Bonsaii Paper Shredder, 18-Sheet 60-Minutes Shredder for Office Heavy Duty Cross-Cut Shredder with 6 Gallon Pullout Basket 4 Casters(C149-C)

If you have been using those $80 shredders, this thing will amaze you! It does one thing, and does it well. In a week, I have shredded three garden trash bags of paper, including over a dozen old cards. No jam or stopping from heat issues, yet!. I was using two old & cheap Fellowes shredders that had a 10 minute run with 60 minute rest rating. They would slow me down jamming and overheating. Then, one just failed and the other started sounding like the motor was giving out.. This Bonsaii has already done 3 times the shredding in less than half the time! I am about half way done and expect this shredder to keep going for years.. The 18 sheets warning is probably for #10 paper. I am shredding thicker stock, usually old bank statements and bills. I'd say about 10 of those sheets is the limit, but my old "8 page" units could only do about 5 of them.Pros:- It is relatively quiet.- It just keeps going.- It shreds two credit cards side-by-side.Cons:- The basket was broken just above the clear plastic window, making removal and insertion feel a bit flimsy. I went ahead and taped the break, because this thing is so much better than what I was using, and I wanted to get this shredding job done. I have started an email with Bonsaii to see if I can get a new basket.- Nothing else, really...Gripes:- I just bought this for $169.99, and 10 days later it has dropped to $142.79. Do I go to the trouble to return it and reorder it just to save $27.20 (~16%)? Maybe... I need to get this shredding done and this Bonsaii is doing it (:>)I would suggest this unit to any heavy shredder in the home and small office environment!

I have only used this once since receiving it yesterday, but I am so well pleased by its style and function, I had to add my review right away. I have a smaller version by the same brand/ company that shreds fewer pages and doesn't have wheels. It is okay, but noisier than I hoped and doubted it could manage the amount of shredding I need to tackle, semed a bit stressed after a short session of shredding and therefore I have only used it a few times. I decided to try this upgraded model. So far very pleased with my decision. The pages feed smoothly and quietly, more than any of the other shredders I have used (one my husband had that we gave away before we moved was not too noisy but was not a cross cut and it was a bit heavy and cumbersome) This is much lighter and the wheels area grat benefit. I love the pull out drawer and greater capacity it holds with the window to see as the the bin fills up. Plus I can open it to spred out the pile and push it down to keep the paper from blocking the blades and allow.it to hold more and more paper. It handled a full shopping bag of bills, documents, mail etc. in about 20 mins. Probably could have taken even less time, but I wasn't doing a full 18 pages each time. Love that I could do a variety of paper types and not have to unfold everything. If a small portion of a smaller paper didn't completely shreed it stopped and stayed where I could easily flip and feed again without jamming. There was no jamming, but I feel the reverse switch feature would handle if needed. And no smell of a motor being overly worked. This model makes this chore a breeze., almost fun even. Highly recommend so far, but I feel confident it will hold up.

I received this shredder today and have only one word…AMAZING! I retired 2 1/2 years ago and lost my ability to use the big industrial shredder at work and my shredding bins are overflowing. I have a little one that is about 15 years old and on its last leg. I desperately needed to clear out files and get my home office in order so I decided it was time to upgrade. I read the reviews on this one and thought I’de give it a whirl. I couldn’t be happier with this purchase! My shredder arrived at 10:00 a.m. and I started using it at 10:30 a.m. Other than a break for supper I used this thing ALL.DAY.LONG and just finished my project at 11:00 p.m. I shredded 4 big lawn and leaf bags full! It never overheated, it never jammed and although it’s not super quiet it’s a lot quieter than my old one. It took staples and did a few old credit cards as well. I didn’t push it with the full 18 pages it’s supposed to be able to handle but most of the time had 5-10 pages. Granted it wasn’t non stop shredding. There were short breaks as I sorted through old files and such but otherwise I was pretty much using this thing for about 12 hours straight. I have bought a lot of things off Amazon but this is the first time I have felt compelled to write a review. This shredder came packaged very nicely too! I’m pretty impressed overall and would highly recommend this shredder to anyone.