The doultan candle that I have starts pretty slow to be honest. Water will seep through it primed or not but it is a bit slow at first.
But after running it overnight, isn't as bad.
If the aquacrest is as good as the berkey's ratings, and is cheaper, that's good.
I know this is off topic, but there is a stream that comes up often near our graveyard after a heavy rain or two.
When I was growing up, we would regularly get a drink from it if it was running while we were working in the garden.
Anyway, I used the zero water filter meter thing just to see how many parts per million (ppm) contaminents were in it while it was flowing full stream.
I was amazed.
The little meter thing read 004.
For giggles, I checked a commercial bottled water.
It was 012.
My uncles well water was 028.
My city water read 120 something.
But after running it overnight, isn't as bad.
If the aquacrest is as good as the berkey's ratings, and is cheaper, that's good.
I know this is off topic, but there is a stream that comes up often near our graveyard after a heavy rain or two.
When I was growing up, we would regularly get a drink from it if it was running while we were working in the garden.
Anyway, I used the zero water filter meter thing just to see how many parts per million (ppm) contaminents were in it while it was flowing full stream.
I was amazed.
The little meter thing read 004.
For giggles, I checked a commercial bottled water.
It was 012.
My uncles well water was 028.
My city water read 120 something.