House Mods HMP011 Ersatz-Ablaufventil für Warmwasserbereiter, Messing, 1,9 cm Durchmesser, Kugelhahn, 7,6 cm Schaft mit Gartenschlauchkappe

This valve is as described by other reviewers. Solidly built with good materials. Install requires draining the tank, spinning out the plastic shut off valve that came with my tank and spinning in this new valve. I got the 3” extended valve but could have used the 2” valve. In spite of the quality of this valve and ease of installation, I may remove the new valve and replace it with the original plastic valve. Why, you ask? A few weeks after installing the new valve, I wanted to drain some water out of my hot water tank. The new valve was HOT. The new metal valve is radiating the heat stored inside the tank to my cellar. I suppose I can try to insulate the new valve but it will not be as heat efficient as the clunky factory plastic valve. I never considered this heat loss when I made the decision to replace the plastic valve.

The plastic one included with the hot water tank must have warped and I had a leak. I don't go into basement often so it was a significant amount of water that had leaked out by the time I discovered it. Super easy to replace. Next hot water tank will get one of these immediately upon installation. No more plastic valve

So much better than the plastic one that came on the water heater. This one is sturdy and does not leak.

Works a lot better than the original one for doing a flush of my hot water tank. Let's more sediment come out.

The drain arrived in a timely manner and worked perfectly