Best Shredders for Metal

it has a metal sensor all around the opening where the paper is to be inserted.

the auto shut off is triggered when any of the metal surrounding the shredder blades is touched by a finger.

you can tell is has a quality, strong motor and the shredder components are thick and metal and appear to be very durable.

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

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.

yes, when the metal piece is touched it does shut off.

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

nor do i run metal, like paper clips etc.

i like the safety features - there's a metal touch sensor in front of the feed slot - touch it and the thing shuts off.

this one is quiet, it's made of thick sheet metal where it matters, it's quite big, and so far it works well.

i have read that some machines use plastic toothed gears which have higher/earlier failure rates than metal ones.

regarding plastic or metal gears, i'm going to say the ps-79ci has plastic gears.

additionally, this shredder looks sleek and has an attractive mesh basket and shiny, metallic opening and power switch on top.

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.

also there were a lot of finger prints on the metal sensor guard and fine scratches like this had been used before.