I think it was last year when there was a thread about this and we intended
following the advice but didn't get round to it - story of my life! Trouble
is, since we'd determined to buy a new one we gve a son the old one. It
worked well but was noisy.

Models might well have changed now - has anyone any ideas please?

I'd like one which will deal with branches up to 1" (25mm) thick - easily -
and which isn't too bulky and is relatively quiet.

TIA,

Mary
please don't say go to urg by the way!

Bought a Bosch AXT 2000HP recently (based on advice from this
newsgroup). Would have no hesitation in recommending it. Quiet,
efficient.


Frank




Mary Fisher wrote:
I think it was last year when there was a thread about this and we
intended
following the advice but didn't get round to it - story of my life!
Trouble
is, since we'd determined to buy a new one we gve a son the old one.
It
worked well but was noisy.

Models might well have changed now - has anyone any ideas please?

I'd like one which will deal with branches up to 1" (25mm) thick -
easily -
and which isn't too bulky and is relatively quiet.

TIA,

Mary
please don't say go to urg by the way!

"Frank" wrote

Bought a Bosch AXT 2000HP recently (based on advice from this
newsgroup). Would have no hesitation in recommending it. Quiet,
efficient.

I bought the 1600W version a few years back and it has been great. I would
think the 2000W version is much better, ours does up to 30mm branches (iirc)
and the 2000 does 40mm, that would save a load of time.

Henry

"Henry" wrote in message ...

"Frank" wrote

Bought a Bosch AXT 2000HP recently (based on advice from this
newsgroup). Would have no hesitation in recommending it. Quiet,
efficient.

I bought the 1600W version a few years back and it has been great. I would
think the 2000W version is much better, ours does up to 30mm branches
(iirc) and the 2000 does 40mm, that would save a load of time.

These posts are exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for.

Where does one buy these beasts?

Mary

Henry

Frank wrote:

Bought a Bosch AXT 2000HP recently (based on advice from this
newsgroup). Would have no hesitation in recommending it. Quiet,
efficient.

Yup second that. I have a AXT 2000HP as well.

(I think there is a more powerful 2200HP available now).

Good points: copes with thick stuff, very good on branches etc. Nice and
quiet. Recent experiance getting spares for it was also reassuring (the
5 fir trees I stuck thought it a few years ago seemed to take its toll
on its performance a bit. My fiend feeding it a bit of angle iron by
mistake was the final straw!)

Down sides: Not good on fresh soft greeen stuff - better to leave it in
a pile for a couple of days to dry out a bit before shreading.

Has wheels, but quite heavy to move about.


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In article ,
Mary Fisher wrote:

Where does one buy these beasts?

I was in Homebase the other day, looking at
shredders. I think Bosch were the type they
had there..... about £200 or thereabout?

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"John Rumm" wrote in message
...
Frank wrote:

Bought a Bosch AXT 2000HP recently (based on advice from this
newsgroup). Would have no hesitation in recommending it. Quiet,
efficient.

Yup second that. I have a AXT 2000HP as well.

(I think there is a more powerful 2200HP available now).

Good points: copes with thick stuff, very good on branches etc. Nice and
quiet. Recent experiance getting spares for it was also reassuring (the 5
fir trees I stuck thought it a few years ago seemed to take its toll on
its performance a bit. My fiend feeding it a bit of angle iron by mistake
was the final straw!)

Down sides: Not good on fresh soft greeen stuff - better to leave it in a
pile for a couple of days to dry out a bit before shreading.

Has wheels, but quite heavy to move about.

I Googled and in an Amazon review it says:

"the Bosch AXT 2000HP comes out as the best of a bad bunch"

The spec says:
Particularly easy to use due to its low weight and adjustable working height
10 Amp fuse

Twice.

It's £174.97 with free delivery. That seems very affordable but gift
wrapping isn't available :-(

They also feature the 2200, I'm going to look at that now.

Bosch AXT 2200 HP Silent Garden Shredder Our Price: £259.89 I wonder if
it's worth the extra ...


Mary



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On Thu, 19 May 2005 11:37:15 +0100, Mary Fisher wrote:

I think it was last year when there was a thread about this and we intended
following the advice but didn't get round to it - story of my life! Trouble
is, since we'd determined to buy a new one we gve a son the old one. It
worked well but was noisy.

Models might well have changed now - has anyone any ideas please?

I'd like one which will deal with branches up to 1" (25mm) thick - easily -
and which isn't too bulky and is relatively quiet.


Our local parish council has a community-owned shredder. As it's
something most people don't use very often but which helps cut down on
over-flowing bins and avoids a lot of garden bonfires, it was (I
presume) deemed to be something that would give some benefit to the
community. It means that we can use a much more substantial piece of
machinery than we would otherwise be able to justify buying. It might be
that there is something similar where you live, or if not, you might like
to consider trying to arrange the same. As far as I know, it works very
well here.

Kieran

Mary Fisher wrote:

I think it was last year when there was a thread about this and we intended
following the advice but didn't get round to it - story of my life! Trouble
is, since we'd determined to buy a new one we gve a son the old one. It
worked well but was noisy.

Models might well have changed now - has anyone any ideas please?

I'd like one which will deal with branches up to 1" (25mm) thick - easily -
and which isn't too bulky and is relatively quiet.

I bought one of these a couple of years ago, and have been very
pleased with it. Copes with large stuff without any trouble,
small material sometimes has to be persuaded towards the cutting
wheel, but that's not a problem.

http://www.gardenwise.co.uk/asp/product.asp?Display=[Product]118234

Chris
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Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

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On Thu, 19 May 2005 11:37:15 +0100, Mary Fisher wrote:

I think it was last year when there was a thread about this and we
intended
following the advice but didn't get round to it - story of my life!
Trouble
is, since we'd determined to buy a new one we gve a son the old one. It
worked well but was noisy.

Models might well have changed now - has anyone any ideas please?

I'd like one which will deal with branches up to 1" (25mm) thick -
easily -
and which isn't too bulky and is relatively quiet.


Our local parish council has a community-owned shredder. As it's
something most people don't use very often but which helps cut down on
over-flowing bins and avoids a lot of garden bonfires, it was (I
presume) deemed to be something that would give some benefit to the
community. It means that we can use a much more substantial piece of
machinery than we would otherwise be able to justify buying. It might be
that there is something similar where you live, or if not, you might like
to consider trying to arrange the same. As far as I know, it works very
well here.

Thanks, Kieran, we've always served as a resource centre for the family and
community. It makes absolute sense.

I just wish that others would compost. Mrs Next Door won't but puts all her
lawn mowings into bags and gives them to me. The chap on the other side has
a gardener who takes away all the waste, no doubt for his own compost. Most
just dump stuff in their bins and refuse to give it away, they say they pay
for the service ... :-(

Mary

Kieran

"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
...
Mary Fisher wrote:

I think it was last year when there was a thread about this and we
intended
following the advice but didn't get round to it - story of my life!
Trouble
is, since we'd determined to buy a new one we gve a son the old one. It
worked well but was noisy.

Models might well have changed now - has anyone any ideas please?

I'd like one which will deal with branches up to 1" (25mm) thick -
easily -
and which isn't too bulky and is relatively quiet.

I bought one of these a couple of years ago, and have been very
pleased with it. Copes with large stuff without any trouble,
small material sometimes has to be persuaded towards the cutting
wheel, but that's not a problem.

http://www.gardenwise.co.uk/asp/product.asp?Display=[Product]118234

I'm going to get Spouse to look at the options before ahem I decide ;-)

Thanks to everyone,

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote in message
...

"Henry" wrote in message ...

"Frank" wrote

Bought a Bosch AXT 2000HP recently (based on advice from this
newsgroup). Would have no hesitation in recommending it. Quiet,
efficient.

I bought the 1600W version a few years back and it has been great. I
would
think the 2000W version is much better, ours does up to 30mm branches
(iirc) and the 2000 does 40mm, that would save a load of time.

These posts are exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for.

Where does one buy these beasts?

Mary

Henry




Several graded machines on Ebay regularly. 2000AXT £119 +carriage typically

Bob

"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
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Where does one buy these beasts?

Mary

Henry




Several graded machines on Ebay regularly. 2000AXT £119 +carriage
typically

Thanks, but I've never done e-bay - it all looks too complicated!

I've already ordered it from Amazon, £174.97 including carriage.We're happy
with that,

Mary


Bob

Mary Fisher wrote:

Particularly easy to use due to its low weight and adjustable working height
10 Amp fuse

Adjustable, as in "with a spanner"...

10 Amp fuse... well I guess that clinches it then! ;-)

Bosch AXT 2200 HP Silent Garden Shredder Our Price: ï½£259.89 I wonder if
it's worth the extra ...

Depends on whether size matters!

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"John Rumm" wrote in message
...
Mary Fisher wrote:

Particularly easy to use due to its low weight and adjustable working
height
10 Amp fuse

Adjustable, as in "with a spanner"...

10 Amp fuse... well I guess that clinches it then! ;-)

LOL! But my point was that these desirable features were repeated.

Bosch AXT 2200 HP Silent Garden Shredder Our Price: ?259.89 I wonder if
it's worth the extra ...

Depends on whether size matters!

He says not. I agree. If he'd said he preferred the larger one I'd have
argued :-)

What would have made him go for the larger one would be if it had a larger
capacity - i.e. branch diameter. Since they were the same and we only have a
small garden to service we really can't justify a bigger motor. I let him
say that.

Mary

In article , Mary
Fisher writes

"John Rumm" wrote in message
...
Mary Fisher wrote:

Particularly easy to use due to its low weight and adjustable working
height
10 Amp fuse

Adjustable, as in "with a spanner"...

10 Amp fuse... well I guess that clinches it then! ;-)

LOL! But my point was that these desirable features were repeated.

Bosch AXT 2200 HP Silent Garden Shredder Our Price: ?259.89 I wonder if
it's worth the extra ...

Depends on whether size matters!

He says not. I agree. If he'd said he preferred the larger one I'd have
argued :-)

What would have made him go for the larger one would be if it had a larger
capacity - i.e. branch diameter. Since they were the same and we only have a
small garden to service we really can't justify a bigger motor. I let him
say that.

We look forward to your review of the thing when you get it - I'm
thinking of getting one too.
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"Tim Mitchell" wrote in message
...

We look forward to your review of the thing when you get it - I'm thinking
of getting one too.

I intended reporting. All those holly branches I over-enthusiastically cut
off the other night are blocking the hen's progress!

Mary
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"Tim Mitchell" wrote in message
...
In article , Mary
We look forward to your review of the thing when you get it - I'm thinking
of getting one too.

Initially I had a cheap and cheerful rotating blade one from B&Q - can't
remember the make at the moment but it was green :-) It worked OK but was
prone to jamming if too much soft material was put in, and you had to put in
some effort to feed it. It came with a black plastic paddle to help push
stuff down the shute. When it jammed it was a case of undoing a thumbscrew
and removing the case to clear the blockage. It didn't take too long for
the thread on the plastic bit it screwed into to got worn, making it even
more fiddly to do up again. It finally bit the dust when a piece of metal
accidentally got fed into it and the blades were damaged. They were
reversible but I couldn't get one of the screws undone to do this despite
application of WD40, a blowtorch and lots of cursing.

After reading some comments on here I got a Bosch AXT2000HP from these
people on eBay - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/HOME-AND-GARDEN-MART

It's a graded machine, shows some signs of use, but works just fine. It's
screw type instead of a fast rotating blade and it's streets ahead of the
item described above. It's much quieter, handles thicker material and
pretty much feeds itself as stuff is dropped in the top. If it jams just
flip the switch to reverse the screw and the offending item pops back out
for you to try again or throw away.

Hope that helps.

Mark

"Mark Walters" wrote in message
m...

"Tim Mitchell" wrote in message
...
In article , Mary
We look forward to your review of the thing when you get it - I'm
thinking of getting one too.

Initially I had a cheap and cheerful rotating blade one from B&Q - can't
remember the make at the moment but it was green :-) It worked OK but was
prone to jamming if too much soft material was put in, and you had to put
in some effort to feed it. It came with a black plastic paddle to help
push stuff down the shute. When it jammed it was a case of undoing a
thumbscrew and removing the case to clear the blockage. It didn't take
too long for the thread on the plastic bit it screwed into to got worn,
making it even more fiddly to do up again. It finally bit the dust when a
piece of metal accidentally got fed into it and the blades were damaged.
They were reversible but I couldn't get one of the screws undone to do
this despite application of WD40, a blowtorch and lots of cursing.

After reading some comments on here I got a Bosch AXT2000HP from these
people on eBay - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/HOME-AND-GARDEN-MART

It's a graded machine, shows some signs of use, but works just fine. It's
screw type instead of a fast rotating blade and it's streets ahead of the
item described above. It's much quieter, handles thicker material and
pretty much feeds itself as stuff is dropped in the top. If it jams just
flip the switch to reverse the screw and the offending item pops back out
for you to try again or throw away.

The one we had and gave to a son - no he was OK but needed something to
clear the garden so we could take the hens round - was the bladed type.
Yellow. It was fine and Spouse used his new toy to shred everything in sight
at first but when he read about the worm type on DIY he got ambitious. He's
not often acquisitive, when he is I indulge him.

But we never got round to buying a new one although we did go to B&Q and
look. My re-visiting the subject is because the other night in a fit of
enthusiasm and power madness with a new pair of swivel handled secateurs
(from Aldi I think, and excellent) I cut off lots of holly branches and
they're now in the way.

Amazon has told me that the new machine is on its way. In my experience
they're very efficient, books usually come the day after I order them even
on the standard delivery.

Mary

In article , Mary
Fisher writes

"Mark Walters" wrote in message
om...

"Tim Mitchell" wrote in message
...
In article , Mary
We look forward to your review of the thing when you get it - I'm
thinking of getting one too.

Initially I had a cheap and cheerful rotating blade one from B&Q - can't
remember the make at the moment but it was green :-) It worked OK but was
prone to jamming if too much soft material was put in, and you had to put
in some effort to feed it. It came with a black plastic paddle to help
push stuff down the shute. When it jammed it was a case of undoing a
thumbscrew and removing the case to clear the blockage. It didn't take
too long for the thread on the plastic bit it screwed into to got worn,
making it even more fiddly to do up again. It finally bit the dust when a
piece of metal accidentally got fed into it and the blades were damaged.
They were reversible but I couldn't get one of the screws undone to do
this despite application of WD40, a blowtorch and lots of cursing.

After reading some comments on here I got a Bosch AXT2000HP from these
people on eBay - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/HOME-AND-GARDEN-MART

It's a graded machine, shows some signs of use, but works just fine. It's
screw type instead of a fast rotating blade and it's streets ahead of the
item described above. It's much quieter, handles thicker material and
pretty much feeds itself as stuff is dropped in the top. If it jams just
flip the switch to reverse the screw and the offending item pops back out
for you to try again or throw away.

The one we had and gave to a son - no he was OK but needed something to
clear the garden so we could take the hens round - was the bladed type.
Yellow. It was fine and Spouse used his new toy to shred everything in sight
at first but when he read about the worm type on DIY he got ambitious. He's
not often acquisitive, when he is I indulge him.

But we never got round to buying a new one although we did go to B&Q and
look. My re-visiting the subject is because the other night in a fit of
enthusiasm and power madness with a new pair of swivel handled secateurs
(from Aldi I think, and excellent) I cut off lots of holly branches and
they're now in the way.

Amazon has told me that the new machine is on its way. In my experience
they're very efficient, books usually come the day after I order them even
on the standard delivery.

Well I decided I couldn't wait for Mary's review and got one from B&Q
over the weekend (the Bosch AXT2000). I've spent a happy weekend
shredding things and it does exactly what it says on the box, not too
noisy. I've clogged it up once with lots of green mushy bits but feeding
through a nice big stick sorted it out.

An unexpected bonus was that my two toddlers stayed entertained for
hours watching the bits fall out of the bottom, then carrying them off
to the compost heap.
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"Tim Mitchell" wrote in message
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Amazon has told me that the new machine is on its way. In my experience
they're very efficient, books usually come the day after I order them even
on the standard delivery.

Well I decided I couldn't wait for Mary's review and got one from B&Q over
the weekend (the Bosch AXT2000). I've spent a happy weekend shredding
things and it does exactly what it says on the box, not too noisy. I've
clogged it up once with lots of green mushy bits but feeding through a
nice big stick sorted it out.

A few minutes ago I raced downstairs when I heard the doorbell, expecting
the nice delivery man with a big box :-)

It was a sound effect on the radio :-(

An unexpected bonus was that my two toddlers stayed entertained for hours
watching the bits fall out of the bottom, then carrying them off to the
compost heap.

Yes, it's amazing how they love it. It's also amazing how much men seem to
love playing with a shredder. A power thing I suppose ... Spouse wouldn't
let me hold a drill for that reason after I perforated our dining room
floor - many, many years ago I add. It was such fun! He said he'd do all
that stuff from then on so I let him ...

whistles

Mary
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"Tim Mitchell" wrote in message
...

Well I decided I couldn't wait for Mary's review and got one from B&Q over
the weekend (the Bosch AXT2000). I've spent a happy weekend shredding
things and it does exactly what it says on the box, not too noisy. I've
clogged it up once with lots of green mushy bits but feeding through a
nice big stick sorted it out.


It's come! Spouse is putting it together as I type.

The nice man put it down, Spouse said, "Oh, good, it's the shredder!"
"Bloomin' big shredder!" said the nice man. "Garden shredder ... " said
Spouse. Dawn of understanding on nice man's face, he obviously thought we
had a lot of incriminating paper to dispose of ...

VBG

When it's built it will be played wi ... er ... tested. Keep him happy for
hours :-)

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:

Yes, it's amazing how they love it. It's also amazing how much men seem to
love playing with a shredder. A power thing I suppose ... Spouse wouldn't

Perhaps they have seen the film Fargo... ;-))


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"John Rumm" wrote in message
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Mary Fisher wrote:

Yes, it's amazing how they love it. It's also amazing how much men seem
to love playing with a shredder. A power thing I suppose ... Spouse
wouldn't

Perhaps they have seen the film Fargo... ;-))

I bow to your greater experience ...

Mary


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