Ionics do not own this forum it still belongs to mike, but Ionic are paying poop loads of money ( i have a copy of the charges to advertise on here) in having a banner advertisment.
If you look at Craig and Ionics over the last 7 - 10 years he has spent a fortune on "branding" the Ionics image.
I know craig also advertises in many other trade mags as well as cleaning shows, it dosn't mean that he owns them all.
If someone has a bad comment to make about any suppiler including Ionics, so long as it was not liable I am sure that the post is not removed, I know this because I have given negative input about quite a few suppliers including Ionics.
To prove a point I think that all the equipment that Ionics supply, even though it is quality pieces of equipment is OVERPRICED.