---
product_id: 5179286
title: "Black Primer for Use with Gravity-Fed Water Filter Systems Equipped with Black Berkey Elements"
brand: "berkey"
price: "Bs.642"
currency: BOB
in_stock: true
url: https://www.desertcart.bo/products/5179286-black-primer-for-use-with-gravity-fed-water-filter-systems
store_origin: BO
region: Bolivia
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# Hand-powered priming pump Backflushes filters to extend lifespan Creates pressure gradient for fast priming Black Primer for Use with Gravity-Fed Water Filter Systems Equipped with Black Berkey Elements

**Brand:** berkey
**Price:** Bs.642
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 💧 Unlock pristine water flow—prime like a pro, wherever life takes you!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Black Primer for Use with Gravity-Fed Water Filter Systems Equipped with Black Berkey Elements by berkey
- **How much does it cost?** Bs.642 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.bo](https://www.desertcart.bo/products/5179286-black-primer-for-use-with-gravity-fed-water-filter-systems)

## Best For

- berkey enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted berkey brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Portable & Durable:** Matte-finished, food-safe pump built for on-the-go and emergency use.
- • **Dual-Function Design:** Easily saturate or backflush filters to maintain peak performance.
- • **Optimized Water Flow:** Eliminates air pockets to maximize filtration speed and efficiency.
- • **Effortless Filter Activation:** Prime your Black Berkey Elements anywhere—no pressurized water needed.
- • **Essential for Water Independence:** Empowers you to produce clean water offline, anytime, anywhere.

## Overview

The Black Berkey Primer is a hand-powered pump designed exclusively for Black Berkey Elements, enabling quick and efficient priming without pressurized water. It saturates filters to remove trapped air, enhancing filtration speed, and also backflushes to clear debris, extending filter life. Durable, portable, and essential for off-grid or emergency water purification.

## Description

Black Primer for Use with Gravity-Fed Water Filter Systems Equipped with Black Berkey Elements

## Features

- The Black Berkey Primer is a hand-powered priming pump that allows you to prime your system’s Black Berkey Elements almost anywhere without a pressurized faucet or hose connection.
- Priming Black Berkey Elements saturates the filters with water prior to use, removing any pockets of air trapped inside the filters which can slow down the filters' ability to produce clean water. Black Berkey Elements must be primed before first use to insure proper operation.
- Easy to use—with a Black Berkey Element properly immersed in water and attached to it, the Black Berkey Primer creates a simple pressure gradient which draws water into the center of each Black Berkey Element. Once the Black Berkey Element is completely saturated with water, the water passes through the Black Berkey Primer and squirts out of the opposite end.
- The Black Berkey Primer can also purge, or backflush, Black Berkey Elements using air instead of water, clearing the compressed carbon filter wall of water debris that has accumulated with use and reducing the time and effort needed to dry the filters prior to storing them.
- For use only with Black Berkey Elements.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Material Features | durable and safe for food contact |
| Unit Count | 1 Count |
| Container Type | can |
| Skin Type | Dry |
| Finish Types | Matte |
| Item Form | Hand-powered priming pump |
| Product Benefits | Enables offline clean water production, saturates and purges filters |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Berkey
- **Product Benefits:** Enables offline clean water production, saturates and purges filters
- **Item Form:** Hand-powered priming pump
- **Skin Type:** Dry
- **Package Information:** can

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Are there better options?**
A: I haven’t found any better options. The bulb tends to collapse but it just takes patience.

**Q: I dont understand the need to prime a filter. Is it to just get it Saturated before use? If so, could I just soak the filters in a bucket before use?**
A: We found that it was far better to have the black berkey primer to completely saturate our replacement filters.  On the first set filters, we just soaked them - and it took a long time to filter the added water every day.  When we replaced the filters and primed them - it was like magic - the water filters so quickly.  We won't do it any other way now.

**Q: Can this be used for the fluoride filters?**
A: We just with through completely cleaning our Black Berkey filters and replacing the PF-2 Fluoride filters. The instructions said it wouldn't work with the fluoride filters. You have to fully wash the outside of those with soap and water anyway, and we accomplished priming on the PF-2's by using the faucet. Maybe, you could rig something up as the previous poster described but since it's safe for it, I found the faucet faster on those particular filters.

**Q: I lost the little tan colored washer for priming my black filters.  Do I still need it with this?**
A: I just used the black washers that keep the filters from leaking. Placed it on the filter, pressed a garden hose up against it and voila. I will be getting the primer, but need to think about how to make a SHTF primer. Berkey does say that the filters can be soaked for 12 hours to get 50-75% capacity. Before I did anything to prime my dry filters, 2 filters were processing 1.5 gallons in about 4 hours. If it works, it works.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Black Berkey Primer
- Genuine Berkey Stainless Steel Spigot
- Berkey Authentic Berkey PF-2 Fluoride and Arsenic Reduction Elements (Set of 2 Elements)

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*Product available on Desertcart Bolivia*
*Store origin: BO*
*Last updated: 2026-02-26*