Fellowes 12 Sheet Paper Shredder for Office - Cross Cut Shredder with Auto Reverse Jam Solution & SafeSense Technology - Powershred LX85 Home Office Shredder with 19L Pull-Out Bin - DIN Level P4

Does what it's supposed to do

Its not working

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.

Great shredder. My previous Fellowes shredder (about half the price) finally gave up the ghost after a fairly protracted session (which I usually have about once a month as documents from a previous month's business have to be destroyed.) This one now gets through anything I want to (and can also handle STAPLES no problem) (I had to remove these for the old shredder - time-consuming and irritating) and works smoothly and efficiently. I am glad I made the extra investment and would very much recommend this for anyone like me; home-based micro-business needing a tough, reliable device. (Only niggle is that it is quite difficult to hold the bin with shredded paper and empty the contents into a waste bag without ending up with a floor covered with tiny bits of shredded paper! Unlike the cheaper version, there is no real handle/easy way of holding the bin and emptying it. Best way seems to be to place a bin liner etc over the bin and then turn the latter fully upside down. The contents of a bin only fill about a fifth or so of a usually sized bin liner, so you are still left with the problem when the next time for emptying arrives.)

The main body is lightweight plastic. The shredder head sits on top and is quite heavy. The wheels are small, so that when you try to wheel it from one location to another it topples over very easily. Not as robust as the Fellowes shredder I had before, but seems to shred OK and is quite quiet. Whether it lasts as long remains to be seen.