Fellowes PS720-2CD Shredder

Pros: Shreds CDs, credit cards, paper clips, staples and lots of paper.
Cons: May be more shredder than most people need.

Did you know that nearly 10 million Americans fell victim to identity theft last year? Don’t you know someone who knows someone who was almost destroyed because someone got their hands on their Social Security number? I know I do. Hey, I live in ...

Pros: Sexy blue light illuminates paper bin
Cons: Noisy, stinky, messy, poorly designed, flimsy, overheats, won't shred capacity claimed, dead at six weeks.

A paper shredder should turn paper into neatly shredded, recyclable garbage. But the Ativa CX10B shredder IS garbage. I bought it to replace a cheap Fellowes strip shredder that had worked well for 4-5 years. I wanted greater sheet capacity and the ...

Pros: Works! 10 sheet-per-pass capability
Cons: LOUD

Initial Thoughts I was building a stack of sensitive documents when I finally decided I needed a shredder to finally dispose of this information. After browsing the ads in the newspaper, I came across Office Depot's ad and saw the CX10B on ...

Pros: Seems like it has all the right features for a mid-duty home shredder.
Cons: WON'T TURN ON. WE BOUGHT TWO MODELS AND NEITHER WORKED OUT OF THE BOX.

Yesterday, after a lengthy in-store examination of display models (and comparison shopping at Target and Best Buy), we decided this one sounded perfect. We got it home and it would not turn on. Darn it, we noticed the box looked re-taped like perhaps it ...