Why is there such a large Price difference between Japanese and Taiwan Water Ionizers?
Water Ionizers are very much like any other appliance on the market in that a $100 appliance essentially performs the same function as a $400 appliance. The $400 appliance may have all the frills, however the more bells and whistles, the greater chance something is going to break. Usually, import goods from Japan means dealing in a system of built-in middlemen, which Taiwan does not have.
