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Water Ionizers on the
Market
There is much confusion in the
marketplace concerning Water Ionizers. The Internet, for example, is full of information,
misinformation, disinformation and general confusion about what Water Ionizers
do and don’t do.
Where are Water Ionizers
currently manufactured?
Water Ionizers are
manufactured in two countries, Japan and Korea. None are currently manufactured
in the United States. There are water ionizers on the market being sold as
American Made, however all their parts are imported from Japan, sometimes
Korea, and simply assembled in the US.
How long have Water
Ionizers been on the market?
Water Ionizers have been
available in the orient for over forty years and in the United States for about
10 years. They were popularized in Japanese and began to become somewhat common
there around the mid 1980's. Several Japanese models imported in recent years
from Japan are no longer being manufactured although getting filters for those
units usually does not pose a significant problem, although they can sometimes
be costly. Water Ionizers have been imported from Korea since the early 1990's,
primarily from Jupiter International which produces the AQUATONIC, the Water
Ionizer leader in Korea.
Which country
manufactures which Water Ionizers?
Water Ionizers manufactured
in Korea are the Ionice, the McCoy, and
the Jupiter AQUATONIC. Water Ionizers manufactured in Japan are the Pure Porte,
The Millennium, The Water Doctor, Micro Series II and The Singer. We have
hands-on tested many of them and have determined that most are quality Water
Ionizers which deliver the high levels of ionization desired, that is, a pH
range of approximately 5.5 to 10. Clearly, the consumer must decide whether the
Water Ionizer is worth the price being charged for it and which has value for
the money.
Should a Water Ionizer have a
fuse or a circuit breaker?
A Water Ionizer should have a
three prong plug and thick electrical wire. Two prong plugs encourage
overheating as they do with any other appliance. It does not matter whether a
Water Ionizer has a fuse or a circuit breaker, although circuit breaker Water
Ionizers often have thin electrical wires, two prong plugs and weak
transformers that overheat. Thus they often require a circuit breaker rather
than a fuse which would often need to be replaced.
Why do different Water
Ionizers come with a different selection levels of intensity?
A Water Ionizer should have
at least 3 levels of intensity to chose from. This is mainly because Ionized
Water is extremely detoxifying and people who have toxins built up in their
system can suffer reactions such as headaches or diarrhea. This is especially
true of the elderly because they often have built up many toxins in their
bodies over the years. Also those who have a very poor diet or have taken a lot
of medicine. The AQUATONIC Water Ionizer has 5 levels of intensity, which does
not mean it makes stronger Ionized Water than a unit that has only 3 levels.
Having 5 levels simply offers the convenience of more levels of strength to
chose from, thus allowing people to build their tolerance for Ionized Water
more slowly if they wish.
Does the volume of water that
a Water Ionizer produces per minute an important feature to consider? Are some
Water Ionizers on the market stronger than other Water Ionizers?
All home Water Ionizers
currently manufactured that deliver approximately 1 to 1 1/2 gallons per minute.
There is very little difference between the strength of the various Water
Ionizers on the market. Ionized Water with a 10 pH or higher takes only a
unflattering taste, almost as though it is salty. The slower you run water
through a Water Ionizer, the stronger it will become because the source water
has more contact time with the electrodes. This is why the flow rate of Water
Ionizers essentially does not matter. If you wish to drink strong Ionized Water
then running the source water through it very slowly will accomplish this.
Do all Water Ionizers have a
Calcium Port and what is its function?
Some Water Ionizers such as
the AQUATONIC Water Ionizer come with a port where calcium, magnesium and other
minerals can be added, which boosts the intensity of the Ionized Water. Once
minerals have been ionized they are assimilated into the body more easily. The
more minerals that are in the source water used to produce the Ionized Water,
the stronger it will be. This is why Ionized Water can NOT be made from distilled,
purified or reverse osmosis.
Does it matter what the
electrodes on a Water Ionizer are composed of?
The electrodes are one of the
most important components of a Water Ionizer. It is sometimes suggested that
there are units on the market that have stainless steel electrodes and this
simply is not the case. All Water Ionizers currently manufactured have
titanium electrodes that have been dipped in platinum, which is one of the
biggest cost of a Water Ionizer. It is important to note that the electrodes
are coated with platinum, not electroplated with it.
There have been claims
made by water ionizer manufacturers that they use solid platinum electrodes. Is
this true?
This can not be true because
it would not aid in the performance of the water ionizer. Water Ionizer
manufacturers use titanium because it is hard and lasts many years. They coat
the titanium with platinum because it is good conductor and it durable.
However, to manufacture electrodes that are solid platinum would make no sense.
It would be very costly, nearly tripling the prices of the electrodes, and it
would not improve the quality or strength of the Ionized Water produced by
them. Platinum is also a very soft metal, which would not be suitable or
practical for producing platinum-pure electrodes since they must be comprised
of a hard metal such as titanium if they are expected to last several years.
Electrodes comprised of pure platinum would not last any longer than
platinum-coated titanium electrodes.
Do all Water Ionizers
have a carbon filter? Why do some carbon filter have silver impregnation?
All continuous flow Home
Water Ionizers on the market have a carbon filter. The AQUATONIC Water Ionizer
comes with a silver impregnated carbon filter. The carbon in the AQUATONIC
filter is silver impregnated in order to retard bacterial growth. The silver
that is impregnated in the carbon will NOT leach into the water. Every major
manufacturer of carbon filters in the US produces carbon filters with silver
impregnation. There are no Water Ionizers currently manufactured that use
arsenic in their filters as has been suggested.
What is the advantage of
having UV light on a Water Ionizer?
The purpose of UV light is
for bacterial disinfection. However, on a Water Ionizer this is completely unnecessary
for several reasons. If you have city (municipal) water then your water has
already been disinfected through the use of chlorine. The carbon filter on the
Water Ionizer will remove the chlorine. The UV light itself loses much of its
effectiveness after the first six months of use and should be replaced often,
which is of course an expensive proposition. Also, the glass tube that the
water travels through in order that it can be exposed to the UV light develops
a film on it after only a few months, which greatly lessens the effectiveness
of the UV light on the water which passes through the tube.
Do Water Ionizers remove
fluoride from the water as some have claimed?
There have been statements
made regarding Water Ionizers removing fluoride from municipal water. Water
Ionizers can not remove anything from the water. To Ionize means simply to
gain or loose an electron. The amount and type of minerals that are present in
the water before ionization is the same after ionization. In every test we are
aware of, no more than 50% of the fluoride in the water was lost on the
alkaline side of the Ionized Water. This means that half but not all of the
fluoride in the Ionized Water after ionization had migrated to the acidic side
of the ionization process which runs into the drain. However, it must be
clearly stated that the ionizing water does NOT completely remove fluoride from
the Ionized Water on the alkaline side.
Why is there such a large
price difference between Japanese and Korean Water Ionizers?
Water Ionizers are very much
like any other appliance on the market in that a $50 appliance essentially
performs the same function as a $500 appliance. The $500 appliance may have all
the frills, however the more bells and whistles, the greater chance something is
going to break. Usually, importing goods from Japan means dealing in a system
of built-in middlemen, which Korea does not have.