Waste Maid 10-US-WM-158-3B Garbage Disposal Anti-Jam Stainless Steel Food Waste Grinding System, 1/2 HP Standard, Black

Man, do I feel like a big dummy! Why haven't I been enjoying using a Waste Maid garbage disposer instead of the crap made by ISE all these years? I installed this Waste Maid today and I couldn't be happier. Like going from a beat up, rusted Cavalier to a brand new Cadillac. It is that much better!For the last 25 or more years I have been fooled into thinking I needed a garbage disposal from ISE. I guess because they spend so much money on advertising and they are the ones you see in the display at Lowes. It is the brand my parents used. However, in 25 years, it seems like their quality has done nothing but go downhill and all I have done is replace them over and over and over. As I write this, I just replaced my last ISE Badger 5 with this Waste Maid.It seems silly that I could be this excited about a garbage disposal but listen... After 25 years of using ISE brand disposals every single day, this really is like moving from a rusted, beat up Cavalier to a brand new Cadillac. It really is that different. Like, it's hard to explain how different these two models are.For starters, the size will shock you. My old ISE Badger 5 was big under the sink. It was wide, it hung low and it was HEAVY. Now, it had some metal, but only where the heavy induction motor was located. The grinding chamber was plastic. This Waste Maid uses a polymer body everywhere. And, because it uses a permanent magnet motor, it is small and lightweight.You might think it would be less powerful, but the opposite is true. The induction motor used by ISE is big, heavy noisy and SLOW. The permanent magnet motor used in this is a modern motor. It is small, lightweight, quiet and FAST. So quiet in fact, I had to peek in to make sure it was running. And this is for the base model disposer without the sound insulation. I cannot believe how much quieter it is than my old ISE. If you think you need that big old heavy induction motor like ISE uses, you don't. Permanent magnet motors are used in things like Tesla car motors and small, powerful motors like the starter motor in your car.This motor runs so fast too (about twice the speed of the ISE) that food is pulverized almost instantly.Also, notice in the picture I posted a few things I circled. In my former ISE Badger 5, the turntable was flat, aside from the two impellers. So, as it turned more slowly compared to this high-speed Waste Maid, you really had to rely on centrifugal force to throw the food against the grinding ring and the impellers. More often than not, if I put in half a potato, half an orange or something like that, it would just run around in circles. I'd have to shut it off then back on or add something else to get it to grind.Now, when you look at what Waste Maid did, they have added a couple "knives" on their turntable, as well as some distinct bumps. Today I tested this new model. I threw in a half a potato and it was pulverized instantly. Again, I had to check to make sure it was running and not jammed because I could not hear it. The "knife" helps to make rough cuts of the food you are dropping in and the bumps make the food unstable on the turntable so it is tossed around and against the impellers and grinding ring. The knife below ensures that anything that could slip by like onion skin or other items below the turntable continue to get cut up and flushed down the drain.Waste Maid really did think of everything too. The rubber splash guard on ISE disposers is permanently attached to the disposer. That means trapped food can stink and smell and it is almost impossible to clean. Accidently cut it with a knife or damage it and you are out of luck. Waste Maid, on the other hand, uses a REMOVABLE splash guard.If it gets dirty you can wash it or throw it in the dishwasher. Such a small thing that makes a HUGE difference in quality of life and satisfaction. Like, why didn't everyone think of that? Because of it's shape too, more of the disposal opening is closed so it makes the running unit even quieter and nothing splashes back, like it can on the ISE with their wide opening.Lastly, and saving the best for last, I told you I did not previously own a Waste Maid. I owned an ISE Badger 5. It used their 3-bolt mounting system with the "twist-to-lock" feature that makes replacing ISE with more ISE units easy. However, this Waste Maid USES THE SAME "twist-to-lock" ring and feature. Even better, the output tube is in the same position and distance as my Badger 5.What does this mean? It means I removed my old ISE Badger 5 and replaced it with this new Waste Maid, IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES UNDER THE SINK! No lie! Less than 10 minutes! Everything lined up perfectly. I literally twisted the collar on this new one to my old ISE mount, hooked up my dishwasher hose, tighten the plumbing connection on the waste tube, plugged it in, and I was done.The fact that Waste Maid has enabled direct replacement of an ISE unit without having to mess with the sink flange, change your plumbing, etc. is worth the cost.I know this review was long but listen... I have become so frustrated with the crap put out by ISE anymore that I was willing to take a chance on another brand. When I discovered the features that Waste Maid had and found out it was a direct replacement for an ISE unit AT LESS THAN HALF THE COST, I was sold.I'm really glad I made this choice. I can't believe how quick and fast it is getting rid of food compared to my old ISE units. I'll never go back to them. I am a Waste Maid customer from now on.

Our old one was rusting thru and dripping water out if the bottom. You d this guy and installed it in maybe 20 mins total. my old one was.hard wired I just added a GCFI outlet using the hardwire and now I can plug something else in if needed. This thing is much quieter than the old honking beast we had. 5 stars well deserved.

Got this next day, Everything worked the moment it was installed. A month later it's been working ever since. Everything seemed to fit perfectly and replaced my previous one. Don't have any complaints about this and I believe this has warranty. Great for the price

Additional note: Maybe I should emphasize that this review is for the 3/4 HP medium duty unit, which has heavier, cast, impellers than the lower HP models. So the start-up sound of my unit is likely to be significantly louder than that for the smaller units.A couple of updates on my original review:1) Corr^H^H^Hlarification: Another recent review of mine made me research the lack of magnetism of stainless steel some more. I knew that stainless could be weakly magnetic due to imperfections (like from being bend during manufacture). But I did not know that stainless could be just as magnetic as iron if it is "ferritic" stainless. Since this is closer to plain iron, it is likely to be cheaper than the usual stainless and is often used where large areas need to be stainless, like in washing machines, or maybe in the interior surface of, say, garbage disposals. Knowing that, I am now inclined to think that the interior surface of my Waste Maid may be ferritic stainless:1a) It would explain why Waste Maid gives a lifetime warranty on corrosion failure.1b) On looking again in my unit, the metals of the impellers and that of the other interior surfaces do look similar (despite the different crystal structure, and presumably due to a similar corrosion-resistant surface).1c) Reviewer "CCC" noted in 2018 that "after 3 years of using this disposal daily", "the housing is also corrosion-free. Our last two disposals failed because the outer casing corroded through". I trust CCC, because we have the same view about scissors. :)However1d) Waste Maid itself says in its description that the *impellers" are stainless. Why would they say that if the entire interior is stainless??2) I find that the initial loud noise that the thing makes is much more subdued if sufficient water is already flowing through the unit when you turn it on. Unfortunately I tend to turn the thing on by mistake. I put a red mark on its switch to keep me from turning it on when I really want to turn on the light above the sink.Original review follows:I find the initial bang the disposal makes when it starts up somewhat annoying. After that it is pretty much soundless.I have cut off the very tips of the entrance rubber blades with scissors to increase water flow into the disposal.According to my magnet, the "blades", if you can call them that, are stainless, so they should stand up better against nasty waste chemicals. But the rest of the interior is not stainless, so there is some potential for galvanic corrosion. However, that will be reduced by the area effect.I have not yet have the thing get stuck (I do not use my disposal that much), so I do not know how well unsticking with a piece of wood or so will work vs a hex key. Probably not so well as with a hex key, but if it happens less frequently, then that would certainly compensate.

Love the sleek design. Live in small condo with limited space and worked great in area. Instructions were easy to understand and installed myself.

Are garbage disposal uses minimal and this bad boy is just the right size. It was extremely easy to install instructions were good and the size fits very well better than the larger size disposals.

Seems like a well made unit, and seems strong enough to do what is intended for it to do it isn’t as loud as my other one I had in the previous house and it cost more from a home improvement store so that is a plus

So far so good. Wanted to get rid of my humongous 1HP old disposal due to noise, splashing, current draw (planning to split the disposal circuit to power another outlet as well). I can't believe I waited this long. I don't grind bones, tree stumps....hardest thing is maybe the occasional old lemon (which I ground to test wattage), so 1/3 HP is plenty for me. I used to hear the disposal from my upstairs bedroom....not any more! The splashguard being removable is so nice, too.900 watts at 120v = 7.5 amps