Ive found several places selling the 2 packs of the ceramic filter elements for $60-$65. What are the benefits to the stainless steel cans? Im just guessing here but it might be something to do with long-term usage and keeping it clean and free of "funky tastes" that often get associated with plastic water bottles.
Takes four hours with just the one filter. Its a 20,000 gallon filter.
Yes, the main thing more filters does is filtering water faster. But with my setup I can easily do up to 20 gallons per day. Plus I have a compact, portable Doulton kit that will do 2.5 gallons at a time. Plus I've a pressure canner set up as a still that will do 3 gallons at a time.
Arklatex (08-07-2014),omegabrock (08-08-2014)
The stainless steel containers seems more marketing then anything. Looks pretty on the kitchen counter.
Go to amazon & type in Doulton ceramic filters. Alot cheaper then buying from a stick & brick. That two pack of filters is $40.
Arklatex (08-07-2014),omegabrock (08-08-2014),Slippy (08-07-2014)
I am sure it is that and some marketing hype.
I bought one because it was a one-stop solution and I do not have to worry about "did I make a mistake" cobbling one together. Plus, it does stack together nicely so it takes a minimum of space in the prep room. Could you build something better, for less money? Absolutely. But I just wanted to be able to check off the "clean water" box on our prepper checklist as quickly as possible.
omegabrock (08-08-2014)
Doulton sales the same thing at about $100 less.
The backwoodsman http://www.backwoodsmanmag.com/ had an article on building your own water filters. Want to say it was just a couple of months ago. I'd drop them an email or call them they're pretty good about answering
You guys are awesome
Coppertop (08-08-2014)