Fellowes Paper Shredder for Home Office Use - 10 Sheet Cross Cut Shredder for Home and Office Use - Deskside Shredder with 22 Litre Bin - Powershred 60Cs - High Security P4 - Black

This is one of those purchases where I was looking at the price for a long time and debating whether it was worth it. Let's face it.... It expensive, even on sale.That being said, compared to my much cheaper, entry level shredder also from Fellowes, this product is on a completely different level where I can understand some of the cost difference.My smaller shredder would jam with more than two sheets of paper in it. A staple would stop it shredding the rest of the sheet and it would need unblocking every half hour or so.This one I shredded about 6 months worth of junk in at least 1/4 of the time of the smaller one with zero jamming at all. I even put stuff in it that I was sure was going to jam and it didn't stop.... Honestly its pretty scary how effective it is. I put cardboard in the thing and it went through. I put plastic cards into it with no issue. I even put through entire envelopes with the rubbish from TV licencing inside, still sealed and it didn't even flinch.The bin also holds a fair amount. I had to empty it twice for 6 months worth of collected junk (around 60-80 letters and flyers). The deposited paper is small strips, extremely safe and almost impossible to rebuild. Definitely safe enough for confidential office use. Noise wise, it's about the same as every other shredder you have likely heard. It's not quiet but you can hear yourself talk over it but if you are using a phone nearby it's definitely heard on the other end.Obviously this price point means it's still a 'nice to have' product but I can honestly say there's nothing more I would ask for from this product.

So my previous Fellowes bit the dust (P70 CM 7 sheet cross shred) and I wanted something that was better than that one, which did the job but was noisy and had a metal basket which allowed dust to get everywhere and had to be bagged.I find the current Fellowes product line up to be confusing as there seems to be a number of products which occupy the same price and specification point. I kinda narrowed it down to 4 and then picked according to price.I have to say I am impressed with this shredder. It is fairly large, but not too large that it is cumbersome (I live in small 1 bed flat). It cuts up to 10 sheets and it is relatively quiet. It has an on/off switch as well as a forwards/backwards switch (I found turning my old one off at the wall, underneath the desk, annoying). I like the fact that it is a plastic bin with a window so that the paper dust is contained. It does not really accept bin liners like the old one did, but I just empty it straight into a recycling bag. Two bins of this fill a large London sized recycling bag. It seems robust and well made and does not sound like a malfunctioning lawn mower and I reckon it will do the job nicely.

I bought this new Fellowes shredder to replace my previous very old (more than 10 years) Fellowes shredder. Whilst it seems to do the job, quality of design and construction seem to have taken a big backwards step.1. It's much noisier than the old one, even after using the approved oil (never used oil on the old one)2. The basket has some quite sharp protuberances where the opaque(!) window is attached. As you can't see into the basket anyway, this window could have been omitted.3. My old Fellowes had a handle to enable lifting the heavy shredder head off to empty the bin. This new one doesn't have this and is quite slippery to manage. The side recesses don't have proper grips for holding it. Emptying can be a messy job.4. The entry slot for shredding has no real guide to enable an angled feed.However, it's still a good shredder and does the job well, even when fed multiple sheets, so I think four stars are about right., knocking one off for backward steps in design/construction.Time will tell if it lasts as long as its predecessor.

I bought this as a replacement for another Fellowes cross-cut shredder which must have been about 15 years old when it failed. I am hoping the same for this model. It's an even better design than my previous one and the lid is much easier to lift off with the inset handle at either end. Very impressed with the capacity too. I wouldn't put 10 sheets at a time through it though as it would burn the motor out more quickly. I'd say 3-4 sheets maximum of a normal 80 gsm thickness paper is what it sounds happy shredding before it sounds too laboured. Perfect for my daily use though.

This is our second shredder. The new Powershred went for 30 - 40 minutes before stopping to cool down. Compare this with about 3 minutes for our older shredder.Supposed to wait 20 minutes to cool down, but we found 10 minutes was sufficient. We filled three really big bin liners in an hour with the Powershred. Compared to half of one of the same bin liners in four hours with our older machine. It won't work if your fingers get too close to the slot.We had no jams at all.Despite what other reviewers have said, with the window on the front one CAN see the extra large bin filling up with shreds. They probably did not wait long enough before emptying the bin. The window is at the top so one only sees the shreds when they get right to the top. Due to the size of the collector bin, extra large bin bags are recommended to allow the collecting bin to empty straight into the bin bag.We made sure to oil both our machines this time. Neither machine jammed on this occasion. Our older machine has some paper compacted in the middle so we have to fold documents in half to shred them.I gave no mark for 'Sheerness' because I don't know what it means in this context. To me it means either 'the measure of a slope' or 'the name of a town in Kent'.Money well spent for us.

Seems to good a good job at shredding, but it is new, only time will tell if it stays this way. I am using the oil as recommended.

It does the job but my previous was a cross cut this leaves the strips bigger but I just mix up the shredded paper in bin before emptying it’s good for the price