Is the Enagic $3800. Water Ionizer the best water ionizer there is?

No. There are many comparible water ionizers [such as the Jupiter Melody as you can see in the demonstrations in this article] and some that are better than the Enagic Kangen water [such as the Athena and Tyent Turbo as you can see in previous demonstrations], so No, Enagic is not the best there is. It’s a good, even great, water ionizer though, so I have no intention to down-grade it. However, I have tested and used these, and many other water ionizers, for years, and that’s why I simply know. I know the truth of the ionizers compared, and so when I hear stories from MLMers that the Enagic water ionizer is like no other or better than all others I will know there is a lie somewhere. I always ask, “in what way is the Enagic claimed to be better?” The answers I have heard are amazing to me, because they are based on hear-say only. One MLMer tells their downline, and they tell their downline, and they tell everyone they see. When asked for specifics, I’ll hear things like “better ORP” or “the ORP lasts longer”. I’ve actually tested and used these water ionizers, and though I would consider the Jupiter Melody a little bit less quality ORP than the Enagic, they are very close as you can see compared here.

Which water ioizer will hold its ORP the longest?

That is what I’m testing in today’s post. I have done a series of water ionizer comparisons which you can see below [the videos, charts and summaries for each set of tests]. I tested the ionized water immediately after pouring it as “Enagic-Melody-Comparison-1″. Then after an hour and 13 min. I tested all levels again [Enagic-Melody-Comparison-2]. Then continued to test at intervals and you can see for yourself that the ORP dropped at the same rate [I mean identical] for each water ionizer.

Another important piece of information you can learn from this post is …

How long will ionized water stay ionized?

This is a great question, and the answer is that the pH will last for a pretty long time [if sealed in a good container], but even sealed in the best container, the ORP will drop significantly after an hour at levels 1 and 2. It will drop significantly after 3 hours for levels 3 and 4. Therefore, my advice to anyone is to try to drink your ionized water fresh. The idea of storing it for days is fine if that’s all you can do, but I really, strongly advise you to just bite the bullet and buy your own water ionizer.

Enagic-Melody-Comparison-1
Test 1: Tested Immediately After Pouring
Timestamp: 5:48 PM 11/17/10
           

Enagic

Melody

Level 1pH/ORP

10.1/-404

9.8/-339

Level 2pH/ORP

11.1/-738

10.4/-653

Level 3pH/ORP

11.4/-797

10.8/-753

Level 4pH/ORP

11.4/-801

11.0/-779

Acid

2.2

2.4

Enagic-Melody-Comparison-2
Test 2: Tested 1 hr. 13 min. After Pouring
Timestamp: 7:01 PM  11/17/10
           

Enagic

Melody

Level 1pH/ORP

9.5/-191

9.6/-185

Level 2pH/ORP

11/-250

10.4/-190

Level 3pH/ORP

11.2/-701

10.8/-624

Level 4pH/ORP

11.3/-735

11.0/-665

Acid

2.2

2.4

Enagic-Melody-Comparison-3
Test 3: Tested 3 hr. 33 min. After Pouring
Timestamp: 9:21 PM   11/17/10
           

Enagic

Melody

Level 1pH/ORP

9.5/-145

9.5/-137

Level 2pH/ORP

10.7/-156

10.3/-154

Level 3pH/ORP

11.0/-200

10.7/-161

Level 4pH/ORP

11.1/-200

10.9/-186

Acid

2.2

2.4

Enagic-Melody-Comparison-4
Test 4: Tested 15 hrs. After Pouring
Timestamp: 8:50 AM   11/18/10
           

Enagic

Melody

Level 1pH/ORP

9.7/-104

9.7/-96

Level 2pH/ORP

10.7/-106

10.3/-98

Level 3pH/ORP

11.0/-130

10.7/-104

Level 4pH/ORP

11.2/-139

10.9/-120

enagic-melody-after-24hrs
Test 5: Tested 24+ hrs. After Pouring
Timestamp: 8:17 PM   11/18/10
           

Enagic

Melody

Level 1pH/ORP

9.3/-80

9.5/-76

Level 2pH/ORP

10.6/-97

10.3/-70

Level 3pH/ORP

11.0/-102

10.7/-73

Level 4pH/ORP

11.1/-124

10.9/-90

 

How else do the Melody and Enagic compare? This is important to LOOK at, because you can literally buy 3 Melodies for the price of one Enagic! Melody water ionizers also have a lifetime warranty on parts [vs. Enagic's 5-year warranty], so take a look at the other comparisons. You can see that in many ways, the Melody is a better water ionizer than the Enagic, and in some ways the Enagic is better. But they are both great, reputable water ionizers from very good and trustworthy manufacturers.

  Melody LeveLukSD501

Price

$1,395.

$3,980

How many ways can you install it?

3 options: countertop with diverter from tap; undersink with kit; countertop with direct line

To tap with diverter only or you can buy an external flow control knob.

Warranty

Lifetime Warranty on all Parts! 5 year FULL labor & Lifetime Limited Labor. 

5 year
Parts & Labor

Satisfaction Guarantee

60 Day

None…3-Day Return if Unused…otherwise fees Apply

Shipping

Free

$18

Year Manuf. Established

1974

1976

Year Established in USA

1996

2004

Research Facility Location

Japan

Japan

Factory

Korea…Assembly-Line

Japan…Assembled by One Person (By Hand)

The manufacturer

28+ years …1986

7+ years …1988

Highly Certified…Including, ISO9001 & 14001, UL and CE

Highly Certified…Including, ISO9001 & 14001, UL and CE

Reno NV, New Fairfield CT, Edmonton Canada

Hermosa Beach, CA

Electrode Plate Information

5

7

Standard flat Plate

Standard flat Plate

Electroplating

Dipped

Emco Tech / Japan

Enagic / Japan

Cleaning System / frequency / convenience

Automatic Cleaning [No Waiting] When finished …each time used.

Simple Reverse Polarity / 30 seconds every 15 gals

Continuous cleaning: no cartridge needed

Must use cleaning cartridges 

Filtration Features

.1Micron / .01Micron

.1Micron

 

GAC, Super Carbon, with  Tourmaline

Carbon with Calcium Sulfite

 

Filter counter lets you know when to change filter

Must remember or estimate when filter needs changing.

 

$79 / $89

$145

Electrical Power

Transformer

Transformer

110w / .5amps

230w / 2.5amps

 
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Today I had the pleasure to test two great water ionizers, the Enagic $3800 Water ionizer [the SD 501] and the Jupiter Athena water ionizer.

The results were close, but the Athena was a bit better in levels 2 and 3 [which I feel are the most important levels, because they are the levels that most people drink at]. 

The Athena has a better design than the Enagic — more sophisticated and efficiently designed. Jupiter Athena is Jupiter’s highest-end water ionizer. It is a tried-and-true water ionizer design, that has been around for many years. It has come out top in many water ionizer comparison tests, including the ones done by Silver State Labs [an independent certified lab]. The filtration in the Athena is exceptional along with the internal self-cleaning system, called the DARC [double automatic reverse cleaning] cleaning system. The Athena also has a better warranty than the Enagic’s 5-Year Warranty.

Here are the videos, chart, and commentaries for today’s water ionizer comparisons:

 

10/29/ Enagic/Athena-1 Enagic Athena
Level 1  pH/ORP

10.5/-780  Better

9.7/+3

Level 2   pH/ORP/rH

11 /-805 / 1.83

10.4 /-710 / 3.8 Better because the water’s more drinkable

Level  3   pH/ORP/rH

11.3 / -825 / 1.77

11.1 / -817 / 1.63 [Tiny bit better]

Level 4   pH

11.4  Better [for emulsifying oils]

11.2

Acid   pH

2.8

2.5  Better [for killing germs faster]

Here are my comments about today’s water ionizer comparisons:

  • Enagic’s results at level 1 were higher, but the pH was too high for most people starting in at drinking ionized water.
  • The Athena’s ORP at level 2 was almost as good as the Enagic’s but with a far more drinkable pH. Same for level 3.
  • The Enagic had a slightly higher pH at the highest level [this was without the aid of any chemical], but both water ionizes’ high alkaline results were plenty high enough to emulsify oils.
  • The Athena had a slightly better low acidic pH [without the aid of chemicals], but both water ionizers’ low acid pH results were plenty low enough to kill germs.

This was part 4 of a series of water ionizer comparison tests that I am calling Water Ionizer Face-Off. So far I have compared…

Look for more water ionizer comparisons, as part of Alkaline Water Plus’s Water Ionizer Face-Off Competition, coming soon!

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* Background… Scientifically Comparing Water Ionizers: To scientifically compare water ionziers you need to understand the term, rH [relative Hydrogen], and how important it is to comparing water ionizers. You can’t always look at numbers and figure it out which one is the best ORP per unit of pH easily. Therefore it’s helpful to have a formula to help you do that. RH is simply a measure of negatively charged Hydrogen per unit of pH in your water.  The smaller the number [rH closer to zero], the better [healthier & more anti-oxidizing] the water is. On a scale from 0 to 42, above 28 is oxidizing (higher potential to damage the closer it gets to 40) and below 28 is reducing (anti-oxidizing)…the lower [closer to zero] the better. RH is the best measure of the healthiness of that ionized water.

The formula for rH is: rH = (ORP + 200) / 30 + 2 * pH 

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Today I compared the Jupiter Melody water ionizer against the Enagic LeveLuk SD 501 water ionizer!

What great water ionizer comparison results I got… and I’m sharing these results here in this article.  I am somewhat surprized that the Jupiter Melody water ionizer compares so well, although I have tested the Melody water ionizer against the Enagic Kangen machine before and got good water ionizer comparitive results then. It is a nice surprize all over again that these two very popular water ionizers compare this closely, because of the extreme price difference. Below, the results show it was nearly a tie. Level 3 drinking level of ionized water was particularly tied. You could barely get that close even if you tested a water ionizer against itself. The acidic water capabilities of the Enagic are better, but there is chemical added which in my eyes is not needed [The Enagic is able to get a stronger acidic water partially due to the solution that is added during the strong acid setting.] Personally, I don’t see anything too shabby about the 3.0 pH the Melody was able to get all by itself without the chemical. Anything under 4 pH kills germs…it just kills them faster the lower the pH. All-in-all I am very impressed with the Melody water ionizer while at the same time not unimpressed with the Enagic Kangen machine. What I’ve found with my water ionizer testing is that several water ionizers will give you these great results…and I’m thankful that they do!

Both water ionizers are well-made and function without difficulty. Both waters are pleasant tasting, although the filtration of the Jupiter water ionizers is far superior to the out-of-date Enagic’s filtration. The Jupiter Melody water ionizer also has a better system of self-cleaning in that it reverses polarity every time you turn the water on [versus every so many liters]. This is why the Melody water ionizer stays so squeaky-clean year after year. I’ve seen a 5-year-old Melody beat a brand new KYK water ionizer one time in a test series being conducted by the KYK main importer at the time. Both of the water ionizers use fine, highest quality materials and have exceptional customer service [although the warranty for the Melody is far superior ...with a lifetime warranty on parts]. And…

The Melody Water Ionizer is only $1595.00!

I’ve included the 2-part video here so you can see the tests yourself, verify the results are recorded correctly and verify that I had the water flow rate the same for both water ionizers. I also included pictures showing that the pH meter was callibrated ahead of time and the St. Louis tap water was 9.3 pH and +203 ORP just prior to the testing. I’ve also constructed a chart showing all the levels of water ionizer comparison, below the videos.

 

 

10/26/10  Faster FlowEnagic/Melody-3 Enagic Kangen Water Jupiter Melody
Level 1pH/ORP/rH*/Rating

10.2 / -155 / 18.9 Tied

10.0 / -90 / 20.3 Tied Maybe a little better…because the pH is more drinkable for level 1

Level 2pH/ORP/rH*/Rating

10.6 / -500 / 11.2 Better

10.4 / -230 / 19.8

Level  3pH/ORP/rH*/Rating

11.1 / -800 / 2.2 Tied

10.8 / -780 /2.27 Better because the pH is more drinkable and ORP is almost the same.

Level  4

11.3 Better [for emulsifying oils]

11.0

Acid pH

2.0 Better [for killing germs faster]

3.0

 

This was part 2 of a series of water ionizer comparison tests that I am calling Water Ionizer Face-Off. So far I have compared…

Look for many more water ionizer comparisons, as part of Alkaline Water Plus’s Water Ionizer Face-Off Competition, coming soon!

PH Meter Callibrations:

7.0 PH Callibrated10.0 PH Callibration

St. Louis Tap Water:

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* Background… Scientifically Comparing Water Ionizers: To scientifically compare water ionziers you need to understand the term, rH [relative Hydrogen], and how important it is to comparing water ionizers. You can’t always look at numbers and figure it out which one is the best ORP per unit of pH easily. Therefore it’s helpful to have a formula to help you do that. RH is simply a measure of negatively charged Hydrogen per unit of pH in your water.  The smaller the number [closer to zero], the better [healthier & more anti-oxidizing] the water is. On a scale from 0 to 42, above 28 is oxidizing (higher potential to damage the closer it gets to 40) and below 28 is reducing (anti-oxidizing)…the lower [closer to zero] the better. RH is the best measure of the healthiness of that ionized water.

The formula for rH is: rH = (ORP + 200) / 30 + 2 * pH 

 

 

 

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