Product review (4 stars): Better Than Llama Goo In Your Sink
Who knew you were supposed to change the splash guard in your sink every few months? Well, I didn't, but when I read it on the web (thank you, Buzzfeed newsletter for grownups) and then pulled mine out - for the first time, after living in my house for six years - I thought I must have had llamas living in my disposal. The upper side was so-so - ok, maybe a little grey-ish - the bottom side had clearly been used by the evil underworld to spit on and never, ever wipe clean. Ever. My house was permanently contaminated by seeing this. That toxic waste splash guard had to go, go, go.

And, who knew you had to make sure you had the right model splash guard? Well, I didn't know that either, so I bought the generic one-size-fits-most at the hardware store to replace the toxic one. The generic one didn't "really" fit. That's a big mistake. Don't do it, you'll never be happy (because your husband will point out daily how the splash guard doesn't guard and the stopper doesn't stop and why did you pull out the old one and what is all this about llamas and toxic waste and make you feel like an idiot. You will end up fishing the toxic one out of the trash with a coat hanger and shoving it in your husband's face. Then no one is happy and you still have a problem).

You MUST match the guard/stopper to the disposal brand. And you MUST replace it regularly (or just NEVER EVER LOOK at the sink stopper, because you'll be so sorry when you see what your disposal spits backatcha, it's SO GROSS). THIS replacement FITS for this disposal. Sign up for buying it again every six months or so, because otherwise, your disposal will spit like a llama.

I should note that it is so sturdy, water is slow to pass through - it's a bit damming, so to speak. Whatever - I'm just happy the damn thing (sorry about the pun) is clean, and fits my disposal's drain, without calling in a professional.