Fellowes Powershred 485i 100% Jam Proof Commercial Grade 38-Sheet Strip-Cut Paper Shredder, TAA Compliant (38480)

This is a commercial grade strip shredder, that is built like a tank and cost as much too! But you get what you pay for! After 5 years of daily use, it has yet to jam or malfunction! A quality product well worth the asking price! :)

Let me begin by saying," that I spent over a Week researching for a Shredder for my Home that would make life much easier." There are a few things about this Shredder that really make it a great value over many. For starters, it offers a Micro Cut for under $1000.00 which is really unheard of in this size. Most MC Shredders at a P-5 start at way over $1000.00. Secondly, it is a decent size and can easily fit in a Home with little or no problem. It also has convenient storage built inside for Oil and for Bags and the Manual. Be warned, it's VERY heavy and was delivered to my house by a 3rd party Logistics Company! You will need help with it unless you are a super strong Person. I have already shredded easily over 100 Lbs of Paper and it works wonderful. Motor gets a little warm after about a half an hour, but it is designed to shred as much Paper as you can place in it without needing a cool down time like cheaper ones. I would gladly recommend this!

Excellent paper shredder. Works well in a busy office, is fairly quiet, and shreds paper into tiny confetti like pieces for better security. It doesn't shred as many sheets at the same time as our last paper-shredder, but it does shred the paper much smaller. This full size paper-shredder has a big trash-bin so it doesn't need to be emptied as often, but it came with a much cheaper cardboard trash-bin. The bin works and it's full size, but for the money this unit costs the cardboard trash-bin is disappointing. Obviously a cardboard trash-bin won't hold up as well as the sturdy plastic trash-in in our old paper-shredder. For the money this unit costs, it should have come with something better.

I bought the shredder sight unseen so I was a little nervous. Turns out it's perfect for my needs. The descriptions were all accurate. It's very quiet, has a wide feed window, can take a good amount of paper at one time, and is very fast. Shredding paper is now my new favorite part of my job. It's very satisfying.

I purchased this shredder because of it having the ability to shred for a longer time than most shredders. I used it for more than an hour of continuous shredding without a problem. Micro cut, jam resistance, security and more compact shredded output are other nice features. The machine is well built It is heavy 97 lbs but moves easily on it,s casters. I would purchase it again if needed.

Its a great shredder. The resultant microcut is excellent. However, the continuous run shuts off too soon. I also have a Fellowes 20Ms, and what a difference the extra 2 or 3 seconds makes in the continuous run feature before it shuts off. The 225Mi shuts off too soon, and its a hassle to get it going again. And of course as others have noted, the bin is indeed junk.

Expensive compared to consumer-grade models, but is the least expensive continuous duty model that I could find. Seems to easily shred everything I throw at it, and never stops working -- at least, until the bag is full of confetti and you have to change it out.Don't waste your money on those cheaper units -- they're just cheaper, and they're not worth the money you're spending on them. This one is the one you want to buy, unless you need an even larger heavier-duty model.

We decided it was time for our little office to have a shredder. So our office manager bought this one. Overkill & too expensive I thought. I was wrong -- it is great! Will handle about 20 pages at a time, paperclips & staples? -- no problem, CDs?-just stick 'em in the slot, jams? - it will momentarily if you exceed the page limit, but EZ-PZ to break free, a 10 second issue. Is it perfect? Well the only problem we have with it is that it's too much fun to use and I don't get enough turns. So there is that....