Fellowes Powershred MS-450Cs Safe Sense 7-sheet Confetti Cut Shredder
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Manufacturer: FellowesModel: MS-450Cs
Color: SILVER AND BLACK
Product features:
- High Security Cross Cut Shredder can shred up to 7 sheets per pass and 60 sheets per minute
- Yields 5/64 x 5/16-inch micro-cut particles for maximum security
- Automatically shut-off alerts you when jams occur, the wastebasket is ajar, or the shredder is overheated
- Designated safety slot accepts credit cards and CDs
- Convenient window lets you see when the 4.5-gallon wastebasket is full
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Customer Review: Not Bad!
Summary: 4 Stars
I was recently sitting at my computer desk looking at a rather hefty pile of bank statements, credit card "pre approved!" offers, and old insurance papers from my truck and motorcycle. After letting it pile up for a couple months because I really wasn't feeling enthusiastic about dragging out the old "Staples" brand six-sheet cheapo and grinding through the stack, I realized that it was high time for something of an improvement.
Enter the internet. After considerable research, Fellowes constantly came out on top of the heap for consumer-grade shredders. My budget for the item ran to only $200, so any of the large, commercial units was well out of reach. Within that category, this and one other Fellowes model came to the head of the pack. The final decision was made at our local retailer where I went to examine both of them hands-on. They were out of stock on the other model, which made the decision nice and simple!
When I brought it home and opened the box, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had NOT skimped on packaging for this unit. It was held very securely inside a set of molded "pith" type cardboard spacers, and wrapped inside a plastic bag. The shredder drawer contained the manual and a bottle of oil in a separate bag, along with the little sub-tray that goes under the CD-shredding port to catch the plastic so you can still recycle the paper shreds. The cord even had a nifty little plug-protector slid onto it, to prevent the prongs of the plug from being bent or damaged in shipping. Once I had it out of the box (not a small task, this thing is HEAVY and fits tightly into the packaging) I rolled it over to the plug on the included little wheels (work great on our hardwood floors, not so well on our carpet) and headed off to get my pile of papers to dispose of. By the time I got back to the shredder, my father had already found it. I still haven't been able to get my own documents shredded, he's been too busy emptying out the three large drawers full of the same kind of paperwork he'd been building up for a couple years!
In use, the first thing I noticed was the lack of noise! The loudest sound in the shredding process is the crinkling of the paper as it's pulled into the slot. The motor itself is a muffled hum, and the shredder teeth make sort of a "crunchety" sound as they reduce the paper into tiny bits. And I do mean tiny, these things look like you took a shred from our other shredder, and ran it through a proportionally smaller shredder another time. I can't imagine how you could re-construct anything from these tiny bits, you can't even find printed letters intact. It is also capable of handling the listed seven sheets without any significant strain aside from the motor sounding like it's working marginally harder. No noticeable slowing of the paper shredding process at all. As others have mentioned, the duty cycle is a tad short. Running it constantly at four to six sheets per pass as we grabbed them from the drawer and tossed them in, it ran for about seven minutes before the 'overheat' light popped on and it shut down. Not unexpected, our old cheap-o wouldn't have even handled that many papers to begin with, much less constantly and reducing them to that tiny of bits! Just be aware that if you want to shred your entire year's worth of stashed junk mail, you're going to do it in chunks, giving the tool some time to cool down in between. This was perhaps the heaviest test of use we could give it, the motor never shut down from the time we started feeding it to the time the overheat telltale came on. If you're doing standard office shredding where you toss a few pages in every couple of minutes, or disposing of junk mail as it comes in, you'll never even notice.
As an added benefit, the tiny nature of the shreds means that you can stack a LOT of them into the waste pail before it fills up. Unfortunately, it also means that some of them get loose, and static is NOT your friend here. They stick to the plastic waste pail, the side of the shredder, and everything else they come into contact with. I certainly can't blame Fellowes for static electricity, though. Just be aware, and have a little dust-buster or something handy to clean up the errant little bits after you're done emptying the waste basket.
Overall, I give this tool four stars; It's a good shredder that could be improved a bit. Better cooling on the motor to extend the duty cycle a bit and some kind of better seal to the basket to keep the shreds in would really make it shine. If you don't mind those minor quibbles, though, the security afforded by the micro-shredding and the silence of the system makes this a very nice addition to the home or home office. I would definitely buy it again, given it's performance. Have to see how it holds up long-term, but I see no reason this tool won't keep performing well for a long time.
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Description of Fellowes Powershred MS-450Cs Safe Sense 7-sheet Confetti Cut Shredder
The Ultra-Quiet MicroShred Fellowes MS-450Cs offers greater security plus SafeSense Patent-Pending Technology, which features an active sensor that stops shredding immediately when paper entry is touched. Equipped with an 8.75" wide paper entry, the MS-450Cs easily accepts standard letter or legal-size documents, paper clips and staples, and shreds as fast as 9 feet per minute. Designed for moderate shredding in the home or home office, the Fellowes Powershred MS-450Cs reduces documents to 5/64" x 5/16" higher security micro-shed particles smaller than a standard staple with a virtually silent motor, and shreds up to 7 sheets per pass, 25-50 times per day, for a total daily capacity as high as 350 sheets! The durable steel cutters also accept credit cards and CDs through a separate entry with its own 0.78-gallon waste container. Electronic auto start/stop features ensures quick and easy automatic shredder operation. The shredder automatically shuts off and alerts operator when a jam occurs, 4.5-gallon pull-out wastebasket is ajar or shredder is overheated. Its clear window allows user to see if the wastebasket is full. It includes casters for portability.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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