Review of BRTDR600 - Drum Unit for Brother HL-6050

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I needed to replace the drum unit for my HL6050DN and with the current economic situation, I did not want to pay the premium that Brother was requesting for the unit. I recently began using compatible ink jet cartridges in my Canon color printer and the results were on par with the OEM cartridges. With that experience, I decided to try this compatible drum unit. I admit that I was very wary of the anticipated product quality given the selling price. The item arrived very quickly and was well packaged. Inside of its retail box, the unit was surrounded by a plastic inflatable-like envelope. I carefully compared this compatible drum unit with my OEM drum unit and they are nearly identical in shape and dimensions. The OEM unit has a "Brother" label on a raised surface while the compatible has neither the label nor that particular raised surface. The retail box says "new", but the drum unit has a label that says "refurbished" or "reconditioned", I cannot remember which. I was disappointed by the "refurbished/reconditioned" label until I realized that the drum unit is perhaps 95% non-movable plastic. The two rollers looked new and I surmised that is all that could have been replaced on the unit. I installed the drum unit with a new toner cartridge (see my corresponding review) and powered on the printer. The printer immediately recognized the new assembly and began printing. This drum unit is no noisier than the OEM unit and the print quality is outstanding ... I daresay that the print quality is better than with the OEM drum unit. I have printed documents four sheets to a page and two sheets to a page in duplex without any problems. I am very pleased with this drum unit and order a second one as a backup.

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This product is cheap but it is not worth the money. It only worked for five days and the streaks came back on printouts. We bought a genuine Brother drum and it has been working great.