Why RO specifically? I love my Berkey personally.
I'm not sure RO is always the best way to go. It's expensive and uses a lot of water when it back flows. My well doesn't require more than a sediment filter. If you're filtering municipal water, a carbon filter is all you need to remove the chlorine taste. An RO is typically only needed when you have a dirty well with many dissolved solids, and perhaps that's the case for you.
This is our case also.
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An RO is typically only needed when you have a dirty well with many dissolved solids, and perhaps that's the case for you.
Or anywhere with hard water. Or when you want to remove pollutants that aren't affected by carbon, like nitrates, salt, fluoride, arsenic, and other heavy metals.
Fluoride removal.
Berkey's have a fluoride removal element you can add. My only real gripe with them is no end of life indicators.
And no NSF certification. Have you sent the water to a laboratory to see if they're really removing what they claim?
Whereas R.O. filters, once backflushed, last far longer w/o a cartridge replacement. Pros and cons really, no cartridge to replace, but low pressure RO systems take a considerable amount of water to backflush.
Do Berkeys remove calcium and magnesium? If you live where there's hard water it wrecks your coffee makers, kettles, irons, humidifiers, and other devices that heat water.
Plus, Berkeys aren't NSF certified. They can claim whatever they want, but without independent laboratory verification I don't buy it.
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