Anyone here have any experience with alkaline water systems, and recommendations that way?

I suspect they are a rort.

Recently I had one of these chance "friendly" visits from an old "friend" who came, at her own initiative, with a gift of a large bottle of this type of water, with recommendations of its great benefits. I did a search online for the name on the label and it turned out to be an American pyramid selling scheme. She is a person who does not know how to manage her money and keep out of unnecessary debt. We told her that as we drink and use pure filtered rain water we really had no need to process tapwater. Though I made her most welcome she did not return.

There are 'debunking' pages about alkaline water out there, but for what little it's worth, from what I've read so far the ones that attempt to fail to do so, and show flaws in their method, being too sweeping to dismiss it -- perhaps they are too suspicious from the start due to perhaps not even giving it fair consideration due to some of the sources of the product's own flaws of method.

Certainly claims of health benefits are exaggerated in some places one expects. That is the common thread of immorality in advertising today, and especially in alternative health care.

But, I am someone who has to take antacids fairly often, and so it's clear that alkaline water would provide the same benefit as antacids at least.

And, also, if you're using the xylitol regimen for tooth health, well -- part of the effort against tooth decay is preventing the mouth from becoming acidic. So there again, alkaline rather than acidic water -- it would certainly be helpful no? :)

What more benefits could there be? I don't know. But more certainly.

I don't have one of the systems. But I'm interested. And wondering if anyone has any direct experience.

A bit expensive though, the systems, and the DIY projects well, there is a bit more to them than some of the instructionals put out it appears.