Frequently Asked Questions about Water Ionizers on the Market

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There is much confusion in the marketplace concerning Water Ionizers. Our main goal at The Watershed Wellness Center is to clear up any confusion about Water Ionizers and offer our customers the best product and support.

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• Where are Water Ionizers currently manufactured?
• How long have Water Ionizers been on the market?
• Which country manufactures which Water Ionizers?
• Should a Water Ionizer have a fuse or a circuit breaker?
• Why do different Water Ionizers come with a different selection levels of intensity?
• 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?
• Does it matter what the electrodes on a Water Ionizer are composed of?
• There have been claims made by water ionizer manufacturers that they use solid platinum electrodes. Is this true?
• Do all Water Ionizers have a carbon filter? Why do some carbon filter have silver impregnation?
• What is the advantage of having UV light on a Water Ionizer?
• Do Water Ionizers remove fluoride from the water as some have claimed?
• Why is there such a large price difference between Water Ionizers?

Where are Water Ionizers currently manufactured? [ Top ]
Water Ionizers are manufactured in Taiwan, Japan, China and Korea. We have hands-on tested many of them and have determined that most 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.

How long have Water Ionizers been on the market? [ Top ]
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 Japan 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.

Which country manufactures which Water Ionizers? [ Top ]
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? [ Top ]
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 different selection levels of intensity? [ Top ]
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. Having 4 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? [ Top ]
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.

Does it matter what the electrodes on a Water Ionizer are composed of? [ Top ]
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? [ Top ]
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? [ Top ]
All continuous flow Home Water Ionizers on the market have a carbon filter. The carbon in the 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? [ Top ]
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? [ Top ]
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 lose 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 ionizing water does NOT completely remove fluoride from the Ionized Water on the alkaline side.

Why is there such a large price difference between Water Ionizers? [ Top ]
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 or Korea means dealing in a system of built-in middlemen, which Taiwan does not have. The Watershed Wellness Center IMPORTS DIRECT from the manufacturer in Taiwan, which results in savings for the consumer.