InSinkErator Badger 5 1/2 HP Food Waste Disposer
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of InSinkErator Badger 5 1/2 HP Food Waste Disposer
Customer Review: bought 2
Summary: 5 Stars
last year (may 2008) i needed a replacement disposal for my kitchen sink. i replaced a 17 year old disposal after its bearings locked up. i looked at lowes and home depot. they both had the exact same product (badger5) but they were $30 more than amazon. the badger5 had the horsepower and the right price-point for me, so i bought it and installed it. it took only 40 mins. with minimal tools (since this was a replacement and not a complete new install, there was minimal plumbing needed). over the last year, it has worked flawlessly and i was so satisfied, that this year (august 2009) i decided to install a disposal under my mothers sink (she has never had a disposal). based on the satisfaction from my first purchase, i decided to purchase the same product (badger5). however this time i had to do a complete new install including electrical wiring connection hookup. configuring and installing the disposal was virtually free of any problems. i did have to re-route the under sink plumbing which required one new elbow section and one existing tube needed to be cut shorter, but i expected that type of situation since this was a complete new install. the hardest part had nothing to do with the disposal itself, it was just getting a new electric switch installed into wall next to the sink and fish the wires down to the under sink cabinet to connect to the disposal. over all it took about 2 hrs and the badger5 disposal works great.Customer Review: Lighthweight - Short Life
Summary: 2 Stars
Had the unit about 5 years.
It did outlast it's warranty, otherwise I would have given it 1 star.
It was so lightweight that we never put in hard to chew items (lemon, lime, chicken bones, etc.).
Only small amounts of carrot skins, celery, cucumber, etc. were ever put in the thing because we compost whatever we can.
It started leaking because the housing/seals have corroded and/or cracked.
It is well past its 2 year warranty, but should have lasted much longer.
I will be replacing it with NOT a Badger or any other product manufactured by this company.
**November 2010** - We installed a new "Waste King 9980 Legend Series 1 HP Continuous Feed Operation Waste Disposer" - bought it on amazon for $109, that's a great price.
Waste King 9980 Legend Series 1 HP Continuous Feed Operation Waste Disposer
http://www.amazon.com/Waste-King-9980-Continuous-Operation/dp/B001215150/
The unit went in pretty easy. I had to remove the plug to hard wire the unit, needed to pry it out with a screw driver. The unit is great and easily grinds anything we put in. It takes a little more room under the sink but it's worth it. And it's very quiet too.
Guaranteed for life against corrosion. We'll see...
Customer Review: Worked fine until we abused it
Summary: 4 Stars
The Badger 5 works fine. It grinds everything up wonderfully. It's not too loud.
It would be nice if it was a little sturdier. I broke my first one by turning it on after someone had dropped a metal wine stopper into it unbeknownst to me. The resulting jam-up cracked the housing and caused a leak.
"Not able to grind metal objects" is a constraint I can live with, so I bought another one of the same exact model to replace it. Installing a new Badger 5 where an old Badger 5 had already been is pretty easy. The original installation four years ago took a few hours IIRC but was probably on par with any other disposal installation.
Note: Some reviewers say their units cracked for no good reason. I almost thought that, because I didn't notice the leak for a few months and by that time the wine stopper incident had faded in my memory. Fortunately upon close inspection of the leak I found the broken-off tip of the wine stopper still lodged in the crack, so I knew exactly why the unit failed. Maybe some (not necessarily all) of the other reviewers stressed their disposal in a similar way but had simply forgotten about it by the time their leak became noticeable.
Customer Review: I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PLUMBING, BUT NEED TO REPLACE MY BADGER 5 DISPOSER BECUASE IT LEAKS OUT OF THE BOTTOM.
Summary: 1 Stars
I did not buy this product. It was already installed when I moved in. I don't know how old or how long it had been there, but it began to leak at the bottom, making it impossible to use 1/2 of my dual basin sink without a bucket underneath which would have to be constantly emptied.
Knowing nothing about plumbing, I figured it was old and needed to be replaced.
Thinking that if I buy the identical model, my lack of plumbing skills would not be as big a problem taking out the old broken one and putting in the new one.
After seeing how many reviews indicated problems with leaking, which my old one does, I am no longer sure I should try to replace with the identical model.
The number of people complaining about it leaking out of the bottom couldn't be some sort of coincidence. I really looked over my existing one and could not determine where or how the leak was coming from, but a broken/cracked inner casing explains it very well.
I am not sure anymore that this is a do-it-yourself project for me. I am just glad and thankful for everyone's honest reviews.
Customer Review: Badgers suck.
Summary: 1 Stars
I own a property management business in Oregon and we have a number of properties that require appliances all at once. We frequently purchase several of these to put into our custom homes. My recent experience with the Insinkerator disposal by Badger was very frustrating.
Our tenant was experiencing a dripping under the sink several times, and calling our maintenance person, we found there was a very slight crack along the base of the disposal itself, lenghwise. Clearly a problem with a brand new installed disposal.
I was directed to Brandon in Manila, Phillipines. I found that providing the serial number they begin the warranty from the date the item was manufactured.
I was put on hold for 20 minutes and had to call the tenant twice to get information confirming the Badger product.
Their fix was for me to take it to a warranty center to have it repaired. I found their non compliance to be very frustrating even if the employee was pleasant. They have obviously found a way to avoid making their warranty anything more valuable than the letters on the box.