Hi there, thank you for your interest and questions. My family has been using the Stirwand for almost 4 months. We have noticed a remarkable difference in our overall energy, mental clarity and focus, and overall we feel more calm. We've especially noticed our children stay more balanced throughout the day, and our pets are more relaxed and friendlier.
For amounts up to 1 gallon, stir 20 seconds. More than a gallon, stir longer or just leave the wand in the water (ie. in a 5 gal. water cooler). Yes, I am an Authorized Retailer of the Quantum Age Water Stirwand.
To address the rest of your questions, I've included some information from Quantum Age Water's Executive Summary (to read entire document, visit
http://www.quantumagewater.com/pdf/QAWExecutiveSummary082008.pdf):
**************"The Stirwand™ solves the hydration dilemma created by the natural polarity bond hydrogen and oxygen atoms have with each other. The high matrix energy of the minerals bypasses the polymers, releasing the polarity bonds of water molecules. The freed single water molecules can pass through the aquaporin channels, resulting in increased hydration, oxygenation and cellular detoxification."
The Eight Water Chemistry Parameters. It’s important to summarize the eight parameters of water chemistry that must be addressed to allow water to do its intended job of hydrating. For more detailed information, refer to Fenestra’s reports on our web site.
Parameters one and two are tests for energy, recording the milliwatts (potential coherent energy) and millivolts (kinetic energy or confused energy). The Stirwand’s™ high matrix minerals brought the 90 day test water from 90 milliwatts up to 11,408 milliwatts, while dropping the kinetic energy from 238 millivolts to 136 millivolts, all with a 20 second stir of the water. This results in highly charged negative ions to scavenge free radicals (-102 ORP), along with noticeably increased mental and physical energy.
Parameters three, four, five, and six are: balancing resistivity, conductivity, surface tension and specific gravity. Based on the mineral composition, and whatever else may be present in the water, these numbers will vary but not dramatically in common potable waters. It would take excessive minerals or a large amount of contaminates to impact the effectiveness of the Stirwand™ technology. This was verified by the testing of different waters.
Of these four parameters, surface tension is the most misunderstood. It is widely believed that very low surface tension is beneficial, but if you review how a cell receives water molecules, you can see that if surface tension is too low, the cell would collapse and would not allow the water molecules to enter. Our technology stabilized the surface tension on the purified water at 67, maintaining firm cell integrity.
Specific gravity is somewhat of a “dark horse” as it’s rarely spoken of in the water world. Simply put, if your water does not have a very low specific gravity, you will not hydrate. One of the most difficult tasks of our own internal chemistry is to attempt to lower the specific gravity of water. It needs help to do this. Perfect specific gravity is 1.0, with the threshold being 1.009. Stirwands™ bring any potable water down to 1.002, and even brought horribly contaminated tap water down from 1.023 to 1.003. The specific gravity of most spring or purified water ranges from 1.011 to 1.015, well above the threshold.
Parameter number seven is pH, which must remain stable or everything else falls apart. As shown in our testing, a slight adjustment from a neutral pH, up or down, will have a negligible affect on hydration. The Stirwand™ will stabilize the pH of any potable water, but will not alter it.
The final parameter is extremely critical – stability. The high matrix minerals in the Stirwand™ work on any potable water, allowing this technology to be used virtually any place in the world, with the water remaining stable in an opened
container for at least 48 hours, and 95% stable in a sealed container for a minimum of 3 months." ***************
I hope this answers your questions. I can see how my post may resemble advertising, but I am just hoping to share information about a simple solution to a significant global dehydration epidemic.
Have a great day,
Amy Mahon
Planet Hydration