Comments on: Getting Past the Hype: Is the Enki Watering System worth the money?

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:53:35 +0000

I’m glad we were able to help. Please stop back. After the first couple of months I just used it as a watering can. The long thin spout was useful. Mine developed a leak and I don’t use it anymore.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:53:53 +0000

THANK YOU so much for this post. I bought one of these on impulse yesterday (the same $20 sale; I needed a gardening can with a long thin nozzle anyway, so no big loss if it didn’t work) but even the company’s website that’s prominently featured on the box is apparently for sale. And with the exception of your article and one lone Amazon review, every single ‘review’ of this is just parroting what’s on the box and the brochure that came with it. Ugh.

Anyway, we do have soil with horrible drainage here (straight clay) and some sections have treasured plants I won’t be able to pull so I can work organic matter into the soil to help loosen it up… so what the heck, maybe it’ll be worth it.

Again, thank you. I was a few minutes away from trying to track down the professor myself.

By: Chet

Chet — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:23:53 +0000

For what it’s worth – There is a store here (English Gardens) that has these items at a terrific price ($19.99 reg. $99.99). They have a store here in Ann Arbor, MI. and others in the Detroit metro area. BTW, I have NO connection to them and don’t stand to gain monetarily, just love a good bargain! I’ve read enough that I’m going to try one, especially at this price. Cheers.

By: Tom Piedmont

Tom Piedmont — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:03:20 +0000

Just add an air bubbler to a bucket of water & you csan indrease oxygen, its very cheap VS the ENKI and works fine.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:40:59 +0000

Thank you Alan, that’s very helpful to me!

Jenn

By: Alan Springett

Alan Springett — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:47:13 +0000

From the description of the product for fish holding tanks, yes, the electolosis would be more effective in that pure O2 is being created and would more effectively supersaturate the water than atmosphere bubbled through the water. I would strongly suggest not smoking around a tank that had been closed during use, however, since a hydrogen-oxygen mix can be rather highly combustive. Even a higher percentage of oxygen could make things interesting, since a cigarette in a high O2 atmosphere can burn like a torch!

As an environmental geohydrologist, I would ask if testing has established that the soil biota will not go too far out of favorable population levels. Ground water cleanup activities often use chemicals to increase O2 levels in ground water to encourage specific aerobic micro-organisms to eat pollutants. Overuse of any O2 production scheme might tip soil biota into unhealthy percentages. Has research been done on this issue?

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:24:59 +0000

Will, that last is my question, too.

By: will hunt

will hunt — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:15:32 +0000

When I saw electrolysis as the underlying process my thought was for the hydrogen also produced and whether it might be hazardous (Don’t light that candle!) or advantageous or fun (Watch this, class!)

My other question was whether the process was a more effective oxygenator than a mere bubbler, as in a fish tank?

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:36:57 +0000

Hey Paul,

Thanks!

That is a very interesting product.

By: Paul Sjogren

Paul Sjogren — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:59:26 +0000

Jenn, I can point you in a direction to answer your question regarding oxygenation for fish life. O2 Marine is a licensee of the same technology used in the enki system. Their market focus is in sport fishing and they have products directly related to keeping fish alive. In fact, their web site is http://www.keepfishalive.com.