Black Berkey Primer

My sink faucet does not have a smooth surface (it's a spray head) so it could not make good contact with the priming button. So, I ordered this primer. It worked beautifully. Both filters were primed and ready to go in about 15 minutes. Another advantage to having this on hand is it will work without running water (in case of an emergency, etc.). Putting the primer together can be tricky, and the instructions are not very good. I watched a YouTube video that explained how to put it together (link at end of this review). Here are the things you'll want to know while assembling the primer. The parts consist of: 1 bulb with different size holes on each end, 2 identical plastic tubes, 2 identical "valves", 1 hexnut and 1 one "angle piece" (this is where the water exits the primer). The little "valve" parts (2) have a smooth side, and a ribbed side. They have to be attached in a certain way so the pump works correctly. Working left to right, this is how the pieces all fit together. I laid them out in order then assembled the tube sections first and connected them to the bulb last:: Hexnut > tube > smooth end of valve A into tube > ribbed end of valve A into LARGER hole in the bulb > smooth end of valve B into smaller hole in bulb > ribbed end of valve B into 2nd tube > angle piece into 2nd tube. Get a container that is deep enough to where the filter can be completely submerged, and fill it with water. Screw the hexnut into the filter and place the filter into the water (it will try and float initially as it's full of air). Don't worry about it being fully submerged while you're pumping as it will gradually sink as it fills with water. Begin pumping. It took me about five or six minutes to fully prime. A bit of water came out at first, and then just air for quite a while. Part way though I did notice there was a suction issue (it took a long time for the bulb to "re-inflate" so I made sure a little bit of the filter was above water and loosened the hextnut just a bit, and that worked. It was not creating 100% vacuum at that point but it worked and I was able to prime the filters. My only gripe about this is that the rubber bulb STINKS like nasty rubber. It's getting stored at the back of a closet because I am very sensitive to chemical smells. However, the filter functioned perfectly so I'm still giving it five stars. I did not have a problem inserting the pieces into one another like other reviewers mentioned (just remember the bulb has two different sized holes). I think the hardest part was inserting the hexnut into the tubing, but that just took a few moments. The primer comes unassembled because you can reverse the direction of the valves if you want to purge water from the filter. Here is the link to the assembly video on YouTube that helped me: [...] If the link does not appear in this review, you can search YouTube for the video titled: Using a Black Berkey Primer, Part 2

I bought this to clean my Black Berkey Filters and just used it the other day. It cleaned the "junk" off of them, by taking it off the filters, not scraping it off with a vegetable peeler like is suggested by Berkey. It pushes the junk out of the filter, so it washes away, while priming it for the next go round with filtering water. Our water is "city water" and full of so much stuff it is amazing when you first take the filters out, how much, what appears to be mud, is on them. I washed them off, then used this to push the other mud out of the filters that was being sucked into the filters as I used it to clean my water. I know that when I refill my Berkey, it sure does filter faster and that is good for me. I only have a small Berkey, as there is only two of us, but sometimes I find I need more water than usual and since cleaning out my filters, I can get it filtered again, in about an hour I would estimate. Well worth the cost and so easy to use. Glad I saw a video on Youtube on this, as I feel it will save me a lot of money in the long run, by not Peeling the filters as is directed by Berkey and the filters will last a lot longer.

This worked great to purge and prime our Berkey filter once I figured out how to use it. It's a little difficult to figure out how to put it together to purge and then flip pieces to prime but I finally figured it out. It seems very pricey for what it is ... but it did work well.

It works...kind of. This product would benefit from making two simple changes: 1. Double the length of both hoses (3" is just too short) 2. One or two clamps for the hoses to avoid vacuum/suction/air leaks. What the instructions kind of imply is that you will also need a container of water that is about 10"+ to immerse the filter. This will only work if the filter is COMPLETELY immersed in water, if not you'll just end up pumping air. When I primed my new filters, I noticed that the water coming out of the filters was initially white or hazy, I just kept pumping until the water came out clear. 🤷‍♂️ I will mention that I would rather prime the filters using this instead of using the priming button; (when this works) this is way easier than using the priming button.

It works although not exactly as advertised. It did prime the filters and fix my slow filtering issues. If your facets can’t accommodate the ring this is an alternative

This pump doesn't work at all. I assembled it correctly too. I had no problem following their directions. I tested it in water and it worked fine pumping water out of a glass. The nut that connects to the plastic threads of the black berkey's did not thread properly. I had to push very hard to get it to grab the plastic threads on my filters; and it didn't screw down all the way. Not happy about that. Also, the plastic pipe on one side did not stay on very well. It needed a radiator clamp. I saw another review about this issue. It cost about $30, with tax. I sent it back. It's a rip off.

To use for priming or for drying the filters for one way or another is excellent! I weekend camp with weeks to a month in between camping trips, so I need to dry my filters and not leave them wet. Trying to get the little valves swapped is nearly impossible without breaking them. I will buy another one because this is much better for priming than the blue nipple thing that goes over the faucet. I just wish they'd be up front about this and sell you separate pieces for each function for $2 more or whatever it costs.

I've had my Travel Berkey for 5 years and the worst thing about it has always been purging and cleaning the black Berkey filters. I never had a sink that was quite big enough and I always ended up getting water all over the place. This very easily solves that issue! Now I can easily clean my filters for optimal purification. I am very happy to have this and absolutely recommend it to everyone who uses the black Berkey filters. A note on assembling the primer- since this apparatus is used to force water into tiny places the pieces have to fit super tightly together. I Stubed my fingers several times during the assembly and I cannot seem to totally disassemble the whole primer for storage. I dried it out by pimping air through it until the air came out dry. Yes it took a while, butnim not looking to grow mold! Even with the pain of assembling and storing the primer it's absolutely worth the hassle to be able to clean and prime new filters with SUCH ease

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Leider hat das mit dem Wasserhahn nicht geklappt, so dass die neuen Filter nicht in Betrieb genommen werden konnten. Ich hab dieses Set bestellt, es hat einen Moment gedauert bis man die zwei Filter "gebrieft" hatte, aber es hat letztendlich gut funktioniert. Wasserfilter läuft wieder.

I don't want to run tap water into a filter that is supposed to remain sterile inside, so until I bought this I had to prime the filter the long way. This pump is a life saver, in max 10 minutes you're done.

So much easier than trying to prime using the tap . Primed properly and the filters work a lot faster than the last new set did. Worth buying

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