Portable Berkey Water Filters: A Guide for Travel, RVs, and Everyday Use

It's no secret that a major selling point of Berkey water filters is their portable design. A high quality water filter that you can pick up and carry is a benefit other filtration systems on the market are simply not able to duplicate. And let's not forget the sidekick of these systems, the Berkey Sport bottle, which customers enjoy as a free item with any system purchase. Today, we'll look at the ways many customers take advantage of these Berkey products away from their home kitchen, using tap water from wherever they happen to be.

The Portable Berkey Water Filter System

All Berkey systems are freestanding countertop units, which makes every model portable in the sense that none of them require permanent plumbing or an electrical hookup. The Travel Berkey and Go Berkey Kit are the smallest and lightest in the lineup, but the larger systems, the Big Berkey, Royal Berkey, Imperial Berkey, and Crown Berkey, travel just as well when a bigger group needs more water at once.

Everyday Uses for a Portable Berkey

• RVs and Road Trips: If you're connected to a municipal water hookup at a campground or RV park but don't love the taste, or want extra reduction of chlorine and other chemical contaminants, a Berkey works great as a countertop system for the trip.
• Second Homes and Rentals: No plumbing installation required. Set it up on the counter of a rental, vacation home, or dorm room and you have filtered tap water in minutes.
• Recreation Fields: Want better-tasting water at a children's or adult sporting event? Berkey systems come in handy at the soccer, softball, football, or baseball field as long as a hose bib or other municipal tap water source is available nearby.
• Offices and Break Rooms: A Berkey on the office counter gives the whole team filtered tap water without a plumbed-in cooler.

In all the situations listed above, the Berkey water filter systems are easily broken down and transported. They weigh between 8 and 13 pounds and the upper chamber of the stainless steel system is designed to fit into the lower chamber for transport. Not to mention, they are easy to clean and durable.

The Portable Sport Berkey Filter

The Sport Berkey bottle is also a great example of the portable Berkey lineup in action. At 22 ounces and weighing less than 1 pound, the Sport Berkey bottle is lightweight and easy to use. No pumps or moving parts to worry about either. Refill it from any municipal tap water source and you're set.

Everyday Uses for the Sport Berkey

• The Gym: Don't trust the gym water or simply don't like the taste? Fill that sport bottle up at the water fountain and squeeze filtered water into your mouth between exercises. It's as simple as that.
• Commuting and Travel: Refill from a tap at the office, a hotel room, or an airport water-bottle filling station instead of buying another bottle of water.
• College and Dorm Life: A reliable, reusable alternative to bottled water that fits easily in a backpack.