conscan be a bit messy to dispose the shredded materials, unless you have a big can to empty it in.
remember what they say about, 'if the price is to good to be true, it probably is!" well, i thought i had found a real deal with this, a "confetti cut shredder" for $100, well when i got it, it
i have received as gifts low quality shredders in the past that were cheap and shredded documents in the less secure "spaghetti" pattern.
i am sure i shredded much more than 500 sheets.
it choked a little on the first cd and the first stack (5-pages) of paper that we shredded.
i had lots to shred so i shredded 10 mins on and a half hour off--no problem.
with all the junk mail that's shredded, the basket fills up rapidly.
i have shredded 8-10 sheets of 20# without any paper jams.
ease of use and ease of disposing the shredded material.
i especially like the convenience of the slide out bin that holds the shredded material.
fits great under my desk.front opening handy for trash not needing to be shredded.powerful.
the shredded pieces are small and secure enough for the intended purposes.
while it was working, i loved it, but my new shredder just jammed on perhaps three sheets, and though i got the paper out, shredded bits are stuck between the blades.
i wish it shredded more finely.
jams every 8-10 sheets even with only 1 sheet at a time being shredded.
i did note that unless you are shredding cd''s i would recommend removing the small cup inside the shredder basket as it traps the paper being shredded.
bought it about 3 weeks ago and shredded about a years worth of reciepts.
i bought this shredder about 2 weeks ago and have used it constantly since i had tons of paper just waiting to be shredded.
if it shredded any finer i'd call it powder.
i think i can get seven sheets shredded if they are inserted exactly right, but it often balks.
i think i've now shredded everything in my house.
i'm giving this shredded 4 stars not because there is anything disappointing about it but because it's not quite as big as i thought it would be even with the web description.
i like this shredder.it has some power to it.it has a big bucket for the shredded stuff......the price is great and it was shipped very very fast.........
i shredded cds, old credit cards and bags and bags of papers.
we've shredded cd's, dvd's, and lots of paper items.
mine worked 1 day, tried it out shredded 5 sheets of bank statements.
it shredded 8 large bag fulls without a glitch.
it is a very nice shredded, it was able to handle the max sheets of paper with plenty of power left.
pros: good at shredding paper; very safe (no possibility for a shredded finger). cons: cds will break it
i wanted to thin out the contents of a home filing cabinet and the papers had to be shredded.
this shredder has shredded every sheet of paper, every credit card, and every cd, cd-r,cd-rw, and dvd i've thrown at it.
i have not tried a cd yet, but it shredded paper and credit cards as advertised
has shredded well over 200 cds/dvds with no problems!!!unit just keeps chompin' away....the 11 page at a time makes shredding documents fast and simple!!!
i managed to pull out the chunks of paper with a needle-nose pliers, and shredded a few more pieces of paper, removing everything from envelopes and shredding no more than two pieces of paper at a
just wish it shredded paper pieces just a little thinner.
compared to other shredders i have b4 where i have to stop and manually take out crumpled up shredded paper, i just hit the reverse button and it cleans it completely.
i just received it, and last night i must have shredded about 800 pieces of paper.
in both instances i shredded about 50 sheets of paper and 2-3 credit cards.
i feel safer having my documents shredded so finely, it's not too terribly loud and i love that it stops when you touch the top and i don't have to worry about the kids' little fingers!
read operators manual and do run the unit in reverse as that keeps the cutting head clear or accumulated shredded paper.
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