Kangen Scam on Ebay:

Sold! $2001.00 [New!]

Scammers are Making the Enagic SD 501 Water Ionizer Harder for MLMers to Sell!

I knew there was a reason I didn’t like MLM [multi-level-marketing] and this is one reason why:

People pay a lot for the Enagic SD 501, and many of those people are trusting that they can at least recoup some of their money by selling their friends and associates a water ionizer, thus helping their friends and at the same time getting a commission on the sale. The way Enagic works is that you are at different levels, according to how many water ionizers you have sold.

• 1A: If you’ve personally sold 1 or 2, you make $285. for each sale, plus you get about that much from each of your down-line to the 8th level deep.
• 2A: If you’ve personally sold 3 or more, you make $570. for each sale, plus you get $285 – $570 from each of your down-line to the 8th level deep.
• 3A: If you’ve personally sold 11 or more, you make $855. for each sale, plus you get $285 -$855 from each of your down-line to the 8th level deep.
• 4A: If you’ve personally sold 21 or more, you make $1140. for each sale, plus you get $285 -$1140 from each of your down-line to the 8th level deep..
• 5A: If you’ve personally sold 51 or more, you make $1425. for each sale, plus you get $285 -$1425 from each of your down-line to the 8th level deep..
• 6A: If you’ve personally sold 101 or more, you make $1710. for each sale, plus you get $285 -$1710 from each of your down-line to the 8th level deep..

Some way the Ebay scammers are getting ahold of these Enagic machines at a price that is under $2000. They then sell Enagic Kangen water Ionizers on Ebay at a greatly reduced rate. People who don’t care to join the MLK will be happy to pay this slashed price. Perhaps what they’re doing is buying the water ionizers at their discounted rate and passing the savings onto the customer. But however it’s being done, it’s got to really hurt the little guys who are just trying to make a few dollars for giving their water away. This scam is greatly undercutting all of the Enagic dealers, and I wonder why Enagic, themselves, doesn’t put a stop to it.

At the time of this writing there are a few people doing this. Here’s a link to a real-time listing where this seller is offering the Enagic Leveluk SD 501 Kangen Water Ionizer for $3099.99. http://shop.ebay.com/akawaid/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50 He’s clearly giving the buyer about a $900.00 discount. If he is at level 6A, above, then he is still making $800.00 on the sale! If at the time you read this post, this link doesn’t work, I’m sure you can find some other scammer doing the same thing.

Why do I say he’s a scammer? The reason is, he’s seeking to take unfair advantage of the thousands of people who follow the MLM rules. The success of any MLM depends on a unique product, that people need, that people will want to tell their friends about, and that has company rules, commissions and prices which are fair and followed. What he’s doing is violating the rules of his MLM agreement, but he’s not revealing his distributor name or ID on Ebay, so he’s getting away with it. 

Many people just want to get a good water ionizer, and they’ve heard this is a good one. Since a good water ionizer will probably last 20 – 30 years the person might not particularly worried that this guy’s water ionizer isn’t coming with a warranty. They’ve heard that if something goes wrong with their water ionizer, then it’s usually no more expensive to fix than having a repairman for any other house-hold appliance [often cheaper], so they’re really not worried. But they’re trying to save money, and they don’t want to buy-into the MLM of Enagic. This all leads the person to want to buy from this guy on Ebay. Not everyone will do this, but plenty of people will. Money does talk. 

Can the Enagic Sales Scam be Eliminated?

I doubt that the undercutting of authorized sales prices set by the Enagic Company will be stopped. It’s very hard to catch everyone who violates the rules on the internet. If you caught one guy, another 3 might pop up and take his place. That’s probably one reason why Enagic stays away from internet sales. However, I do believe that the company, Enagic, has a duty and responsibility to do everything they can to find these scammers on Ebay or other selling sites, who are trying to take unfair advantage of honest people who are following the MLM guidelines set.

In the meantime, if you’re reading this and wondering if you should buy from that guy on Ebay for a $900.00 discount…No. You souldn’t. The Enagic Kangen water ionizer gets half of its value from the MLM aspect. Without the potential of earning some or all of your money back, the $3,000. discounted price just simply isn’t a good deal. The Enagic LeveLuk SD501 is a good water ionizer, but it under-performs in comparison to the KYK, Melody, Tyent and the Athena. Plus, without the warranty, you have no way of being assured at all.

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Water ionizers are now being certified as “medical devices” in Canada. So far the Jupiter, and now Chanson water ionizers are officially certified medical devices in Canada. This is great news! Previously Oriental countries [where water ionizers were invented and have been used and tested for over 40 years] were the only countries that certified water ionizers as medical devices. It means that perhaps soon the United States may jump on board, and M.D.’s may start writing prescriptions as they now can do in Canada. This would help a lot of people to be able to take the tax deduction or even have their insurance company pay for part of the purchase!

It makes sense for doctors to prescribe preventative things like water ionizers for their patients, although the drug companies might not like it, because they really do help people with their health! But of course doctors want proof. That is understandable. I offer lots of proof throughout my website [e.g., check out my Research Videos button above], but here’s just a little bit of great objective proof:

The picture above is an example of Ronnie Ruiz, whose blood was photographed by a nutritional microscopist over 18 months ago. Ronnie’s blood was clearly acidic. It was in a very unhealthy state. The spikes you see in some of the blood cells mean these blood cells are becoming oxidized and there is possibly high cholesterol. The irregularly shaped blood cells are an indication of disease or unhealthy condition in the body. The cells that look like they have a little knob on the end are yeast cells [not a good thing to be in your blood], the blood cells that have shiny white spots in them is a sigh of iron or other nutrient deficiency [i.e., the blood cells are thinning]. The crystals that look like elongated triangles are solidified uric acid. One way our body protects us from acid is to solidify it. If left go very long, these uric acid crystals would find their way to the joints and cause pain [i.e. arthritis].

After drinking alkaline ionized water for 18 months Ronnie’s blood changed dramatically! Look at how round they are, and how evenly shaped! They’re not irregularly sized or shaped for the most part, and there’s no white spots in the middles. There’s no yeast and no signs of nutritional deficiencies or oxidation happening to the cells.

For more information and videos of live blood cell analysis, visit this recent blog post of mine: http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/2010/01/12/ionized-water-blood-cells-demo-videos/

The problems that Ronnie had before drinking alkaline ionized water were: over acidity of body, and oxidation of cells. These are very common problems that probably affect almost everyone in the US. Our diet and lifestyle makes us particularly vulnerable to the problems of oxidation and over-acidity of our bodies. Buying a water ionizer could someday be considered by you as the best thing you ever did! Don’t wait until it’s too late! I’ve had almost 18 years of experience drinking ionized water; please believe me, it’s not natural to be sick!

The following video is a pretty good summary of what the causes and signs of an acidic body. Of course if you have any of these signs, you should start drinking ionized water [about a gallon per day].

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Water Ionizer News

Here is a just-posted video interview with Dr. Robert Young, author of pH Miracle books and a 30-year water ionizer researcher/guro, with Chanson Water Ionizer USA owner, Ronnie Ruiz.

Dr. Young used to only endorse the Jupiter water ionizers, mainly the Jupiter Melody. This is because he tested all of the water ionizers and felt that the Jupiter Melody gave you the best “water ionization for your buck”. He liked the way most of the Jupiter models were made [from the Melody water ionizer on up], and he liked their intenal cleaning systems [which are very important].

Dr. Young conducts research on water ionizers and their uses & effectiveness, so that he can help his clients. He does a lot of work with live blood analysis and he puts his clients on alkaline diets. Since he is considered by many to be a top water ionizer guru, his endorsement of a water ionizer is significant.

Now, since Dr. Young has seen and tested the Chanson Miracle water ionizer, he is impressed with this water ionizer’s ability to ionize water well, get an extremely high pH [of about 12 with his high-mineral source water], get an extremely low pH [of under 2 with his high-mineral source water], get an extremely high/low ORP [above +1000/below -1000], he is convinced that the Chanson Miracle water ionizer is a MIRACLE WATER IONIZER!

Back in November I did my own testing of the Chanson water ionizers and I was also happily impressed with them. Here is the blog post and video series of that testing: http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/2009/11/17/chanson-water-ionizers-vs-the-melody-water-ionizer/

A week ago Ronnie went to visit the Chanson factory in Taiwan. Here’s the video:

What really impressed Ronnie at the factory was they test every single feature of every single chanson water ionizer before it leaves the factory! They even test the pH and ORP to make sure that each water is performing at the exact level that it should. Correction Note: Ronnie states in this video that all other, or most or many water ionizer companies put calcium sulphite in their water filters. Actually the only major or popular [in the US] water ionizer filters that I know of with calcium sulphite [which is added as a preservative] in them are: Life water ionizers, Bion-tech, and Enagic water ionizers.

Here’s another video with Ronnie in Taiwan. He’s exploring the many stores in Taiwan where Chanson water ionizers [and other water ionizers] are sold. You can see that Chanson is a main water ionizer leader in Taiwan [where water ionizers are as common as toasters -- it seems]. Fifty percent of people in Japan and 40% of people in Korea have their own water ionizers.

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Heart Disease is the #1 killer in the US! It kills more than 2,500 people per day [75,000/month!]

Why do people get heart disease? Heart disease is caused by atherosclerosis [plaque] lining the walls of the blood vessles. Your blood vessel system is huge! If you stretch your blood vessels out, it would be 100,000 miles long! It’s about the most important system in your body, because it delivers nutrients to every cell of your body and removes wastes from them as well.

Anyone could develop this awful, but common, disease. So pay attention, because there’s good news!

Dr. Louis Lgnarro (Nobel Prize Winner, 1998, and author of No More Heart Disease) has discovered that heart disease is preventable, curable and reversable without drugs or surgery!  

According to Dr. Louis Lgnarro, in his NOBEL-PRIZE-WINNING WORK and book, No More Heart Disease, heart disease is preventable and curable, and does not require drugs or surgery. This is BIG NEWS! The #1 killer in the US is CURABLE and PREVENTABLE without drugs or surgery!

Here’s part of what Dr. Lgnarro learned: the interior of your blood vessel walls are lined with a single-layer of cells, whose job it is to release nitric-oxide [a gas] when needed into your blood vessel wall. Nitric-oxide signals the blood vessel to relax and open up and allow more blood to flow through. Nitric oxide also keeps the lining of your blood-vessel walls slick, so that nothing will stick to them. When the N-O is not in sufficient quantities, your blood vessels start becoming rough and accumulate plaque. Plaque builds up and becomes a danger to your health and life. Its presence in your blood vessels is called “heart disease”.

Dr. Lgnarro also has discovered the need for a natural amino acid, l-arginine!

The common amino acid, called l-arginine, is the most important nutrient to bring the blood-vessel cells, so that they can transform that into nitric-oxide. Nitric-oxide is a gas, and so it’s not something that you can consume directly. Dr. Lgnarro discovered, though, that your blood cells will make this gas if they are supplied with the proper nutrients to do that. It makes sense that you must bring the proper nutrition to the blood vessel walls, so those cells in the inner lining of the blood vessel walls will produce nitric oxide. According to their research, the most important nutrient for the health of your blood vessels is l-arginine. You can buy this at your health food store or even at WalMart, however make sure it’s in the proper amount [about 5,000 mg./5 Grams per day]. It is inexpensive.

Dr. Louis Lgnarro also states that “Antioxidants are very important to incorporate into your diet”.

Dr. Lgnarro advises that if the cells of your blood-vessels are damaged by oxygenation [free-radicals] they won’t be able to make nitric-oxide. Therefore you should take care of your blood-vessel walls. You need ample antioxidants to fight the free radical damage that oxidation causes.

How Can Water Ionizers Help?

Shortly after drinking ionized water, the blood delivers a large supply of anti-oxidants to your cells! These are bio-available, natural, easily absorbed, don’t require digestion, and practically free antioxidants!

If you drink alkaline ionized water all day long, you will be providing your cells with a large amount of anti-oxidants all the time. Anti-oxidants are able to repair the damage caused by free radicals [oxidation/rotting], but more importantly, a constant supply of anti-oxidants can prevent further oxidation damage to your cells. If you can prevent and repair the damage of oxidation at the cellular level before it causes a disease you are saving untold amounts of trouble for your body and money, time, worry, and so on! This is where your “ounce of prevention” comes in. Also, if you can prevent oxidation from happening inside of the blood vessels, themselves, then you can keep your cardiovascular system healthy you’ll live a longer and healthier life. It is now proven by Dr. Lgnarro’s work and the work of other researchers in the field of cardiovascular disease prevention that anti-oxidants play an extremely important role in keeping your blood vessels healthy and performing their natural functions [which include warding off plaque]. 

A water ionizer produces water that is full of natural, absorb-able antioxidants.

The ionized water you drink [with the perfect alkalinity, mini-clustered, and full of anti oxidizing capabilities -- very low negative-ORP] will enter your mouth, pass right through your stomach [because there are no calories there is no digestion stimulated], then right into your small intestines, where it will be absorbed into your blood with most of the antioxidant capabilities still intact. This all happens within about 2 – 20 minutes after drinking that ionized water.

Once in your blood, within a very short time [seconds/minutes] that ionized water is attacking free radicals throughout your body, keeping your body from becoming oxidized [rotted] and diseased.

Oxidation in your blood vessels, according to Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Louis Lgnarro [first set of videos, below], is responsible for reducing or curtailing your body’s natural release of N-O [Nitric Oxide]. When the very thin lining of your blood vessels become damaged through oxidation, they cease to be able to do their functions properly. Every cell has functions, and the lining of your blood vessels have as one of their functions to produce nitric-oxide. When the N-O is not in sufficient quantities, that’s when your blood vessels start becoming rough and accumulate plaque.

Water Ionizers Also Give You More Energy, So You Can Get the Exercise You Need to Stay Healthy!

In addition to l-arginine and anti-oxidants, Dr. Lgnarro is convinced of the importance of exercise. He states that “Exercise is the most important way in which your body makes nitric-oxide. So it is important to incorporate at least a mild exercise program in your life.”

Dr. Lgnarro’s Videos:

Much of Dr. Lgnarro’s findings have been buried by the drug companies, especially the news about being able to cure heart disease without using a drug.

However this news will spread by ordinary people, because the story is surely substantiated. This kind of great news will spread for sure. What better use for the internet than to spread good news to people who want useful information. 

Here’s a bit of trivia about drug companies: The Fortune 500 is composed of the 500 top-earning companies in the world. The combined profits of the top 10 drug companies are greater than the combined profits of the other 490 companies in the Fortune 500!

Here’s another bit of drug company trivia: The 4th leading cause of death in the US is from adverse drug reactions!

Further Study: Dr. Joe Pendergast…

Dr. Joe is Board Certified in Internal Medicine as well as Endocrinology and Metabolism and founder of Pacific Medical Research Foundation. He has been working with Dr. Lgnarro’s theories in his practice, and for the past 16 years not one of his 5,000 patients has needed surgery. Not one has been admitted to the hospital for any reason. Prior to this time he was very unhealthy himself and had referred many, many patients to the hospital, usually for some kind of cardio-vascular procedure or surgery. He uses the discoveries of Dr. Lgnarro and also does his own research into natural prevention and healing methodology. 

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When people drink ionized water they feel better! When animals are given alkaline ionized water they do better! And, your blood almost instantly shows noticeable improvement after drinking alkaline water from one of our water ionizers; see report:  A Look into Live Blood and the Benefits of Drinking Alkaline Ionized Water….

How does a water ionizer help people’s blood & health? It provides cells with cleaner, wetter, antioxidant-rich, mineral-rich, alkaline water. Alkaline ionized water can actually reverse the fast-aging and disease-ridden spiral of people who suffer from acidic bodies [which is almost everyone in the USA].

Getting Sick is Not Normal! I used to think allergies were a ”normal” condition, based on genetics and environment, and that colds were due to spreading viruses. Since I’ve been drinking ionized water for over 17 years I have a complete new understanding of what “normal” is. For me, normal is: being healthy, full of energy, and not ever getting sick [even with viruses spreading all around]. And, being this way every day, not just most of the time. Please believe me… it’s not natural to be sick! Allergies and illness can be looked upon as a sign that change is needed. So many people wait till they get cancer and other diseases before they take the time and energy to make a change! It is inevitable that you will get worse diseases if you don’t change what you’re doing that’s giving you allergies and colds. Don’t wait till it’s practically too late!

Change your water; change your life! Considering that such a large percent of your body is water, drinking ionized water instead of junk is completely scientific and logical. In my 17+ years of experience, I can say with complete certainty that it’s the most effective, pleasant and, in the long run, inexpensive change that anyone can do right now. If you decide it’s important enough, you’ll find a way.

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Do You Want to Save the Maximum Amount of Money on a Water Ionizer…But Not Sacrifice Quality?

Here’s How:

Every water ionizer company has returns, for whatever reason, from time to time. When a water ionizer gets returned [during the initial trial period] it is refurbished, cleaned, fitted with new filters, and now that it’s like-new, it’s sold at a greatly reduced price [usually $200.00 off the retail...and sometimes lower]! Since these are refurbished completely by the manufacturer’s technical servicing departments and made to be like-new, they are sold with the full manufacturer’s warranty!

These like-new water ionizers are no compromize of quality. You are covered with all the same warranties as a brand new water ionizer. You are entitled to the same service and same quality in every way as a brand new water ionizer. So, if you’re looking for the very best bargain possible for a water ionizer, this would be it!

Like-new water ionizers usually get snatched up so quickly that I can’t even post them individually on this page. The best way to get one is to go to the “Store” button and click on the product page for the water ionizer of your choice and look for the link to order it. That puts you on the list for the next like-new refurbished water ionizer of that brand that comes available. You can check availability by either emailing or calling me as well. Hint: These go fast, so if one is available, be ready to buy right away.

Contact me, Cathie, at support@alkaline-water-plus.info and let me know which unit you’re interested in.

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Not all water ionizer filters are alike!

Before you buy your water ionizer, you might want to see how its filter-changing steps are, compared with the other water ionizers. I’ve provided you with a water ionizer filter comparison video followed by some commentaries below.

This video shows how to remove and replace…

filters from the Tyent, KYK and Jupiter water ionizers.

Some Water Ionizer Filter Insights:

• The easiest filter to replace was the Jupiter. You just pop it in and out.
• The next easy one down would be the Tyent. You just unscrew/screw it. Although it takes a little coordination to get it started.
• I didn’t show the Chanson in this video, but I did in an earlier blog post. It’s very similar to the Tyent in that it screws/unscrews.
• The KYK is the most complicated. You need to carefully remove the computer chip from the top of the filter. Be careful, because the entire operation of the KYK will go awry if the filter chip isn’t reading correctly. You’ll just get an error message until you fix the problem.
  • Once the chip is out, turn the kyk 1/4 turn and then wiggle and pull till it’s out.
  • But watch out for the water. The filter is in upside-down and so water pours out as you are removing the filter. It would help to do this in or over the sink.

Water Ionizer Filters: There are Other Differences

I’ve included links to the information pages for each of the water ionizers’ above filter pages. There are differences in cost and in what the filters will filter out.

• Athena Water Ionizer: The first filter [on the left] is usually a sediment filter: the Athena #1 Sediment Filter [49.95], and the right filter is either the Biostone .01 [89.] filter or the Biostone Plus [79.]. If you have a municipal water company supply and treat your water, then choose the Biostone Plus. If you use well-water, use the Biostone .01. I’ve seen people use two Biostone Plus filters. This would be for those people doubly concerned with chloramine and fluoride in their water. The Biostone Plus is the only filter to my knowledge that is specifically designed to filter out chloramine*. So this is definitely a “PLUS” for that filter!

*[Chlorine is an unstable element and because of that is very easy to filter out of water -- it bonds with the carbon in the cheap carbon-block filters and out it goes. Chloramine, on the other hand, is a stable compound of chlorine plus amonia (yuck!), and because of its stability it is difficult to filter out and special filter media must be used to get rid of it. Chloramine is a fairly recent compound being used by water treatment companies, and because it's far cheaper to use than chlorine...most municipalities these days are using it. Call the number on your water bill and ask them if they treat your water with chlorine...or look it up online by typing "water quality report" and your city/state [most municipalities post their water quality reports online now).]

• KYK Water Ionizer: The KYK filter set costs $129.50 and filters out fluoride, heavy metals, chlorine, and more.
• Tyent Water Ionizer: The Tyent filter set costs $85.00 and filters out chlorine, heavy metals and more.

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Attention! anyone looking for a great water ionizer deal!

Tyent MMP 7070 water ionizers now come standard with full 10 year warranties, and…

Tyent Turbo Water Ionizers now have FULL PARTS AND LABOR LIFETIME WARRANTIES!

There are no strings attatched to these two great warranties! The Tyent company’s announcement follows:

This makes the Tyent Turbo have the best warranty of all other water ionizers out there! This warranty covers parts….and labor too…for life! I just can’t imagine how they can do that, but I sure am happy they did!

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Water Ionizer Owners: How do you know it’s time to clean your water ionizer?

• If your water ionizer’s pH is dropping over time it’s time to clean.
• If your water ionizer’s flow-rate is slowing down it’s time to clean.
• If you see a whitish film forming around your alkaline spout [flexi-hose] it’s time to clean.
• If it’s been a year, and/or you’re getting ready to change your filters [and you've not given your water ionizer a good cleaning yet], it could be the best time to clean! [Please Note: Using the EOS (Elimination of Scaling) device may prolong or even eliminate the necessity for the cleaning that is described below.]

Why Would a Water Ionizer Need a Vinegar Wash?

• Water ionizers do a good job of cleaning themselves, with their acid washes or in the case of Jupiter, alternating polarity inside the water cell, your electrodes will be squeaky clean, but there are lots of hoses & connectors inside a water ionizer that may get clogged. Even if you’re using RO [reverse osmosis] remineralized water to ionize with, you still have calcium in your source water and a concentration of calcium coming out of your alkaline spout. Calcium is a crystalline mineral and because of its crystal shape — it collects, sticks & clogs. That’s what calcium does. You need calcium though, because you can’t ionize water that’s too soft.
  • Basically the minimum amount of TDS [total dissolved solids] to ionize well is 100 ppm [parts per million]. So even with soft or non-hard water, when you have a water ionizer a little periodic washing [maybe annually] may be needed from time to time.
• If you live in a hard water area [over 320 ppm of TDS or over 19 grains], with extra calcium in your water, you may need to do these periodic cleanings even more often [perhaps monthly] to keep your water ionizer clean inside. You can find out the hardness [TDS & Calcium levels in your water] by calling the number on your water bill.
  • If you’re noticing the need to do these periodic cleanings more than twice a year, you may want to consider purchasing an EOS or “scale-block prefilter” or just do more acid washes [push the acid water button more often].
  • If you have the Chanson model, it can be programmed to your water hardness and set to a customized frequency of acid washes.
    • Let’s say you drink your alkaline water at 9.5 pH (or Level 3), there is absolutely no reason why you couldn’t push the acid water level 3 button and get your drinking water out of the bottom hose once a day. This may be a smart thing to do if you’re finding your hard water build-up to be too frequent.
• If your TDS is way too high [over 625ppm] you may even be smart to consider hooking in a reverse-osmosis-remineralizer which would then bring your TDS down to the proper range for ionization without the over-kill. 
• Another possibility for handling TDS that is way-out above the “appliance kill range” is a whole house [natural-sodium-free] water filter & softener, such as the Dove System which I sell on my site. Never use a sodium exchange water softener.
  • It’s unhealthy for you [too much sodium]
  • It’s not good for the water ionizer [tends to corrode]
  • It gets concentrated in your alkaline drinking water [so it's double unhealthy when ionized]
  • It’s bad for the environment [where does all that salt-water go?]

It’s up to you to take care of your water ionizer and keep it safe and protected against scaling. The rest of this post is explaining a basic procedure that can help de-scale a clogged up water ionizer or just help any water ionizer by giving it the periodic cleaning that it wants:

Here is the Vinegar Wash Procedure:

A vinegar wash is probably the cheapest and most effective type of special cleaning you can do. Here are the steps: [Note: I have not personally used this technique, because I've not had any of the symptoms saying I need to do it. These steps have been supplied by a water ionizer technician, and I believe they should work. When it's time for me to change my filters in my Athena water ionzier, I'll do a video of it and re-post this blog with the video-demo at that time.]

What you will need:

• You should save your old used-up filters in the refrigerator in a plastic zip-lock bag to use for your vinegar washes. This procedure will ruin your filter for anything but another vinegar wash.
• 1 gallon white vinegar.

Begining Your Water Ionizers Vinegar Wash:

1. Take the acid hose and raise it to a position where the water won’t run out. Tape it there, temporarily for the Wash.
2. Make sure your water ionizer has the old [used up] and drained filters in it.
   • If these have been used recently, make sure they’ve been drained. [Take them out and drain them for 2 hours in a dish drain (standing upright). then replace them.]
3. Open the calcium port [if there is one] and if it’s full of water — empty it. Remove the calcium basket. Then fill the chamber with vinegar. Replace lid.
4. Curve the spout upwards and pour vinegar down the spout until full. [If spout is clogged, remove it and let it sit immersed in vinegar for a few hours before you get to this step.
5. Let sit overnight or until unclogged/cleaned inside out.
6. Lower the acid hose to the normal position.
7. Run water through the ionizer.
8. Repeat process if the ionizer is still clogged.

[Note: If you have a very clogged water ionizer...don't worry if it is very slow-flowing or a trickle at first. The calcium build-up will eventually dissolve with this technique.]

Rinsing the Water Ionizer:

Some water ionizer companies have their own cleaning cartridge they sell you to clean your water ionizer annually or semi-annually [as needed]. If this is the case, I would suggest to do the periodic cleaning according to your water ionizer’s manufacturer, however the steps outlined in this blog are steps you can use with any water ionizer to clean it. If you’re not sure if your water ionizer company has a cleaning cartridge or not, call 1-888-MY-ALKALINE [Cathie] and I’ll let you know.

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Water Ionizer owners look at this!

This Water Ionizer easy-to-do trick is something that you can use if you live in a hard water area…to keep your water ionizer squeaky clean. Or even if you don’t live in a hard water area, but your water ionizer seems to need periodic cleanings. This trick can help you not need those cleanings so often [or ever!] No matter what brand of water ionizer you use, even the best self-cleaning brand [such as the Athena Water Ionizers], may have problems [of your water ionizer clogging up with scale] in hard water areas. This trick can save you time and money…and help you understand the workings of your water ionizer better. Here’s the video:

The Water Ionizer trick shown in the above video could save you time and money…and all without wasting any of your great, filtered, ionized water. Here’s a re-cap of the steps shown in the video [just in case you're unable to see the video for some reason.]:

• About once a day do this:
  • Reverse the polls [by choosing an acid setting] of your water ionizer to get your alkaline [drinking level] water from the bottom hose. [the first time you do this use the pH drops to ensure you're getting the right drinking level of water from the bottom hose.
  • Collect your acid water [if desired] from the top spout at the same time.
• Doing this once a day will give your water ionizer extra cleaning without wasting the filtered ionized water or wasting any of your time.
• If you live in a really hard water area, you may see that doing this twice a day is needed.
• If you use your water ionizer a LOT, you may want to do this more than once a day.

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