

| Subject: | Re: Sure love my Shurflo faucet |
| From: | mark drillock |
| Date: | Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:11:53 -0700 |
Yep, the Shurflo is great. The city water was a bad idea that has gotten worse with time. Mark Shurflo since 1994 Edward Maglott wrote: > I recently put a Shurflo faucet in my Westy. I've been wanting one > for quite a while. I never have used the city water connection. The > stock Westy faucet has these problems IMO: water comes out at one > speed which almost all the time it too fast and in too powerful of a > stream. If you try to use it directly, it splashes all over the > place and drains the tank too fast. I took to keeping a plastic > drink cup in the sink to put water in and then used that to rinse > dishes, brush teeth, etc. The knob is also hard to turn with wet > soapy hands. I guess those are my complaints. > > I had a saved search on ebay for a couple years that was always out > there looking for a bargain on a Shurflo for me and it finally found > me one. There was a seller that apparently was going through new old > stock from an RV place. I think I paid less than $25 including > shipping to my door. There is a date on the unit I got that is in > the early 2000's, but it was definitely new. I put it in using the > "door bumpers" method that someone on this list had pictures > of. Pretty easy job. The Shurflo swivels and pivots all over the > place like the stock faucet. I think it might have a little longer > "reach." I think the best thing about the Shurflo is the adjustable > flow rate. You can have just a trickle, and on full blast it seems > to put out quite a bit more than the original faucet. The control is > easy to use, even with slippery hands. This is definitely a > worthwhile upgrade in my opinion. > > Edward >
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