I have no issues with negative comments if responding to someone that asked for opinions about a product. If they are constructive negative comments and opinions.
I object to unsolicited negative comments. Whenever someone mentions VF, there are always derisive comments.
The comment "Save yourself the future headaches that your vacuflush has planned for you. Put it in the dumpster where it belongs." is not helpful to OP even if the poster is "half kidding". I will always respond to unsolicited, unconstructive comments like this regarding VF or other products unfairly maligned.
That was my comment.
For the record, I'm not offended if you call me a Vacuflush hater. I think that describes me pretty well. I don't hate the people who own, work on or sell Vacuflush, but I do hate vacuflush toilets. Or at least I hate MY vacuflush toilet.
I fail to see how vacuum leaks are caused by user error. I put that in bold in the hopes that no one reading this thread is going to come on and tell me, for the seventy billionth time, to use more water when we flush. We have been doing that for seven years now. We have never had a single clog with our VF, and it does not pass odor. The problem is the vacuum leaks.
And yes, we use it a lot.
And yes, I have taken very good care of it.
And yes, I've done continuous maintenance on it. I actually think that is the issue. I think it is best if you have a VF that is working to not touch it. Odds are high that you will do more damage than good.
When I failed to fix it I brought it to Environmental Marine in Fort Lauderdale, who is one of the biggest VF dealers in the country. They are also very nice, very professional and very knowledgeable. They rebuilt my entire vacuum generator, in house, including a new tank 19 months ago. It worked fine for 6 months, then more leaks.
Two months ago, they helped me troubleshoot my ongoing leaks via phone. The worst one was at the shaft on the flush pedal. We spent at least three hours over multiple calls, and though we got it better, it still cycles every 15 minutes or so. At some point, I'll pull the tank and bring it back to them, but I'm through spending any more money on the system.
There is a small chance that the leak is in the hose from the toilet to the generator, though Environmental Marine doesn't think so. But it's a really big job to replace that hose and if I go to the trouble to pull it out I'm changing the entire system to something else. I don't want to install the new hose and find that the system still leaks.
So to wrap it up, if you like your VF, great. I'm truly happy for you. But I've spent probably 50 hours and well over $1,000 to get mine to work correctly and it does not. Anyone who has read any of my posts knows about the issues. Mine is a POS, and I'm not going to keep my mouth shut about that.