DIY Big Berkey Style Water Filter System with 5 Gallon Buckets (for 1/4 the cost)

Berkey water filters such as the Big Berkey have become the standard in free-standing, home water filtration systems. But with a price tag of $300, I wanted something that was a lot less expensive. So using (BPA-free, food-grade) buckets and the same type of filter elements that the Berkey systems use, I was able to build my own high-capacity water filtering system for 75% less than the Big Berkey costs.
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Here are the materials I used:

Waterdrop BB9-2 Filter Elements
https://amzn.to/360yJ9v

Water Cooler Spigot
https://amzn.to/3qCULH9

Berkey manual priming tool (for priming filter elements without running water):
https://amzn.to/3I6aw2D

5-Gallon Food-Grade Buckets
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Encore-Plast...

Bucket Lids
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Encore-Plast...

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00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Big Berkey Components
02:26 - DIY Price Comparison
04:18 - Building the Filtration System
06:11 - Priming the Filters
06:42 - Test & Demonstration
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