... saw an article where somebody just bought the filters for the Berkey and made the rest out of 5 gal buckets. I think the filters were about $85 at the time...
That’ll work too. We have ours on the kitchen counter and use it daily for coffee water and cooking. Coffee from that water is great. My wife wouldn’t be too happy with 2 5 gallon buckets stacked on the counter. I just told her about your post and she said no way. These are staiess steel. Filters now are about $100.00.
Spigots with rubber gaskets are about $15.00. Get a couple of those. They’re plastic
How long are the filters good? I mean, how long do they last in storage and still function, not how many gallons they filter. I’ve wondered if they deteriorate, have a ‘shelf-life’, etc.