Water Ionizer Reviews - Helping You Buy Your Water Ionizer

All of the company’s that appear on Fortune Magazine’s® top 1000 list participate in programs designed to guarantee the safety and reliability of their products. The certifications that these programs provide ensure that products you buy meet standards designed to protect your health and safety, and can even help protect you from terrorism. Compliance with many of these certification programs is voluntary, but any company that wishes to be well-run and efficient will do so.

Possibly the most important certification to look for in a water ionizer is the Water Quality Association’s (WQA) Gold Seal, the WQA’s Gold Seal program certifies the safety of all products and chemicals that contact drinking water. The WQA Gold Seal is the only guarantee that the appliance you use meets the highest standards set for your health and safety.

In a jointly sponsored study by the US EPA and the Department of Homeland Defense, Point of Entry (POE) filtration systems, and Point of Use (POU) treatment systems that meet the WQA’s Gold Seal standard were said to be effective against terrorist threats to the nation’s water supply. People interested in protecting their families from terrorist threats should note that LIFE Ionizers is the only company reviewed here whose products meet the standards of the WQA’s Gold Seal program.

LIFE Ionizers is the only ionizer maker that goes the extra mile to ensure that all of its products meet or exceed the standards set by all of the industry and government certification programs listed here.

LIFE’s ionizers are made in Korea; they are certified as health devices by the KFDA, (Korea’s equivalent to the US FDA) as health devices. The KFDA does not certify Japanese-made ionizers, but does certify other Japanese makers such as Jupiter.

The certifications shown below establish the safety, efficiency and reliability of products. These certifications mean that the company you are buying from has gone to great lengths to ensure they have a quality product that is safe to use, which is the simplest formula for business success. That is why all of the companies that make Fortune Magazine’s® top 1000 list participate in these certification programs.

Definitions of certifications:

UL – Underwriters Laboratories® is an independent product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing standards for safety for more than a century. Every item from a $10 toaster to your new HD flat screen TV carries a UL certification.

NSF – The EPA strongly recommends that any filters used to filter city municipal water sources be NSF certified to ensure the highest quality.

NSF International, The Public Health and Safety Company™, a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, is the world leader in standards development, product certification, education, and risk-management for public health and safety.

ISO - (International Organization for Standardization) is the world’s largest developer and publisher of International Standards. It is vital that the machine you purchase has some sort of ISO certification as it is simply a standard for consumer electronics.

ANSI – The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) provides accreditation in accordance with ISO/IEC Guide 65 for product certification programs to ensure that the marketplace can gain confidence for their activities.

CE – The CE marking is a mandatory conformity mark on many products placed on the single market in the European Economic Area (EEA). The CE marking certifies that a product has met EU consumer safety, health or environmental requirements.

WQA – The Water Quality Association’s Gold Seal Certification Program is dedicated to providing public health and safety services throughout the USA and globally, while maintaining expert service, superior reputation, and fair pricing. The Gold Seal Program offers certification of all products and chemicals that contact drinking water.

IEC – The IEC is the world’s leading organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. The IEC also manages conformity assessment systems that certify that equipment, systems or components conform to its International Standards.

KFDA – The Korean equivalent to the U.S. FDA.

Japanese Ministry of Health – The Japanese equivalent to the U.S. FDA.

For information regarding further certifications please refer to the individual company’s website.

If you are looking for more information on the quality and stability of the different ionizer companies out there, it is best to refer to the Better Business Bureau to view the company’s rating. Obviously, if the company is not accredited by the BBB (Better Business Bureau) then stay away! At the time of this article each company’s BBB (Better Business Bureau) were as rated below.

LIFE Ionizers ™
Enagic® (Kangen ®)
IonWays