There are hundreds of companies that make water ionizers and many of them are not very good. If you’re in the market to purchase a water ionizer, here is what you should look for to find the best water ionizers.
Inside every water ionizer are plates that use water electrolysis to ionize your water. The plates are the most expensive part of the water ionizer. Lesser manufacturers will use cheaper materials in these plates that can lead to poor performance and even make you sick if those materials get into your drinking water!
The best water ionizer plates are made out of platinum and titanium. The best manufacturers combine them to create platinized-titanium and they use at least 99% pure metals during this process. If a water ionizer manufacturer cheats and uses some other metal in their plates, that metal can overheat and damage the plates, causing them to fail. Some of those lesser metals can also break down and get into your drinking water, which can make you sick!
The best water ionizers also use multi-stage filtration systems. Paying a high price for a water ionizer does not necessarily mean it will have good water filtration. The most expensive water ionizer on the market, Kangen, only has a single stage carbon filter!
The best water ionizer filters include stages of a sediment filter, ceramic filter, antifungal felt, and activated carbon. Water for Life USA filters also include ion exchange resin for removing fluoride and heavy metals. The Genesis Steel filters also include tourmaline to naturally ionize the water before it even gets to the plates, creating more healthy antioxidants for you to drink.
Not all water ionizer electrical systems are made the same. Cheaper, lower quality water ionizers use transformers. Transformers have the problem of wasting too much electricity as heat, which can damage components overtime. They also produce a dirtier electrical current that doesn’t ionize the water as well.
The best water ionizers use switched mode power supply, or SMPS. This power system produces very little energy waste and also creates a clean electrical current that ionizes the water better.
There are two types of water ionizer manufacturers. One type is called an assembler. An assembler buys schematics and parts from various other manufacturers and then assembles those parts to make their own water ionizer. The problem with these assembler manufacturers is they tend to purchase large amounts of parts at a low cost initially but don’t purchase replacement parts years down the road. You end up getting a water ionizer that can’t be fixed when it breaks or it costs a lot to fix!
The best water ionizer manufacturers make all of their own components. Water for Life USA water ionizers come from manufacturers that make their own components. Because of this, we are able to offer a long 5 year warranty and we can repair our products inexpensively after the five-year warranty.
We believe that we have the best water ionizers on the market. For example, our Genesis Steel countertop water ionizer offers the best ionization and filtration plus a beautiful stainless steel design. Meanwhile, our IonPlus Undersink Water Ionizer has a stainless steel faucet that’s simple to use along with powerful ionization and superb filtration. Visit our website to learn more.
