Sun Joe CJ601E Electric Wood Chipper/Shredder, 14-Amp, 16:1 Reduction, Green & TJ604E 16-Inch 13.5 AMP Electric Garden Tiller/Cultivator,Black

Great Product and does what I needed it to do. I have so far operated this for around 12 hours from early Spring to late Spring and here are some things I've noted.Motsly this unit is not for commercial application but then I think whomever is looking at this machine knows that already. This is a great machine for home application. I live in the green Northwest and have some property in the back yard that is over grown with bushes, down trees and saplings that I started clearing. It doesn't take much to fill a Yard Wast container if the branches and brushes are not chipped up but with this machine I've been able take something like 6 or 7 container and sherd/chip it down to one.The sweet spot on this machine seems to be branches between 0.25" to 1.0" diameter, that size range goes through it like butter. Anything larger you have to feed in carefully or it'll bind. Smaller size or leaves kind of get shredded and too much can plug the exit opening. The best stuff is dryer branches, fresh branches with fresh bark and leaves are harder to chip, the fresh bark tends to shred. From my experience the best time to use this would be early Spring when the branches still have last years bark and no leaves. Anything larger than around 1.25" I cut up and put in the waste container.It does take time to feed branches in there with the small inlet, I can do a pile of 4" high branches in an hour, good Exercise.The blade does of course get dull but are reversible so you get two good uses before you have to sharpen, I'm still on the second side but I think after 12 hours of use both sides now need sharpening. The blades are easily removed with two bolts with the Allen wrench provided.It also is easily moved, light weight and does not take mush room in the garage, I have hooks and hand it on the wall.At the end I would not recommend this for commercial use but it is a great addition to my personal gardening and property management tool set. It has already paid for itself in yard waste cost.I would highly recommend it for Do-It-Yourselfers with some property to keep in shape.

Read a lot of reviews on these small chippers and after so many about people having problems with breakage and constant jamming I was about to just go rent a big one from the local farm supply.But I gave this one a shot instead.So first of all I haven't had a single problem with this chipper and I used it for almost a week straight for between 4-5 hours a day (yes I seriously had that many branches).I've jammed it 2 or 3 times and each time I was able to quickly open the machine, free up the jam and start her right back up.Each time it jammed I can guarantee you that it was my fault.One thing that it tells you right in the manual is that the branches that get fed need to be relatively dry. I was feeding maple that had only been on the ground for maybe 4 days.A misunderstanding might be caused by the wording. I think it's obvious that you don't want to put branches through that have just been rained on but by "wet" I believe they mean freshly cut. Best to leave the branches out for a few weeks before you try to pass them through the chipper.Also I think some folks are assuming that the large hole in the top is the max size but the max size recommended is 1 1/2 inches which is a bit smaller than the hole.When the chipper jammed I was shoving a piece of still green maple in that barely fit and trying to get the chipper to just grind it up at the same pace it ground up smaller drier branches.I may have even Gorilla'd it a bit. It jammed and automatically shut off but nothing broke.To fix it you just unplug it, twist the red knob on the back till the unit opens up, clean out the jam, close it back up and get back to work.Anyway, I've found that even with slightly green, larger branches if you hold on tight and just push in a half inch or so and then pull it back a bit (just so it stops feeding), twist it and repeat until you've gotten it down to a small enough circumference that the chipper can chow down without any effort it works every time. You'll hear the motor start to slow if the branch is to much for it to handle.If the branches were actually dry (as they typically are when they fall out of a tree on their own) even the thicker ones go right through like nothing.I've even nicknamed this thing "The Hunger" because of the way it pulls the branches in when they are the right size and dryness.Smaller branches, 1/2" to 3/4" are no problem, even relatively wet they still go through, though I imagine the sap probably gums up the blades.My tip is to keep a good pair of pruning sheers in your pocket and a set of loppers on the side. Keep the branches long and just trim off the offshoots that are too thick to bend. Twigs and small branches on the sides (1/4" and less) can go right through together. Also, Wear some gloves!Another tip from a previous reviewer was to stuff everything through the large hole (not the smaller slot that comes off of it) if you open the machine and see how the blades are positioned you'll understand why that works better. The side with the hole is where the blades are on the down stroke of the rotation so they can chip and pull the other side would cause you to push the branch in against the rotation of the blade.The only real con I can find with this thing is when it comes to really small twigs and leaves there seems to be a bit of a gap between the blades and the housing that allows smaller bits to pass through without being effected by the blades. Consequently I wound up with a bunch of small twigs in my mulch. We're only talking maybe 1/8" thick here but I assumed that since this was made for small yard rubbish these things would be prime mince material for the chipper. Not so.However if you follow my tip and leave the smaller twigs attached to larger branches you can usually get them to all pass through the blades together.I also wouldn't mind if the chute pointed forward a bit more instead of almost straight down below the chipper.I found a big plastic storage bin that fits up under the chute nicely and was able to fill it with mulch to then be delivered around my property much easier or dumped into a wheel barrow so I could move larger loads.Anyway, for my use (and I'd consider it borderline abusive) I had no problems with this chipper. It chewed right through the branches and twigs I fed it and even when it did jam, it shut itself off and was very easy to clean.Assembly was a piece of cake (it's really just the wheels and handle) and it's nice and light weight so carrying it around isn't to much of a chore.If you're little and not very strong the wheels work well and it's easy enough to just roll it around your yard.Recommended.