Everlasting gasket using original?

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I'm still waiting to get a piece back on my stlll but when I do I'm going to start running it right away, getting cleaning runs out the way, ect. Its a Mile Hi unit that has these silicon gaskets. I see these are frowned upon... how bad are they? Will I taste something in my results?

I'll be stocking up on PTFE tape and can make my own gaskets if I have to, but has anyone just tried wrapping these silicon ones? Any pros or cons to this? I"m guessing the tape won't wrap so nicely around something so rubbery but should still be possible if doing a taut wrap.