Hi! I’m Rob, and I welcome you to IonizersReviewed.com.
Since 2007, I have personally managed and updated this website from my vast collection of research, resources and personal experiences in the field of ionized, alkaline water. What you find on this site is the up-to-date sum of my countless hours reviewing and comparing the top ionizers from around the world. But where did it all begin?

As far back as early 2004, I earned a living by teaching the science of health and wellness for students all across the country. My class was a complete program for healthy living, though I offered no vitamins, pills, supplements, multi-level marketing “get rich quick” opportunities or anything else of the kind. I knew from the very beginning that the critical trust my students placed in me could never be abused. The one and only specific recommendation I gave to the class was very simple: drink A LOT of water.

Many students asked the same question: “What KIND of water?” At the time, it didn’t make much difference to me. Water is water, right?

As I began to look in to the water equation, it became clear that the answer wasn’t so simple: tap water has chlorine and fluoride, bottled water is expensive and consumes way too much plastic, and there are so many kinds to choose from.

About the same time, I was overhauling my class, adding more information about food, nutrition and the role media plays in shaping our chances at living healthy lives. I was neck-deep in a book called “The pH Miracle” by Dr. Robert Young, an accliamed research scientist. Though I already considered myself a healthy person, I was transformed to a new level after completing Dr Young’s recommended cleanse, completely breaking my addiction to sugar and refined carbohydrates.

I recommend his book and the cleanse to this day. I now make sure that at each meal, 75% of my plate is covered with green, leafy vegetables. What a difference a little pH balancing can make for a person, even someone that’s already leaning towards “healthy”! Since then, my energy and attitude has never been better!

While continuing my research on hydration, nutrition and pH I stumbled across a mutual acquaintance that introduced me to a new device that produced a substance called “Kangen Water”.

Impressive! Imagine: a gadget that could produce, on demand, an abundant supply of high-pH alkaline water that’s filtered, clean and more hydrating than regular tap or bottled water!

Like so many others, I was sold on the technology but shocked by the price tag, and a little more than apprehensive about the “business opportunity”.

Could I really, in good faith, recommend to my students the Kangen water machine that pays out more that $2600 in MLM commission? Was the Kangen machine the only device of its type? Could there be a similar technology that was less expensive? Turning to the internet, I searched extensively and finally found the Jupiter line of ionizers.

The first question I had to address was simple: is Kangen water the same as alkaline, ionized water? Kangen would have me believe that there is something proprietary about their ionizer. Long story short? There isn’t. Enagic’s Kangen unit is a water ionizer, like many others. Jupiter swore up and down that their worst water ionizer could out-perform the Kangen device for less than half the price. So I did what any normal person would do: I bought them both.

At the time, I didn’t know of any other person that tested multiple ionizers on the same water source at the same time (and lived to tell about it, anyway). In my first test, I was sorely disappointed to find that the Jupiter Aquarius did not live up to its promise or come close to matching the Kangen in terms of pH and ORP.

Though disappointed, I resolved to continue my search and find a unit that performed well but didn’t carry the price tag or sour taste of a water ionizer sold through multi-level marketing.

Over the next six months, I purchased and tested more than 30 various units, shipped in from all across the world. Most of them originated from south-east Asia: Chinese and Taiwan water ionizers were inexpensive but mostly garbage in terms of product quality and performance, while ionizers from Japan and Korea were more expensive but built better and more durable. I even visited Japan and Korea to inspect test laboratories and manufacturing facilities. If I was going to recommend alkaline water to my students, I would know everything there was to know about the technology. After all, any recommendations I make would reflect on my reputation, and I learned long ago that reputation is everything!

In the process of satisfying my own personal curiosity and craving for knowledge, I discovered that I simultaneously compiled the most extensive collection of videos and independent studies in the industry. I began posting my comparison videos to the internet in the hopes that my research would help others from making the same mistakes that I made through trial and error. As the industry began to grow, so did my popularity and positive feedback for my research, so in 2007 I created this website as a compilation of my various studies, reviews and comparison videos.

Low budget or Low Value?
Some people think my videos are cheesy and low-budget. That’s because I’m not an actor, a paid technician, I don’t have an expensive lab, and my videos were filmed on a camcorder and edited by a novice. Some vendors have spent considerable amounts of money on this type of fluff to discredit my research, and ultimately it’s for you to decide which information is independent and trust-worthy. The best I can do is present the data and my opinion and let you decide how to make the best investment.

My Philosophy on Health & Wellness:
I believe very strongly that health is a matter of choice: the decisions we make about what we drink, eat and think contribute directly to our overall wellness. However, I do not believe in America that the options regarding these choices are clear. I believe the medical-industrial complex in our country is established to treat symptoms instead of promoting prevention. I do not believe any one company or political party is solely responsible for this, nor do I believe the FDA or any other part of the government cares to do anything about it. I do not trust the government, and believe they systematically censor good information and medical truth as often as possible to protect the investments of their cronies.

Even more troubling is the state of our economy and the value of our currency, the US Dollar. Our country consumes the largest proportional amount of the world’s resources and produces hardly anything at all. We have become a cheap nation of credit, and the game is coming to an end. In fact, if we don’t wake up, we’ll soon find ourselves homeless in the land of opportunity.

Unless we begin to pay attention (and do something about it), America will become the greatest failed freedom experiment in history.

Be the Change you Want to See in the World:
Late 2008, I retired from my teaching career to launch the American Open Currency Standard, using my skills and knowledge to directly affect the state of our economy.

I am the Executive Director of the AOCS, and spend my time traveling the country helping communities re-establish local economic systems through barter and trade with a standardized community currency. I believe that if you follow all the lies in health and wellness, you always come back to one answer: money. And I believe it is my job to put money (and the control of it) back where it belongs: in the hands of the people.

I currently reside just north of Dallas, Texas with my wife and our two children. My wife is a Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist and continues our teachings in the realm of wellness.

We home-school our children because we believe, as their parents, we are directly accountable for the quality of education our they receive. We do not vaccinate, as the idea of sticking needles full of unknown viruses and toxins in to our children just feels wrong.

About IonizersReviewed.com
I maintain this site in my spare time for 2 reasons: my affiliate programs have become quite lucrative (available through the Buyer’s Guide) and because the growing water ionizer industry needs an objective perspective. I am a firm believer in alkaline water and have the privilege of personally holding many companies accountable to remain truthful in their sales and marketing practices. While I have seen with my own eyes many amazing and “miraculous” transformations for people who drink alkaline water, I do not ever recommend a water ionizer as a cure for any disease and urge you to question the integrity of those that do. An alkaline water ionizer is a great investment, though individual results vary all across the spectrum and can be quickly offset by other diet and lifestyle choices.

Thanks for taking the time to learn a little more about who I am, what I do, and why I do it. I hope you find this website to be a valuable tool for your research. Please keep in mind that I am always open to suggestions on what I can do to make this site more useful. I’m available from time to time for private online chat, emails, phone calls and even video conferences as time permits.

To your health,

Rob Gray
rgray@ionizersreviewed.com