Compare Water IonizersBy Alderin Ordell, MA

www.waterforlifeusa.com

All water ionizer review websites are fake. So, if you’re

looking to compare water ionizers, keep in mind that

any water ionizer review website is owned and operated

by an existing US water ionizer distributor, like Life

Ionizers or Tyent USA, so the information you receive

from those sites is heavily biased toward selling you

their products. Water for Life USA does not participate

in such dishonest practices. Instead, we offer you this

guide to help you make an informed decision in

purchasing a water ionizer.

To compare water ionizers, there are several important

factors to keep in mind that make the difference

between a quality water ionizer and one that is

potentially dangerous.

Compare Water Ionizer ManufacturersArguably, the most important aspect to a water ionizer is where it is made. The biggest water ionizer

manufacturing countries are China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Many websites are tempted to make blanket

statements about the manufacturing processes of entire countries. We find this to be inaccurate. We have

found that there are good and bad manufacturers in each of these countries. What separates a good

manufacturer from a bad one are these two critical points:

1) Do they assemble parts or do they manufacture their own parts?

If a product becomes popular, like water ionizers did

back in 2007-08, you’ll see many “pop-up”

manufacturers looking to make a quick profit. What they

do is they buy an outdated design from the research

and development department of an existing water

ionizer manufacturer. Then they shop around for parts

manufacturers and usually choose the cheapest bid for

making the run of parts that they need. Once they get

the parts, they assemble those parts and slap their

name on it as the manufacturer. Finally, they market

and sell their water ionizers.

As you can imagine, the assembling method of manufacturing water ionizers is very problematic. First,

they’re using an outdated design, so their product won’t be the latest technology. Second, they are buying

cheap parts, usually from China, that won’t last as long. Third, they are only buying enough parts to cover

assembling their water ionizers and selling them, usually not for covering warranty. So, if you have a

problem a few years down the road, they will be unlikely to help you or will charge you a small fortune to fix

your water ionizer.

We’ve watched a couple dozen of these assemblers die during the recent economic recession. Those who

bought water ionizers from those assemblers are out of luck, which means they wasted their money.

A real water ionizer manufacturer, like EOS, has their own research and product development division that

creates the designs for their water ionizers, ensuring the lastest technology. Additionally,

EOS manufactures the parts for their own designs on site, which is cheaper for them because there isn’t

any third party mark-up or shipping costs involved. The end result is you get a water ionizer with the lastest

technology and the highest possible quality.

2) Are they certified? Even assemblers have to be certified.

If they’re not, you could be purchasing a dangerous

water ionizer. First, their manufacturing plant, or the

plants that they are purchasing from, have to be ISO

9000 certified. This ensures safety and quality. Also,

countries like South Korea, where EOS is based,

require that any manufactured medical device receive

approval from their Food and Drug Department before it

is exported.

Most assemblers ignore this requirement because it is

stringent. For example, a KFDA approval from South

Korea requires that all parts are medical grade and all

tubing is food-grade. These are expensive requirements

to meet. EOS has KFDA approval, so EOS water

ionizers are certified medical devices. Because of this,

EOS Water Ionizers are also listed with the US FDA as

medical devices, meaning your insurance may cover their purchase. As you “compare water ionizers”, keep

in mind that it is ILLEGAL for a water ionizer that is approved as a medical device in one country to be sold

here in the US without getting listed with the FDA.

Other certifications that are very important are NRTL or UL certification. Both of these ensure that the

electrical power systems in the water ionizer are safe and compatible with existing power systems. Another

certification that a manufacturer has to have to sell in Canada is CSA.

You’d be surprised how many water ionizers distributors in the US are selling water ionizers illegally! The

most common problem is not getting their water ionizers listed with the FDA. Second, is not getting UL or

NRTL certification. So, do your homework before you purchase!

EOS water ionizers are CSA approved, have NRTL certification, are manufactured in a ISO 9000 factory,

are KFDA approved, and they are listed with the US FDA. So, EOS water ionizers are proven safe and

effective.

Compare Water Ionizer PlatesSo, hopefully, now you’ve decided to go with a

manufacturer that makes their own parts and has all the

proper certifications. But that still doesn’t mean that

they use high quality plates.

The first water ionizers used plates ever made were thin

and flat. The problem that these first plates had were

hot spots. The plates would literally wear down and

discentegrate right where the electrode connected to it.

Also, the electrical current would hang around the

edges of the plate, so you often saw wearing and break

down right along the edges. This was a big problem

because titanium and platinum and, with cheaper

plates, some nasty filler metals, were getting into people’s drinking water!

To solve that problem, newer generation water ionizer plates were thicker and started to include mesh. You

can find mesh in many of the water ionizers on the market today like Life Ionizers and Tyent USA. Mesh is

like a fish net of wires that covers a platinum and titianium plate. What mesh does is it distributes the

electrical current evenly across the plate to avoid hot spots. This is a good solution to hot spots, but the

mesh creates ridges on the plates that trap minerals. So, if you have source water that is hard, meaning full

of magnesium and calcium scale, that scale will deposit along the ridges of the fish net wiring and severely

reduce the ionization.

Customers that have purchased water ionizers with mesh coated plates have to also purchase cleaning

filters every few months to remove the build up of minerals in the mesh and, of course, the customer has to

pay for these cleaning cartridges, usually $50 or more! Some warranties even require that their customers

purchase these cleaning filters or the warranty will be voided! So, read the fine print before you purchase.

The best water ionizer plate is only available in EOS water ionizers. It is made by the Hee Sung metal

company of Japan, the top rated company for making platinum and titanium plates. So, EOS water ionizers

have the highest quality plates. What’s more, the EOS plate uses patented slotted plate techonolgy that no

other company can use.

The patented EOS slotted plate does not use mesh. Instead, it uses strategically plates slotes to distribute

the electrical current evenly. This ensures that the entire plates is being utilized during ionization and that

there aren’t any hotspots where the electrodes connect. Because of this, EOS water ionizers are incredibly

precise in ionizing the water. You’ll get more antioxidants, too!

Compare Water Ionizer FiltersWater filtration is another area you’ll want to pay close attention to

when you compare water ionizers. Some water ionizers, even

some expensive ones, use really basic carbon filters that don’t filter

out very many contaminants. The most expensive water ionizer

made by Enagic uses a tiny, single stage activated carbon filter.

Other filters being used only offer a couple stages, usually felt and

activated carbon.

What you’re looking for is a dual filter system that’s multistage. Each

stage of the filtration system should exist to target an existing

contaminant in the water supply. For example, dirt and other large

contaminants should be cleaned up with a sediment filter. Chlorine

and other basic contaminants should be targeted with activated

carbon. More difficult contaminants, like fluoride and heavy metals,

should be targed with ceramic filters and ion resin exchange. Really

good filtration systems repeat these stages to ensure your water is

absolutely clean before your drink it.

EOS water ionizers use a 16 stage dual filter system that includes sediment, activated carbon, anti-

bacterial felt, ceramic, and ion resin exchange. The end result is 99.99% purification of your source water!

You should also pay close attention to replacement filter price. Any water ionizer distributor, like Enagic,

that uses multi-level marketing, will sell their filters for way more than they should. Enagic sells their tiny

filter for $100! Other distributors, like Life Ionizers and Tyent USA, sell their replacement filter set for about

$140. EOS water ionizers replacement filters are only $119 for a set.

Compare Water Ionizer Electrical Systems

There are only two types of electrical systems being used in water

ionizers today, but if you pick the wrong one, it could really cost

you. The very first generation water ionizers used transformers to

convert the electrical current and send it to the plates. Transformers

had major draw backs. One of them being that the size of a

tranformer is large and there isn’t a ton of space inside a water

ionizer, so it made it difficult from a design perspective. That bulky

transformer often sat up against other components, which caused

problems.

The second major draw back to a transformer is that is wastes

electricity in the form of heat. The sticker on a water ionizer

with a transformer might declare a high wattage making you

think that it’s a powerful water ionizer. But if you consider that as much as 60% of that wattage is wasted

as heat and never reaches the plates, that large number doesn’t seem so impressive.

Heat inside a water ionizer, or any other appliance, isn’t good, either. Too much heat leads to overheating

and overheating will damage components over time, reducing the lifespan of that appliance. Practically

speaking, overheating severely reduces the amount of time you can use your water ionizer. A water ionizer

with a transformer may only be able to run a few minutes before it needs to shut off and cool down. Some

cheaper and older water ionizers don’t have any mechanism to automatically shut down, either. So, if

you’re not careful, you just might burn out your water ionizer filling up that five gallon water bottle.

The best water ionizers on the market today use SMPS electrical systems, which stands for switched mode

power supply. Switched mode power supply systems are energy efficient, so the energy that they draw in

wattage is converted and sent to the plates without much waste. Because of this, water ionizers using

SMPS can be run for long periods of time. EOS water ionizers can fill up a five gallon water bottle without

needing to cool down!

The other major benefit of SMPS is that they are cool running and won’t damage the other components.

This will greatly increase the lifespan of your water.

The last important benefit of SMPS is that the electrical current produced is much cleaner than that of a

transformer. Dirty electrical currents have lots of breaks in the flow that takes a toll on the components

using that current. Water ionization is a very precise process and dirtly electrical currents don’t produce

great results. Conversely, a clean electrical current from a SMPS electrical system yields a very precise

ionization, enabling you to get the pH and ORP levels that you want with a wide variety of water types.

Compare Water Ionizer Warranties

When water ionizers first hit the market, they came with a one year parts and

labor warranty standard and, in most Asian countries, that’s still what you get!

But, American consumers are much more demanding and that has forced water

ionizer manufacturers to step up their coverage.

What we’ve found is most water ionizer manufacturers will cover parts

for a period of three years. That’s it! But when you click around all of

the water ionizer distributors websites in the US, nobody is offering a

three year warranty. Most are offering a “lifetime” warranty. Why such

the discrepency?

US water ionizer distributors felt compelled to over more warranty than

their manufacturer would offer. The only way they can make this

happen is by agreeing to pay for the parts after three years. So, when you see a “lifetime” warranty, you’re

seeing a water ionizer distributor that has agreed to pay for parts for every year beyond the third year. This

is very problematic.

The first problem with this “lifetime” warranty is the assumption that parts will even be available after the

third year. Manufacturers are constantly upgrading their product line and older models don’t receive as

much attention. If you bought a water ionizer from an assembler, we can virtually guarantee that they didn’t

purchase enough parts to cover warranty beyond the third year. Yet, US water ionizer distributors still offer

the extended warranty. So, what’s going to happen is that US water ionizer distributor won’t be able to

honor the warranty they sold their customer on. They will have to change the customer’s water ionizer to a

newer model, or at least a different model.

If the assembler manufacturer does have parts beyond the third year, those parts will be very expensive

because of the simply economic principal of supply and demand. That assembler will have to purchase

smaller runs of parts at a higher costs and pass that cost on to the US water ionizer distributor, who has

agreed to eat that cost due to their extended warranty. This is a bad formula for running a successful

business. Companies like Tyent USA and Life Ionizers have only been distributing water ionizers for a few

years, so they haven’t been hit with this huge financial burden yet. But I guarantee those water ionizers

they sold at the beginning are starting to break and the phone is ringing and their costs are mounting…

Truth is, a lifetime warranty is insanse and what we’ve seen is that some of those distributors that offer it

are back pedaling by amending their warranty. They want to reduce warranty claims that they have to fully

cover so they’ve added amendments to their warranties that require the customer to have their water

ionizer cleaned by the company every year at the customer’s expense or their warranty is voided. They

also restrict the amount of water a customer can process with their water ionizer and if the customers goes

beyond that restriction, their warranty is voided. Other amendments charge high labor costs for repairing

items that are not fully covered by the warranty.

The bottom line is you should read every line of a warranty before purchasing and, as a general rule, don’t

buy a water ionizer from any company offering a lifetime warranty.

Water for Life USA offers a comprehensive, unrestricted 5 years parts, labor and shipping warranty. This

means you can use your EOS water ionizer as much as you want and if anything happens to it in 5 years,

Water for Life USA will send you a shipping label and cover all costs involved in replacing parts and

shipping it back to you. Furthermore, since EOS water ionizers are a manufacturer and not an assembler,

getting parts beyond the 5 year warranty coverage is inexpensive. For example, if the solenoids stop

working on your EOS water ionizer after 5 years, the total cost is only $75 to replace them!

Compare Water Ionizer Price

When you compare water ionizers, price might be the

biggest factor in your consideration. The water ionizer

market place is full of a huge contradiction in prices.

Most of that has to do with companies that are mlm

(network marketing) like Enagic, that have to pay

several levels of affiliate commissions on each of their

sales. Affiliate marketing bumps up the price of the

Enagic SD501 seven plate water ionizer to $3995!

In comparison, Life Ionizers sells their seven plate model for $1995. Tyent USA doesn’t have a 7 plate

model anymore but sells their 9 plate model for $2097. Water for Life USA, that distributes EOS water

ionizers, sells their 7 plate Genesis Platinum for $1395 and their 9 plate Genesis Platinum 9 Turbo for

$1895.

When you consider that EOS water ionizers have the highest quality plates, the best filtration system,

switched mode power supply, and all the proper certifications, we think they are the best value to the

American consumer. See our chart below for a more detailed comparison.

Water Ionizer Comparison Charts for Countertop and Undersink ModelsWith so many models, it can be confusing. We’ve narrowed our chart down to the top models from the top

companies. As you can see, the Genesis Platinum and Genesis Platinum 9 Turbo shine in comparison.

Model:EOS Genesis Platinum 9 Turbo

EOS Genesis PlatinumTyent Turbo Extreme

Life 7700 Jupiter Athena

Picture:

Watts: 325 300 375 309 80

Plates: 9 7 9 7 5

Type of Plate:Patented Slotted Plate Technology

Patented Slotted Plate Technology

Mesh HybridMesh or Flat

OptionMesh

Plate Surface Area:

250 220 315 Unknown 87.5

Number of Settings:

4 Alkaline, 4 Acidic, 1 Filtered Only

4 Alkaline, 4 Acidic, 1 Filtered Only

4 Alkaline, 3 Acidic and 1 Filtered Only

4 Alkaline, 2 Acid, 1

Filtered Only

4 Alkaline, 2 Acid, 1 Filtered

Only

Preset Ionization Levels Adjustable?

Yes, 76 Additional Levels.

Yes, 76 Additional Levels

Yes, 60 Additional Levels.

Yes, Unknown Additional Levels

No

Filtration: 2 Filter System, Activated Carbon

2 Filter System, Activated Carbon

2 Filter System,

2 Filter System,

2 Filters, Activated

Activated Carbon

Activated Carbon

Carbon with Biostone

Warranty:

5 Years Unlimited Parts, Labor, and

Shipping. Lifetime Guarantee on Plates

5 Years Unlimited Parts, Labor, and

Shipping. Lifetime Guarantee on Plates

Unlimited Lifetime

Lifetime on All Parts / 5 years

on Labor.

Covers Shipping for

Three Months Only

Limited Lifetime /

Details Not on Site

Assembled or Made from

Manufacturer?

Manufactured Manufactured Assembled Manufactured Manufactured

Price: $1895 $1695 $3495 $2497 $2195

Undersink Water Ionizer Comparison:There are only six undersink water ionizers on the market, we’ve included them all here. As you can see, the Revelation shines in comparison to the others, especially when it comes to power, functions, and price.

Model:Water for Life USA EOS

RevelationTyent EXTREME

TURBO Watershed Odyssey Life 8100

Picture:

Watts: 300 375 130 208

Plates: 9 9 4 7

Total Plate Surface Area:

315 315 96.72 Unknown

Plate Type:Patented Slotted Plate

TechnologyMesh Hybrid Flat Mesh or Flat Plates

Electrical System:

SMPS SMPS Transformer SMPS

Automatic Yes Yes No. Runs set Yes

Electrolysis Adjustment to Source

Water

amount of current through plates regardless of source water.

Number of Settings:

4 Alkaline, 4 Acid, 1 Filtered Only

4 Alkaline, 3 Acid, 1 Filtered Only

4 Alkaline, 2 Acid, 1 Filtered Only

4 Alkaline, 2 Acid, 1 Filtered Only.

Operation: Touch Sensors Touch Screen Buttons Touch Sensors

Adjustability to Source

Water:

76 Levels pH + ORP Adjustment

Yes, unknown total settings.

No. Only the four alkaline and two

acid levels available.

60 Levels.

Cleaning Cycle:

Automatic. Determined by mineral

build up on plates.

Automatic. Determined by mineral build up on

plates.

Runs on a timer, cleans every day.

Automatic

Filtration:

4 Filter System: Sediment, Precarbon,

Revitalizing, Postcarbon

2 filter system. Activated Carbon and carbon plus

remineralizing.

3 Filter System (prefilter, not

inside of base), activated carbon

filtration.

2 filter system. Activated carbon with vitamin C.

Warranty:

Lifetime on Plates. 5 Years Unlimited Parts, Labor, Shipping:Water for Life USA covers all

parts, labor, and shipping costs for the first five years.Our

plates have a lifetime warranty with labor

and shipping.

Lifetime Unlimited Warranty:Promises to cover everything during lifetime of machine.

5 Year WarrantyDetails not posted on site.

Lifetime on all parts / 5 years on labor.Covers shipping for three months only.

Price: $2195$3999 (on presale for

$2999)$1995 $2197

Water for Life USA EOS Water Ionizers Offer:

* Best Technology and Performance

* Best Pricing

* Patented Slotted Plates Made By Top Metal Company in Japan

* Best Warranty and 60 Day Money Back Guarantee

Models: These are the top models on the market. EOS designs their models and manufacturers the components for those designs, making them a top-tier water ionizer company. Jupiter models are manufactured by Emcotech, also a top-tier manufacturer. Tyent products are assembled, making them lower quality, but they have the power necessary for difficult US water. Life Ionizers are manufactured by Biantech, a lower quality Korean manufacturer, but still better than assembly. Life Ionizers are also powerful.

The Enagic SD501 was left off of this chart because it is too old. It only has five settings and a very small filter. It retails for $3980 and at that price, nobody should buy it. The KYK Generation 2 was also left off this chart. We used to distribute KYK product until their primary component manufacturer, EOS, cut them off. We have since contracted with EOS because they design and manufacture their models whereas KYK is just an assembler and now the components KYK are using are lower quality. KYK should be avoided.

Flow Rate discussion: Countertop water ionizers all have similar flow rates, it’s a bit different for undersink water ionizers. With the Odyssey and Delphi undersink water ionizers, the flow rate is low because of the limited number of plates. The machines with the higher number of plates (Revelation, Extreme Turbo) will allow a faster flow rate with powerful, consistent ionization.

Plate discussion: All water ionizer plates are platinum-titanium but only the Revelation’s plates comes from the top metal company in Japan — Hee Sung — and only the Revelation’s plates have the patented slotted plate technology, which ensures an even distribution of the electrical current over the plate’s surface, so that the entire plate is used and there are no hot spots that lead to errosion over time.

Filtration discussion: The Revelation offers a state-of-the-art four filter system whereas the rest of the machines only have three, two, and single filter systems. The Revelation will condition your source water for enhanced ionization. The Genesis models have dual filtration systems but with more stages than most our competitors, including an ion-resin exchange membrane for help in removing fluoride and heavy metals.

Slotted, Mesh, Flat Plates: Flat plates (SD501, Life) are old technology. The electrical current tends to concentrate on the edges of flat plates, causing wear and tear and the eventual destruction of the plate. Mesh attempts to fix this problem by using wires attached to the plate to distribute the electrical current evenly, however the ridges caused by these wires trap minerals and reduce the performance of the plates. The best technology is EOS’s patented slotted plate technolgy that uses small cuts in the plate to distribute the electrical current evenly. You end up with a plate that stays clean and will last a lifetime, that is

why we offer a lifetime guarantee on the plates.

Price: Enagic set the bar high by selling their SD501 for $3980. Since then, water ionizer distributors have felt pressure to sell their models at high prices to show the consumer that their products are just as good as Enagic. When the consumer sees the Enagic product for nearly $4000 and another company’s product for $2000, the consumer’s mind finds ways to justify the higher price (must be a better model, better company, better water, etc.). This is NOT the case. The SD501 is expensive because of the multi-level-marketing program Enagic uses to sell it. They pay out eight levels and $2700 in commissions each time an SD501 is sold!

Considering that all US water ionizer distributors purchase their models for between $400 and $650 a piece, it is outrageous for any water ionizer to be more expensive than $2000 for countertop models and $2500 for undersink models. In our opinion, Life and Tyent are out of control selling their models for so much. They are lower quality products sold by inexperienced companies. We will continue to fight this consumer manipulation and price gouging by selling our products at reasonable prices. Our Genesis Platinum 9 Turbo Water Ionizer is higher quality and will outperform just about every other model and $1895 is the correct price for it. Our Revelation is only $2195, the least expensive premium undersink water ionizer.

Warranty Discussion: A new trend that water ionizer distributors are turning to is offering a so-called “lifetime” warranty on their machines. First off, the manufacturer of these water ionizers only offers a 1-2 year warranty, so these distribution companies are electing to cover the expenses of these lifetime warranties themselves. Very risky. Secondly, there is no guarantee several years down the road that the manufacturer will still make parts for older machines, and if they do, they may charge a premium for making those parts since they aren’t making them in bulk.

Water for Life USA has been distributing water ionizers for eleven years. All these other companies (except Jupiter) have only been distributing for two or three years. They have no idea what its like when older machines start to break and they have to pay to repair them. This is a terrible business model that could bankrupt these companies years down the road. Some, like Chanson and Life, seem to be worried about this and put major restrictions in their warranties. Only Tyent seems to be naive enough to say that they’ll cover everything forever. Good luck with that.

Water for Life USA offers an unlimited five years parts, labor, and shipping warranty. We were the first water ionizer company to even offer a five year warranty. Plus, since our manufacturer (EOS) makes all the components for

their products, we get replacement parts inexpensively, meaning we will be able to offer repairs beyond the five year warranty at very reasonable rates.

Conclusion: The Revelation is the least expensive undersink water ionizer (except for the Odyssey), but offers the best filtration and most levels of pH and ORP. It has 9 plates just like the Tyent Turbo Extreme, 300 watts, comes with an unlimited 5 year warranty, and in our opinion is the most stylish.

The Revelation is the best investment for the health of you and your family.

The Genesis countertop water ionizers offer more stages of filtration, more power, better plates, more pH adjustability, and a better price than comparable models.