On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:30:28 GMT Dave wrote :
Can anyone recommend a paper shredder that works (£ is a factor,
as usual). The two I've had are great at putting rows of creases
in the paper! It wouldn't take a S. Holmes to read it afterwards
though.

Mine is a Fellowes 105 cross-cut, cost about £100 appetite to match.
It will also shred CDs. I suspect that this is one of those markets
where you get what you pay for. Equally there's no point in paying
for more than you need.

Looking in the Viking book the current Fellowes cross-cut machine
include

P45C £29.99 6* sheets at a time max 120 sheets per day
PS65C £79.99 8/400
SB85C £169.99 15/1500

*I would take the sheets at one time figure and halve it unless you
like clearing jams

It partly depends on whether you are shredding the old letter or
correspondence/accounts files: one full lever arch file is probably
about 400 sheets.

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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:43:56 GMT, Tony Bryer
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:30:28 GMT Dave wrote :
Can anyone recommend a paper shredder that works (£ is a factor,
as usual). The two I've had are great at putting rows of creases
in the paper! It wouldn't take a S. Holmes to read it afterwards
though.

Mine is a Fellowes 105 cross-cut, cost about £100 appetite to match.
It will also shred CDs. I suspect that this is one of those markets
where you get what you pay for. Equally there's no point in paying
for more than you need.

Looking in the Viking book the current Fellowes cross-cut machine
include

P45C £29.99 6* sheets at a time max 120 sheets per day
PS65C £79.99 8/400
SB85C £169.99 15/1500


I have a PS80C-2. IIRC it cost just over £120 originally and is
roughly equivalent to the SB85.



*I would take the sheets at one time figure and halve it unless you
like clearing jams

It's better to feed a few sheets at a time and just keep them going
past the sensor - I agree, about half published rate is about right.



It partly depends on whether you are shredding the old letter or
correspondence/accounts files: one full lever arch file is probably
about 400 sheets.

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Andy Hall wrote:

PS65C £79.99 8/400

Probably the one I have...

If I were getting another I would go for a more powerful one. Something
that can swallow credit cards, CDs, paper clips and staples would make
life much simpler.


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On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:31:56 +0000, John Rumm
wrote:


If I were getting another I would go for a more powerful one. Something
that can swallow credit cards, CDs, paper clips and staples would make
life much simpler.


CD's and DVD's can be disposed of in the microwave :-)


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