be more confident in the water that my family is drinking. What an awesome opportunity to have good, fresh, clean water! Again, many thanks! Am loving your blog and am learning so much! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all!

  466. Not having to worry about crap in my water and hopefully getting the chance to start making my own fermented foods & drinks. 🙂

  467. What a great giveaway!! This sounds like exactly what we have been looking for. The water in our area is terrible.

  468. I would love knowing that I would be able to provide clean drinking water for my family in emergencies.

  470. I do already own a Berkey and unfortunately have had many issues with it which has been disappointing. Still, I did do my research and believe that it is one of the best. I also use the fluoride filters which increase the benefits.

  471. This is all new to me but anything i can do to protect my family, I am sooooo interested in. Thank you so much for the blog, I am learning so much.

  475. I typically don’t drink water for a number of reasons ……… trace pharmecutical drugs, don’t like the taste, don’t like plastic and many other reasons. I know it is good for me but so hard to do. I think possibly owning this system would increase my ability to drink water. MAY BE.

  476. I have been on field trips to our water treatment facility…worst field trips ever! My children and I have been trying to live more sustainably, frugal, green and crunchy, this amazing filter system is definately not in our budget but, would be amazing to have! Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!

  479. I have city water, and every year I get a little “report card” of the water quality. It lists all the things in the water, most of which are things I do not want to put in my body. But the report card tells me that “It’s okay, the traces are so minute that it poses no health risk.” I’m sorry, I don’t care what “minute” or “allowable” quantities they are. I don’t want them in my water, period!

  480. We’ve been working towards healthier food and a healthier house…this would be a great addition, since I haven’t gotten to the water yet (we use reverse osmosis, but it’s a pain to go buy it)!

  481. I would LOVE to own a Berkey! We have been looking at buying one and well winning one would make it sooooooo much better! We are like everyone working our way to a healthier lifestyle! Thanks for the opportunity to *maybe* win one! 🙂

  483. We get hurricanes and the water system can be contaminated, so a Berkey Water filter would be a godsend. I’d love to see how well it works and whether I could replace my sinktop filter with one.

  485. While I know that I *should* drink water, I have yet to find a filter that I am happy with and is affordable so I can drink water without the added taste from the extras. I have wanted a Berkey for a while, but with a large family it hasn’t been practical thus far. 🙁 Hoping I win one!

  486. We have city water, so I would very much like having some fresh, clean water from a Berkey. We have a store bought pitcher filter, and it seems like we have to fill it up every 5 mintues. Having almost 3 gallons of filtered water sitting on the counter would also be such a time saver for our family. And we would save money on buying the filters!

  488. We would love being able to have water that tasted good. Our city water is really bad, even sometimes we are told you need to boil it first. My aunt has a Berkley, and it is wonderful! I’ve been wanting one for a while!

  489. What excites me the most about it would be that it’s better than other filters. And I’d have enough water to cook with, too.

  490. What excites me most? Being prepared, having a secure source of clean water, and keeping my family healthy!

  492. Clean water! YAY! so many people are sick these days from the water they drink. This sounds awesome!

  494. What a generous givaway! I would LOVE to try a Berkey! Been battling many health issues and hormone imbalances – I wish more people understood the effects of EVERYTHING we put into our bodies. Especially the stuff we can’t see and don’t know about it. Good clean water is fundemental to good health! Thank you for this offer:)

  495. We have a standard water filter pitcher that we use religiously (and refill too many times a day to count), despite knowing it doesn’t do everything we want or need. As you stated in the article, it’s what we have. A wonderful product like the Berkey would be a enormous blessing for my family. With more and more contaminants being found in our water and food supplies, we have to do everything possible to keep our families healthy. The knowledge of clean, pure, water being available would be a wonderful step in that direction.

  497. Large quantities of clean water is what excite me most about this filter system! We have a very small filter in our house that has to be replaced a lot. This would be a huge blessing!

  498. Peace of mind. I have concerns about the current water filter I am using,(It attaches under the sink and the filters leave a lot to be desired) and find after research the Berkley would handle these concerns, I also like that it does this without electricity. Yeah for clean water. Thank you for the opportunity Bulk Herb Store, Berkley and Andrea.

  499. With Berkley filter system, you could drink river water, say if the world goes into survival mode. Nothing to install at the sink.

  500. our water is horrible. it makes my childrens skin peel off, hair dry out, dishes look aweful with a nasty film eats pipes and washers (in the spigot). tried to get a purification system was told they wont work in my area it destroys their equiptment. I smell bleach when I run water and it scares me.

  501. We go to the store and get our 5 gallon bottles refilled.
    I am sure that water is nothing more than glorified tap
    Water. This would be so much healthier and we wouldn’t
    Have to go anywhere to get it 🙂

  503. would just love to be confident that the water I’m giving my kids is as good as it can be

  506. It would be great and refreshing to have a tall glass of fresh, healthy water. Thanks for the opportunity to receive a great product. 🙂

  507. My family drinks a lot of water and also uses a lot to make tea and cook with. A Berkley would be a great addition to out kitchen. I can’t drink the water from the tap or refridgerator because of the chemicals and taste, and I can’t bring myself to but bottled water, so I end up not drinking as much water as I need to. The Berkley would help me reach my RDI of water!!

  509. Being able to filter out all the crud from our water would be great! My teenage daughter has bad spots on her teeth from flouride. I worry about my 2 younger boys having the same problem.

  510. I’m getting married in a few months, and it’s really important to me to start off our new life making the right choices about our health. Pure, clean water is a great way to do that!

  511. I have been practically losing sleep about what is in our drinking water. We have a regular filter in our fridge, but I am not sure how reliable it really is. We have 4 kids and I want to make sure they aren’t getting all those toxins when they drink. I have been considering reverse osmosis but that is sooooo expensive. I will certainly be looking into the Berkey.

  512. I hate our well water. It smells and leaves me with an upset stomach. Filtration pitchers just dont cut it, and I’m tired of buying jugs of water! I’d love to try this system out!!!!

  514. I would have to say having actual CLEAN water. Where I live the level of chemicals in the water make a glass of water give you cotton mouth so I’ve resorted to bottled water.

  515. I really really need to have water free of fluoride and other toxins for health reasons. This filter is one of the only products that will do this!

  516. We’re currently going through a nutritional healing process ~ switching to traditional foods and working to add more probiotic foods into our lives. This would help so much, since city water isn’t the best for making ferments. 🙂

  519. I’d love to have the berkley to filter my water before I alkaline it – we have a water pitcher to make it alkaline. Alkaline water is a good thing!

  522. I would love to have the Berkey filter system to have good tasting water to drink. This might help me drink more water! 😎

  523. I would love to be able to filter out all the chemicals & additives…we drink a LOT of water!

  524. I WOULD LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a great water filter in our home! THANK YOU for the chance!

  525. I would be most excited to know that my family is drinking the purest water we can get!!

  526. So that I can give my children pure wonderful water without fear of giving them dangerous things.

  527. So mad to hear that San Diego barely passed the water quality inspection! Hope to have safer water soon!

  532. i have been saving up my “swagbucks” on amazon to buy a berkey but im verryyyyyy far off. its been on my wishlist ever since i made a commitment for healthy living for myself and my family. the water here where i live in texas is HORRIBLE! im from New England and we had yummy fresh spring water….there is such a difference
    this would make me so happy! thanks for the chance!
    *kelly
    [email protected]

  533. What an awesome idea! We live in an area where we constantly get warnings in the water bill, so even a filter on the sink doesn’t make us feel very comfortable.

  534. I’d love to be able to have this system and have fresh water so readily available for my family.

  538. Wow! How great is it that this is a giveway! What a great way of making our house more healthy! This is something that I definetly would want! This is very generous and thank you for the oppertunity!

  539. This has been on our list forever and I am excited about getting a chance to win one! 🙂

  540. never heard of this filter system until now and reading the info really got me wanting one

  541. This would be fabulous to win. We drink a ton of water and having a filter like this would be wonderful.

  542. My new year’s resolution was to drink more water because I really don’t get enough. I have been doing better, but it’s hard because my city’s water isn’t the best tasting. I use a Brita filter, but they really aren’t very economical, and honestly, I don’t know how well they work. I would love to have a system like this that would allow me to drink lots of yummy water – and to ensure that my kitties drink yummy water too!

  543. It would be rather cool to have a portable potable water system! Our water is barely tolerable; I would love to win!

  544. I’ve been looking into water filteration systems latley…it would be really great to WIN one!

  547. Wow! I have never seen this system but it looks fantastic! Just what my family and I need in order to be certain we are having fresh, clean, pure water all the time. Thank you for the opportunity!
    Be well. 🙂

  548. I have been wanting to get a filter of some type, just not sure which one. There are rusty pipes in this house we are renting so we really need some type of filter. I will be keeping eyes on winning this filter, since I don’t have the money right now to buy a filter of my own and then I won’t have to buy bottled water anymore.

  549. Great water filters! After a week straight of dirty water due to road construction this is exactly what we need.

  552. My dad is always urging me to use fresh water and this would make it possible. I would love to win one. Thanks for the opportunity.

  554. What a neat little system. We’re about to be on well water, but I could still see this being really handy for camping!

  555. Would be so thrilled to win this! Also glad to know it’s available should I suddenly have that kind of extra dough around…

  556. These filters from what I have read are the best filters on the market! I am amazed at them, and hope that I can win, so my family can stop buying bottled water!

  557. Owning a Berkey Water Filter would make a world or difference in my home because I am currently unable to filter out chlorine – an exciting prospect for my family’s health! Thank you!

  558. Thankyou so much for this giveaway! What excites me most about this giveaway is the ability to have fresh, healthy clean water to drink! We have horrible water that not only stinks but also taste bad..I buy our water at the moment. Need this filter system so bad! I would drink more water if I won this!

  559. I’d like to win! As someone who’s moved around quite a bit in the U.S. and Central America, I can say that clean, unpolluted drinking water is something I feel everyone should to have access to.

  560. I would to win this and get clean water! I have a friend who has one and I’ve admired ever since she got it. Thanks for the entry!

    • What excites me is that is a way to get clean, great tasting water. Also that you do not have to use electricity to get the water is a great plus. We got to be green and frugal as much as we can.

  561. I’d LOVE to win! I have 5 kids and right now I buy filtered water from the store, but it would be great to have a system in my house!!

  562. We would LOVE to have this! I think we all take for granted the ability to have clean drinking water – but how clean is it really?

  563. Tonight, my husband & I were just talking about getting a water purifying system! We would love love love to win this!!!

  564. The idea of water purification while retaining the good minerals is absolutely wonderful and something I didn’t even know was possible!! This is something i would gladly put on my counter! Thanks to you and the company for the chance to win one!! ANd for bringing it to my attention so that if I don’t win I can buy one(after I save up;)!!

  565. I am fascinated by this product and the special filters, because all of the research I have done about removing fluoride says it’s not possible with out reverse osmosis. I am frankly tired of lugging home jugs of water every week and would love an in-home system. We don’t have room under our sink to put in a RO system of our own, so I have been resolve to getting RO from my local health food store. Great giveaway!

  567. We have a well, and the pump is failing. That stirs up the bottom dirt, consequently causing our water to be impure for a number of days each time the pump fails. A Berkey would assure us that we were drinking clean water. It would be a thrilling thing to win!

  569. my in-laws have something like this and it’s fabulous! I’d love to have one of these.

  570. Would love to be able to stop buying water in plastic bottles, but our towns system hasn’t passed their own tests for bacteria limits in years! And it tastes horrible!

  574. I would love to win this! The most exciting thing about it, to me, is that my kids would be able to get their own clean and delicious water so easily!

  577. WOW!!!! What a fabulous gift! Always on my list…we want, need, desire a Berkey! Thank-you for this opportunity! Blessings for all you share with us!

  578. The Berkey is much needed in our home!!! We are currently in an area of the U.S. where they are fracking for natural gas. It has killed our water quality. We also have town water were they put flouride in the water. Happy Mother’s Day:)

  579. I’ve seen the Berkey recommended on Sustainable Living websites I’ve visited. It would be great to own one.

  580. I am so excited about this giveaway! Many years ago, when I had well water, I was using a tap filtration system to remove the impurities and improve taste, and even starting using a delivery system; however, I wasn’t using it for all the right reasons. Like everyone else, I was conditioned to believe that fluoride was essential to dental health. What a fool I was! In fact, for many years after that I continued to follow the masses (I was a sheeple) with the belief about this poison, and didn’t use a filter with my tap water. To make matters even worse, we were absorbing more fluoride by brushing our teeth with toothpaste that contained it. I couldn’t come up with a guess if I tried about how much we had consumed over the years. Honestly, with all the scientific proof out there about the damaging affects of fluoride, I cannot believe this chemical is still allowed in toothpaste, especially brands marketed to children. Even the ADA is pushing it, claiming it is necessary for us and our children. But as I have been improving my dietary intake through better food choices and consuming organics, resulting in a net weight loss of nearly 100 pounds in just over a year, not to mention feeling better than I have in over 20 years, I have received my wake-up call about fluoride. I now use toothpaste without it, and have been diligently trying to avoid tap water at all cost. I could really use this Berkey system. It definitely seems to be the best out there, and most cost-effective with return on investment as well. Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this giveaway. Here’s to good health for us all!!! 😀

  582. The most exciting thing is getting rid of Fluoride, I have a 2 year old and I try and avoid it at all cost. I use a water filter now on my faucet as I haven’t bought bottled water in years. But to get rid of the fluoride would just be great!!

  583. My well cover is rotting and falling into the well! Sure would be nice to not have that rotten wood taste in my water!

  587. water is my favorite drink and most important part in living healthily. Esp for my 70 yr old father too. We like to drink water. This would be amazing to try. Thank you! LeeAnn.

  588. I live in an area where we have to filter or buy our water during the summer months. This would be great!!!

  590. Fluoride and other toxins are a concern for me- this would be a great addition to my kitchen!

  592. Our family is trying to drink more water but it tastes so much of chemicals. This would be wonderful!

  594. OMG! Thank you sooo much I too have been dreaming of a Burkey, fingers crossed wishing you alll the best of luck and thank YOU for offering the giveaway I have liked and shared this with my outstanding fans! Cheers all!

  595. What a huge weight off our shoulders it would be to stop worrying if the water our family drinks is actually safe and healthy. Thank you for the chance to win!

  596. $300 for a system that will run without electricity AND remove all the industrial nasties sounds like a steal. We’re using a cheap Brita on questionable city water at the moment. Only saving grace is we’re so far out in the boonies, I doubt the “city” does much during the treatment process!

  597. This is an awesome give-away! I’m also wary of the “extras” in town water…when I lived at my parents, it didn’t matter, b/c they only had well water (although I’m sure there are some extra minerals in there as well, but we didn’t get sick from it). I really miss fresh well water….should put that on my wish list! lol Thanks for a chance to win!

  598. This would be amazing to win. it’s scary all of the things they are putting in our water and food. I’m trying to go as natural with everything as I possibly can.

  599. I have YUCKY city water. It smells like bleach, tastes like bleach and i’m positive theirs flouride in it!!! I think that about says it all!!!

  604. I’d love to own one of these for the simple fact that If I have to drink tap water, I don’t drink water at all. It’s terrible…my mom worked for Edmontons water and sanitation dept yrs ago and she tells me that often the water isn’t safe to drink but they don’t tell us…no duh since it tastes so bad! Lol. We drink culligan but it would be amazing not to have to lug the darn bottles of water home..mixed with the fact that home depot never has them in stock.

  605. The thought of having such a great water purification/filtration system would make me feel so much better about all of the water my husband and I drink! Brita filters only do so much for LA City water.

  606. This looks like it would be very easy to use. I like that it holds 2.75 gals of water. I drink more water if I have good water.

  607. I would have to say that it would save money in the long run. Our tap water is horrible, so we must buy our water.

  608. Seems safe and cute to me! Would love giving it a shot! I always need to drink more water!

  609. This looks great!! Our family drinks only water!! We currently just have a filter on the faucet, but with as much water as we drink we go through a lot!!! This would be wonderful!!

  612. I would love to have a Berkey for my family’s health! I am working through mercury toxicity and my husband is trying to keep cancer at bay since he’s lost 3 of his immediate family members to the disease. We know having clean, pure water helps flush toxins out of our bodies and also agree with you that the Berkey is the best filter for the job!

  614. My toddler seems to always be sick and I think adding pure water to his regimen would greatly help improve his immune system.

  615. Nothing is more important than clean fresh water! I have been looking for a filtration system that removes all the chemicals and bacteria that Berkey does. What a wonderful opportunity and thanks for bringing this filtration system to our attention.

  617. I would love to have a water purification source that will work even during an emergency. I have two rain barrels and it rains here frequently, so to have a way to purify water if necessary would be awesome! We also camp a lot, and make roadtrips. I could see this getting a lot of use in our family.

  618. I would love to win one of these!! I usually buy the bottled water until recently when I learned of everything still in it. 🙁 This would solve all my water problems and I love that you dont need electric to run it!!

  620. I would love to have something like this in my home. My children go through water like crazy!