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

It's a shredder to destroy all those outdated files that you have to keep or stuff you just don't want to deal with anymore. Simple setup, and it works when you have staples on the paperwork you want to destroy.

Been shredding a lot of old files in an attempt to cleanup lately. Also had amassed a ton of swept-into-the-corner-when-company-came-over junk mail that needed to get shredded. My old home office shredder bit the dust and my wife's home office shredder, while still working quite well, only supports 1-3 sheets at a time and overheats every 10 minutes. It took forever to shred half of a 50 gallon box filled with various stuff! Since mine was dead and I was tired of spending days doing this, I decided to upgrade. I got the Bonsaii C149-C shredder. This thing is quiet, fast, and can shred at least 10 sheets of mixed-weight paper with barely any effort. It will also last up to 60 minutes of continuous use before overheating. It is not too big for a home office. The castors are a great touch and the removable bin makes emptying a breeze. I finished all my shredding in one evening! So, consider this my enthusiastic endorsement!

I went back to the Bonsai shredder! I ruined the one I had purchased several years ago by shredding pages of self adhesive mailing labels. Bad idea... the adhesive stuck to the cutting blades and it was impossible to remove from blades. I replaced it with a cheaper shredder. It was very disappointing and it broke within a year; you get what you pay for.This is an excellent shredder and recommend it!

For years, I was spoiled on an industrial shredder at work like something from a Mad Max movie. One day, a psycho office admin "cleaned it up" (threw it away). So many tears. Ah well.Though not as obscenely muscular, this little shredder is a respectable / affordable home replacement. It handles the claimed number of sheets just fine, so it's pretty fast, and it seems quiet to me. I have not run it continuously for hours, in order to check for thermal shutdown, but so far it seems solid & durable. The bin is reasonably sized, and easy enough to access (if just a little plastic-y). Fitting in collection bags is slightly contrived: I tear a little hole in the bag to hook it (see pic), but that hardly seems a reason to skip this decent shredder. It doesn't take up a too much floor space. I like the switch options that include sensor shredding (only shreds upon sensing paper being fed); that works well. The window - to see when it fills up - is nice and large, for easy viewing. I haven't yet tried on plastic disk media (like data DVDs), credit cards, or door-to-door marketers, but I like that it's designed to handle them (well, two out of three).Yes, I would repeat buy / recommend it.(I also bought the suggested lubrication sheets to use periodically. Their recommended frequency of use is surprisingly low. So the trick will be remembering where I put the darn lube sheets, when they eventually become needed, ... oh, and remembering to use them at all.)

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.

Say goodbye to overflowing trash cans and hello to this amazing shredder! Assembly was a breeze – think IKEA, but way less frustrating. My first day was a box-shredding frenzy! I unearthed a hoard of Amazon boxes I'd been hiding (we've all been there, right?), filling four trash bags in record time. Then, for kicks, I threw in some CDs, plastic cutlery, stapled manuals – even a couple of vintage phone books (remember those?). This thing ate it all up without a hiccup. Basically, if it's recyclable and fits, it's getting shredded.The build quality is excellent; sturdy, smooth-rolling wheels, and a perfect size (think small nightstand). It's quiet enough for phone calls – my conversations weren't interrupted at all. The bin's capacity might seem small at first, but the tiny shreds pack in surprisingly well. I use regular kitchen trash bags; three full bins fit into one bag, though it gets a little snug.My only minor quibble: the viewing window has a couple of small protrusions that can snag the trash bag when removing it. But it’s a minor inconvenience – not enough to dock a star! Just take it slow.Highly recommended for anyone drowning in cardboard! This is a worthy investment for anyone who, like me, has an Amazon addiction.