GBCPaper Shredder, Junk Mail, 12 Sheet Capacity, Super Cross-Cut, 1 User, Personal Duo, Black (1757394)

Update. I initially bought this June 2017. It is July 2020 and it’s working great still. I’ve overfilled it a few times and sometimes I can back it out by switch but a few times I really did bad things and had to pull from button side to get it to free. Never a fault of the machine. My point is that it still works great after multiple times of me trying too much mail at once and many years later.Initial review:I received this today and I'm completely satisfied so far. My fellowes w11c bit the dust and this is its replacement. It is what I've used for the past few years and they seem like direct competitors so I'll use it as base expectations.The bad:This is crosscut not micro shreds.This has a smaller bin so emptying more often. I mostly shred bills, credit card offers, etc. if I were doing lots of daily shredding, I wouldn't be as happy as I am with this purchase.Paper shredders are noisy. Can't shred when people are sleeping.Wish it had a bin with a door.The cd catcher looks like it's designed for another model. It fits ok, but it just looks backward.The good:This is the best value I could locate anywhere for over 10 pages.12 page capacity is a must. My fellowes was about the same and this performs very similarly. They both bog down some when at max page count. It took years to finally strip the gears on the fellowes so I expect the same with this. Don't blame the manufacturer if you run 10 folded papers ind it breaks. - that is 10 x 2 = 20. Just don't try it. You can do 6 folded pages or 4 pages with envelope folds (the trip folds) in this.The cross shreds are plenty small for my use - understand my opinion is that micro shredding seems unnecessary. The only real value seems to be the waste basket compacts better so you empty less often. If you disagree this isn't for you.This unit is small enough to fit easily under my desk and be useable - it is about the max size I'd consider on my desk.Standard plastic grocery bags will line the bin perfectly. Even though the bin is smaller, this makes emptying about 5 times easier. Again, I shred maybe 15 to 20 envelopes of mail a week, not 500.When lined with grocery bag, the cd catcher fits easily under the bag on its side and out of the way. Or you can still put it in place with the bag if you shred lots of cds and cards.It has a window to see how full the bin is - although I can't tell easily since I'm lining with grocery bags.Even though I've read it is vacuum cleaner loud, I think it is closer to my dishwasher. It's almost half as noisy as my fellowes shredder - much appreciated.The molded handle on top makes emptying so much easier. It's easier to empty than a handle that flips up and likely less easy to break. I'll never own another without the handle.It has a separate slot for cds and I assume it's for credit cards. I haven't used that yet - but since they are separate I feel better that my paper shredder will last longer.Unknown: reliability. I have no reason to doubt it, but I'll update as I use it more.

Wish I could give it 4.5 stars -- that would be most accurate. Product is exactly as described, and works very well. However, I a few notes for prospective buyers:The Good1. It's fast. Feeding 3 - 6 sheets at a time, I shredded an entire box of bank statements in about 20 minutes.2. It didn't overheat at all. I repeated the above two more times, letting it rest for 5 minutes or so each time I emptied the bucket, and it never overheated.3. It's quieter than my previous (admired my less expensive) shredder.4. The pull-out container is easy to empty.The Not So Good1. The pull-out container is small. I can fill it up with about 15 - 20 minutes of continuous shredding.2. There's no "container full" light. Yes, there's a window on the container, but it's hard to see from a chair, as you're looking down at it. Not a deal breaker, as you can always pull out the container to check, but a minor inconvenience.3. Some of the shreds in back miss the container and fall on the ground, but again, it's easy to tip it into a garbage bag or brush them out.4. It doesn't "shred" CDs, but rather cuts them into 3 equal slices. They're still destroyed though.Despite these minor inconveniences, I am very happy with this shredder and would buy it again or recommend it to others.I received this product because I paid for it. Unfortunately, no one compensates me for my reviews.

This a great shredder, I like that it does up to 14 pages. I haven't actually tested up to 14, but I would say I've done between 10-12 with no issues. We also get those annoying credit card offers with the cardboard replica card on them, and I've shredded that whole bit of kit with no issues. My only small complaint is just that there is a few inches of space between the paper slot and the front of the machine, so the shred window is a bit misleading because the shredded bits tend to pile up nearer to the back of the machine, but your window makes it look like you still have a good amount of space. This isn't a huge problem if you are diligent about emptying your shredder, but if you are like me, pretty much every time that you empty the shred bin, the paper in the back will spill over the back into the bottom of the bin storage compartment. I gave it 4 stars for this reason. Every time that I actually think that I am emptying it before that happens, I actually have that build up of paper near that back of the machine that I then have to vacuum out or end up with it all over the floor. I do like that it has the slot for CDs, not that anyone needs to destroy CDs in this day and age, but I like it for the fact that it has a separate little collection bin for it, so when I need to get rid of an expired card or one of those pesky credit card offers that has a plastic card in it, I can put them through there to keep it separate from my paper instead of leaving them in a pile on my desk. Then, once I empty the paper bin, I run them through the paper part to get the small shred. Our recycling company will take shredded paper, so I don't like the mix the two or I can't recycle the paper.

LA TRITURADORA ES MUY BUENA , SOLO QUE UN HACE UN POCO MAS DE RUIDO QUE OTRAS QUE HE TENIDO, EN CALIDAD Y PRECIO, NO ME QUEJO, CUMPLE PERFECTAMENTE SU FUNCION , SOLO UN POCO DEL RUIDO,

Waited before posting a review to see how this would perform. Lots of shredding since I bought it and it works beautifully, zero complaints. The design means that unlike my old shredder which you had to lift the top off to empty, I don't need my vacuum (or band-aids) on standby. Well designed - just pull out basket to empty. Shreds credit cards via separate slot.

What to say - it's a paper shredder.

Great unit! Very robust!

Por el momento Y hasta ahora con el uso que le hemos dado todo funciona perfecto desde la entrega el funcionamiento sin ningún problema