Ryobi RSH3045U 3000W Silent Impact Shredder, Amazon Exclusive

Tackles a range of tree and shrub branches effectively, makes a chunky shred that composts well, and also mulches the soil to hold in moisture. Easy to assemble and use. feels very safe in operation, and not too noisy, considering the significant work it gets through. Going to save many trips to the recycle tip, and helps to keep the nutrients in garden waste at home to benefit soil quality in future. Great product, wish I bought it years ago..

I have had a few mulchers. This is definately the best. I have had those silly things with revolving plates and blades which go blunt as soon as you start up, and jam too easily. I gave up on these and for several years used a £99 lawn mower, which was faster and lasted and lasted. Then I had a large house and bought a 6HP Orange petrol one. This was ok, (not OK) and jammed occasionaly. Then we have moved to a smaller house and petrol items don't like being stored. After taking 30 mins to persuade the mower to go it was time to go electric. I noticed this had a 3000W motor (thats 4HP BTW) and gears not rotating blades. SO I decided to give it a go. Works OK. The pull through action makes it easy. Then a friend asked to help with his garden. In an afternoon we produced 1000 litres of mulch. It did not jam once. If you can get it in the slot, this machine will mulch it. There seems to be an auto adjustment for thicker branches . I didn't need to reset the blades but there is a little wheel which does this, simplicity. SO in conclusion:- powerful, less likely to jam than any of the other designs I have tried, in fact we couldn't get it to jam, tireless and nice and quiet (ish) and not using petrol which goes off.

As electrical chippers go this is remarkably effective. It is more powerful than most others on the market, it’s well designed and robustly built. It does what is claimed for it but perhaps the only real criticism I would make is that the “chippings” produced are somewhat coarse. For example a 20mm branch will produce a roughly 20mm long “chip”. Fine for reducing volume and making manageable garden waste but coarse for a mulch.

The media could not be loaded. This is one of the better mulchers/shredders I’ve used over the years. And the value for money is second to none.Easily cuts through most things apart from Bamboo. Bamboo has a tendency of wrapping around the blades but it’s not a huge issue and it’s common with most shredders so not just this one.The safety is great you CAN NOT get your hand in near the blades. And the machine cuts off when you pull out the tub underneath so no chance of the blade turning when exposed.It easily mulched up tree after tree sometime you need to help it by twisting and feeding when it hits a knot but again that’s to be expected with the size of the hole.A lot of reviews say about the noise and how can this be called silent….. it’s a shredder it’s going to be loud when it’s chopping! Have you ever stood next to a chipper? If you have you’ll call this silent. Obviously you’re not going to be able to use this late at night or in a library. But if you’re doing work that requires this shredder you probably should be wearing ear defenders in the first place.It comes with a 3 year warranty which is reassuring.The cable is a decent length so can always find a good spot to put it the wheels make it easy to manoeuvre so good mobility.The only minor problem I’ve found is after heavy use it gets hot and requires a break to cool down. We all need a break from time to time so listen to the machine.If you’re in any doubt about getting one consider renting a chipper and you’ll buy this.Great purchase

I had initial reservations about ordering this shredder: I was initially drawn to to the Bosch AXT Rapid 2200 (as I’m generally confident in their products ) but it had enough variable reviews to put me off. This Ryobi has a bigger power output and generally looked ‘beefier’ so I thought I’d take a chance on it instead. I’m so glad I did because I have been most impressed with its performance since!The unit has a relatively small footprint and is easy to move about via the its wheels. It’s not too loud in operation and you won’t need ear defenders. The clippings box is a decent size at 55 litres (which translates to being full every twenty minutes or so if shredding constantly). It’s very simple to operate: basically just ‘on; ‘reverse’ (if the mulched gets jammed) and ‘off’. It’s very safe to use also - and there is no danger of losing any fingers even when using them to force down the odd bit of resistant garden matter (though use of the provided paddle for this is better and more effective).So far so good, but what’s great about this shredder is how reliable It is and pretty much happy to handle anything I’ve thrown at it. It claims a maximum width of branch/stem of 40ml and it manages this with ease (and I’ve often exceeded this) you can stuff things in pretty indiscriminately (ie grab a handful of mixed diameter branches mixed with softer/greener stuff) and it just chips it all without fuss. I have used the shredder for several hours now for long periods and not once has it overheated or required manually freeing up/clearing the mulching gear/mangler. What you tend to find is that once the collecting box is full it won’t accept new material until it’s emptied. This too is a safe process as the collecting box acts as a circuit breaker once it is removed (ensuring that the unit can not be activated until it is replaced). I’ve probably only needed to use the ‘reverse’ function a couple of times to unblock a jam (and this worked fine).In short this is a great product that I’m really pleased with. Simple, effective and safe - and for the money probably as powerful as you might get. Highly recommended.