12-Sheet Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Home Heavy Duty Shredder, 5-Minute Continuous Shredding, Shreds Credit Cards, Mails & Staples, 21L Bin with Transparent Window, High Security P-4 (C275-A)

I bought this to replace a lousy cheap thing in my office. My needs are modest. I have a Rexel domestic product at home that has chugged on for 20 years of self-employed duty, it shreds two pages at a time if they're not thick. It gets hot and is slow and easy to jam, but has been reliable.This shredder is about the same noise level as my Rexel, does cross cut pretty well, and has a good sized bucket for the shreds, with a window which is indeed very useful. It isn't particularly fast and it copes with maybe four sheets of paper, but I stick to two because more just slows it down, stresses the thing, and will reduce it's lifespan.It is listed as for light office duty, I think that's a good description. To me it's work is a few sheets regularly, with infrequent sessions shredding the odd ream of old files. If that is your workload, this will do fine. If you need something fast and dependable for regular office file shredding, can't take the time to remove staples &c, or need 12 sheets shredded at a time, I would suggest look at paying a fair bit more for a commercial-duty shredder which this does not pretend to be.It has a reverse 'always on' setting for clearing jams, but no 'always on' forward setting which can be useful. However, it stays on for a couple of seconds after the paper has passed through which goes a long way to clearing any impending jams.

Update 7 months after below review. Still going strong and has had a few major shredding episodes. I use lubricant sheet every now and then. Still impressed. Just used for first time. Poor recent shredder purchases - some 'deaths' due to my mistreatment, some not. Impressed so far. It is heavy (heavy and quite large shredding head). Blades look a lot more heavy duty than previous shredders advertised as same '12 sheet'. Dealt with 10 sheets paper and some card (4 sheets ) for around 7 mins pretty constant with no problem at all - no overheating - didn't feel warm even. Shred size is often a bit bigger than advertised (around 30x5 mm, not 20x5mm - no problem for me). Bin top is flat all around (helpful if used for other purposes when not shredding). If you have it on 'auto' setting it 'shreds' momentarily when turns on when putting lid back on. Not noisy compared to others I've had. Found size of bin intuitively helpful in not overheating - emptying once during 7 min session allowed some cooling ? Shredded credit cards with no problem. Will update if problems found in normal usage (absolutely no sticky labels, no overloading etc) . . . . . fingers crossed.

Well packaged, easy to set up.Cutting is loud, works well cutting paper in to 5x20 mm pieces. This 12 sheet cutter in truth does not cope with that much, I cut quick slot of paper and it did end up producing long stripes rather than small cross cut 85-90% it cut well.Cutting plastic cards was no problem, there was a slight smell at the start but I think this is to be expected as it is new but smell disappeared fast.Overall a great little shredder for home or home office.

Bought to shred documents well... the machine works as described. Very satisfied with the results.. It is utilised in the home but does get heavy sessions sometimes. The cutters clear well with just the occasional need to reverse to clear when feeding a lot of papers at once.Worth considering.

Great cross shredder. Compact and works well

I upgraded my old and cheap shredder with this one and could not be happier. It shreds big envelopes and thick paper with metal paper clips in them with no problems whatsoever. It makes shredded little square pieces, great for confidential waste and sensitive data disposal. In my opinion worth the price, money well spent .

Three sheets of paper at a time, no plastic, no clips, just paper, it SMOKED UP, the red overheat button came on which means you have to leave it for 40 mins!!! Total waste of money!!!!!!!

Well made and sturdy. Larger than my old one. Top very heavy but does have a handle. Has a window on the front so that you can see when it is full. Quite noisy but no worse than my old one. Only had it a couple of days so unable to comment any further.