diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 64f7681b..13b13e90 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@
 # E711: comparison to None should be 'if cond is None:'
 # E713: test for membership should be 'not in'
 # F401: '.monkey' imported but unused
-# W503: line break after binary operator
+# W504: line break after binary operator
 
-ignore = E226,E501,W503
+ignore = E226,E501
 
 per-file-ignores =
    pottery/__init__.py:E402
    pottery/base.py:F401
+   pottery/bloom.py:W504
    pottery/exceptions.py:E302
    pottery/monkey.py:E302,E305,E402
    pottery/redlock.py:E127
diff --git a/pottery/__init__.py b/pottery/__init__.py
index 39552089..77368137 100644
--- a/pottery/__init__.py
+++ b/pottery/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 __title__ = 'pottery'
-__version__ = '0.69'
+__version__ = '0.66'
 __description__, __long_description__ = (
     s.strip() for s in __doc__.split(sep='\n\n', maxsplit=1)
 )
diff --git a/pottery/base.py b/pottery/base.py
index d81d58e5..a556d521 100644
--- a/pottery/base.py
+++ b/pottery/base.py
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
             equals = True
         elif (
             isinstance(other, _Comparable)
-            and self.redis.connection_pool == other.redis.connection_pool
-            and self.key == other.key
+            and self.redis == other.redis  # NoQA: W503
+            and self.key == other.key  # NoQA: W503
         ):
             equals = True
         else:
diff --git a/pottery/bloom.py b/pottery/bloom.py
index b81f90c2..2ff3cea9 100644
--- a/pottery/bloom.py
+++ b/pottery/bloom.py
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ def size(self):
             return self._size
         except AttributeError:
             self._size = (
-                -self.num_values
-                * math.log(self.false_positives)
-                / math.log(2)**2
+                -self.num_values *
+                math.log(self.false_positives) /
+                math.log(2)**2
             )
             self._size = math.ceil(self._size)
             return self.size()
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ def __len__(self):
             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter#Approximating_the_number_of_items_in_a_Bloom_filter
         '''
         len_ = (
-            -self.size()
-            / self.num_hashes()
-            * math.log(1 - self._num_bits_set() / self.size())
+            -self.size() /
+            self.num_hashes() *
+            math.log(1 - self._num_bits_set() / self.size())
         )
         return math.floor(len_)
 
diff --git a/pottery/monkey.py b/pottery/monkey.py
index 5c48edb7..b53e06f4 100644
--- a/pottery/monkey.py
+++ b/pottery/monkey.py
@@ -34,13 +34,41 @@ def _listdir(path=None, *, absolute=False):
 _logger.info('Monkey patched os.listdir() to optionally return absolute paths')
 
 
-# lolwut for some reason, Redis doesn't have a __hash__() method.
-
+# The Redis client doesn't have a sane equality test.  So monkey patch equality
+# comparisons on to the Redis client.  We consider two Redis clients to be
+# equal if they're connected to the same host, port, and database.
+#
+# I've submitted this change to redis-py:
+#     https://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py/pull/1240
+#
+# If it gets merged upstream, then I'll be able to delete this monkey patch.
+
+from redis import ConnectionPool
 from redis import Redis
 
-Redis.__hash__ = lambda self: hash(str(self))
+def __eq__(self, other):
+    try:
+        return self.connection_kwargs == other.connection_kwargs
+    except AttributeError:  # pragma: no cover
+        return False
+
+ConnectionPool.__eq__ = __eq__
+
+def __eq__(self, other):
+    '''True if two Redis clients are equal.
+
+    The Redis client doesn't have a sane equality test.  So we monkey patch
+    this method on to the Redis client so that two client instances are equal
+    if they're connected to the same Redis host, port, and database.
+    '''
+    try:
+        return self.connection_pool == other.connection_pool
+    except AttributeError:
+        return False
+
+Redis.__eq__ = __eq__
 
 _logger.info(
-    'Monkey patched Redis.__hash__() in order to be able to put Redis clients '
-    'into sets'
+    'Monkey patched ConnectionPool.__eq__() and Redis.__eq__() to compare '
+    'Redis clients by connection params'
 )
diff --git a/pottery/set.py b/pottery/set.py
index 8e4c713c..f1b08af5 100644
--- a/pottery/set.py
+++ b/pottery/set.py
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ def remove(self, value):
     def isdisjoint(self, other):
         'Return True if two sets have a null intersection.  O(n)'
         with self._watch(other):
-            if (
-                isinstance(other, self.__class__)
-                and self.redis.connection_pool == other.redis.connection_pool
-            ):
+            if isinstance(other, self.__class__) and self.redis == other.redis:
                 self.redis.multi()
                 self.redis.sinter(self.key, other.key)
                 disjoint = not self.redis.execute()[0]
diff --git a/requirements-to-freeze.txt b/requirements-to-freeze.txt
index 8ebcb494..8fec3da2 100644
--- a/requirements-to-freeze.txt
+++ b/requirements-to-freeze.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
 
-redis>=3.4.0
+redis>=3.0.0
 mmh3
 
 isort
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d8520723..500c45ae 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pycodestyle==2.5.0
 pyflakes==2.1.1
 Pygments==2.5.1
 readme-renderer==24.0
-redis==3.4.0
+redis==3.3.11
 requests==2.22.0
 requests-toolbelt==0.9.1
 six==1.13.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 073685e3..92537f17 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     ],
     keywords=pottery.__keywords__,
     packages=find_packages(exclude=('contrib', 'docs', 'tests*')),
-    install_requires=('redis>=3.4.0', 'mmh3'),
+    install_requires=('redis>=3.0.0', 'mmh3'),
     extras_require={},
     package_data={},
     data_files=tuple(),
diff --git a/tests/test_redis.py b/tests/test_redis.py
index 170974a3..a63b17dd 100644
--- a/tests/test_redis.py
+++ b/tests/test_redis.py
@@ -25,31 +25,3 @@ def test_redis_clients_equal_if_same_url(self):
         assert not redis1 != redis2
         assert redis1 != None
         assert not redis1 == None
-
-    def test_client_equality(self):
-        r1 = Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
-        r2 = Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
-        assert r1 == r2
-        assert hash(r1) == hash(r2)
-
-    def test_clients_unequal_if_different_types(self):
-        r = Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
-        assert r != 0
-
-    def test_clients_unequal_if_different_hosts(self):
-        r1 = Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
-        r2 = Redis.from_url('redis://127.0.0.1:6379/9')
-        assert r1 != r2
-        assert hash(r1) != hash(r2)
-
-    def test_clients_unequal_if_different_ports(self):
-        r1 = Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
-        r2 = Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6380/9')
-        assert r1 != r2
-        assert hash(r1) != hash(r2)
-
-    def test_clients_unequal_if_different_dbs(self):
-        r1 = Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/9')
-        r2 = Redis.from_url('redis://localhost:6379/10')
-        assert r1 != r2
-        assert hash(r1) != hash(r2)