Fellowes Powershred® 220CC (Confetti-Cut) Shredder

Pros: Shreds well; fits the purpose; is a bit noisy.
Cons: It's not idiot-proof.

After years of disposing of documents through a commercial service, someone got the bright idea to save a bit of money and buy an office shredder. Of course, being in government, we had minimal funds to purchase one. The first model was a glorified...

Pros: Fast, cross-cuts, no problem with staples.
Cons: Poorly constructed, cheap bin, jams, does not automatically shred dark pieces of paper.

This is a big, heavy shredder that is poorly constructed, & does not work as well as shredders costing much less money. When this shredder arrived, one of the door hinges was broken, due to poor packing & the particle board construction of the cabinet. ...

Pros: Great job of shredding into very small pieces, minimal noise, no jamming, low maintenance.
Cons: None that I know of.

Having recently lost a shredder to a series of misfortunes--namely, an unskilled repair man who was unab;e to "fix it", we found ourselves in the market for a new shredder. Since we have highly sensistive information, it was necessary to look only at...

Pros: Shreds well, keeps your papers, cd's and credit cards out of the wrong hands
Cons: A bit pricey, loud, if basket slightly off it will not run

This shredder will cut paper, it will destroy CD's, it will obliterate credit cards, but it has its problems.

1. Takes up lots of room
2. If the basket is even remotely off center it will not run
3. CD's fly out all over the place when being shredded - no matter what you do
4. Sometimes it won't stop, so you have to keep flipping the switch back and forth until it does
5. If you put you finger near the sensor it starts moving - so little kids need to be kept away