The best most reliable ionizers are built in Japan. Over the past 50 years they have pioneered and perfected the technology. The best electrodes in water ionizers are always flat solid plates made from Titanium and coated in platinum. More plates, more square inch contact area and greater electrical force create a more potent and stable water. This is why Enagic Kangen water machines outperform competitors hands down.

Mesh plates have a tendency to over-heat. They deteriorate much faster than a solid plate, they have less square inch contact area and they provide an much less efficient ionization process. Uneven water flow on a mexh plate creates uneven ionization.

So who makes the better units?

Japanese first started to manufacture the machines around 40 years ago. Since they are the pioneers in the development, so due credit must be given top them. They are extremely careful about the quality of each unit. In fact, they have an expression “icho”, which means first class. Without a doubt, the water ionizer units produced by Enagic are also first class. At your home, you will already be using many Japanese products, including brand names such as Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic. All of these products are reliable products manufactured with cutting edge technology in mind. This is a trademark of the procedure the Japanese use to manufacture things.

There is also an important point about electrodes. Should a unit have 5 or 7 electrodes and is the material of these electrodes important? A water ionizer unit with 7 electrodes has 28% longer life than the unit with only 5 electrodes. The reason is that there are 2 additional electrodes to share the load of processing the water. For a family, a unit with 7 electrodes is essential because the water requirements will be bigger. The unit with 7 electrodes can also produce water with a bigger ORP range. It means both the strong acidic and strong alkaline water will work great for cleaning by having a higher or lower ORP. You can use one of these waters as per your requirement.

I have also heard about a few low price units that use stainless steel electrodes, but it is merely an urban myth because all of the units that I have seen have platinum coated, titanium electrodes.

As you know that both titanium and platinum are inexpensive, the electrodes themselves make up most of the real price of the unit. So, the better the quality of electrodes, the better the unit will be. Titanium is used in these units because it is a very potent metal. The platinum is durable and is a good conductor. Still, none of the units are produced with electrodes completely out of platinum. First of all, the reason is the cost and also because they are not able to last as long as the titanium dipped electrodes.

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