I used to utilize my pinking shears to shred papers and receipts but when I was cleaning out the room that is being used as a personal office, I found three boxes of receipts, college papers, invoices, and other stuff that would take me a while to shred by hand. I figured that hand-shredding has it's place for little jobs, but I really needed an electronic shredder for bigger work.
A shredder is really necessary these days. I've read articles that state that anything with even a partial account number needs to be shredded or it's more likely that the security of your personal accounts can be easily compromised.
Seeing that this was priced well, and had great reviews, I decided to buy it.
Would NOT recommend this for a business. It's not meant to take a lot of big jobs and has a max of 8 sheets. The max I put in there was 4, but I wouldn't put 8 in there. Seems like that's pushing it too far.
It's small, but it's a powerhouse and a workhorse. It went through two boxes of papers in less than an hour. I still have another box to do yet.
It sure takes a lot of manual work out of things. It does need to be emptied often, so have a couple of paper bags at the ready to dump the container into so you can move on with shredding more documents.
If you have small receipts, sometimes they feed in at an angle that won't activate the auto shred action, so a larger piece of paper after it will ensure the entire strip of paper gets cut up.
I had no problems with using it, shredding a couple of outdated plastic insurance cards, and emptying it. It's easy to use and simple to store.
It's loud, but it's doing a lot of work, so not a problem.
Would definitely buy this again and would definitely recommend it to others who need a small, home-use shredder.
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| Sold By | — | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Bonsaii US | HZSMART | Amazon.com |
| capacity | 3.2 gallons | 3.4 gallons | — | 3.4 gallons | 4 gallons | 20 pounds |
| sheet capacity | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| cut type | Strip Cut | Cross Cut | Strip Cut | Strip Cut | Cross Cut | Strip Cut |
| power source | — | Corded Electric | — | — | Corded Electric | Corded Electric |
| operation mode | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
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| Product Dimensions | 6.5 x 12.8 x 13 inches |
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| Item Weight | 6.15 pounds |
| ASIN | B0050BPWBQ |
| Item model number | AU820SD |
| Customer Reviews |
4.2 out of 5 stars |
| Date First Available | August 1, 2011 |
| Manufacturer | Amazon Basics |
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Never Worked Well, Gave Out Completely After A Year
Updated 15 Months After Purchase: Here is a photo of what some of our shreds have looked like since almost day one. Not all of them, just some every once in a while. The info says it can handle up to 8 pages at a time but I limit myself to 3. Sometimes a stack of 3 cuts and sometimes, like this pic, it doesn't. Now the machine is actually broken. It will not even pull paper in anymore, but that's okay because it wasn't cutting much anyway. We've tossed it in the bin. I'm glad because this gives me a good excuse to buy one for $30 that's a cross cut shredder. Even if the new one works well for 6 months, it will be worth far more than this one ever was! Original Post: We've had this shredder for almost a year now, and it's still functioning, but I've never been a fan of it. First of all, it's only a strip-cut shredder, not a cross-cut shredder. My husband picked this out, but he had assured me that he was selecting one that was cross cut. Can't blame the machine for user error, true, but I regret having just a strip cut. When I empty the paper, every time I think to myself, looking at the remains, "Yeah, that's not protecting us from anything. There's all the information, right there, but with little cuts vaguely separating the information." It doesn't particularly cut well, either, so there's all our bank numbers, etc, just sitting right there, with strip marks cut into them. How does that stop anybody from seeing the information??? The other gripe I have with this machine may be common to all shredders. Never had one before. But when it gets full, or close to full, it will not refuse to operate, like might be more helpful. There's no little light to indicate that it's full. What it does is keeps running the engine, spinning and spinning and spinning. So, to shred with this machine, without stopping to look every time to see how much paper is in the bin, you really have to stand there and wait for it to shred and finish shredding, because if you walk away, it may continue running and do what, I wonder? Burn out the motor? I've waited before to see if it'd stop running and it never has. I have to manually switch it off. So, with this machine, you can't shred and walk away. You have to stand there and wait for it to stop, to make sure it will stop. I give it 3 stars because it does operate. And has for almost a year. But wish I had something much, much better!
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