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Brent S said:
The only thing I didn't see was a personal water filter. Drinking from any water source that your body isn't familiar with is asking for trouble.
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I do have a filter straw and water bottle with internal filter but really want to move up to a hand pump filter. The filter straw is just not practicale in the flat and swampy areas around me. You would have to lay in mud to use the straw. Not fun.
 
Brent S said:
The only thing I didn't see was a personal water filter. Drinking from any water source that your body isn't familiar with is asking for trouble.
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I use puritabs rather than a water filter primarily because this is a GHB rather than a full on BOB, plus being a maniac TEA drinker 99% of the water I use is boiled :)
 
Silent Earth said:
I use puritabs rather than a water filter primarily because this is a GHB rather than a full on BOB, plus being a maniac TEA drinker 99% of the water I use is boiled :)
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I've never drank water purified with a tablet yet, although I do have some. I bet it will taste like crap though.
On the water filter line, I just found out that Burkey water filters stopped making their ceramic filters. They switched over to a plastic/charcoal deal. Really sucks! I wanted a backup for the setup. They say the new ones are lighter and less fragile if dropped. I say the cheap buggars are just saving money...
 
Brent S said:
I don't see cold steel in stores around here. Buck knives were the high end when I was a boy, but I don't see them in stores any more either.
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The best CS deals always appear to be online. I had a buck 110 and it was a superb American made traditionally made folding lock knife, WHAT A BEAST, like the Harley Davidsons of pocket knives designed to last a lifetime. BUT what a heavy bugger it was and the wooden scales though beautiful were dangerously slippy when wet. THEN I was very reluctantly persuaded to try a Cold Steel Voyager Clip Point Small for a while. Pah I thought this thing has no metal liner and all synthetic grips / scales it wont last five minutes...................... My son now EDCs it and its over 20 years old. I bought a CS Voyager Tanto large to replace it and its still on my desk still used daily. I even bought the XL Voyager Tanto 6 inch blade but that was just too big. The Synthetic grips stay grippy even when covered in rabbit guts or bits of fish, and when wet. They do retain a good edge and they are about half the weight of a trad lock knife. I also like CRKT and Blade - tech knives not as expensive but none have ever failed.
 
Brent S said:
I've never drank water purified with a tablet yet, although I do have some. I bet it will taste like crap though.
On the water filter line, I just found out that Burkey water filters stopped making their ceramic filters. They switched over to a plastic/charcoal deal. Really sucks! I wanted a backup for the setup. They say the new ones are lighter and less fragile if dropped. I say the cheap buggars are just saving money...
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Yup it tastes odd but if you are a coffeeholic just boil the water thoroughly after running it through a coffee filter to get the gritty bits out.
You could probably buy and use the Super Ceramic candles from a British berkfield in your Berky.
 
Silent Earth said:
Yup it tastes odd but if you are a coffeeholic just boil the water thoroughly after running it through a coffee filter to get the gritty bits out.
You could probably buy and use the Super Ceramic candles from a British berkfield in your Berky.
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Can you still find them? I looked all over online and could only find the replacements.
 
Silent Earth said:
I'm only aware of UK suppliers
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That's really weird. I looked them up again, and found the on Amazon on the first try. Last time I looked for 20 mins and came up empty. Oh well, now I need to check if mine are 7" or 9". Oh, that and a whole lot of money.... There not cheap little buggars.
 
Brent S said:
That's really weird. I looked them up again, and found the on Amazon on the first try. Last time I looked for 20 mins and came up empty. Oh well, now I need to check if mine are 7" or 9". Oh, that and a whole lot of money.... There not cheap little buggars.
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They are cheap in the UK about £13 each IIRC thats about $18 but they last for years, most of us clean and reuse our ceramic candles by back flushing them and gently cleaning the surface with a toothbrush.
 
Silent Earth said:
They are cheap in the UK about £13 each IIRC thats about $18 but they last for years, most of us clean and reuse our ceramic candles by back flushing them and gently cleaning the surface with a toothbrush.
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Ours are about 50.00 each. Unfortunately I need 4. I read that a kitchen scrubby sponge works great for cleaning. I have a kitchen filter so I've never used the berkey yet. Just for emergencies. I really just want the extra filters in case mine ever break.
 
Brent S said:
I've never even seen the 10" filters. I need to measure mine today. Every thing I'd seen showed 7 or 9".
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Amazon is great. Even for our business I buy lots of ballasts and lights for half of what they sell at local supply houses. Prime brings it to us free.
 
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