The Genesis has been on the market in Korea for 6 months and 2 months in the United States.

Enagic does not provide information on their filtration system or materials used.  It is assumed they use the same basic activated carbon filter used as the primary filtration in most water ionizers. 

Yes, these do work well but we typically recommend a "pitcher" product - either the Waterman Pitcher or the Phresh pitcher.  These can be used with regular unfiltered tap water and both effectively eliminate bacteria, chlorine and other chemicals as well as VOC's.  The Waterman Portable Pitcher sells right now for $55 and the Phresh Pitcher for $159.

If you go through our product pages you will find details on the warranty for every machine. Each machine will have a specific “trial” period. Many have 30-60 day money back warranties, minus a restocking fee.

Yes - this is a better method of coating the plates with titanium