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After one of our Sears bought Thetford 565's flusher failed, we needed to replace it. This one had good reviews and figured it would work well. I got it and wasn't sure but didn't have time to do anything as it was needed the next week. From initial setup at our cottage, it was a disappointment. Here is my list of grievances. 1) leaks from the cover of the clean water tank. The valve in there isn't one-way, so you need to be careful with it. In other words, put it down flat on the ground only if you don't want it to leak. 2) flusher was real poor and perhaps some Vaseline to seal around the plunger would work (didn't have any), but this had a lot of problems moving water and was NOISY. This was by the sleeping quarters and was very obtrusive in the dead of night. 3) The pour out spout, that allows you to direct the waste when dumping, is not integrated, but has to be attached and unattached when used. The 565's was integrated and easy to use. This one increased the likelihood that you would have to touch the black-water product. 4) The "cover" for the black-water tank, that you pull in and out, is noisy as well. Additionally, it had edges withing the black-water container, which would allow for stuff to catch on it and be held onto instead of dumped. 5) the gauge to judge when full without opening is lack luster, but we only used this one sparingly. The other 565 we had was used for general usage (guests and #2). 6) The air-pressure valve, used when dumping to allow air into the chamber, was a poor design. A sleeve over a mount point is used to be pulled up to allow air into the chamber. Generally, after using the 565's (now called a 365) for a few years, this just didn't match up. I don't believe I can realistically return this after usage so I'm out the money. It is still at camp, and we'll try again next year. but, I wish I had tested it with clean water and verified this is what I wanted. Otherwise, I would have looked around again.