Customer Reviews for Whirlpool - 1.4 Cu. Ft. Built-In Trash Compactor - Steel
Customer Rating
3
Just OK
on February 5, 2016
Posted by: Anonymous
from San Antonio, tx
I love that we have much less trash now, but the compactor makes a horrible noise at the end of compacting, and we've only had it a few months. We'll see how easy it is to get someone out here to look at it.
We had never owned a compactor before and had gotten used to making a trip a day to empty trash. With our new compactor its 2 trips a week. So quiet and it matches our other Whirlpool appliances beautifully. Love it!
We renovated our kitchen and purchased all Whirlpool products. The trash compacter is great. It is easy to use and maintain. It looks great with my new kitchen.
I bought two of these units in May 2015 and waited several weeks for them to arrive. Now I have them and they both operate in a very strange way. When you press the floor pedal, the trash drawers kick hard to right banging the adjacent cabinet and then they rattle and vibrate as the drawer opens out towards you. The root cause is that the drawers are out of sqaure. I know this because I compared the drawers to my old Whirlpool units from 15 years ago. Those drawers are square and they open sttraight out, nice and smooth. Whirlpool clearly has a factory assembly quality issue with these units! So, if you want trash compactors that bang your cabinets when they open and rattle, these would be good units to own.
When updating my kitchen I purchased another brand for dishwasher, ovens, fridge. I have had a compactor for 15 years (an old kenmore) and I needed a compactor with a stainless finish and handle to match the other brand I purchased because they did not make a compactor. Very few brands do make compactors so it is important that this Whirlpool can coordinate with other stainless appliances. This Whirlpool compactor had the stainless finish and handle that just fit the bill. It looks great close to the dishwasher and you could not even tell they were made by someone else. I like the feature of the controls inside the compactor which gives it a sleek and uncluttered look. Fit right into my space with ease.