I think that works good, the gasket can be kinda a bear to get inplace but not too bad. one thing that i really didn't like was the butterfly valve, it was fairly aggressive no matter what i did, so I eliminated it, I got a mason jar lid with an 1 1/2" tri clamp that I installed and added a 3/4" ball valve so that when I want to drain the trub and whatever else I have a ball valve and can dump slowly and not introduce a jar of oxygen to the fermenter through the beer. Overall I really like it, easy to clean, easy to use, and I like that it is clear, I'm one of those people that likes to see the fermentation process