KitchenAid KCDS100T 1 hp Continuous Feed Food Waste Disposer, Red

My 8 year old 3/4 HP "builders grade" Insinkerator gave out. It was so loud and vibrated my stainless steel sink so much that it occassionally woke up my 16 month old son one story above. I became intrigued that some disposers were marketing quiet operation. After reading many reviews, I settled on this 1 HP KitchenAid. I gloated over this purchase to my wife for about 2 weeks. I am thoroughly pleased with this product and don't regret upgrading (i.e. spending a little extra cash). The motor is very powerful and quiet. It utilizes a thick, flexible rubber connection to the discharge pipe, which drastically reduces vibrating the sink and plumbing (a major source of noise from my old disposer). The sink inlet interface is also designed to decrease noise. Long story short, this baby is probably 80-90% quieter than my old disposer. Here is a helpful heads up that I don't remember reading in other reviews. At first I thought the disposer was deffective because the grinder action would delay a fraction of a second and then, depending on what material was in the disposer, it would stop and restart on its own. It turns out that the initial delay comes from the machines action of reversing directions each time it is started (great design to keep food from building up in the grinder). The self-stop/restart action is a design to automatically release food that becomes stuck on the grinder walls in order to grind and discharge everything. It is really a smart design. Now, hopefully it will last for several years. Only time will tell. Installation for this replacement took about 30 minutes.

Bought this product on Amazon Dec 2012 with a 7 year warranty. It was shipped by AJ Wholesale. The product broke down recently and I contacted KitchenAid for warranty coverage. Their response was twofold. "This unit was purchased in 2000". Well AJ Wholesale shipped it to me in 2013, so 13 years later. One of the reasons I bought it was for the warranty. According to my chat with a helpful rep at KitchenAid, that does not apply since it is from the date of manufacture if not bought from an authorized reseller. The second response from KitchenAid was even more baffling. "Amazon is not one of our authorized resellers. Buy it from Home Depot, Lowe's". I am out $300 even though I did everything by the book. I think KitchenAid should step up because I have an Amazon receipt. And Amazon should step up because I trusted their platform. Based on my experience, my advice at this point is to buy your units from a physical store of your choice that is an authorized reseller and simply ask them to match the Amazon price.

Good unit, but because the housing was bigger than my last Kitchenaid, it hit the plumbing so I had to cut the plastic housing to make it fit.

I love this thing, it is pricey in comparison to others but after all it is a KitchenAid and you get what you pay for. Professional quality. Super quiet as well, it was quieter than I expected. The only time you can really hear it is when you hear the objects inside of it. Otherwise it's a very low pitched hum. Installation was a breeze with having a precious garbage disposal. Honestly, if I could afford it right now, I'd convert to all KitchenAid appliances, you can't go wrong with this one.

As with virtually everything else Kitchenaid makes, you pay more but you actually get LESS than you do from lower priced competitors. As a builder / remodler--AND a landlord--I buy / install / replace more disposers than the average person. Plumbers install / replace more... but they usually have no idea how long the disposers they install actually last. As a landlord, I do... because I track these types of expenditures and repairs in my accounting software. For example, today (12/2/18) I discovered my fancy / expensive Kitchenaid garbage disposer is leaking through the bottom. And a simple search of Quickbooks tells me that this disposer was installed on or around 6/21/13. That means this disposer failed in only FIVE years and 5 months--which, I can assure you--is WAY faster than many / most of the cheaper, run of the mill, Insinkerator Badgers that I've installed at various other properties that I own over the years. And I can assure you--again--as a contractor and a landlord--that I know how to use (and not abuse) a garbage disposal; and this one was certainly never mis-used. In fact, it rarely ever gets used: I've never put anything harder than a vegetable scrap down it; never accidentally had glass or metal fall down in it; never used any harsh chemicals or drain cleaners in it. Quite simply, it just started leaking out of the bottom for no good reason at all.Actually, this isn't 100% true. There IS a good reason for these to leak through the bottom: poor design and cheap manufacturing. And--since virtually ALL of the garbage disposers for all of the biggest brands are manufactured by the same company (Insinkerator)--they are largely to blame for this despicable planned obsolescence. When a disposal rusts out / leaks internally--that's a .25 to .50 cent fix: simply use stainless steel for the internal parts that can rust out. Problem solved. And this used to be the case with Insinkerators--and others--which RARELY ever failed. But they figured out that (a) they can save few cents on every disposer thay make--AND insure regular, repeat customers--by simply using cheaper materials and lousy engineering. And it works. Because most people today don't recall how much better disposals were 20, 30, 40 yrs ago--and they don't really keep track of how long their current ones last.Ironically, I switched to Kitchenaid disposers back in '09 largely because I was starting to have so many problems with recently installed Insinkerator / Badgers at my various properties. I've litereally removed / replaced still working disposers from the 1970s and 1980s--models that were 35 to 40 yrs old--and had the newer units--made by the same company--fail in as little as 5--but typically more like 7 or 8--yrs. Clearly there's something nefarious going on here. Because I assure you that the average consumer would gladly pay a dollar or two more--for a better built machine--than have to replace it entirely in 1/2 the normal / expected lifespan. The irony here being that the more EXPENSIVE, Kitchenaid models actually fail FASTER than their cheaper competition. How can that be? Great question. I wish I knew the answer. I'm sure Insinkerator and Kitchenaid know... but they aint talkin'.Unfortunately I switched to the Kitchenaids for a couple of projects and installed about 7 or 8 of them before I discovered how crappy they are--and how quickly they fail. And we're not talking about just one model... I've used at least 3 different models--at various price points--and they all failed in short order--all by leaking through the bottom. In fact, EVER SINGLE Kitchenaid disposer that I have bought / installed at my properties has already failed and had to be replaced... all of them right around 5 to 6 yrs old--which would be a joke--if it weren't on me.Something else to watch out for: The Home Depot / Lowest version of the Badger disposals is NOT the same version sold @ professional plumbing supply houses. (The Home Depot / Lowes version has a PLASTIC body... the supply house version has a STEEL body. And that's just what you can see on the outside. I'm sure there are other differences internally. So, if you are going to use an Insinkerator / Badger--try and get one from a plumbing supply house. I've had better luck with those recently.FYI - In 2007 I tried a few GE disposers--which are NOT made by Badger or Anaheim Manufacturing (who make virtually every other brand of disposer--just marketed under different names). And so far I have not had to replace a single one of those disposals yet--and we're @ 11 yrs and counting. I've started replacing any failed (always leaking Kitchenaid or Insinkerater) disposer with GE's if they'll fit in the space (not all brands / models are the same size). But... if my experience w/ GE appliances is any guide, I'm sure it won't be long before their disposals start sucking, too.Sadly, the garbage disposer business is a pretty dirty game these days. To save literally a few cents on each unit, these manufacturers cause millions of dollars in damage to consumers (via leaking disposers--that destroy cabinetry, cause mold and mildew, destroy hardood floors, ceilings if the kitchen is on an upper floor), etc, etc.

It's a beast. Heavy, powerful, quiet, does an incredible job. If you install it yourself there is a plug that must be removed for the dishwasher drain. Also, it's good to have a second person for an extra set of hands up top.

This was a great in-sink garbage disposal unit but it broke and stopped functioning within ten months. I had it professionally installed after it arrived, and then a handyman came to look at it when it broke and he told me it can't be repaired.