Need A Shredder

We have this one at work:

Expensive, but honestly was worth every penny - shreds continuously, and does ID Cards, CDs and anything else you care to put near it.
Not had a jam in the 3 years or so that we've had it - and used almost daily.



For a more budget friendly option (£84.99) though, I bought this one for home

It's worked fine for shredding big piles of documents, envelopes, and the like, although the Automatic mode has never worked since I got - but not an issue for home, as I'm normally batch shredding.
 
Buy cheap buy twice with a shredder.

I have a Rexel one that I got from Staples I think, it does auto feed where you lay A4 paper flat and it drags it through sheet at a time. It was great for the first year, but now that auto feed doesn't seem to work so it's basically a massive hand fed shredder that will only do 3 pages and it'll overheat after 5 minutes. Still works after nearly 10 years and 2 house moves so can't complain too much. I'll likely get something proper when I come to replace it as I'm quite anal about shredding anything with any of my details on. I just can't bring myself to get rid when it still works.
 
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This ones pretty cool
 
ChrisD. said:
Buy cheap buy twice with a shredder.
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That was the debate we was just having, whats the point of paying £250/300 if we only smash big piles of paper every couple of years and a few here and there in between.
The last one we got from staples was a nightmare to use, stopped after 10 pages had to wait 10Mins for the thing to cool down. if I recall I removed the temp switch and run it into the ground just for the crack.
 
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Ad_Augendae said:
We ordered an LX65 Fellowes, will report back when we've have had chance to smash it!
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"RUNTIME - The LX65 paper shredder will shred non-stop for up to 6 minutes before requiring a 20 minute cool down period, meeting the demand for occasional use in the home office"

A mere Padawan of a shredder compared to the 79Ci :D

I'm sure it will be great though
 
I've got a Fellowes Powershred shredder which shreds pretty anything I put into micro-cuts. It's had a good few lengthy runs and I think it's only cut out once and that was after filling a black bag's worth for somebody as a favour.

I keep mine oiled with standard 3-in-1 oil each time I empty the bin. I find it easy enough to coat both sides of a sheet of paper with oil and run it through.
 
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Armageus said:
"RUNTIME - The LX65 paper shredder will shred non-stop for up to 6 minutes before requiring a 20 minute cool down period, meeting the demand for occasional use in the home office"

A mere Padawan of a shredder compared to the 79Ci :D

I'm sure it will be great though
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You can lead a horse to water..... :D
 
Armageus said:
We have this one at work:

Expensive, but honestly was worth every penny - shreds continuously, and does ID Cards, CDs and anything else you care to put near it.
Not had a jam in the 3 years or so that we've had it - and used almost daily.



For a more budget friendly option (£84.99) though, I bought this one for home

It's worked fine for shredding big piles of documents, envelopes, and the like, although the Automatic mode has never worked since I got - but not an issue for home, as I'm normally batch shredding.
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They have those where I work too
 
I have a Rexel Maxima which has been with me for 10+ years and never let me down. Even put my credit/debit cards through it and it munches them.

Autofeed still works as well.
 
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Richie said:
I have a Rexel Maxima which has been with me for 10+ years and never let me down. Even put my credit/debit cards through it and it munches them.

Autofeed still works as well.
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I used to have that same shredder before my Fellows. I think the autofeed on mine broke after many years, so I just bought a Fellowes. The first thing I noticed was how quiet the Fellows sounded in comparison to the Rexel. :D
 
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We got a Fellows Powershred 60c about 8 years ago and whilst it's not had massive use, it seems quite capable and usually only stops when I have to empty the tub.

I normally give it an oiled sheet as the first and last of any run, and if I have to empty it.
 
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I had a cheap Rexel one and it was rubbish, i was stunned when i found a really good Fellowes model for £7.50 in a charity shop.

The difference in the blades and performance is night and day, the cheap one was like a toy in comparison.
 
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