Features of Berkey Water Filter Systems:
- BPA Free
- Effective for both hot and cold water.
- Lasts approximately 25,000 gallons, or one year whichever comes first
- Reduces up to 95% of chlorine
- Reduces chemical absorption and vapor inhalation
- Reduces 98% of water-soluble heavy metals
- Reduces damage to hair and skin
- Eliminates foul tastes, dirt, and odors
- Back Flush attachment to prevent premature clogging
- Reduces lime, scale, mold, and fungi in showers
- Available with massage shower filter head already installed
- Removes most microorganisms
- Reduces hydrogen sulfide
- “Full Flow” filter ensures even distribution of water throughout the media
- Easy installation of a replaceable cartridge with self-sealing threads
As you can see, the Berkey is far more than just a chlorine shower filter. Despite this, it is priced at about the same level as other filters, which remove far fewer contaminants.
Teresa Sonifrank –
Installed for less than 6 months, and both shower heads are cracking where they surround the ball joint which allows the head to be adjustable. One fell completely off, the other is leaking badly. Replacing the head fixes the problem, but for the price of these, they should last more than 6 months
Alimata Kone –
I’m as serious as I can be when I tell anyone reading this that this is clearly one of the absolute best purchases I’ve made in recent memory.
The quality of this particular product is amazing. With varying water quality levels everywhere in the U.S. it’s a must. I did my research online to first find the highest quality water filter available. This be it! And Amazon’s price is also the price to beat. A++
Patti Milius –
Love this product. I got one for me and one for my daughter. Doing a heavy metal detox, and this product removes most of the heavy metals in the water. I use the Berkey regular filter also 😉
Nancy Cid –
We take this travelling with us, so it serves its purpose. This massager head/filter combo was cheaper than purchasing just the filter, so we purchased this…even if sometimes we don’t use the massage head. They are easy to separate from each other.
Sam Zuchero –
I ordered this on the advise of my sister-in-law and it has really made a difference for me. We have city water but could always smell chlorine in the shower. With this filter there is no chlorine smell and my skin is more moisturized and my hair is shinier. I would recommend this filter.
Crystal Barkhahn –
If your shower pipe is really high on the wall, you MIGHT be able to stand under this thing without bending your knees. I am 5″4″ and I cannot get under it without using my shower chair. I am not impressed with the filtering capabilities, the water is not much better with it than without it…and it certainly will not last for 12 months. My shower now runs hot and cold, and it did not do that before installing this filter. I had another brand before this one and did not have that problem. I do not recommend it to anyone. With a brand name like Berkey, this product is a huge disappointment. All I can say on the positive side is, good seller and fast shipping.
Linda Posey –
Immediately noticed an air quality improvement when showering. I used to have difficulty breathing sometimes during showering. I suspected it was due to the chlorine/chloramine in the water. Those problems have subsided since installing this filter. There is no chlorine smell in the air either. I am very pleased!
Jennifer Ray –
I’m chemically sensitive and staying with my sister near Seattle. Thankfully the water here doesn’t have chloramines, which are harder to remove. The shower here was giving me headaches due to the chlorine. This filter reduced the chlorine dramatically. No more feeling ill after a shower. We are using it in a shower with poor water pressure and it doesn’t seem to have reduced pressure at all. Super satisfied.
Destin Moran –
Really great product. I can really tell the difference in the water quality after installing this filter. There no longer is a chlorine smell and the water feels a lot more fresh. I’ve also noticed that hair dye lasts longer with this shower filter in place (I assume that the lack of chlorine present in the water contributes to this). In addition, hair feels a lot softer than before thanks to this filter. I’ve recommended this to friends & family as I believe that it does make a huge difference. I also own the Berkey Water Filter & love it as well!
Daniel Hitt –
We love Berkey products! Had to macgyver this one a little, because the shower head was suddenly too top heavy for it to stay in place with the added weight of the filter. Just took a good bit of hemp string to keep it from falling over though.
Joy Volpi –
This filter literally changed my life. If you are frustrated with cruddy tap water in Los Angeles or any other place with hard tap water, this filter is a miracle worker in filtering out not just chlorine, but hard tap water as well.
I recently moved from New York to Los Angeles, and while it might sound like an exaggeration, the hard Los Angeles tap water made my hair dull and crispy, and left my scalp dry and itchy. This was a totally foreign experience for someone who was used to soft, shiny hair after a shower with New York tap water.
The tap in my Los Angeles apartment naturally has very hard water, which means that there are minerals that are dissolved into it that make it basic (have a low PH). I learned from doing some online research that low-PH water for some reason makes it difficult for soaps and shampoos to clean and rinse effectively, so my dry hair and itchy scalp were caused by a residue of shampoo that was never getting rinsed off.
I am so grateful for this filter. I feel like a human again! By the second shower I took with the filter installed, my hair felt like it was back to New York tap water hair.
Susan Mazzo –
I love this because I know it is working!!! I use to notice a chlorine smell when I took a shower and as you know chlorine fumes are not good to breathe and chlorine can dry your skin out! After installing this I cannot smell anything at all when I take a shower and feel like my skin and hair are softer. I trust Berkey and own a Berkey water filter as well for my drinking water. Also, my shower stays cleaner longer! It was easy to install between the wall pipe and the shower head and does not have a negative effect in my water pressure.
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laura robertson –
Our city (Romeoville) has loads of added chlorine in our water. If you need filtration of chlorine from your shower or sink, this works great! Our daughter gets hives from chlorine. This unit allows her to shower at home. It still allows some chlorine to get through but she can shower twice a week now. If you need something more than this, it is going to be a whole-house carbon filtration system with water softener. Thankfully, we just had one of those installed so we won’t have to continue to buy these a few times a year. We were very thankful for this little gem. It made our daughter’s life nicer.
Emily Olivas –
This filter works great. I saw a few reviews saying that it did not work. Than i saw one person’s pics they posted and it was installed upside down.. then he have it one start review.. some people are really just clueless. Read some directions first. Or contact the company to make sure you have it installed correctly before you go and bad mouth a product.. this filter has always worked great for me with no issues at all.
Mark Sorbero –
I recently moved to a condo in Arlington. Within a few days of moving in, I noticed that my hair seemed especially dry and porous, no matter what expensive conditioner I used on it. I also noticed that my skin became itchy after showering. I also noticed an intermittent sulfurish or chlorine-ish smell coming from the faucets. I mentioned these things to a neighbor and she said that water in the area is very hard–so hard that you can see sediment in water glasses. After conducting some online research, I determined that my sudden hair and skin problems could probably be attributed to the effects of hard water and that the only solutions were to buy a shower filter or water conditioning system. Since I live in a condo, I could only try a shower filter and this one by Berkey was highly recommended by the same neighbor. After just one wash, I could see the difference in my hair–it became soft once again. After a few days, it was nearly back to its previous condition. My house guest also immediately noticed a difference and she has virgin, untreated, healthy hair–unlike me! If you have hard water and you’ve noticed a negative impact on hair/skin, I strongly recommend trying this filter. You will notice a difference. If you bleach, dye or otherwise chemically treat your hair and you have hard water, then you definitely need a filter like this one to remove chlorine–chlorine strips healthy hair and it really damages chemically treated hair.