This is a quality shank, that I can recommend. Like most others, it comes with the cheap looking black plastic collar. I replaced it with the SS collar, sold separately.If you are using a Duotight fitting with this, the following may be helpful. I understand there is a Duotight fitting compatible with the Intertap connection, but I prefer 1 fitting to the 2 required with that setup.My serving fridge is a chest freezer with a wood collar. The collar is made with a 2X and a 1X. A 4" faucet shank is just long enough with the supplied beer in fitting with this configuration. Longer shanks make access more challenging. However, I decided to use the Duotight fitting. This fitting requires just a bit more shank than the 4 inch shank has to tighten. My solution was to create a 1/4 inch deep recess using a 1 1/2 inch Forstner bit. This allowed the faucet nut to tighten just enough to give the Duotight enough space to seal.