Does it work? Alkaline Water Pitcher Unbox and Review

Here's the low-down on the EHM Alkaline Water Pitcher.  It’s a 3.5 liter water pitcher with an alkaline filter that adds beneficial alkaline minerals like potassium, magnesium, zinc, and calcium.  It raises the pH typically to between 8 and 10.5.  Plus you can refill it without removing the lid!

[[pin:6652]]The filter helps filter out chlorine and other contaminants -- it permanently absorbs metals such as lead and copper -- like many other water pitcher filters.  But it also promises to increase active hydrogen, increase the pH, transform ordinary water into antioxidant water, and reduce the size of water molecules so water is more easily absorbed into the body.

An instruction brochure is included with easy setup guide and a coupon for a free filter from their website.  The product comes with four components – the lid, the filter cartridge (in a foil packet), the funnel reservoir, and a pitcher with measuring scale.  The easy setup guide instructs you to hand-wash the pitcher, reservoir, and lid, soak the filter cartridge for 15 minutes, and then run two cycles of water through the filter (discarding the water).  Once you’ve done that, it’s ready to use.

To test it out, I put in water from our local Glacier water machine, which is what we normally drink.  For comparison, I also tasted water from that Glacier water machine and city tap water.  Our city tap water is, quite frankly, bad. The water from the Glacier machine is pretty good and tastes great.  The water from the alkaline water pitcher tastes good – it’s just a little tangy. It must be from the minerals and the alkalinity. I then discarded the water in the pitcher and put our city tap water through the alkaline filter.  The city water filtered through the alkaline water pitcher tastes pretty similar to just the plain city water.

I have water test strips that I use with our aquarium.  They test general hardness, carbonate hardness, and pH.  First, I tested the city tap water.  It was very hard and the pH was higher than neutral.  General hardness was 180 ppm (top end of scale), carbonate hardness was 240 ppm (top end of scale), and pH was 7.5 to 8.0.  The water from the Glacier water machine showed zero hardness and about 6.5 to 7.0 pH.

The Glacier machine water filtered through the alkaline filter introduced hardness (the alkaline minerals).  General hardness was 30-60 ppm, carbonate hardness was 0-40 ppm, and the pH raised up to 8.0 to 8.5.

Finally, I tested the city water filtered through the alkaline filter.  The filtered water is at the top end of the scales for both the general hardness (180 ppm) and carbonate hardness (240 ppm); the pH was at 9.0 or higher.  9.0 was the highest on the chart provided with the test strip.

This alkaline water pitcher product promises higher pH and it does deliver.  I can’t test its other claim such as active hydrogen and smaller water molecules.  It’s as simple to setup as other, standard water filter pitchers.

The instruction guide does contain warnings.  Please consult your doctor before using alkaline water.

Have you tried alkaline water or the alkaline diet? Has it worked for you?