Swingline GBC Paper Shredder, Stack-and-Shred 60X Auto Feed, Cross-Cut, 60 Sheets, 1 User, Black (1757572)

Dozens of contractor bags full of shredded documents and still LOVING this shredder! The trick: no folded sheets, stack sheets and if the shredder doesn't catch the paper fold the stack and replace with the fold above the rollers. I find some types of paper catch easily without having to do this but for others this is necessary.Update on shredder: originally gave 4 stars and am updating to 5 stars after couple more weeks work. Have now shredded boxes and boxes of documents. Once you have used this a little bit you get to know what works and how to avoid problems. Love that staples don't all have to be removed. Have been 10+ times more productive with this shredder than with hand-fed type. LOVE IT! Am shredding things now that I was ready to bring to a professional service. Buying a bigger one for my office. Highly recommended.Excellent shredder for the right things. The review by Phillip van Allen is right on and very helpful. Have been using this for a couple weeks shredding old business documents and have filled several contractor-size plastic bags. It works great on sheet paper that is not folded: just load the stack in and leave it for a few minutes. Empty the tray and start again. We were able to shred thousands of sheets this way without any problems. For odd sized or folded documents it needs a little help. Again the review mentioned above is very helpful. For stapled or folded sheets it can be hand fed like a regular shredder.If you are looking for a shredder to get rid of stacks of paper (sheets) this is perfect.

Like most people I accumulated a lot of paper, and also like a lot of other people, decided that it was time to get rid of everything I did not absolutely need. I wanted a scanner that could handle the backlog, but could then be used for maintenance. This Swingline product was an Amazon special the day I went looking so I decided to give it a try. I have been mostly happy with it, with a couple of complaints.First of all, the 25 page feeder works as advertised as long as:-no pages are stapled together-the pages are all more or less the same size-the feeder is not over-filledIf there are pages stapled together, or if there is a random small piece of paper (such as a receipt) mixed in, then it will probably end up jamming. Clearing jams is not a big deal most of the time, but it does detract a bit from the value of having an auto feeder. these complaints aside, the auto feeder did save me a lot of time. I grabbed stacks of paper, placed them in the tray and walked away. Ten minutes later I came back and put some more in. Every 2-3 rounds I emptied the bin with the shredded paper and kept going. I went through dozens of batches over 4 days and by the time I was done I had filled 8 garbage bags of shredded paper, which I dutifully recycled.The top chute allows you to take care of stapled pages, credit cards, non-standard-sized- items, etc. In fact the top chute is what I mostly use nowadays. It's powerful enough to handle a few pages at once.The cross-cut functionality is essential in ensuring data security today, and this device makes reasonable small pieces. I feed bills in diagonally so that I can be reasonably sure that no piece ends up with a complete account number.it's quiet enough while operating - certainly quieter than the older shredder I owned previously.bottom line - I recommend this for people looking to clear up their backlog of paper documents and don't want to stand around all day feeding documents by hand into a shredder.

Your first clue about this item is the bright yellow stop sign printed on a page attached to the shredder: "Do not return to store. Refer to the Troubleshooting Guide." Already you know there will be trouble, and you're going to want to shoot yourself for making such a bad purchase. The first stack of papers I tried to shred (about 40, staples and paperclips removed, even though it says it will shred those) caused the unit to overheat and jam. I turned it off and waited 2 hours. I was finally able to get it to run in reverse to release the jammed paper, but the temperature light came back on immediately. Now it will not run at all. Not only that, but when you remove the drawer that holds the shredded paper (and it was not completely full), the shreds are piled to the back of the drawer causing about 10% of them to end up on the floor as the drawer slides out. As soon as I finish writing this review I have to vacuum my office and then go to the effort of packing the unit back up and taking it to UPS. Then I will have to hand-feed the remaining 10 or so pages that this machine couldn't handle through my slow but reliable $19.99, 4-page-at-a-time paper shredder. I could have shredded the 40 pages with those round kindergarten scissors in less time than this fiasco has cost me!

Having gone thru numerous shredders I took a chance with this one and I was not disappointed. I've given up trying to run staples thru any shredder so I do remove them prior to using the machine. It will take a stack of 50-60 sheets and the best apart is you shut the lid and walk away. There is an occasional jam but that is minute compared to what it does. It will also take single sheets. It is definitely a time saver and I don't have to stand there and feed the machine. The noise level is similar or less than a typical "homeowner" shredder. It is relatively compact and the bin holds an adequate amount of shredded paper.