On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:32:33 UTC, (Roly) wrote:

I bought a mid-price one by Fellowes. It worked very will until the
missus let the basket fill up too much and it jammed from both sides of
the feed mechanism. It could neither feed nor reverse. By the time I got
alerted, it was knackered. Subsequent autopsy revealed that the plasic
gear wheels had their teeth stripped.

My Fellowes crosscut (P400C-2) tends to do that...I guess they all do.
Wish it had a bigger bin. Both my mother and my mother-in-law wanted
shredders for Christmas, and the ones I got (also Fellowes) were about
40 quid. Paper and credit cards only, but fine.

There is audible warning when the cutters start to back-feed from an
over-full bin; the motor speed starts to vary. Easy enough to switch
off, push the waste down into the bin, reverse/forward to clear the
cutters, and continue. I have to watch SWMBO though!

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