On Mar 20, 8:32*pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
CDS can be utterly destroyed in packs of twenty at a time, inside 10
seconds, in a microwave. so why bother being arty farty?

Indeed, although I prefer not using food appliances for such
applications.
Yes I did use a spare oven with a powder coating kit once :-)

I just see no point spending £100 on a product to shred CDs unless you
need to do 100+ a day.

My experience of CD is dreadful, early laser-calibration & dye, where
some self destructed in 3 months.