James Yeager - Disaster Must Haves

[esrice]

Anyone ever heard of these things?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFgvHN2ABk8[/ame]

 

[Stainer]

I've heard of the Berkey. Lots of survival guys have them on their lists of stuff you need. With many of them carrying the smallest berkey in their BOB's. Never even thought about needing a grain mill.

 

[indygunguy]

I've got a Big Berkey. It rocks. We have it for disaster preparedness, but we use it every day because the water from our tap tastes like crap, and this thing takes care of it.

They are not cheap, but they filter ALL the nasty stuff... and if I ever really need it I'll be very glad I've got it.

EDIT: And Yeager is right, if you only use 2 filters in it the water goes through really slow. I'm going to upgrade to 4 filter elements.

 

[Shay]

Never even thought about needing a grain mill.

There will be a vendor demoing and selling grain mills at the 1500. It's a good chance to try before you buy.

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Most people think only about short term solutions to food disruptions. A grain mill is very important if you want flour a year or two from now.

 

[NathanJefferson]

Not a fan of the Berkey company, they don't stand by their product. They have had quite a few defective filters go out in the past few years and luckily they will exchange them if you perform a non conclusive test(I ran this test when I first put my filter together and later the filters failed) on them and pay a fee.

You pay a premium price and people are betting their lives on them; but you definitely aren't always getting what you paid for.

 

[Constructionist]

I respect the fact that he openly admits there are greater experts on the subject than he.

 

[Johnson]

A grain mill is definitely a must have for any plan beyond the first two weeks.

As was noted in a post above, I am the vendor that will be at the Indy 1500 this weekend, and I will have the Country Living Grain Mill, the Wondermill Jr., The Family Grain Mill and the Victorio mills on display. You can try them all out and see how they work. We will be offering an INGO discount if you let us know your username.

I and another long time INGO member are the owners and we will both be there, but we aren't an INGO advertiser (yet) so I want to be respectful of Mike and his site and leave it at that.

-Brian

 

[cosermann]

It's also a good idea to have a spare parts kit for your Country Living mill. If you're using it regularly for a family, parts will wear out; not the least of which are the burrs.

 

[marinemom]

We have the Royal Berkey and LOVE it! We have had it about a year and use it daily. It is portable if need be. They will have them on display at the 1500, but we bought ours through another company. The filters need to be replaced after about 5000 gallons, so you should stock extras.
We also have an electric grain mill. I have looked into the Country Living Mill. I just can't justify the cost at the moment since mine works fine. Again, it's electric, so in a SHTF scenario, it would need a power source to be useful. In my opinion, both are great items to invest in if you will use them.

 

[indygunguy]

Not a fan of the Berkey company, they don't stand by their product. They have had quite a few defective filters go out in the past few years and luckily they will exchange them if you perform a non conclusive test(I ran this test when I first put my filter together and later the filters failed) on them and pay a fee.

You pay a premium price and people are betting their lives on them; but you definitely aren't always getting what you paid for.

What brand do you prefer for these types of water filters?

 

[NathanJefferson]

I bought some of these Water Filtration Systems. World's Leading Water Treatment Technologies

pretty much the exact same thing, different company. (cheaper too!)

http://doultonusa.com/HTML pages/portable_systems.htm

 

[marinemom]

I have to make a correction. We actually have the crown Berkey. It's the big one. We only have 2 filters in use right now and it is sufficient for our clan of 6. We fill it every evening and it is our source for drinking water daily.
I did play with the Country Living Mill at the 1500 this weekend. It is a nice piece of machinery. I may have to put that on my wishlist. It was much easier to crank by hand than I thought it would be.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I have a couple of the bathtub water Bobs. Have yet to use one.

 

[Apokalypsi]

I bought some of these Water Filtration Systems. World's Leading Water Treatment Technologies

pretty much the exact same thing, different company. (cheaper too!)

Portable Gravity Fed Water Filters. British Berkefeld/Doulton

I'm curious how many GPH it puts out. Assuming 50 gallons per day(24hrs) like it claims, that's no better than the travel Berkey only with a larger holding capacity. Plus, the travel Berkey could do more GPH with two filters than the Doulton LP-5 with 5. I definitely want to know more as I like the Doulton better for a few reasons, but if it's no better than the travel Berkey, I may choose the Berkey instead.