Adventures in boat shopping

Yes. Same tank, same hoses. Connects right in. Only other plumbing is connecting the hose where the vac pump used to be. Easy.

I didn’t change the hoses so same size as VF but with the elegance you can use smaller hoses, 1” I think.

The only reason to pull the whole thing on deck to replace duckbills is to bill more hours to the customer. I ve replaced countless sets of DB over the years and never pulled the pump or vac gen. It’s a 15 minutes job, max.

the bellows need to be replaced every 8 to 10 years. It’s a messy failure as they usually squirt “stuff” all over. Cheap and easy too so if you re going to pull the whole enchilada to do the DB, you may as well replace the bellow if more than 5 years old

the electrical is easy unless the builder placed the vac pump far away. I m trying remember the instal guidelines but I think there a maximum distance between the heads and the vac gen. Many builders put a “night” switch in the head compartment to turn off the system at night. I ve seen that on SRs. If so you could pull power there unless the wire run is too long and the wires too thin.

Black water hoses go from cost reduced to nose bleed expensive.
The white PVC will work but start stinking again in a few years. Pending any low spots that captures water. In that length, you will have a few. Extra rinsing is not going to help much.
Oh, also, the black water hoses should always have a natural down hill path. Just level barely does it. Never up hill even a little.
This is where the VF may have an advantage, less water remains in the hoses. Is seems to scavenge the hoses a lil better to the vacuum generator.

IMO, the better (expensive) and up, black water hoses is where to start.

Get a tissue for that nose bleed. You just got face punched.

Each head to a tank connect will offer a better job and less issues in your future.

IMO, stay aweigh from the PVC hoses for a long lived installation. Even the better hoses of this type will sweat, just later down the calendar.

Look at the worst marine Poly X hose.
Ordered 50' for my buddy last month.

Mechanics hit & kick below the belt.
Yards bend you over.
Electronic techs, well they at least use KY.
Plumbing these days, it's a punch.

You're stretching over to that "other" forum we sometimes look at. I believe Peggy is a believer in the saniflex.

The downside of VFs using less water is that the stuff is more concentrated and will result in increased build up in the hoses. That happened on my 53 to the point where flushing became difficult. And yes it’s obviously fresh water flush.

I considered rebuilding my VFs but by the time I added all the parts incl vac switches, bellows, ball valves and seals, there wasn’t much difference with the Elegances.