Disposing of disposer noise

“Grind more. Hear less.” That’s the tagline for InSinkErator’s Evolution Series garbage disposers (Excel model shown). With the kitchen serving as a primary gathering area in the home, the advertising promise of quieter disposers is welcome—the grating noise these appliances generate is tolerable only because they are so darn handy.

Anyone who has a typical disposer knows that kanoodling over a simmering stew with your loved one or bonding with your children while enjoying hot cocoa and just-baked cookies is a little hard if you can’t hear yourself think. Manufacturers started the decibel-depleting trend about five years ago, quieting rumbling dishwashers and buzzing refrigerators. And now it’s the time to tame the fiercest kitchen-conversation adversary: the garbage disposer.

The Evolution Series disposers reduces noise by 40 to 60 percent (depending on which model you choose). What’s more, the MultiGrind feature is touted to eliminate another common garbage-disposer weakness: poor grinding ability. Whether you’re dealing with coffee grounds or chicken bones, everything is “virtually liquefied to safely flow into your sewage system or septic tank” without jams, claims InSinkErator.

Evolution disposers are available at Home Depot, Lowe’s, and plumbing suppliers. Models range from about $160 to $300.—Helen Popkin

Comments

[Julienne]

Great disposer so far. Installed one two months ago. On first use could not tell it was running since it's quiet hum was covered up by the sound of the tap water running in the sink. It will chew up anything quietly and quickly.