The Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD scores 5.7 and ranks 44th of 69 in Reverse Osmosis; the Express Water ROELITE9 scores 6.3 and ranks 27th of 69 in Reverse Osmosis. The Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD leads on value, the ROELITE9 on build quality.
ValueAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 7 (higher)Express Water ROELITE9: 5
AquasurePremier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD
Nothing recorded.
Express WaterROELITE9
At three hundred dollars it costs more than the tankless Model 6 that produces six times as much water.
Build QualityAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 6Express Water ROELITE9: 7 (higher)
Ease of InstallationAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 6 (higher)Express Water ROELITE9: 5
Same score
Contaminant ReductionAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 8Express Water ROELITE9: 8
AquasurePremier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD
Aquasure's claimed 8.5 to 10 pH range is at the aggressive end of what remineralisation cartridges achieve, and the upper figure would be unusual in practice;
Express WaterROELITE9
Five separate stages is a real architectural difference rather than a badge, and at nearly twice the weight of the standard chassis the build is visibly heavier.
Express Water publishes no pH range, no mineral output figures and holds no certification for this model, which for a product sold on mineral content is the central weakness.
Certification CoverageAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 2Express Water ROELITE9: 2
AquasurePremier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD
no test data supports either end.
The RO hardware underneath is identical to the standard model, including the 1.5 to 1 drain ratio that is the best specification on either system.
Certification is unchanged and worth restating: Aquasure's only NSF listing covers two RO membrane part numbers for material and structural integrity, not for removing anything, and the lead-free faucet claim is a component materials certification.
Express WaterROELITE9
Nothing recorded.
Flow RateAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 5Express Water ROELITE9: 5
Filter LifeAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 5Express Water ROELITE9: 5
Warranty & SupportAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 1Express Water ROELITE9: 1
Social score about the Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD and the Express Water ROELITE9
RedditAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 5Express Water ROELITE9: 6 (higher)
The Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD reading covers its product line; the Express Water ROELITE9 reading covers its product line.
AquasurePremier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD
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Product-line.
Two r/WaterTreatment and r/HomeMaintenance threads cover the Premier RO platform this system is built on.
One owner reports 420 ppm TDS at the faucet on a new install, settling to about 360, which is a poor rejection figure; the second describes the Flowlok leak-detection disc deploying during a filter change when a drain-line fitting leaked, which reads as the safety feature working.
Nothing addresses the alkaline stage specifically, and the subreddit's general scepticism about alkaline water claims is background rather than evidence about this unit.
Express WaterROELITE9
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Product-line. r/HydroHomies concludes Express Water's alkaline filtration does produce alkaline water but that strength drifts over cartridge life, which bears directly on a model sold on five mineral stages.
Wider r/WaterTreatment threads recommend the platform for taste and value while calling the install involved.
No thread names the Elite specifically.
GoogleAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 6Express Water ROELITE9: 7 (higher)
The Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD reading covers the whole brand; the Express Water ROELITE9 reading covers its product line.
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Brand-level.
Modernize and Quality Water Lab cover Aquasure through the Harmony softeners.
Dominick Plumbing notes the absence of NSF certification across the brand.
No third-party review of the Premier RO systems exists.
Express WaterROELITE9
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Product-line.
WaterFilterGuru bench-tested the platform's RO5DX with Tap Score lab analysis at 8.13 overall and measured a remineralisation stage lifting pH to 9.0.
TapWaterData's certification audit records no certifier listing for the Elite, so its mineral claims rest entirely on Express Water's own data.
YouTubeAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 7Express Water ROELITE9: —not scored
The Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD reading covers its product line; no usable source for the Express Water ROELITE9.
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Product-line.
IrixGuy's Adventure Channel, 98,800 subscribers, has two independent owner reviews of the Premier RO - one after several months at 6,100 views and a several-years follow-up - and a separate third-party self-install walkthrough covers the same 4-stage system.
None names a specific capacity, so this is the Premier line rather than this model.
The alkaline stage is not addressed in any of them, and the RO roundups that bench-test at this price point do not include Aquasure.
Brand-level coverage is the Harmony softeners: DIY Homestead Projects at roughly 115,000 views, NKP Home Improvement at roughly 94,000, geminidrums at 15,000 on the fine mesh and IrixGuy's two-year owner review at 13,000.
Express WaterROELITE9
Nothing recorded.
AmazonAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 6Express Water ROELITE9: 8 (higher)
The Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD reading covers its product line.
AquasurePremier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD
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Product-line.
No separate Amazon listing for the alkaline 75 GPD configuration carries a readable rating; the replacement alkaline cartridge has its own pool and is a consumable, not the system.
The score falls back to the Premier 75 GPD at 4.4 from roughly 276, which is the same system without the remineralisation stage.
Express WaterROELITE9
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Product.
The Elite appears in Amazon's own Express Water comparison table at 4.1 from 40 ratings - a real pool above the ten-review floor, and the lowest-rated reverse osmosis system Express Water sells there.
Every sibling in the same table reads 4.4 to 4.6, so the gap is the finding rather than noise.
Owner reviewsAquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD: 8Express Water ROELITE9: 8
The Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD reading covers its product line; the Express Water ROELITE9 reading covers its product line.
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Home Depot lists this alkaline model at 4.0 of 5 from eight reviews, which is below the ten-review floor and not scorable on its own, so the figure used is the standard Premier Advanced at 4.5 of 5 from 41 reviews on the same RO hardware.
That pool is native, with verified-purchase entries and Aquasure replying under its own support address.
Scored a point below the standard model because the alkaline version's own eight-review file, thin as it is, points lower rather than higher, and because the 100 GPD Pro at 4.2 from 10 sits between them.
Express WaterROELITE9
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Home Depot, Lowe's and Walmart all stock Express Water reverse osmosis systems, and the platform's listings carry their own review files.
No retailer listing specific to the Elite was found.
Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD vs Express Water ROELITE9: pros and cons
AquasurePremier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD vs Express WaterROELITE9: common questions
Is the Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD better than the Express Water ROELITE9?
On our scores, the Express Water ROELITE9 is ahead, 6.3 against 5.7. The Express Water ROELITE9 leads on build quality (7 against 6). The Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD leads on value (7 against 5) and ease of installation (6 against 5).
Which is cheaper, the Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD or the Express Water ROELITE9?
The Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD, at $220 against $307: $87 less.
Which removes more contaminants, the Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD or the Express Water ROELITE9?
The Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD lists 10 and the Express Water ROELITE9 lists 7, with 5 on both lists. Only the Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD lists Low pH, PFAS, Taste and Odor, Microplastics and VOCs.
What do owners say about the Aquasure Premier Advanced Alkaline 75 GPD and the Express Water ROELITE9?
Across 4 independent sources scored for both, the Express Water ROELITE9 is ahead on Reddit, Google and Amazon; Owner reviews is level.
Scores calculated 16 September 2026 · Products excluded where fewer than two independent sources cover them · Researched and edited by Michael Ambrose · Unbroken Ads LLC · How we score