Review Household Food Waste Disposer Evolution Essential 3/4 HP On Sale

Easy Install
This sinkerator is a big large, but it was very easy to install it. It's also very quiet when you use the grinder.

Like Magic!
Just like clock work. Ordered this disposal, it arrived in four days and was installed with one tool and a flashlight in 40 minutes. Literally cost one-third of what buying one in town and having a plumber install. Hooray Amazon.com and thanks to customer service at In-sink-erator for recommending this model to replace our old one. Really, really quiet, too.

So quiet!
We love this. Our kitchen adjoins the living area; the sound this disposer makes does not intrude on conversations.

A quiet beast
I recently replaced the 8-year-old 1/3 HP disposer that was originally under the kitchen sink with this 3/4 HP unit. The install went smoothly, and was probably a bit simpler than normal since I also replaced the kitchen sink at the same time; so I had easy access to the bottom. Everything I needed was included in the box except for some plumber's putty and a power cord, which I took off of the old unit. Since the old unit was also from InSinkErator, the power cord included the strain-relief clamp so I just re-used that too.

As far as the size goes, this is larger than the old 1/3 HP unit; but not as much larger as I thought it would be. Overall, everything that fit beneath the sink before still fits so the size hasn't been an issue at all. Not that it really matters under the sink, but the disposer also looks great:).

When it comes to performance, this disposer is amazing! It isn't silent, but it's a lot quieter than any other disposer we've ever owned. It has plenty of capacity for a 5 person family - it chews through everything from potato skins and orange peels to ice quickly and without a complaint. I can't believe we waited so long to replace our old disposer!

We also considered getting the lower-capacity 'compact' Evolution model from InSinkErator, but I'm glad we went with this one. On the other hand, if you have limited space or don't need the higher capacity then the compact would probably make more sense - especially since it has the same power.

Overall, I highly recommend this disposer.

Not fantastic
I am not as enthralled with this disposer as everyone else seems to be. Yes, it's quiet if you have the black-thingy in the drain, but big deal. The main thing I want in a garbage disposal is for it to grind the food efficiently. I replaced a 10-year-old Insinkerator Pro 333 3/4 horsepower which was absolutely wonderful. Although not especially loud, you could tell by the sound when the food was ground up - and it was ground up in seconds. The Evolution Essential takes about three times as long, and I am always removing the black-thingy to peek inside to see if it is finished. It seldom is. Plus, the black-thingy keeps water from draining quickly, so if you pour a big pot of boiling spaghetti-water into a collander, you get a sink-full of boiling water and a steam burn. I miss my Pro 333.