InSinkErator Evolution Excel 1.0 HP Household Food Waste Disposer
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of InSinkErator Evolution Excel 1.0 HP Household Food Waste Disposer
Customer Review: Best disposer yet.
Summary: 5 Stars
I replaced a 3/4 horsepower Waste King that was giving good service as long as we were careful with what we put through it. My wife saw a commercial for the Evolution Excel and wanted one. After doing research on its performance, I found it for $249.00 at Home Depot. Reports of its quietness are not exaggerated. This is the quietest disposer I have barely heard! Performance has been outstanding. I ground up a pineapple top just to see if it lived up to the hype - I was amazed. Shortly after I installed it, I tried to install my old disposer in a small kitchen at my church only to find that the drain was too high. The old unit at church was a Insinkerator that had been giving trouble for years - frequent clogs, blown fuses, etc. As facilities manager, I had to replace the old unit. While I am very conscious of saving money (my reason for donating my old unit) I also believe that buying cheap is false economy. I was able to find the same deal at another Home Depot. In our area Home Depot is no longer going to carry this model in the stores, but it is worth paying full price. Drain matched perfectly. I expect calls to clear clogs will be history.
Word of caution. You will need another person to hold down the flange in order to secure it to the sink. This unit is heavier and larger than most other units. I struggled with the first unit until I got the jack from my Toyota truck. At 65 I no longer have the arm strength to hold the unit up and fasten the bayonet latch at the same time. The second unit was a breeze to install. Make sure you save the power cord and cord clamp from your old unit or buy a replacement. Plan to make a trip to the hardware store to match your plumbing - consider yourself fortunate if the included parts are sufficient. Make sure to punch out the plug at the dishwasher connection. Removing that plug may be challenging if you have big hands. Needle nose pliers help.
Customer Review: Best Quiet Disposal
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this disposal! It was a Christmas present from my son. For several years I had been hinting for a new disposal so this Christmas under the tree I found an envelope of money with the words 'Garbage Disposal' written on the front. Amazon delivered it right to my door. I have installed lots of disposals, mostly low cost Insinkerator models. Installation was easy and the instructions were clear. This model came with two sets of mounting screws, long and short. I have a heavy cast iron sink which required the short screws. The discharge tube attaches to a rubber outlet with a hose clamp. The rubber piece at the mouth of the disposal where you put the food is easily removable for cleaning. Once installed, I turned on the water and flipped the switch. I heard an almost inaudible hum which made me wonder if it was working. I poured some ice cubes down it and sure enough it quietly ground them up. I've used this disposal for several weeks now and each time I turn it on I'm amazed at how much pleasure I get from seeing a mechanical gadget work so well. For the first few days I couldn't pass by the sink without turning on the switch. We put all food remains down the disposal -- bones, corn cobs and husks, potato peelings, peach pits, banana peels. If we don't eat it, it goes in the disposal. We don't want any food odors in the trash we put on the curb that might attract an animal since we like to put out a plastic trash bag without using a trash can. My previous disposal was a Maytag FC-5 which was about 35 years old. It would grind anything but the undercutter blades had worn out and I often had to unstop it with a plunger. This new Insinkerator has undercutter blades too and they're great at slicing food that doesn't grind. My only complaint is that it's so quiet it's not easy to tell when it's finished grinding -- but that's ok!Customer Review: So quiet that it seems like it's not working.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have replaced a Badger 5 with unit. I would recommend you to spend the extra money and get anything BUT the Badger series. Honestly, I don't think the total time used on my Badger 5 was even 24 hours before it started leaking. Maybe it was because I used to wash my dishes on this side of the sink? Buy nice or buy twice.
Anyways, I installed this unit in about an hour. I just reused the flange from my previous unit so that cut some time off.
Parts to keep in handy for installation:
1. A saw if you need to modify your existing pipe drain. This unit's outlet is lower than the Badger so you will have to adjust the height on your pipes.
2. Power cord kit. I reused the power cord from my old unit but you should have some butt connectors handy just in case the wires are crimped together and you can not reuse the connectors.
3. Car jack or books or whatever to support the unit up so you can tighten the ring to the flange on the sink. Trying to hold up the unit while trying to tighten the ring gets very tiresome if you have a hard time lining up the ring to the flange.
After installing this thing and turned it on for the first time, you will probably think to yourself, "Huh?Is this thing broken?" and you will probably look inside just to make sure it's spinning. The thing just makes a humming noise like something is jammed. But, when I turn it on, it always makes a buzzing noise before it starts spinning. I do not know if this is normal.
All n all, this unit is VERY VERY quiet and I would recommend this for anyone where noise is a factor. As for grinding of food, I can not comment since I only installed it last night but I hope this thing eats up a storm! Hopefully, I won't have to write back saying what a crappy unit this is.
Customer Review: Great product, great price, prompt shipping, poor packaging.
Summary: 4 Stars
Product arrived promptly, but in its original packaging, no outer box, its only handle opening torn, corners dented, and the stainless steel disposer easily visible through that opening. The sellers website states: "Professional Packaging
Every item shipped by eSpot is packaged in a brand new, high-quality box and cushioned with industrial-strength air pillows. While we spend more than the average eBay seller on packaging, we take pride in having every item we ship arrive safely to the buyer. " I had no way to assess who was responsible for the condition of the package, UPS or eSpot.
I returned the product at their expense, and the second one came in a new box with air pillows, but the disposer in its original packaging was in even worse shape than the previous one, causing us some concern that after the expense of installing it, it wouldn't work.
I spoke with customer service, which assured me that they sell a lot of these items and have never had any problem with them, but could not offer any further assurances regarding the condition of the packaging, etc. They are new to Amazon, so I checked their eBay ratings and they are very good. I had the disposal installed and it is working well so far.
eSpot was courteous, prompt, and the price was great. The transaction would have been perfect if they had used the promised packaging in the first place, and had inserted a note to the effect that sometimes packaging gets damaged in the warehouse, as customer service told me, but they checked and the item itself is not damaged. It would have saved me a lot of time.
Customer Review: As Quiet As Advertised. Low Vibration, Too
Summary: 5 Stars
We had an InSinkErator Badger 5 that went out on us after giving us a couple years of trouble with jams, shorts, and our pipes backing up with poorly-ground food. We were sick of dealing with all the problems of a lesser model, so we went higher end in the hopes of having more power, finer ground particles of food, and fewer jams.
We did a bit of research and noticed Consumer Reports actually recommends the 1 HP Waste King L-8000 Legend as the best performing disposer, but they recommended the 1 HP Evolution Excel if noise was a concern. As it turns out, we have three kids under three years old, and because of sensitivity to their napping and the fact that we could get a good deal on installation of the Evolution Excel, we opted for it over the Waste King.
The first thing I'll point out is I'd have absolutely no qualms about running the disposer while my kids were napping. It's as quiet as you hear in Amazon's video, though I discovered if you have a double-bowl kitchen sink, you have to put the plug in the second bowl when the disposer is running or lose most of the benefit. The sound running through the pipes is still relatively loud.
It also feels like there may be even less vibration than our old Badger 5, which had half the power (though it was getting old)!
All in all, we love the disposer so far! You pay a premium for fine grinding, power and most of all quietness, but if that appeals to you, you'll be happy with the Evolution Excel!