Waste King L-2600 Legend Series 1/2 HP Continuous Feed Operation Waste Disposer
Waste King L-2600 Legend Series 1/2 HP Continuous Feed Operation Waste Disposer
- High speed of 2600-rpm
- 36-inch power cord is included
- Removable splash guard
- Space saving compact design
- Longest warranties in the industry demonstrates commitment to quality
Waste King Legend series 1 2 HP garbage disposer with 2600 RPM motor. Stainless steel anti jam swivel impellers and grinding components. Front mount reset button. Plumb EZ mounting system. Removable splash guard. Safe for properly sized septic tanks.
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List Price: $ 154.00
Price: $ 54.11
Review by Juliusz A. Kostecki for Waste King L-2600 Legend Series 1/2 HP Continuous Feed Operation Waste Disposer
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I bought this to replace 20 year old ISE disposer which lost both of its blades and was pretty much useless.
Installation was almost plug-and-play except for the sink flange piece. I had to remove old one (couple of minutes), clean some old plumber’s putty and make sure contact surface is clean before I put the new one on. Since I have stainless steel sink, the supplied rubber gasket was just fine to use alone. The outlet orientation and dishwasher inlet were in exact same spot as the previous disposer so I didn’t have to mock around with that – perfect compatibility.
Last was electrical hook up. The disposer comes with around 2-3 feet of cable with standard 3 prong plug on one end… I had to cut it off and make electrical connection to old cable. Manual covers that and tells exactly which prong should be hooked up to which color of wire on the other cable. Similarly to plumber’s putty, there were no wire caps included with the disposer.
At this point I was finished so I decided to test the efficiency of this disposer… I took all the bits and pieces of food (nut shells, carrots, etc, stuff that old broken disposer could not chew), almost full chamber of it and stuffed it into the new disposer… It chewed thru all of it in about 10s, truly amazing. No wonder since this disposer spins at 2600 rpms which is something like 2x as fast than usual disposer in its class. It is also VERY quiet. When operating in normal fashion (not full chamber of hard stuff at once), you won’t even notice much more noise when throwing stuff inside since the food gets chewed into little pieces immediately and has no time to bounce around the chamber generating noise and vibrations for sink to amplify.
The disposer comes with removable splash guard that sits about 2 inches below sink line inside of the flange. It also comes with sink plug, you insert it inside the flange. It is a very effective plug too.
I think this is the best bang for the bucks these days since for one, it is all stainless steel blades and chamber walls secondly it comes with 5 year in home warranty and life time rust warranty.
For comparison, I went to Lowes/HD and what did I find for this price? The cheapest they had was ISE Badger 1 which was actually $76 + tax. That one is noisy as hell, has galvanized steel parts (will rust in couple of years) and very short warranty…
Review by Ehkzu for Waste King L-2600 Legend Series 1/2 HP Continuous Feed Operation Waste Disposer
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Like the other reviewer I replaced an older one with this. The trick is that older garbage disposals tend to have something called a three-point attachment just under the sink, while newer ones like this have a new design that rotates on. Now if you want to replace the current part that’s in the sink this doesn’t matter. But then you need the plumber’s putty like the other reviewer said (unless it’s a stainless steel sink, whose smooth surface apparently doesn’t leak).
On the other hand you can do what I did and buy an adapter. This mounted under the sink, allowing me to keep the part you see in the sink when you look down, and thereby obviating the need for applying plumber’s putty. It cost about $15 at Orchard Supply, but I’m sure you can get one from Amazon. It bolted to the sink part easily, and the Waste King rotated onto the adapter equally easily.
The only problem was that the adapter lowered the garbage disposal itself half an inch or so. I wound up going to Home Depot and rummaging around in their disordered bins until I found the pieces of piping I needed. It was a snap to install them once I got home, though. Plastic piping has become so standard, and works so well, it’s hard to remember the old days when you needed plumber’s putty for everything.
Now the installation under the sink looks professional, I’ve upgraded from a 1/3 to a 1/2 hp. motor, it’s quieter (and mostly plastic, as the other reviewer said). This came with a 5 year warranty, and if I’d bought a more expensive Waste King I could have gotten a one-owner lifetime warranty. But this seemed good enough. And it was a much longer warranty than the comparable Kenmore unit.
It also came with a power cord built in. Didn’t have to wire up anything.
I’d say, in general, that plumbing has become much easier for do-it-yourselfers. So if you’re hesitating, I recommend going for it.
Review by Comdet for Waste King L-2600 Legend Series 1/2 HP Continuous Feed Operation Waste Disposer
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Like several of the other reviewers, I purchased this to replace a Badger 5. I found the Waste King product impressive on a number of areas. The warranty is five years and it includes in-home service, which is a rarity nowadays. Some of the larger Waste King models (1 Hp) have a lifetime in-home warranty. I looked at them, but decided to go with the ½ HP version since I only use the disposal for plate scrapings (bones go in the trash and vegetable peelings go into the compost pile) and didn’t want to buy way more disposal than I needed.
Waste King offers two mounting options – the traditional three bolt method, and the EZ method. This model is the EZ method and, true to its name, is really easy! Very clear instructions come with the unit, plus there are videos on the Waste King site to walk you through the process. If you have even the most basic of tool skills and can follow instructions, this is a job you can handle.
The other feature I liked about the EZ mount option was that the rubber guard (the piece of rubber at the top of the opening that you push scraps through) is removable for cleaning. It is not removable in the 3 bolt mounting option and, considering how horrible the one looked in my Badger after a few years, I wanted something that I could take out and clean (or replace). But, all the parts in the 3 bolt option are stainless steel, whereas there are plastic parts in the EZ mount option. The plastic seems sturdy enough, so I hope it will last a long time.
I’m especially pleased to report that Waste King has outstanding customer service. I emailed them some questions before I ordered, and they replied in a few hours, and answered all my questions in full (versus just those canned boilerplate responses you sometimes get from companies). After it arrived I had a question regarding if the sink flange (the part you see when you look into the sink) was plastic or stainless. So I called them and got an answer very quickly (it is stainless). Very pleasant phone call, and minimal (3 or 4 min) hold time.
Product works great. It runs faster (higher RPM) than the Badger, so it grinds quicker. Not as ultra quiet as the really high end ones, but less noise than the Badger. It has stainless cutters which should outlast the galvanized ones in the Badger by a long time.
Works well, easy to install, great warranty, excellent customer support, great price. What more could you want!
Review by ILoveLivingRural for Waste King L-2600 Legend Series 1/2 HP Continuous Feed Operation Waste Disposer
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Very easy installation, (taking the old one out was the hardest part), is fairly quiet and seems powerful. Of course most of it is plastic where the 18 year old In-sink-erator it replaced was almost all steel. One thing I really liked is the easily removable splash guard. One thing I didn’t like is if your sink isn’t stainless steel, you’ll be running to the hardware store in the middle of the installation for some plumber’s putty. For a couple of pennies, they could have included in the install kit a small rope of plumber’s putty for the sink flange. I hope it lasts at least half as long as the old In-sink-erator did!
P.S. I always feel good buying from Amazon. They’re one of the best internet dealers period. I received this disposal in just 2 days after ordering!
Review by Lynn for Waste King L-2600 Legend Series 1/2 HP Continuous Feed Operation Waste Disposer
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I bought the Waste King L-2600 1/2 hp disposer to replace an old Whirlaway 1/3 hp (which is made by the same company) that had broken after many years of use. The L-2600 is an upgrade and was an easy replacement, since it uses the same mounting system as the Whirlaway. In fact, I just re-used the existing sink flange and support ring/mount ring hardware already installed on the sink, and the new L-2600 fit right on (it uses a “bayonet-style” mounting system, so all you do is turn a locking ring to mount it). I’ll save the newer sink-mount components for use with a new replacement sink I intend to buy later.
The price of the L-2600 from Amazon was right for my purpose, and free shipping was fast enough. The power difference between 1/3 hp (the original) and 1/2 (the L-2600) is not really significant, but this one comes with a stainless steel turntable (the part that rotates at high speed) and stainless steel pulverizing (swivel impeller) hammers, which is an upgrade from the Whirlaway.
Although this unit has a plastic outer housing that is supposedly noise-insulated (it says-so right on the box), I really could not discern a difference from the non-insulated Whirlaway it replaced. In any case, I use it only occasionally and it only runs for a short time, so the noise is not an issue for me (for comparison, a slightly higher-priced Insinkerator brand that I installed for my parents 2 years ago is noticeably quieter, but would have been too large to fit the space I had). Waste King does make more expensive versions with higher power and better noise insulation, if that’s important to you, but they are also physically bigger.
As far as performance, it seems to work well enough for my purposes (mostly plate scrapings, vegetable peels, etc; no large bones or other really hard-to-grind items). It is not commercial quality, but for that you would probably have to pay hundreds more. I have been using it for a little over a month now, and have had no issues with it.
This unit comes with a power cord and 120-volt household plug, for use with a typical under-sink switched outlet, but the cord can be removed if you need to hard-wire it to a junction box. Drain pipe connection is standard for home-use disposers (plastic tail-piece), from what I have seen, and it can take a dishwasher drain connection (you have to remove a simple plastic plug).