Looking for a quality garbage disposal replacement.
Anyone have a brand recommendation? Thanks.
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insinkerator. spelling???
Find the middle of the market and you will get your best value for money. This works between brands and within a brand line. Stay in the middle and you will do fine.
This works on nearly everything. They can try to baffle you with jargon and features. Build up a reputation and then go cheap. They can shift perceptions through contractor give aways, trade shows and kick backs to the salesmen. You can cut through the majority of all this by just sticking to the middle of the market.
I think you'll find that about 80% of the units, no matter what the brand, come out of the Insinkerator factory. I forget who else makes them.
Be aware that physical size doesn't mean a lot (other than taking a lot of room under the sink). Many units are large simply because they have a lot of "sound insulation" under a large plastic shroud. Sound insulation may be important to some people, but you run the thing for 30-60 seconds at a time, so most people don't mind the noise of an uninsulated unit.
Get a SS chamber.
I replaced one the other day that all "steel".
It was jambed and I cleared it once.
Then the HO told me that the circuit was out. It was dead along with the microwave.
Well the microwave just decided to die at that time, it's circuit was OK.
And disposal was stuck again and the overload triped.
Well I run it again and notice water under the sink. There was a hole corroded in the side. Also it had a vibration and cracked the discharge spout.
Dan H is right, ISE makes most of them right in Racine, WI.
If you have a brand name you've seen a good price on, let me know. I'll tell you if it was made by ISE and if there are any "shortcuts" taken on that one. I sell them automation products and can ask one of the mfg engineers.
I have never asked them if some of the models they make with other names on them are made to different standards. They may be identical except for the name - I just don't know for sure.