Waste King Garbage Disposal for Kitchen Sink with Power Cord, Food Waste Disposer, L-8000

The old 1/3 HP ISE Badger garbage disposal in my house was in the house when I bought the home 10 years ago so the old disposer is AT LEAST that old. It worked pretty well for these 10 years, but during that time it would jam frequently which required me to use the wrench tool to release the jam. Last week, the disposal started inexplicably leaking from the bottom whenever I ran the water on that side of the sink. I didn't spend much time trying to fix it since I had been putting replacing it anyway and decided to go ahead and purchase a new one. I originally wanted a 1 HP model, but saw that the 1/2 HP was half the price and STILL more powerful than my existing one so I opted for the L-2600 Legend instead. Another plus is that it is much cheaper on Amazon then what I find in the B & M stores. So even though I had to wait a few days it sure beats paying double for comparable models in the local stores. The day after the disposal arrived, I went to my local hardware store to purchase the tools I thought I would need and based on what the instruction manual said. The things I purchased separately are as follows. 1) Plumber's Putty 2) Mini Hacksaw 3) Pipe Wrench 4) Wire Nuts 5) Assortment of different sized strain reliefs (called Clamp connectors in the store). Because I couldn't figure out what size I needed I purchased 3/8", 1/2" and 1 1/4". 6) Assortment of water tight connectors just in case Out of these things I only needed the Plumber's putty and one of the Clamp connectors I purchased (3/8" with 1/2" knockout). I returned the unused strain reliefs to the store but kept the hacksaw and pipe wrench to use for future projects. Function This disposal is amazingly quieter than my old ISE, which is good since I just replaced a noisy 10+ year old dishwasher last year. It seems to have no issues grinding up old food or jamming which my ISE seemed to do frequently. I think this is a good relatively inexpensive replacement for your old broken disposal or just as a nice upgrade. I purchased the 1/2 HP because I didn't want to spend too much since it was an unexpected expense. But from what I've read, for most people the 1 HP (Waste King L-8000 Legend Series 1.0-Horsepower Continuous Feed Garbage Disposal) is better especially if you have a big family and/or frequently have a lot of guests over for parties or what not. Neither of these apply to me and since 1/2 HP was STILL more powerful than the 1/3 that came with my home, I was still coming out ahead. INSTALLATION (DIFFICULTY) Power Cord -- Can it be removed? ---------------------------------------------- Before I continue, many people (like myself) may wonder if the Power Cord is removable, the short answer is yes its removable, I removed mine because all the appliances in my home are hard wired Here are the steps I did to remove the cord while preserving it if I want to go back and use it later 1. Unscrew the metal plate on the bottom of the disposal. 2. Find the wires that run from the power cord (should be a white, black and copper wire) 3. Depending on how the wires are connected you may have to use a wire cutter to free the wire from the connector. Mine wasn't connected with wire nuts, but a plastic connector that seemed to be a permanent connection so it couldn't be twisted off. So what I did is stick a utility knife under the plastic connector and cut away at the exposed wire until it came out. I repeated this for the other wire. 4. To remove the copper ground wire, I just unscrewed the green screw to release it. 5. Removing the power cord assembly is a little harder; to do this I inserted a flathead screwdriver end under the rubber plug and pryed it out; this take a few tries as its in there pretty good. A WORD OF WARNING: DO NOT use a utility knife to try to pry it out, I stupidly tried this since I was too lazy to go to my tool box to get the proper tool and ended up stabbing myself in the thumb with the knife after it slipped, after learning my lesson I got the flathead screwdriver instead. 6. Once the rubber plug is released you should now be able to pull the power plug out through the opening. 7. Don't forget to use a wire stripper to prepare the remaining wire under the disposal to connect to your existing wires in your home. ---------------------------------------------- Installation of the Waste King itself was pretty simple; removing the old one...not so much. Prior to me installing a range hood and a dishwasher last year I had no experience installing appliances, but I was able to install this disposal by just following the instructions provided in the manual. Comparing this install to my range hood (non-vented), and my dishwasher, i would say it's harder than installing the range hood but slightly easier than installing the dishwasher. My old disposal wasn't connected to my dishwasher so I decided not to connect the Waste King to it either. I may go back and connect it later on, just not right now. If you want to read on about my installation experience it starts below, otherwise you can stop reading right here. INSTALLATION (TIME AND PROCESS) The install took me 7+ hours. Not because the new garbage disposal was hard to install, it was because the old one was such a pain to get out. While I had no issue getting the disposal itself out, the old sink flange was virtually impossible because it looks like the people who installed this disposal screwed the mounting bracket on too tight and ABOVE the threading on the lower part of the sink flange. As a result, no matter how many times I turned the mounting bracket it wouldn't go anywhere because it wasn't catching the threads to move down and come loose. If the sink flange and mounting bracket weren't so old, I would have just installed the Waste King over on that using the Easy Mount adapter kit, (which I bought separately just in case). But because it was so old and I really wanted to switch to the easy mount system anyway, I was determined to get it off. Normally, after removing the old disposal, you should be able to screw the mounting bracket off from under the sink and lift the sink flange up from the top of the sink. However because the mounting bracket just would not screw off because it didn't seem to be able to catch the threading. I decided to try to bend the edges of the sink flange that sits on top of the sink far enough so I could push it down through the sink instead of lifting it up. However I had no idea was I was getting myself into when deciding to try this. This process alone took a good 4 to 5 hours because whenever I would bend one side another part would stick out making it too wide to go through. After about 3 hours of using my wrenches (the hacksaw I bought was useless in cutting the flange), I went to the garage and got my tree branch cutters to try to cut the old flange so I could bend it more. The branch cutters made the job a little easier but still took almost two hours to get the flange bent enough so that I could push a part of it under the sink so I finally hammer the rest through. I also ended up slightly damaging the circular opening of my sink in doing this, but hopefully the plumbers putty will continue to stop any leaks as a result of the damage. UPDATE: Turns out I made this much harder than it needed to be. After examining the old sink flange assembly after removing it, I noticed a metal ring around the top of the threading that was preventing the bracket from screwing off. I did see this when trying to get it off but didn't know what that it was a separate piece and I thought it was part of the threading. Just out of curiosity I inserted a flat head screw driver around the edges of the metal ring and it popped right off making the mounting bracket easy to screw off. I am kicking myself for not seeing this before and it would have saved me 4 hours and would have prevented the damaged I caused. Oh well, I'll know for next time and hopefully you won't make the same mistake I did. After FINALLY getting the old sink flange off, installing the new disposal with the EZ Mount System was pretty simple. I put the new sink flange in and following the instructions, checking for and correcting any water leaks before I continued. While following the EZ mount instructions I didn't think the rubber cushion would be strong enough to hold the disposal without falling down, but a quick check showed that it would hold. After getting the sink flange prepared to hold the disposal next was the task of connecting the wiring. If you have an outlet under your sink, then USE it, it saves about a half hour of labor. Unfortunately I don't have an outlet under my sink and I didn't want to incur the extra expense of installing one under there, so I had to stick with hard wiring. As far as connectors go, I ended up using one of the water tight connectors instead of the 3/8" clamp connectors I originally planned to use. Reason being is that while testing out the connectors to see which ones would fit, the water tight connector was a perfect fit and I just never took it off and after the ordeal of getting the old sink flange off, I didn't want to waste any more time. I used my tool box to lay the waste king on then I connected it to the wiring in my home. The hardest thing here was getting the ground wire around the green screw. So I just ended up taking the green screw out completely, placing the ground wire directly over the hole, and then screwing the green screw back in. After I had the disposal connected to my wiring, all that was left was to mount the Waste King to the sink flange. This was incredibly easy and only required hammering to get the notch to the locked position. After mounting the Waste King now was the time to reconnect all the pipes. Because I don't run my dishwasher to my Garbage disposal, I only had one pipe to connect and surprisingly, the opening of the waste king was at the exact same level as my old ISE was; so the old pipe lined of perfectly. Everything was now hooked up so I turned the power back on to the disposal and let it run with running water. And SURPRISE!! Leaks! Leaks from under the sink, and leaks from the piping. I applied more plumbers putty under the sink as well as re attached the pipe and tried everything again. This time there were no noticeable leaks but I still am not ready to call the install a success just yet. I did this install on the 26th of March and have been monitoring it periodically for and standing water under my sink. So far no leaks, but I will probably give it another week or so before I'm 100% confident in my install.

Overall: Works great, fairly easy install (1 hour or less), much quieter than my Insinkerator Badger, much more powerful than the Badger (1 HP instead of 1/3 HP), replaced 3 bolt with EZ mount without any need for an adapter kit. Amazon: Lowest Price (just over $120), arrived three days after I ordered it even though I selected free shipping (don't yet have Amazon Prime, but thinking about it). Experience: I was trying to figure out what to buy to replace my broken Insinkerator Badger (12 years old). Consumer Reports rated the Waste King Legend 8000 the highest, so that was the default buy, unless I found consumer reviews that recommended otherwise. I read many of the reviews on Amazon.com as well as Consumer Reports, and most said that it was a great buy and fairly easy to install. I was concerned about whether the EZ mount would fit my sink, because my Insinkerator Badger is a 3 bolt mount. One Amazon review mentioned having to purchase an adapter kit to use the EZ mount if you had a 3 bolt install, but others said that they didn't need it, including those that bought and reviewed the adapter kit. I did not purchase the adapter kit, and I did not need it. I am not a plumber, and have only had a minimal amount of experience installing plumbing-related appliances, so I was ready to call a plumber if needed. Not once during the install did I feel that I was in over my head. 1. After reading the directions, the removal of the Insinkerator Badger took about 30 minutes (I was cautious and took more time). The helpful hint about using a screw driver to remove the snap spring did the trick in removing the hardware. 2. I followed all of the instructions, in order, including the hints, which were very helpful. I did use plumbers putty, as I do not have a stainless steel sink, but I did notice that another reviewer also used plumber's putting even though they were installing it with a stainless steel sink. The branding on the chrome top of the sink flange is very minor in my opinion. It was much less noticeable than the one on my Insinkerator Badger. 3. I had a minor leak after connecting the pipes, but it wasn't the Waste King and was just a matter of using a little bit of teflon tape amd rescrewing the pipes together under my sink. It is crucial to make sure that the pipes are screwed together properly or else there very well may be a leak. Check all pipes from both sinks. I also ran my dishwasher afterwards to check that connection (no leak). 4. I did use a little bit of soap the first time around, which was a helpful hint from another reviewer to reduce noise. I did notice that there is a little click when I first turn on the Waste King, which is the impellers swinging into place, but after that, the sound is much quieter than my Insinkerator Badger. For those who are worried about the product itself, I could not be any happier. For those worried about the install, I would say that, if you are the occassional handyperson around the house, and like to try things yourself, this install is a piece of cake. Once again, Amazon, and all of those who take the time to review products that they purchase really came through. I continue to be a very happy Amazon customer.

Our old garbage disposal broke, and my husband replaced it with the Waste King Garbage Disposal for our kitchen sink. It arrived quickly and was easy to install. It’s been working great so far—powerful, quiet, and no issues at all. The only downside is that the price is a bit high, but overall we’re happy with the performance and reliability

2 days ago, before headed out for a family outing, my wife opened the cabinet door under our kitchen sink to find the whole deck saturated with water. After examination, it was found that our 12 year old Emerson garbage disposal had sprung a leak at the reset button mounting at the bottom. What a disaster! Luckily it was caught early, bought now I had decisions to make and a problem to solve. Later that day, while benched at an out-of-town mall, I pulled out my smart phone to browse my Amazon wish list. To my surprise, this Waste King model was a featured gold box deal on my wish list products page. Based on the reviews and lifetime in-home warranty I immediately ordered it. This unit has a power cord vs. my Emerson being hard-wired. Yesterday, I went to Lowes and bought plumbers putty and the materials to install a surface mount electrical outlet box under the sink. Got home and disconnected the hard-wired power from the faulty Emerson disposal and ran that power into the outlet box which I securely surface mounted to the upper back wall under the sink. It took me about 30 minutes. I had that part done before the Waste King arrived today. I am not the best self-installer when it comes to DIY jobs. Do you know the father in the "A Christmas Story" movie working on the furnace? That is me to a T. Any easy DIY job becomes a tormentous affair for me. Evacuate the house before I start a DIY job. Just thinking about doing the job myself has ruined these past two days because I know something is going to go wrong. Fortunately my worries were baseless. The Waste King arrived this afternoon. The first part was removing the Emerson disposal, which came out in 5 minutes, easy peasy ... the flange and all (I had watched about 20 youtube videos regarding disposal removal/installation prior). Cleaned the old putty from around the stainless steel sink drain opening. Come to find I didn't need the plumbers putty bought at Lowes the day before. The Waste King comes with a rubber gasket just for stainless steel sinks ... no putty necessary. Checked the rubber seal for leaks before mounting the disposal (just put in the drain plug and add water to the sink). No leaks! Then installed the Waste King using only the parts included in less than an hour. No cussing, nor throwing things. I did have to hack saw about 1/2 of an inch off the Waste King's drain pipe to feed it into my existing tee fitting from the other drain. The tee fitting then feeds straight down to the trap. Plugged it into the new outlet box, flipped the switch and she started right up. I'd say it is no quieter nor louder than the Emerson. The sound is a lower hum tonally. Ran water in both drains for a while with no leaks found. I put a large roasting pan lined with paper towels under the disposal and drain pipes and will monitor it for leaks over the next few days, but all looks well. Still have to check the dishwasher connection for leaks, but expect no problems with it. Will check that tonight. Very happy with my Waste King purchase ... quality, easy installation and, of course, Amazon's gold box price and fast 2 day prime shipping. Now I can relax again.

I moved in to a new home recently and found that the existing disposer was in need of replacement. Instead of replacing just the disposer, I decided to go ahead and completely replace the entire sink, including the faucet, flanges, and disposer. I decided to purchase most of these items on Amazon due to the excellent prices and free Prime shipping. However, I was troubled by the lack of documentation and details regarding the compatibility of the different parts. I'm writing this review along with a review of the disposer flange I purchased in an effort to fill in these gaps for future purchasers. For the disposer, I went with the Waste King L-1001 Legend Series 1/2 HP Continuous Feed Operation Waste Disposer; unfortunately, the flange that comes with the disposer has a highly reflective chrome finish which will not be suitable if you want to coordinate with faucet hardware that isn't also chrome. Though there are many custom flanges to choose from, the Waste King will not be compatible with most of them since it utilizes the EZ Mount system for attaching the disposer to the sink. This assembly is not compatible with the majority of the custom finish disposer flanges found on Amazon and in most other stores; most are intended for Insinkerator (ISE) disposers. There is an adapter kit available ( Waste King 3101 ISE Adapter Kit ), but I would highly recommend only using this adapter if you are replacing an existing ISE disposer and want to use the hardware already attached to your sink; if you are starting from scratch you would still need to purchace the ISE mounting hardware in addition to the adapter. I should also note that there are some Waste King branded flanges for sale, but the only ones I found that are compatible with the EZ Mount system have plastic finishes, like white, biscuit, etc. Waste King flanges that offer a metal finish are only for Waste King disposers that use the very different 3-bolt mounting system, which are a bit more expensive than the EZ Mount variety. If you plan to start from scratch with all new components as I did, using an EZ Mount disposer along with a suitable disposer flange like the Waste Maid Custom Sink Flange/Stopper Set I eventually purchased will simplify your installation and help you avoid headaches and delays caused by ordering incompatible parts. If you insist on a certain brand of disposer flange you will have to get the flange, ISE mounting hardware, and the adapter. This should work, but at a much higher cost than the Waste Maid flange alone. I won't go into too much detail about the disposer itself; anything I would say has already been posted. It's compact, it's powerful, and it's an excellent value. On top of all that, it's also the quietest disposer I personally have ever used; however, I should note that I've only ever had Badger junk before this and I have it mounted to a very solid and heavy cast iron sink. Your mileage may vary when it comes to noise and vibration if you're using a lighter sink. Installation was a breeze once I had the correct type of flange. Like some others have mentioned, I would recommend installing an outlet under your sink if you were considering rewiring the disposal with an existing connection. Installing an outlet will be easier than replacing the existing cord and will also simplify future replacements/upgrades. Finally, an outlet and box costs less than one dollar, so it's really a no-brainer. In conclusion, I would not hesitate to buy a Waste King again, but I'm pretty confident that I won't even have to for a long time. If you need a new disposer, Waste King is the way to go; just make sure you get the right kind of flange if you don't want to use the stock one.

Our cheapo, contractor-special Insinkerator Badger 5 crapped out a little more than a year after we bought our house (of course). I assume it had been installed 4 years prior, when our house was gut-rehabbed (it's a classic St. Louis two-family brick converted to single-family). It started to leak water into the cabinet. Being the type that likes to fix problems himself, I removed the disposal to see if I could fix the leak (it was leaking out of the bottom of the unit, through the hole that the WIRE goes through!). I assumed it was a shaft seal leak, and figured it wouldn't be hard to repair. Hah. After dismantling the thing and prying it apart, it was clear that this was not going to be easy. This theory was confirmed after a Googling spree revealed that this particular unit has no serviceable parts. At all. One thing fails, the whole unit is trash. With disposal in pieces on the kitchen floor and a gaping whole in the kitchen sink, I needed to act fast. A whirlwind tour of the Internet looking for the best disposal I could buy without taking out a second mortgage left me with precious few options. I'm a "buy the best I can get" kinda guy, especially when it comes to working on the house. I was not, however, about to drop $500 on a disposal that would not break in 3 years (you know... right after the manufacturer's warranty expired). And then it happened. I hear the angels sing (you know... that chorus of angels "AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" moment), and my laptop glowed a with a golden hue. I had landed on the Amazon page for the Waste King L-8000. All of my hopes, wishes, life aspirations, and dreams... all answered with one humble disposal for the low-low price of $102.38 (plus about $17 shipping/handling). Okay, so perhaps I'm being a little over the top. But just a little. As my title exclaims, this thing is a monster. It has chewed up everything we've thrown at it, with glee and without protest. I've only managed to really make it work for a living a few times when I've been over-ambitious with grinding up lemon and lime rind leftover from drinks I've made for cocktail parties. Even then, once it gets through the worst of it, it spins like a champ and gets rid of everything. In fact, in the instruction booklet there is an illustration of the stuff that it recommends you grind up, and one of the images is that of a pineapple top. That's insane chewing disposal power for ~$100. But you know what sealed the deal? All this power and ability combined with a LIFETIME IN-HOME SERVICE WARRANTY. Even the MUCH more expensive Insinkerators don't offer that. In fact, I don't remember seeing any warranties longer than three years on units costing four times as much as this Waste King. Installation was a breeze. I was intimidated at first because a.) I've done electricity (was an electrician in the Navy for 5 years), but I'm definitely no plumber, b.) I could not just simply use the pre-existing mount that was there for the Badger 5, and c.) I was going to have to use this stuff called "plumber's putty" and hope my sink did not leak. The disposal arrived a day sooner than I had expected. And within 45 minutes, it was up and running. (It would have been about 20, but I had to run to my local Big Box for the aforementioned putty, as well as a GFCI outlet and box.) Following the instructions to the "T," I removed the old mount, which was very simple. I cleaned VERY well around the drain hole in the sink. Then I had to run to HD to get the putty, as it is not included in the shipment. I placed the putty in the manner described on the package, installed all the bits and pieces as instructed (PRO-TIP: Do as the instructions say and do a dry run before actually trying the installation... doing so most certainly saved me great frustration, effort, and time during the actual install. DO THE DRY RUN! :) ), and then installed the disposal. Since the other disposal was hard-wired, I needed to install a GFCI under the sink. I've done that sort of thing before, but really... it's not that hard. Save yourself a hundred bucks and do it yourself by following the instructions well. SUMMARY: This disposal is worth twice what it is selling for, but don't tell Waste King that. ;) I would buy another one in a heartbeat, but I have a feeling I won't need to. Rest assured, however, that if we should ever move to a different house, installing one of these will be a priority project for me. December 4, 2012: The AWESOME MONSTER BEAST is still awesomely beasty. It grinds everything with no issues whatsoever, and with nary a complaint. Citrus rinds? Hah. It LAUGHS at them as it churns them into a very lovely-smelling paste. Chicken bones? What chicken bones? You put chicken bones in here? Huh... never even noticed them. Butter knife? I WILL DO MY BEST TO DEVOUR THE BUTTER KNIFE!! (No really... it did. It tried its very best for the few seconds it had before we shut it down.) So yeah... keep the silverware away from the hole of doom, and you'll be good. Other than that... still definitely recommend this beastly beast of a disposal. In fact, I've personally recommended it to three other family and friends who have ordered it and are also very pleased with its performance. Nicely done, Waste King! September 17, 2013: Awesome Monster Beast is yet still devouring whatever we throw at it. This thing is always hungry and ready for a fight with pretty much any kind of sink waste.

This disposer replaced a 13 year old InSinkErator BadgerI that started leaking. It spins fast and is relatively quiet except at startup because the cutters jerk into place. It works well, rated #1 in Consumer Reports testing a few years ago, comes with a lifetime in home service and corrosion warranty, and is a lot less expensive than anything in its class. If you want a quieter disposer consider the KitchenAid Superba or the Evolution Excel. The disposer hangs down 16" from the bottom of the sink, so make sure you have enough room. I don't know why it comes with a power cord since most homes don't have an electrical outlet under the sink. If there's no outlet under your sink, you can either put one there (go to HD or Lowes and purchase a box and attach it to an inside wall), or attach the new disposer to the wires currently going to your existing disposer or outlet, which is the preferred method and may be code in your area. If it's been over 10 years or so, consider replacing your faucet and all other plumbing valves under the sink at the same time as the disposer, especially if you see any evidence of leaks. It's also a good time to clean your existing plumbing pipes or buy new ones. The whole set (plastic) can be purchased for less than $10. The power cord is fairly easy to replace but may be a little tricky for some. There's a metal cover plate on the bottom of the disposer that is attached with one nut. Remove the nut and then the plate and you'll find a black wire and a white wire crimped to the power cord wires, so you'll have to uncrimp them with pliers or an electrical crimping/stripping tool. Located under the plastic cover is a green colored ground screw. Removing it with a Philips screwdriver allows removal of the green ground wire. Once the wires are unattached, you then remove the power cord. It has a rubber piece that's held in place with a metal bracket and must be pushed out of the bracket. I found this to be a little difficult to do since it is very tight. Just use a screwdriver and keep trying. After that and before you attach your home wires to the disposer, replace the bottom cover plate and attach the new sink parts and disposer to the sink (consult the drawing in the instructions). Use a small amount of liquid hand soap or shampoo on the bottom surface of the rubber gasket to make the disposer turn easier. You must hold the metal mount ring in place with one hand while pushing up and turning the disposer at the same time. Make sure you understand how disposer installation works and then remove the disposer and bottom cover plate. At this point knock out the dishwasher plug if necessary and install the curved black waste elbow with rubber gasket, or a straight waste drain that connects to an opposite drain. I did the latter but had to cut it shorter to fit and used an InSinkErator rubber gasket purchased at HD. Before you connect your home cable wires to the Waste King, or to a new electrical box, use conduit to surround the cable and protect it. HD carries a 1/2" gray plastic type called Liquid Tuff used for wiring assemblies that comes with 6 ft. of conduit and 2 connectors - one straight and one 90 deg. - for under 9 bucks. It has everything you need and is worth the extra protection. First attach one of the conduit connectors into the metal power cord bracket at the bottom of the Waste King. Push the threaded end with the attached O-ring or gasket into the bracket hole and then screw on and tighten the locknut. At this point, make sure all electrical power to the circuit is off. Being careful, estimate how much conduit you'll need, cut it and then run your home cable through it, leaving a few inches of excess wire to connect to the disposer. Also, be sure to leave a few inches of conduit so you can insert a few inches into the floor or wall where your home cable enters. Wait to insert the conduit into the floor until after the disposer is installed. Next connect your home wires to the new disposer. In most home wiring in the US black wire is power, white is neutral, and green or bare wire is ground. So connect wires black to black, white to white, and bare or green to the green colored ground screw. Conform the ground wire into a clockwise circular hook shape and put it around the ground screw and tighten. I reused 2 red wirenuts that were used on my old Badger to connect the black and white wires. Do not use electrical tape to connect the wires - use wirenuts. If you don't know how to use them, it's not difficult and there's plenty of help on the Internet. Now attach the bottom cover plate and then insert the conduit into the connector and then install the disposer, and don't forget to replace your dishwasher drain hose. Insert a few inches of conduit into the floor.

Summary: I was really wanting to buy InSinkErator's top-of-the-line model, but ended up getting this one when it was featured as an Amazon Gold Box deal. I had a lot of concerns prior to purchasing and installing the Waste King L-8000, but the only one I think most people should worry about is the height of the unit. Pros: - super-easy install (if you have an old 3-bolt mount, that's also easy to remove) - if you already have PVC pipe under your sink, this will probably only take 30 minutes to an hour - significantly quieter than my old InSinkErator 333 - lifetime warranty Cons: - rubber gasket is only for stainless steel sinks, so you'll need to have plumber's putty on hand if you have any other type of sink - very tall, at about 18.5"--probably taller than your old garbage disposal - plastic flange might not last - chrome finish wrapped around top of flange looks cheap & tacky, especially with "Waste King" and a crown picture engraved in it right-side-up and upside-down My house came with a 1/2hp InSinkErator 333, which worked just fine until one day it started clogging and sounded like it was jammed. I tried unjamming it with the wrench that it came with, but that didn't help, so I pulled it out and about vomited from the smell. After dumping its contents into a bucket, I found a scraped up quarter inside. I triumphantly reinstalled it, thinking it would work now, but it still seemed to be permanently jammed. And so it sat...and sat...and sat...while I waited for a good deal on a replacement garbage disposal. I passed up a couple deals, including an Amazon lightning deal. Then one morning I noticed that the Waste King L-8000 was Amazon's Gold Box deal of the day. I have to be honest, I was really turned off by various Amazon reviews that said the mounting hardware seemed cheap and prone to breakage. And to me, the EZ-mount hardware just didn't seem as sturdy as my InSinkErator's 3-screw mount. I was also partial to InSinkErator because they still manufacture their products in the USA and Consumer Reports rated the ISE Evolution Excel "Excellent" at discharge fineness and "Very Good" at shredding stringy vegetable fibers, and they reported that it was also one of the quietest garbage disposals on the market. But CR also rated the L-8000 as "Excellent" at discharge fineness and "Excellent" at shredding vegetable fibers. Unfortunately, they said it was only "Good" in terms of noise. After agonizing over just how important each feature was, I decided to click the button. The worst scenario I could imagine was that it would be a pain to replace my 3-screw mount with the EZ-mount, the new garbage disposal would be noisy, it would break, and Waste King would have horrible customer service and not honor their supposed lifetime warranty. But then I wouldn't be any worse off than I was with the broken ISE 333 except for being about 90 bucks poorer. I decided to go ahead and buy the Waste King. And then it hit me. NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I had forgotten to compare the Waste King's size with other comparable units. A couple reviewers had commented on the L-8000's gargantuan size, and after looking up the dimensions of the Waste King and the Evolution Excel, it turned out that the Waste King was almost 5 inches taller! When it seems like you barely have enough storage under the sink, as it is, the prospect of losing even more space is more than a little concerning. I almost canceled the order, but went back to comparing warranties...Lifetime for Waste King, vs. 7 years for ISE's more expensive, higher-end model. I gladly would have paid up to 2x or 3x as much for a good-old Made in the USA machine, but the many Amazon reviewers reporting rust problems and leaks on various ISE models really concerned me. And the fact that it only had a "Very Good" rating vs. "Excellent" on chewing up veggies disappointed me a little, but I really wasn't sure if the difference was important enough for me to care about. If the ISE had a lifetime warranty, I definitely would have gone with it. So I stuck with the Waste King. It arrived the next day, thanks to Amazon Prime's $3.99 next-day shipping. I figured this was a weekend project, and I didn't want to have to wait until the following weekend. Later that night when I got home, I tore the old garbage disposal out. Although I've been gradually honing my handyman skills over the past several years, it seems like a lot of projects take me longer than they probably should. Fortunately, the 3-bolt mount was a lot easier to remove than I had expected--and it helped that the Waste King's instruction manual included alternate instructions for installing models with the 3-bolt mounting option. Of course, the EZ-mount seemed like it would be a breeze to install, until I got halfway through reading the instructions to discover that the included rubber gasket is only to be used with stainless steel sinks. Mine was an old Harvest Gold cast iron sink, so I had to buy plumber's putty if I wanted to finish the job...and it was now after 10:30 at night. Pretty much the only stores around here that are open that late are the 24-hour Wal-Marts. But it seems like every time I've gone to Wal-Mart in the middle of the night for miscellaneous parts to finish a home repair job, I've always left disappointed and have had to improvise with something I already had at home...like the time I fashioned a pipe coupler out of hose clamps and duct tape to install a new sump pump and save my basement from flooding. (That worked so well that I forgot about it, until my wife heard a really strange splashing noise in the basement a month later. She called me and I rushed home to hear the sump pump running every 30 seconds, followed by a loud SPLASH!!. I went down to the basement and opened the closet door just in time to see a geyser erupt, shooting almost to the ceiling. Oh, and my breaker box is located directly above the sump pump. That was scary.) Anyway, getting back to the plumber's putty: the "super" Wal-Mart listed it as "limited stock" but the smaller Wal-Mart near my house had a ton of it in stock for $1.87. I was pleasantly surprised. Once I got back home, the install was a breeze. I honestly don't understand what so many people found confusing about the EZ-mount hardware. And all the pipes went back together great. Since I had already previously replaced the rotting copper pipe under that sink with PVC, the entire install--including the shopping trip to buy plumber's putty--took less than 45 minutes. Then, finally, the moment of truth. I had already tested the EZ-mount flange for leaks before mounting the garbage disposal, but now there were a lot more potential points where it could leak: the garbage disposal mount, the discharge pipe running off the side of the disposal, or either side of the trap. I put some paper towels underneath everything so I'd be able to tell if even one drop of water dripped, but after thorough testing, it seemed all the fittings were sound. The noise also turns out not to be much of an issue, because the Waste King L-8000 is probably less than half as loud as my old ISE 333. I did kind of prefer the wider baffle on the old ISE, but another reviewer said this one is more likely to prevent objects from falling in accidentally, and I'd have to agree. The only real disappointment is that it did end up being about 3"-4" taller than my old garbage disposal, but I guess I'll just have to deal with that.