Berkey PF-2 Fluoride/Arsenic Replacement Filters, 2-Pack

I have been using my Berkey for about 18 months. I'm on city water which is chlorinated and fluoridated. I have been enjoying fresh water. The thing that has been annoying me is the Berkey requires me to have two pf2 fluoride and arsenic filters hanging from the bottom of my Berkey chamber and soak in the lower clean water chamber. 1) I'm all worked up about my drinking water but it is ok for it to soak non stop in plastic? 2) the last two times I've cleaned out my Berkey, the pf2 filters had a bright yellow stain leaking from the units, both of them. Like lemon pie yellow. Like a bright yellow fluid seeped out of it. I called Berkey and they claimed they had never heard of it. It rubs off if you scrub the exterior of the filters. I was worried so I purchased another set of pf2 filters. Checked again....bright yellow leaking out of the unit in long stripes. Seriously? Also, the filtering media was sifted out into my drinking water and was collected at the bottom. Called Berkey. The plastic like white pellet shavings at the bottom of your clean water Cannister? No, fear. That is just manufacturing dust, totally insert, very safe. IN MY DRINKING WATER? I'm paying money every year to filter minute amounts of stuff from my water and I'm supposed to be all chill about manufacturing dust soaking in my drinking water? Apparently, the priming they recommend isn't good enough. You have to swish water and shake cannister for five minutes holding fingers at either end, then prime right side up, then prime upside down, then right side up. Or the screen holding the media in might be damaged and leaking the media out. !!??! Which is activated allumina whatever that is (apparently not same as aluminum?) 3) I learned that activated alumina they use to filter fluoride only filters naturally occurring fluoride. Not all the other garbage fluorides we have in our water as well. And yes you will see 99.9 percent removed on their lab report, but if you call the envirotek lab, they only test for naturally occurring fluoride. So "fluoride" isn't all fluoride it seems. Tired of this nonsense, I researched more filters and came across aquacera filters. They seem to have pretty good filtration percentages including glyphosates. I don't think theirs does virus removal but honestly, I'm not camping in the jungle and my city water is vigorously potable (hello heavy chlorine) so I'm not going to worry. Theirs removes fluoride all in one candle with nothing hanging into your clean water. And the fluoride it does filter is all categories of fluoride not just naturally occurring. It also doesn't require ridiculous priming charades. Instructions come with it. Also, expect to change your filter at reasonable intervals, maybe once a year, not the five that Berkey told me I was good for. Not only did my filter and rubber seals smell moldy after 18 months, I'm wondering how good it was even filtering by then. A filter is a sponge and when it fills up, it's filtering capacities decrease slowly. Berkey told me to soak the rubber rings for at least an hour in fifty fifty vinegar solution snd boil for 5 minutes. Didn't even make a difference. They said the musty odor of my carbon candles would be corrected by adding sixteen drops of bleach to my water and letting it filter thru. I shouldn't have to bleach my candles. So far I'm pleased with these aquacera filters and the water tastes different. Not in a bad way. It tastes a little more like reverse osmosis water (my inlaws have one). Berkey tasted fresh as well but had a sweet aftertaste (not unpleasant). I bought two imperial aquacera cerametix 7" ones directly from the aquacera company website and they arrived quickly. I have zero affiliation or connection with either Berkey or aquacera. I want hassle free clean drinking water. Also, I'm not getting a suspect product where I have to pay nearly $80 a year to filter fluoride out, and I'm not happy at all with the quality and twice in a row, loses my trust.