Great for price. I shredded a box full of papaers last night and 2 credit cards. Worked great. No jams, didn't overheat. A little loud but doesn't bother me. It struggled with 5sheets. I didnt want to push it. 3 pages is good, goes right through. Recommend for simple home use of junk mail and the like.
My old one died and I wasn't looking to spend a bunch of money, and I was actually on my way to purchase a manual crank one for $12 when I saw this one for just $7 more! LOVE IT! It can do 8 pages at once, and it has a button you can push if it's starting to get clogged up. Also, if you want to put it directly in the trash, instead of transferring it from the trash bin it comes with, you can remove the top and stretch it out to fit a waste recepticle of your choice.
However, I use mine to make the PERFECT fire starter for my wood burning stove insert, in order to heat the chimney up quick so the fire doesn't smoke back into the house. I lay fatwood on top of the strips of paper and it starts them up and they in turn start the kindling up, which starts the pine up, which once it's glowing, I can toss my hard wood on top of. Fire starting has never been easier.
I've crunched through about 500 CD's/DVD's and several hundred papers and it is still working like it did on day one.
If you get to aggressive or run it too fast for too long it will shut itself off for 8-10 minutes until it completely cools down. So be aware that if it suddenly stops and appears to be broken, feel the top to the left of the main switch. This area will be very hot, but not so much that it burns your hand. Turn it to off (the middle position) and let it sit for awhile. It's a safety feature, and it works very well, just be aware that it is not broken.
The trash can it comes with fills up quick and could be larger, but I can't knock the shredder, especially since the right side as you are looking down on it expands so you can put it on a larger trash can such as a rectangular kitchen trash can.
I absolutely love the fact that I am able to shred multiple documents at once, at a quick-pace, which was a huge selling point for me, and the ability to do so, without removing staples, is even more convenient!
While I have not tried the maximum of 8-sheets at once, it has been able to successfully shred up to six documents, at once, with ease, and incredibly fast. I also value the ability of having both an auto-start option, as well as manual reverse, to clear out any possible jams.
In the past, I have had shredders that cost 2-3 times the cost of this one, and they didn’t even compare to the level of quality that this offers. They actually burnt out, very quickly, as I have a high-amount of paperwork that needs to be shredded, continuously, throughout my work-week. While this paper shredder is able to accommodate the destruction of paper, and card stock, on a 2-minute continuous run-time, I also appreciate the ability to be able to effectively shred, and demolish, both credit cards, store cards I no longer use, and even CDs!
In addition, I am also extremely impressed by the size of this paper shredder, as it’s not too large, and fits absolutely perfectly within my printer-station, cart, among both my inkjet, and laser printers.
Overall, I am thoroughly happy, pleased with my purchase, and also have the pleasure of being able to rely on the AmazonBasics 1-year limited warranty, should any issues arise. However, so far, I have had absolutely no issues whatsoever when using this product.
I highly recommend this for anyone looking for a perfectly sized, sturdy, yet lightweight paper shredder for both home, and office, use. Also, for the price, this compares to even the higher dollar competitor paper shredders, and I feel this is such a fantastic deal!
I already had this one and thought it had quit working, so I ordered another just like it, because I liked my old one so well, but it turned out I didn't remember I had unplugged my old one, so it still works fine and now I have two of them. Very easy to use and to empty. Others I've had at work, that had pull out waste drawers, would get so full you couldn't pull the waste drawer open and even when you could they made an awful mess on the floor, but with this one you just lift the head off and pull out a waste bag you insert in the trash bin, and throw it away, then put in a new bag in and pop the head back on, with no struggle and no mess, and this one costs less then the others do. Great product!!!
Feature Product
- Strip-cut paper shredder with 8-sheet capacity (no need to remove staples); destroys credit cards, CDs, and DVDs (one at a time)
- Note: If Item get overheat when working after 7 minutes, then cool down for 15 minutes to work again
- 2 minute continuous run time with 15 minute cool down time; Auto start and manual reverse to clear paper jams.Shreds paper into 1/4-inch strips at a rate of 9.84 feet per minute
- 8-3/4-inch-wide paper feed; 3.2-gallon wastebasket
- Measures 12.99 by 12.8 by 6.5 inches (LxWxD); AmazonBasics 1-year limited warranty
Description
An Amazon Brand.
It works well, however, there are a few issues. If you just shred a few pages every once in a while, it is great. The problem is that it has a small bin, wide cutting size and a low duty cycle. If the bin fills up, which I can do in just a few minutes, the feeder will jam. The cuttings are quite wide so I would not use it on things that are REALLY important. The duty cycle is only 2 minutes of use and then 15 minutes of cooling time. I was able to get a couple of minutes more but eventually it will overheat and you will have to wait about 15 minutes. Also, it requires the use of shredder oil which is not included. I used shredded oil sheets which are easier to use and readily available. Again light duty is fine.
The only reason I didn't give this shredder a five-star is because it shreds too wide, not thin enough. If you are shredding very important documents, I'd recommend a shredder that shreds into thinner pieces.
Amazon should call Shredder Protective Services on me because I was very mean to this machine and it did not let me down. I shredded 3 months of daily newspapers to make shred for boxes. I separated each section but once folded, was the thickness of 8 pages. I had this thing going for an hour straight when I did overheat. I unplugged it and let it rest and then started it back up to finish...which it did. I was careful to feed the paper in correctly but there were times when it became a crumpled mess as it fed through....only once or twice did it stop. Yet a quick push of the feed button and it finished. This is a phenomenal machine. Well worth every cent. It's small too which although is annoying when you're feeding it 6000 pages at once, but it doesn't take up a lot of room which is nice.
On occasion we paid a shredding service. By the second box, we were ahead on savings. Here is what we did:-
+ SET SHREDDER TOP UP ON A LARGER BIN. Of course the top mounts on the container included, but we set up the top across the top of a bin lined with a 55-gallon bag. Filled 8 of these in one evening.... each holding at least one packed file box of paper. The shredder has an extender handle that can be pulled out to accommodate a slightly larger container opening.
+ USE SHREDDER OIL. It's VERY easy to apply on this shredder. Just drag the oil bottle across the opening to pour some in periodically, and run the shredder backwards on eject mode for a few seconds, and it's ready for more. The oil is not that expensive and I think it kept it running smoothly for the duration.
+ NOTICE THE COOL DOWN PERIODS. Got so we could tell when it needed a break (and I did as well anyway, to sort the next pile). It will heat up if it's used continuously, and does need periodic short breaks to recover.
+ STAPLES WERE FINE. Pulled about 8 sheets off at a time from stapled packets. Two pages stapled together, for example, no issue whatsoever.
+ AVOIDED ADHESIVES. I didn't want to get adhesive on the blades so ripped off sections of pages that contained cello or packing tape. Really even put relatively few sticky notes through...
The places to insert CDs and credit cards are marked clearly. Really, and ESPECIALLY for the price, I can't say enough about this it. AmazonBasic-ally all-around solid product. Recommended.
The best shredder I have gotten ever .it does everything it says it will do I havent tried a CD yet but. Sure it will. Do it .It's very quiet and doesn't over heat. Its worth EVERY penny I doubt I will ever need another one. It very nice and seems very well made .My old I had for 20 yrs I've just misplaced it but this one is even better and under 30.00. Would deffantly recommend it to someone wanting a good shredder plus it's not messy like those cross cut ones they are so messy and dusty this one no paper dust clean cuts strips !!!
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