Bonsaii 12-Sheet Cross Cut Paper Shredder, 5.5 Gal Home Office Heavy Duty Shredder for Paper, Credit Card, Mails, Staples, with Transparent Window, High Security Level P-4 (C275-A)

I have used it to shred no more than 3 sheets of paper at a time and unit seems to struggle a bit. I am happy that the shredded paper is not usable like strip shredders.

Love this shredder! The conatiner is bigger than the average 4 gallon. It is super quiet and shreds like a dream (very tiny pieces) . But I specially love that it has a handle, which makes it so much easier to lift the top. I put a garbage bag in the bin and it's so easy to empty! I haven't tried to shred more than 4 sheets at once and it does that with ease. Perfect for my needs.

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.

Works great! Pretty small, but works so well cutting it all into confetti that it holds a LOT! Works great on lots of papers in a row, boxes from food packaging, and boxes from Amazon. Never overheated like my old one of the same size. A bit loud because it is surprisingly powerful. I only wish it had a pull-out drawer instead of a lift-off top! But...they added a handle to the top! Makes it so much easier to life, and to replace without pinching fingers. This is a quality machine. I keep it in the kitchen and put all paper and cardboard packaging through it, as well as any loose paper and mail we get. Saves so much space in the trash! I have multiple litterboxes and use shreds for a couple of them that I dump daily, stretching the cost of replacement litter used in the others. I also use it to shred cardboard for my garden. My daughter likes to shred construction paper then play with the confetti nuggets that come out in different thicknesses depending on how many she shreds simultaneously.

i couldn't get the autofeed to work, piece out of line, lid won't close. the single feed kept on sometimes not acknowledging paper in the slot and having to play around with it. they tried to talk me out of returning it and then sent me return wanting me to pay for return shipping. contacted amazon and then got a prepaid label. once returned they claimed there was nothing wrong and charged me an $18 restocking fee. the auto feed top wouldn't stay closed so i had to use packing tape to tape it shut and it was very obvious, so they were basically lying and i reported them to amazon