BerkeySport Berkey Filtered Water Bottle, 22 oz
22 oz BPA-free squeeze bottle with an inline filter, rated to 160 outdoor or 640 municipal refills.
$46
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Usability
Usability
The Sport Berkey does one useful thing the rest of the range cannot: filter a mouthful of questionable water on the spot with no setup. What it does not do is justify 46 dollars on capacity - 160 outdoor refills is about 27 gallons, which is a weekend's worth for a group. It earns its place in a go-bag or as the second half of the Go Berkey Kit, not as a standalone value purchase.
- Filters on demand with no priming, setup or gravity chamber
- Targets dissolved heavy metals including lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium and aluminum
- BPA-free LDPE #4 construction with a 50-year stated shelf life for storage
- Up to 640 refills on municipal or well water
- Redesigned with a wider interior straw for easier draw
- Six-month manufacturer warranty
- 160 refills on untreated outdoor water is only about 27 gallons, the shortest life in the range
- 46 dollars is steep against comparable filtered bottles and squeeze filters
- Plastic rather than the stainless used everywhere else in the line
- No NSF certification for any filtration claim
- Cannot be run with hot water and must not be stored on its side or upside down
- Replacement filters are a separate purchase at 27 dollars, over half the price of a new bottle
The Sport Berkey is a 22-ounce squeeze bottle with the filter built into the straw, which makes it the only Berkey product that filters on demand rather than by gravity.
The media works by adsorption combined with ionic absorption, which the manufacturer targets specifically at dissolved heavy metals including aluminum, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead and mercury. Rated life is up to 640 refills on municipal or well water and up to 160 on untreated outdoor sources - roughly 27 gallons in the field.
The bottle is BPA-free LDPE #4 with a stated 50-year shelf life for storage, and it is the same bottle bundled inside the Go Berkey Kit. Replacement filters are sold separately.
Additional information
Specification: Sport Berkey Filtered Water Bottle, 22 oz
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Questions answered from our data
What does Berkey filter out?Across the 11 Berkey systems we list, the makers claim reduction of 20 contaminants.
Do water filters remove lead?120 of the 296 systems we list claim to reduce lead.
Is Berkey worth it?We list 11 Berkey products and score seven of them. Their overall scores run from 5.3 to 6.6, with a median of 6.4, against a median of 5.7 for all 284 products we score.
Do water filters remove chromium 6?26 of the 296 systems we list claim to reduce chromium.
