Fellowes P-57Cs, 8 Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder 3205701
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Customer Review: Perfect Home Shredder, Just Did Spring Cleaning, and Flawless
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought 2 of these (1 for myself, and 1 for my mom to shred all junk mail with my personal info on it. I've had it for about 2 months now.
Every time i get a junk letter i just stick it into the shredder. Shreds no problem, so i figured i kick it up a bit with more intense testing. My grandfather wanted to shred 30+ years of papers with his personal information, so i let him. He shredded about a hundred or so papers of personal info in about 2-3 days with not to much shredding each day. So it passed that test, now comes the big one. This past saturday i decided it was time for spring cleaning. My room was a complete mess with papers all over the place (now it's spotless). It was time to shred all my papers with my personal info with this shredder (which is the reason why i bought it in the first place). I collected about 100 or so papers and shredded them all with normal pauses to allow the shredder to cool down. I only did about 5 real shred sessions of 5 minutes each, and the unit worked flawlessly. Of course you have to lubricate every so often to keep it running in perfect condition. To make this shredder feel more flawless i had just one instance where i stuck a letter that was real thick with a credit card inside, and the shredder was having a hard time shredding it, so hard that infact the shredder froze and there was no way to make it work. I tried reverse, forward, reverse, forward, etc... and nothing, i tried using a knife and removing as much paper as i could and nothing. then i thought maybe it had just overheated so i should wait for it to cool down. I then decided to put more lubrication to perhaps unjam it, then i pressed reverse and it finally unjammed and still works flawlessly. This machine can take all kinds of abuse as long as u lubricate it regularly and not over abuse it. for a typical spring cleaning it should do it's job perfectly just try to not stick too many thick letters unopen into it as you'll need to lubricate it more often and risk getting it jammed. 1-3 papers at a time is perfect, just don't stick more than that everytime, just occasionally. Also this shredder is only worth it at it's low normal price. It's current highly overprice tag is a total rip off. Do not buy it at this high price tag.
Customer Review: I was skeptical but found this to be a good value.
Summary: 4 Stars
I had a low-end Fellowes shredder before and its motor finally burned out. It was difficult buying something I could trust as a replacement because all the office supply stores started selling house brands, especially Staples and Office Depot. So I went to Amazon for another Fellowes.
I've had it for around 4 months and have been very satisfied. I haven't experienced any jams as reported by some other users. It did jam initially but that was before I learned how to accommodate this shredder. I was feeding around 3 sheets at a time on average and was inserting them with some force. The shredder didn't like that, perhaps because it's sensitive to fingers and more inanimate objects entering its mouth. I learned that all I needed to do was gently place the incoming paper into the shredder's welcoming slot and it would graciously grab it from me and pull it through. When I'm gentle it returns the favor by not jamming.
This model is rated as "light duty" but I'm not sure what that means. I can feed it 3 sheets at a time (not 6 or 7) and they always feel welcome. I can repeat that process another 10 times and there's no problem. In all, I rarely feed more than 5 sheets a paper a day, maybe 10-15 days a month. No problems.
This model has a reasonably sized footprint and I keep it on top of a low bookcase. It has no wheels and makes no attempt whatever to slide off. It has an on/off switch (which my previous Fellowes didn't have ... it was always "on" but didn't run), and also a reverse switch to deal with jams.
I don't remember whether this model boasted of being able to shred credit cards and CDs but I didn't want to subject it to that type of torture. Seems like a good way to dull its cutters and possibly cause jams. When you think about it, how often does anyone dispose of a credit card or a CD with anything useful on it? When the occasion arises there are other ways to deal with those two objects. After all, this is a paper shredder.
Don't know if this review has been at all profound but I did want to cast my vote for a nice crosscut shredder that prices in the $45-$60 arena, and by a name brand company.
Thanks for listening ... Sam
Customer Review: Sturdy and powerful shredder
Summary: 5 Stars
I looked around quite a bit for a good cross-cut shredder but didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars on one b/c this is for mild home use. this appeared to have good ratings and made from a quality company.
had it for a month now and love it. you can tell is has a quality, strong motor and the shredder components are thick and metal and appear to be very durable.
it has a built-in shutoff device if your fingers get to close to the input. i.e. if you get a shirt sleeve caught in, once your hands nears the entry, it'll shut off. however, i'd be very surprised if this were to ever actually happen.
it snaps onto the wastebasket and swivels up and down which is somewhat handy. When emptying, i just take it off the basket.
i use it mainly for shredding junk mail. so probably 2-3/day. i.e. not heavily used.
it appears to have absolutely no problems with staples. i don't put many through but the few i have, the shredder moves along as if they weren't even there. you actually can't even tell it processed them. no sound, slowage, anything. i've not tried credit cards but i'm sure it'd plow right through them.
regarding the number of sheets,
1-2 is as if there is nothing there
3-6 is a very mild slow down but destroys them all with easy
7-8 is when you see a very noticeable difference. actually, i never did 7, just went str8 to 8 and it seemed to have a tough time.
going forward, i'll probably limit to just 5-6 max to prevent any unnecessary strain on the motor.
i can't really compare this to a similar shredder b/c the last kind i had was a generic strip shredder that you put over top of a trashcan. it did the job for about 5 years and one day i put a credit card in there and it seemed to damage the motor a bit and never was the same since. it did the job on paper (3 at a time) but frequently jammed and was overall just a real pain in the arse.
overall, this shredder seems very sturdy and powerful. i highly recommend. $50 for this is a great deal. and i'll never go back to strip shredding if i can help it. cross-cut is by far superior.
Customer Review: very good--even though not quite perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
Fellowes makes one of the better "confetti" paper shredders in this price category. It's certainly not perfect; but I have used this paper shredder for a while now and overall I have been satisfied. In this price category this is about the best you can get.
But make no mistake about it--this machine by Fellowes shreds lots of things rather well--many less expensive models simply cannot shred credit cards or handle staples. This one can. Some people may say that a shredded CD makes a mess in the wastepaper can directly below the shredder; but I have not found this to be the case.
I also like the way you can dispose of things using the receptacle in the front of the machine; and the reverse feature does a good job at removing paper jams. It even has a feature that stops the shredder automatically if it senses hands too close to the machine when operating--that's a wonderful feature if kids are running around in your home!
Fellowes says this can shred up to 160 pages in one day, but it works at its best when you're shredding less than that, I would say. Shred roughly ten to twenty pages at a time; and then shut it off. Wait a few minutes before shredding more documents if you're doing a large job. This is a disappointment; but again for the price it's still pretty good.
One other thing that disappoints me is how the shredder wastepaper basket seems to fill up rather quickly. I suppose that the shredded piece of paper leave room (and air) between them and the air simply takes up the space between the shreds of paper. I guess that would be the case with any shredder. It also seems to slow down after ten or twelve pages have been shredded. Oh, well.
Overall, for routine everyday use this really is a fine shredder. You'll have to be patient with it when you have large amounts of things to shred; but again in this price category you won't get much better.
Four stars.
Customer Review: Medium duty it is
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently purchased this shredder because I was moving, so I had to get rid of a bunch of papers. I liked the fact that it shreds paperclips and credit cards. It made it easy for me to shred papers w/o having to take the additional step to remove the paperclips. In the month that I've been using it, I had one "problem". I was feeding a couple of papers and they got stuck. Easy solution: shred forward, shred reverse, repeat. I found that the reason it got stuck was because there were too many shredded pieces piling up in the bin, so it didn't leave any room for the new pieces to be shredded. I found the best thing to do to prevent this was to push the shredded pieces down occasionally. The only downside to this shredder is that there is no window for you to see how full the bin is getting. Hence, you have to periodically check and periodically push your pieces down, which was the least of my worries with this shredder. I believe the instructions that came with it said you should use the shredder for 10-15 minutes at a time or something like that. I definitely went beyond the recommended time limit and didn't have any problems. In terms of noise level, it's not the quietest thing nor the loudest. If you're shredding and your roommate is trying to talk to you (like mine was), then you just have to raise your voice a bit to have a conversation. In terms of the number of sheets to shred, I believe the description says it can shred 8 sheets. It can do 8, but it's going to be a slow process. I shred 6 at one time and it struggled a little bit to shred and it took a little bit longer than shredding 2 sheets. I wouldn't shred a lot of sheets at one time with this shredder, but if you're doing that, then you probably need a heavy duty shredder for the job.