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1 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for METAL
Fellowes Powershred P-57CS
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$58.00 Est. at Amazon
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    5.0 Stars if you touch the metal strip surrounding the mouth of the shredder it stops until you remove your hand.
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    5.0 Stars it has a metal sensor all around the opening where the paper is to be inserted.
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    4.0 Stars the auto shut off is triggered when any of the metal surrounding the shredder blades is touched by a finger.
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    5.0 Stars you can tell is has a quality, strong motor and the shredder components are thick and metal and appear to be very durable.
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    5.0 Stars the first thing i did when i tested this unit was to *very carefully* brush the metal lip with the paw of one of my cats, and was extremely happy to see the orange light go on - which means that the
Positives: Quiet Operation, Fast Shredding, Compact, Cut Style: Confetti-Cut
2 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for METAL
Fellowes Powershred PS-77Cs
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$179.00 Est. at Amazon
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    5.0 Stars it only stops the shredder when you toch the shinny metal surface on top of the shredder.
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    5.0 Stars a touch sensor (like the touch-sensitive lamps) will automatically stop shredding if a finger touches the metal area around the mouth of the shredder.
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    4.0 Stars yes, when the metal piece is touched it does shut off.
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    5.0 Stars i tried the smaller and more elegant looking shredders before, the ones with the metal mesh baskets that look quite nice, but i broke two of them, getting too ambitious with feeding them unopened
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    4.0 Stars nor do i run metal, like paper clips etc.
Positives: Compact, Fast Shredding, Quiet Operation, Cut Style: Confetti-Cut
3 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for METAL
Fellowes 3227901 Intellishred PS-79Ci Shredder
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$223.00 Est. at Amazon
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    5.0 Stars i tested the safesense feature by putting my hand on the metal throat of the shredder and it instantly stopped.
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    5.0 Stars i like the safety features - there's a metal touch sensor in front of the feed slot - touch it and the thing shuts off.
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    4.0 Stars this one is quiet, it's made of thick sheet metal where it matters, it's quite big, and so far it works well.
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    5.0 Stars i have read that some machines use plastic toothed gears which have higher/earlier failure rates than metal ones.
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    5.0 Stars regarding plastic or metal gears, i'm going to say the ps-79ci has plastic gears.
Positives: Great Safety Features, Fast Shredding, Quiet Operation, Cut Style: Cross-Cut
4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for METAL
Fellowes Powershred DS-1
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$157.00 Est. at Amazon
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    5.0 Stars it also has a large metal trash bin to catch the shreds, and the trash is easily disposed of.
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    5.0 Stars additionally, this shredder looks sleek and has an attractive mesh basket and shiny, metallic opening and power switch on top.
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    5.0 Stars and the metal mesh step can is easy to remove for emptying, without requiring that you lift the heavy cutting system to dump the paper shreds.
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    1.0 Star also there were a lot of finger prints on the metal sensor guard and fine scratches like this had been used before.
Positives: Compact, Excellent Safety Features, Easy To Use, Cut Style: Confetti-Cut
 
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