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1. Compare Water Ionizers
By 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 Manufacturers
Arguably, 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do is they buy an outdated design from the research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,

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 they’re using an outdated design, so their product won’t be the latest technology.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

3. effective.
Compare Water Ionizer Plates
So, 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!

4. Compare Water Ionizer Filters
Water 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

5. 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

6. 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!

7. 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 Models
With 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 Platinum
Tyent 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 Hybrid
Mesh or Flat
Option
Mesh
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
onization
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

8. 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
Revelation
Tyent 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
Technology
Mesh Hybrid Flat Mesh or Flat Plates
Electrical
System:
SMPS SMPS Transformer SMPS
Automatic Yes Yes No. Runs set Yes

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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.