Comments on: Use Coffee Filters to extend the life of your Water Filtration System

By: KansasScout

KansasScout — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:44:44 +0000

Ok does it matter if the paper Mr. Coffee type filters are the bleached or unbleached kind?

By: jessiecrafty1

jessiecrafty1 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:51:08 +0000

would activated carbon, like used in fish tank filters, filter the water as well? i know they use carbon in some coffee machines. i was thinking if youu put a layer of the carbon in one of the coffee filter, it might further filter the water

By: Bogan

Bogan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:43:31 +0000

Excellent idea!

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Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:27:39 +0000

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By: joshuavossler22

joshuavossler22 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:37:16 +0000

I try to always wrap my water filter intake with coffee filters.

By: TINDERWOLF

TINDERWOLF — Sat, 14 May 2011 21:58:54 +0000

I have had coffee filters in my BOB for some time now. They can also be used for fire making in a pinch. Also, it isn't a bad idea to put a small ziploc bag of coffee grains or tea in your BOB. You got to remember some of the small pleasures in life in hard times. Waking up on a day of the SHTF a cup of coffee just might pick you up a bit….also it might literally pick you up, the caffeine giving you an extra boost if your feeling a bit tired.

By: Zythum_Halen

Zythum_Halen — Fri, 13 May 2011 20:02:45 +0000

Oh the picture name in the folder is Water Filter Extender.

By: Zythum_Halen

Zythum_Halen — Fri, 13 May 2011 20:00:56 +0000

I ordered the Berkey water filters and ordered a spigot and some bucket to make my own water filter/collector. I have given a lot of thought to a simple inexpensive way to try and extend the life of these expensive filters and what I came up with was to purchase the small pool filters available at Walmart, Target,...etc. I bought the two pack that had filters are 4" tall and have a 1.75 hole. There is a plastic mesh inside the filter that can easilt be cut out with a knife. I remove the mesh and then I cut the rubber seal on both ends at the 12, 3, 6, znd 9 o'clock positions so that the cheap paper pleated paper filter will fit snuggly over the Berkey filter. I think this will stop a good deal of debris from ever even coming in contact with my filter. The cost of the filters was $6 and I might be able to do better once the summer is over. I posted a picture in my Skydrive "Prepping Folder" here is the link if anyone wants to see. https://cid-269aef6040832a62.skydrive.live.com/re...

By: bob

bob — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:23:19 +0000

i take two coffee filters and charcoal and glue then together to make a filter that is worth its weight in gold for filtering water ..i use it for fifty gallons of water and dispose of it. i use gorilla glue
because it wont fall apart and forms a plastic seal ..good luck and good hunting

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How can the ShamWOW help you Survive? — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:39:32 +0000

[...] 2. Collect Dirty Water – You could dip the chamois into a tiny puddle or some other bit of water that would be otherwise impossible to collect and again wring it into a water container. That would even serve as an initial filter because you would wring out the water without the debris. [...]