Fellowes16 Sheet Paper Shredder for Office Use - 100% Jam Proof Cross Cut Shredder - 79Ci Shreds for 20 Minutes - Powershred Office Shredder with Large 23 Litre Pull-Out Bin - DIN Level P4 - Black

Fellowes is a good, well known make. This is excellent. It is s strong semi-business machine and can easily handle a medium office shredding capacity. Have bought Fellowes in the past and they are good workhorses. Personally, I would always stick to this make. Very happy with this model.

This shredder replaced a run-of-the-mill shredder the likes of which you'll see in supermarkets and the DIY stores - OK for a couple of sheets of A4 but struggle with anything more.This was not bought on a whim, not at this price and it's for home (rather than office) use. But I was so fed-up of my old shredder baulking at anything other than a couple of sheets of A4. So after much research I dived in.What's to like?---------------Does what is says on the box. Just about. 13 sheets of A4 (as per the video review from another satisfied customer!) were chomped through effortlessly.Quiet. Compared to my old shredder which sounded like I was digging up the road this is pretty much whisper quiet. Bliss. No disturbance to anyone so would be great in an office too. And it doesn't feel strained either.Jam proof. Well, let's clear this up. If it gets stuck with the 22 invoices you've forced into the slot it will stop, show you the red (naughty) light, reverse the paper then try again - and I've never had it fail at this point so I'm *well* impressed!Removable bin. No lifting off the head unit here. Just remove the bin to empty it. Or be real clever and line the bin with the supplied bags (or kitchen bin liners would do) and there's no confetti mess to clear up afterwards.Movable on its four castors. That's a neat feature if you want to bring it closer to your desk, for example.Dashboard lights telling you what's going on. So if the bin needs emptying the light for this will come on. The lights telling you how 'loaded' the machine feels as it chomps through your bank statements is just fantastic. You'll see what I mean when you get one.Good length mains cable reaches across the floor to an under-desk socket, no trouble.Did I mention how quiet the shredder was, even when chomping more than a dozen sheets of 80 gsm A4 paper? You can gather that this impresses me greatly.What could be better?---------------------I had terrible trouble getting the castors onto the base. I had to exert considerable force to get one of the castors to seat (they 'click' into place). I can only assume that the plastic moulding was not perfect. My wife would NEVER have managed to do it (no sexist inference implied, but if it required all my six foot strength to get it seated that was too much). It would have been better if the castors had been fitted at the factory.Stingy supply of bags (just three) came with the unit. OK, I knew this and bought the supply of 100 with it but I think they could have given ten with the machine.Stingy supply of oil came with the unit. You're supposed to oil the shredder via the paper slot every time you empty the bin so the supplied oil was enough for a couple of bins. I knew this and bought the big oil bottle with the unit but they should have given more with the machine. It's not worth being mean here if you want the machine to last the many years it should. Be religious in your oiling to get good service.But even these minor quibbles don't lose it a star.Conclusion----------Certainly the best shredder I've ever owned and one that finally shreds a decent amount of paper in one go without complaining. I shredded all my year-end receipts and bank statements and it just romped through the lot. Absolutely fantastic. I can only recommend this for home use and small office use too.Did I mention how quiet it was?---[If you found this review helpful please up-vote; if you didn't, don't down-vote - leave me a comment to help me improve this and my other reviews]

When I ordered this shredder I must admit that I wondered if I was doing the right thing, paying so much - but it was on offer! After my husband put the wheels on and after a good read of the manual, I started to shred a LARGE pile of paperwork which had been building up for ages. All was going well for about 6 minutes when, disappointment, it overheated and stopped.Well, one of the reasons I purchased this machine was that it stated that you can continuously shred 'for up to 20 minutes'. So I was a bit miffed to say the least. Anyway, we let it cool down for a hour and half and then resumed the shredding only to have it stop after five minutes. I didn't think this was good enough and so I rang Fellowes for advice. After a short chat with a very helpful young lady, she asked me to return the shredder and order a replacement, which I did. By the way - keep the outer cardboard box for a while in case this happens to you, we had to tape ours back together which wasn't much fun as it was, by now, in many pieces!The replacement shredder arrived yesterday and my husband put the wheels on...................................Guess what - it overheated in ten minutes this time. Oh well, I guess that is as good as it gets. The reality is that I don't often have huge piles of paperwork to shred and as it just soooooo quiet compared to my old machine, I have decided to keep it.It is quite large. I knew it would be as I got the tape measure out before I ordered it but on actually seeing it, it does take some getting used to but easily fits under a desk. Quite a nice looking machine and, as I previously said, it is nice and quiet. As it was quite costly, I shall be oiling it regularly and I would suggest that you purchase some at the same time and, if you do a lot a shredding, the bags, too. I am a bit disappointed that the shredding doesn't ALL go into the bag so after a long session, I shall have to get the vacuum cleaner out.So it's 4 stars from me as it doesn't quite do what 'it says on the tin' and then there is the overflowing shredding. If it doesn't live up to expectations I shall get back to you.