Fellowes Powershred P-35C

Just bought this from Argos at £25 so seems to be about a mid-price shredder.

I wanted something that seemed more solidly built than my last two machines as they have not lasted long, I only shread household paper but the others just don't seem to have lasted more than about a year.

This is supposed to take 5 sheets of paper but since most things I want to shred seem to be on "thick" paper I have only put three ...
...with this and is not too noisy. Normally the shredding speed is quite quick. I find if I do overload it then it slows down and struggles but it does seem to keep cutting. It is not large enough to take A4 sheets sidewards so they always have to go in lengthways.

The most disappointing feature is that it does cut out fairly quickly , after 4 minutes or so it will stop (a safety overheating cut-off) so you need to keep on top of your ... more

Just bought this from Argos at £25 so seems to be about a mid-price shredder.

I wanted something that seemed more solidly built than my last two machines as they have not lasted long, I only shread household paper but the others just don't seem to have lasted more than about a year.

This is supposed to take 5 sheets of paper but since most things I want to shred seem to be on "thick" paper I have only put three sheets through at a time. It seems to cope fine with this and is not too noisy. Normally the shredding speed is quite quick. I find if I do overload it then it slows down and struggles but it does seem to keep cutting. It is not large enough to take A4 sheets sidewards so they always have to go in lengthways.

The most disappointing feature is that it does cut out fairly quickly , after 4 minutes or so it will stop (a safety overheating cut-off) so you need to keep on top of your shredding, no leaving in a pile to do in one go as it then wont work again for half an hour until it has cooled down. It has reverse feature to help untangle jams and will shred credit cards. I have tried shredding credit cards and although it is a bit noisy it does seem to do the job ok.

I particularly like the fact that it has a locking switch so you cannot accidentally turn it on as you have to unlock it and then slide another switch to "on", this is particularly useful when it is in a position that is difficult to unplug frequently. There is also a power on/off switch located on the back of the machine The collecting bin is a resonable size but like all machines like this it seems to spill its contents everywhere as soon as you take the lid off to empty it.

I like the overall look of the product. It is slightly curvy and is black. It just looks and feels better quality than others of a similar price. It works on a Cross-cut so provides resonable security level.

I have now been using it for about 6 months and it is still working well. I hope that it makes it past the one-year mark! 

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