TABLE OF CONTENTS Out with the old, in with the new...3 ph and ORP...4 Enagic vs. LIFE Ionizers Alkaline Water ph and ORP...5 Water Filtration...6 Plates...7 MESH vs. Flat...8 Ionizer Cleaning...9 Power...10 Warranty...11 Price...12
The two leading brands of water ionizer sold today are LIFE Ionizers and Enagic s Kangen. These two companies out-sell all others combined. This guide is a head-to-head comparison of these two ionizers. Both machines make alkaline water, beyond that, these two ionizers couldn t be more different. Out with the old, In with the new Enagic s Kangen has never updated the technology in their ionizers, where LIFE Ionizers comes out with some kind of new technology or refinement every year. Technology makes a huge difference; the LIFE Ionizers machine can make alkaline and acidic water straight from your tap, the Enagic s Kangen machine needs chemical additives to produce its full range of alkaline and acidic waters. 3
ph and ORP A water ionizer changes the ph and ORP of tap water by converting the mineral carbonates - mostly calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate - into mineral hydroxides. Many of the benefits that comes from drinking alkaline water made by a water ionizer comes from the mineral hydroxides in it. The LIFE Ionizer is better than the Kangen machine at converting the mineral carbonates in water into mineral hydroxides. This fact is easily proven by comparing the ph of the alkaline water the two machines can produce. Mineral hydroxides are more alkaline than mineral carbonates. That s why the water that an ionizer produces is alkaline. LIFE Ionizers can make alkaline water ph 100 times stronger than Enagic s Kangen.* *The ph scale is logarithmic, so a 1 point increase in ph means a 10x increase in alkalinity, a 2 ph increase is a 100 times increase in alkalinity. 64
Enagic s Kangen water vs. LIFE Ionizers Alkaline Water ph and ORP * Without the use of added chemicals. You can t drink Kangen water made with chemicals. The LIFE Ionizer outperforms the Kangen water machine by about 2 ph. Since the ph scale is logarithmic, that means the LIFE Ionizer is able to produce alkaline water that is 100 times more alkaline than the Kangen water machine! The LIFE Ionizer also clobbers the Kangen water system by -500 ORP. This means that the LIFE machine is producing far more healthy mineral hydroxides than the Kangen water machine. LIFE out-performs Enagic s Kangen by -500 ORP 5
Water Filtration The ability of a water ionizer to filter out contaminants is a big factor in determining if the water it makes is good for you or not. A water ionizer must be able to achieve high removal rates of chlorine in particular. Research by the Oak Ridge National laboratories suggests that chlorine can rob alkaline water of its healthy qualities completely. The LIFE Ionizers beats Kangen s Enagic machine in filtration too. LIFE Ionizers come with two internal filters, and we anlayze your local water report and we provide a free pre-filter that LIFE customizes based on your local water quality. And Life Ionizers is the only company to use Vitamin C Ceramic Block Technology to address both chlorine and chloramines The result is that you get a filtration system that is specifically set up to filter your water. The Enagic machine has only one filter, which doesn t even address some toxins. Enagic does offer a prefilter system to fix the problem with their filter, but it comes at additional cost. If you want the cleanest, healthiest water possible, LIFE Ionizers is a better choice than Enagic s Kangen. 68
Plates The thickness of the platinum-coating on the titanium plates in a water ionizer ultimately determines the quality of the machine. The style of plates (flat vs. MESH) also makes a difference. LIFE Ionizers plates have a coating of.75 microns, the thickest platinum coating of all ionizers made. From our research it appears that Enagic s Kangen has only a coating of.25 microns. Enagic has another problem with it s plates. According to Enagic, the use of Enagic s acidic chemical additive to make strong kangen water can strip the platinum off of the machines plates, exposing the titanium underneath. LIFE Ionizers does not use the dangerous chemical additives that Enagic does, so LIFE Ionizer machines won t destroy their own plates. 7
MESH vs. Flat LIFE Ionizers offers MESH plates as an option on its water ionizers. Tests of water ph and ORP levels show that MESH plates increase the strength of alkaline water up to 15%. So MESH plates are worth having. MESH Flat 8
Ionizer Cleaning Enagic sales representatives often falsely claim that MESH plates can be clogged by hard water. But the fact is, modern ionizers use sophisticated cleaning processes to prevent that. LIFE Ionizers protects the plates in an ionizer two ways: 1. Advanced RADC (patent pending) cleaning system LIFE s advanced Reverse Action Dual Cleaning system uses electrical impulses to stop deposits from clogging plates 2. LIFE Ionizers provides a free prefilter that properly conditions water for MESH plate systems Enagic doesn t offer MESH plates, this may be because Enagic doesn t have RADC cleaning technology, it s a LIFE Ionizers exclusive technology. 9
Power The best plates in the world won t do much if there isn t enough power to drive them. A water ionizer uses electromagnetism to separate the carbonates from the minerals in water, so if an ionizer doesn t have enough power, it will fall short. This is the case with Enagic s Kangen ; the SD-501 has only 235 watts of power. The LIFE 9200 has 386 watts of power - 151 watts more than Enagic s Kangen - making it one of the most powerful ionizers on the market today. The reason Enagic doesn t put as much power into their machine as LIFE (and nearly all other ionizer manufacturers!) is technology. LIFE Ionizers and many other ionizer manufacturers (except Jupiter) moved from transformerbased power supplies to a newer power supply technology called Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) years ago. SMPS power supplies produce a lot more power than the traditional transformer because they are highly efficient. Enagic doesn t have SMPS technology, so they simply can t put enough power into their ionizers. 10
Warranty One of the biggest differences between the LIFE Ionizer and the Kangen machine is warranty. LIFE Ionizers guarantees their top-of-the line units for Life both parts and labor. Enagic only warranties their SD-501 machine for 5 years. Why is LIFE Ionizers warranty so much better than Enagic? A warranty reflects the manufacturer s level of confidence in their product. The fact that LIFE offers a lifetime guarantee, vs. Enagic s 5 year warranty reflects the fact that LIFE Ionizers believes in the quality of their machine, Enagic doesn t. 11
Price The fact that LIFE Ionizers is superior to Enagic in terms of quality, technology, and reliability shows that the LIFE Ionizer is a great value. You might expect the Kangen machine to come with a cheap price tag because of its inferior quality. In fact, the opposite is true! Enagic charges a whopping $3,980 despite the fact that the Kangen machine is inferior to virtually every other ionizer sold on the market. Meanwhile, LIFE Ionizers offers a 7 plate model at $1997. As a matter of fact, you can get the LIFE 9200 9 plate Under-counter ionizer with the stainless steel faucet control included for far less than Enagic charges for its counter top only SD-501! The bottom line: You get a lot more water ionizer for your money with LIFE than you do with Enagic! COMPARE AND SAVE 12
We hope this guide serves to encourage you to compare LIFE to the competition. We know that you will find LIFE Ionizers to be the absolute best value for the money in a home water ionizer. With LIFE Ionizers you get: Advanced filtration technology that purifies your water better The ultimate combination power and plates produces the healthiest alkaline water you can get Industry-leading unlimited Lifetime warranty means you can buy with confidence 60 Day money back guarantee Less than 1/2 the cost of Enagic If you are ready to take charge of your health with a high quality LIFE Ionizer, CALL US TODAY AT: (888) 688-8889 and ask about our specials and bonuses Kangen water and Enagic are registered trademarks of the Enagic Corporation 13