lol ! a fool and his money !! Well go ahead Mr scientist if you put your faith in a salesman over real science you are no scientist at all, as you claim!
Any child can see the reason a EC meter is used to test distilled water as apposed to a pH tester! Just common sense! But I would imagine owner bias sets in when X amount of money has been spent on a product and it doesn't live up to the salemans promises! Denial is a funny emotion!