AquasureFortitude Lite 800,000 Gallon Whole House Filter
Backwashing GAC and KDF55 tank rated 800,000 gallons, with no published flow rate or port size.
$400
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Usability
Usability
Four hundred dollars for a backwashing GAC and KDF55 tank rated at 800,000 gallons is genuinely aggressive pricing, and the media chemistry is the same one Aquasure uses across the Fortitude Pro range at twice the price. The practical difference is size rather than kind, and for a small household on municipal water the chlorine and taste improvement will be indistinguishable from the larger tanks. Two specifications are simply missing: Aquasure publishes no rated service flow and no port size for this model, which are the two figures that decide whether it will serve the house and whether it will connect to the plumbing. The media is described as NSF certified, and that phrase covers the granular media as a component rather than the assembled system, which holds no listing. Ongoing cost is one annual sediment filter, which is the cheapest maintenance schedule in the Fortitude range. It is a good buy for a small home, provided the buyer is content to size it by household count rather than by flow.
- Six years or 800,000 gallons of GAC and KDF55 media before the tank needs attention
- Backwashing design rather than a cartridge that clogs and drops pressure
- Only an annual pleated sediment filter to replace, the cheapest upkeep in the Fortitude range
- Same media chemistry as the Fortitude Pro tanks at roughly half the price
- Five year warranty on registration within 60 days
- No published rated service flow, the specification that decides whether it can serve the house
- No published port size on a point-of-entry system
- The NSF reference covers the granular media as a component; the assembled system holds no listing
- No retailer listing of its own, so the only readable pool describes the larger Fortitude Pro tanks
- Backwashing requires a drain line and adds to water use
- No published dimensions, which matters when planning a utility space
The Aquasure Fortitude Lite is the entry point in the Fortitude tank range, rated for 800,000 gallons or six years of GAC and KDF55 media life and sized by the manufacturer for one to three bathrooms and up to four people. It is a backwashing carbon tank rather than a cartridge housing, with an annual pleated sediment filter replacement under part number AF-PS-30HFL. Aquasure publishes no rated service flow or port size for this model.
Additional information
Specification: Aquasure Fortitude Lite 800,000 Gallon Whole House Filter
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Questions answered from our data
What does Aquasure remove?Across the 30 Aquasure systems we list, the makers claim reduction of 25 contaminants.
How much does a whole house water filter cost?The 55 whole house water filters we list run from $110 to $8,626, with a median of $1,105.
Do water filters remove lead?120 of the 296 systems we list claim to reduce lead.
Do water filters remove chlorine?217 of the 296 systems we list claim to reduce chlorine.
