Bonsaii Heavy Duty Paper Shredder, 60-Minute 18 Sheets Cross Cut Office Credit Card Shredders for Industrial and Business Use, 23-Litre Pullout Bin with 4 Casters, Black (C149-C)

Unwrap it carefully. Buy the oil but not the bags. I am trying to be as green as possible and in early retirement I have been shredding a lot of old work related documents as well as my daily i newspaper and as much of our lockdown delivery cardboard as fits through the shredder. First impressions: It arrived as predicted within 48 hours and was well packed and Undamaged. As described by others the Castors look fragile and are not free running even after lubrication. It was bought to replace well used (10yrs+ ) but jammed and burned out high end domestic Fellowes machine with a easy to empty basket. ( see comparison in photo ). I am using the plastic bag that came around it in the box, it was also supplied with a single bag inside as well. Buying commercial see through polythene shredder bags will be convenient but they cost 16p each and won’t biodegrade. I oiled the cutter blades before use. Performance after filling one bag to brim: Noise - much, much less noisy than my old machine and more pleasant pitch - you could work in the same room. Capacity- 20 mins continuous use including up to 16 sheets of professional magazine shiny paper, several i newspapers torn in half lengthways, amazon cardboard book delivery cartons folded double thickness to full width (22cm) I didn’t try it on copier paper. The cooling fan comes on while in use but at no time did it run over after finishing shredding an item. As reported by others, for security purposes, the chads are wider than other machines but for composting this does not matter. I suspect this also the reason for its quietness and speed. It cross cut the newspaper much more effectively and therefore the shreddings sat down in the bin more easily. As a result I got a lot more in the bag than my old machine. I try not to compact the shreddings as that defeats the speed of compost making. Speed: for home use it was comparable to the old Fellowes and for a once a day session I am content but you cannot fill an auto feed and walk away. There was a slight delay on both starting and starting to reverse - this might be a good thing. It stopped 2 seconds after the cutters cleared. It stopped automatically on the first fill but I am not sure if that is a feature. Ergonomics: it’s lower than the old machine but the slot is same distance from the front. This made it more of a strain to feed it while standing but it’s shape and size and the (careful use of ) the castors mean it would be ideal for sitting under a desk. The bag sits over the rim at the back and sides and I did not have a significant spillage, the clips at the front are a bit fiddly but once you master the technique it clips in and prevents leaks at the front. I would not want to tip the shreddings straight from the bin into a plastic bin bag as the plastic felt quite fragile and the rectangular shape would not fit easily into the bag for a second fill and protruding plastic lugs would tear the bag. But transferring shreddings form the transparent bag to another bag was pure dead simple. Reliability: no comment Excellent first impressions. If it lasts then it should be more than adequate to supply my Allottment with brown material to go with the kitchen waste and grass clippings

This product is excellent. My partner has used it for a few days and it works very well, is quiet, is good quality, has a very good sized shredder waste bin and it seems to do a very good job with paper documents. My Partner has not tried this product with DVD or CD media, but it is very good with all types of paper documents. It has been used for a solid 40 minutes without a break and it worked reliably. This scanning task was also repeated later the same morning and this device continued to work well. It worked well the day after, and the day after that ! It's not easy to put waste paper bags into the shredding bin and closing the box correctly, however, without a clear plastic bag (a thin one not a carrier bag) the waste bin can be easily empted either directly into a large bag or nearby bin, obviously. This Bonsaii EverShred C149-C product is a fantastic product for the money. It offers so much value for money compared to the cheaper shredders, over the longer term. I appreciate cheaper devices can shred for 8-10mins continously, at best, unless you purchase larger office sized Rexel Mercury Shredders (and others) that are very large A3 size and cost upwards of £500 from various suppliers. Thanks Amazon for stocking this product. So far, post delivery, it has been very reliable. My partner has also shredded a number of bank documents (A4 size together, at the same time) and this device has not jammed once..

excellent shredder, great value for money, easey to assemble, great for security works very well.

I already own the 18-sheet version of this 24-sheet shredder and I love it. The 18-sheet shredder is a beast, and I use it all the time mainly for shredding cardboard. My wife decided that she wanted a heavy-duty shredder for her home office, so I decided to give her my 18-sheet shredder and order the more meaty 24-sheet version. First impressions; it works really well, as advertised, but there are a few little niggles that left me a just a little disappointed with it. Firstly, the slot where you insert items to be shredded; even though this shredder claims to be able to shred up to 24 sheets of paper, the opening is actually smaller than the 18-sheet version. This left me having to use a little bit more force to feed in sheets of cardboard which would fit without a problem in the 180sheet version. I was expecting the feeder slot to be a little bit bigger than the 18-sheet version, not smaller. Secondly, the waste bin is advertised as 27 litres as opposed to the 23 litres of the 18-sheet version. This is all well and good, but the shredder automatically stops shredding when it thinks the bin is full. It doesn't use the full 27 litres and in fact I get more shreds in the 18-sheet shredder than I do with this one. Those two minor niggles aside, like the 18-sheet version, this shredder works really well and is clearly very powerful. It's also quieter than the 18-sheet version.

Works well no problem to date David

Powerful machine. It has fearsome looking teeth and shreds credit cards and three or four sheets of paper without appearing to strain. It is supposed to take 8 sheets, but I think that would be overdoing it so haven't tried. It is supposed to run for an hour, but my back aches after about 45 minutes so haven't got there yet. I am about to move house so have tons of shredding to do. I was worried, but this machine wizzes through shredding so fast that I am I confident I can do it easily. I just have a lot of bags of shredding to take to the tip. I haven't had it long, but it seems better made than the 10 minute run time cheap shredders. Also has large shreddings box

Mine didn't work. Assembled out of the box per instructions, powered up, motor made noises like it was about to commence shredding, yet the geared teeth rotating part that actually does the shredding didn't rotate. Disappointing, as the reviews for this device were largely positive.

I had a large sackfull of the past 30 years of bank, credit card, utility bills, salary slips and receipts. I could just about lift the sack. As it contained a variety of personal and confidential details, I had been given the task of disposing of it. My old paper shredder was just about capable of shredding 5 sheets of paper at a time and would cut out every 5 minutes or so. With the spec of the Bonsaii able to shred 18 sheets at once and a 60 minute run time, I thought this must do the trick ! I wasn't disappointed, delivered the following day, the shredder cut through 18 sheets with ease and sheet after sheet went through without problems - except when I fed 20+ sheets but it stoppped, reversed and allowed me to pull out the blockage. From one large sack in less than two hours I shredded and created 4 new sacks of neatly cut paper. Incidentally I discovered that it was easier to line the paper box beneath the cutter with a plastic bag and that made it much easier to dispose of the shreds. The noise level was lower than my old shredder and never in the two hours did it bother to stop and take a cool down break. This is great shredder for the home and probably a small office. Well worth the money and made a dreary job into something that I dare say was a lot of fun!