Moen or Insinkerator

[jakeseacrest]

When I moved into this apartment 6 years ago there was a Badger 5 Ace Hardware garbage disposal. Naturally the first time I used it for potato peels it clogged. I ended up buying an ISE Evolution Space Saver and have never had another clog. I feed it veggie peels, chicken bones and all kinds of scraps and it just keeps on going. My maintenance guy remarked that if he replaced all of the cheap disposals in the building with a unit like mine it would save him so many maintenance calls.

Anyway my sister just took a unit in my building and sure enough her Badger 5 clogged the first week she was there. For Christmas I'm going to replace her disposal but now I see that Moen has some decent looking units. I know that they're Anaheim built but years ago my parents had a Sink Master disposal and as loud as it was it never clogged.

Should I get her an Evolution series or save some money with a Moen?

 

[combo52]

Best new disposer

Hi Michael, stick to the ISE the Moen is the same as a lot of other cheaper disposers today it will do a decent job doesn’t have very much capacity would be pretty hopeless at grinding bones, etc. because of the small size of the grind chamber.

Most of all the Moen is made in China I wouldn’t bother with it.

John

 

[reactor]

ISE

John and I are in agreement, Moen is a cheap permanent magnet motor unit, built in China. Your Sink-Master was likely made in the U.S, before Annaheim shut down their California production facility.

The Moen badge is just one of many names on their units. The difference between Annaheim units is primarily cosmetic. Moen, Franke, Waste King and a host of other names are all the same once you go under the exterior shell.

If you can afford it, select models of the new In-Sink-Erators built by Whirlpool, in the USA, have undercutter blades to finely chop wastes as it exits from the turntable. This ensures no fibrous material, which could clog drains, will ever exit the unit.

This is much like the wonderful Hobart Kitchen-Aid/Viking units, which also had an undercutter. I never had a clog with my Hobart designed KA or my Vikings.

These ISE units are still slow to appear in the big box stores such as Home Depot and Lowe's. I did see one, of all places, at Ace Hardware. They carry the 1 hp unit with the undercutter. Ace had a decent price, but I have seen some even lower at a few online hardware. On amazon, the ISE store has one at 379.00 stores. Please note whether the unit indicates "three stage" or "four stage" grinding. Only the four-stage units have the under-cutter. I believe only the 1 HP and the 1-1/4 HP units have the undercutter.

Annaheim has had a 1-1/4 HP unit for sometime, but they are the lightweight permanent magnet motors, ss John says, it is in your best interest to forget these. The ISE/Whirlpools have heavy duty induction motors which can sustain the rated horsepower output longer, before overheating.

Hope your sister enjoys her new disposal, you are a thoughtful and generous brother, Michael!

 

[jamiel]

I found that Ace out in Palm Springs was $5 cheaper than Lowes/Home Depot when purchasing an ISE. Just a word to the wise to not overlook your local Ace/True Value.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I wonder why a brand with a long reputation for good products like Moen decides that when it is going to expand into a new product picks a cheap POS.

 

[appnut]

four-stage grinding models

Is referred to as the Advanced Series. Found locally at Ace & Home Depot.

 

[panthera]

Two/Three Stage Grind 'Evolution'

Insinkerator refers to their multiple grind machines as 'two' and 'three' stage grind.
We have used their two-stage grind (current iteration: 78757K-ISE) since 2017 and have been completely satisfied with it.
It eats shrimp shells and banana peels and everything else. I don't put big bones down it as ModernHygiene gets upset at the sound of the grinding.
Never once had a stopped up drain. However, two things worthy of note:
One: I always run water for a full minute after I turn the disposer off when it's finished.
Two: The cheap units like Menard's carries may say Stainless Steel, but the plate which connects the grinding chamber to the motor is still regular old steel, merely rusting away.

I don't quite go for the motor type controversy. The main issue is to get some sort of second or even third stage of grind in order to be able to actually use these machines as waste disposals.