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

The product was good. We used it immediately and had no problem with the shredder. The instructions manual was clear and easy to follow. It is quite expensive compared to regular shredders, but it does deliver and does not overheat easily.

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.

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!

The media could not be loaded. I brought this machine back in June for the office. It was very easy to put together, it literally took 5 minutes. As you can see, we are using it. It's strong and we have shredded at least 10 file boxes full since. Sometimes the paper does get stuck, but I truly believe we are sometimes put too much paper to shred at once. No need to remove staples before shredding. The only real problem I see, the bin that hold the paper should be a little sturdier. But for a small office it works really well.

I'd been limping along with a decades-old Fellows shredder until a month or so ago when I decided to do a major junk clean up around the house. My old shredder could not keep up with everything that required shredding and was starting to sound like a freight train, so I decided to try out this Bonsaii shredder. The first week I had it, I shredded about 10 pounds of junk mail, with no overheating. This baby worked like a charm, and was even relatively quiet about it. Now I use it daily to shred any junk mail I get. The shredder easily handles 18 pages at a time and slices the paper into nice, neat little pieces. It handles staples like they're not even there. Shredding credit cards and the like is a breeze. Unlike with my previous shredder, I do give this one a few drops of oil every other week, which I hope will keep it running a very long time. The only downside I can think of is not a big one: putting a bag in the shredder's bin does not always allow the bin to close properly and the shredder will not work if the bin seal is not just right. I've tried putting the paper collection bag in different positions, but I've yet to find a placement that consistently works. So I use the shredder without a bag and dump the bin into a recycling garbage bag when it gets full. All in all, I love my new shredder!

So far I’m very satisfied with this upgrade over my old Amazon Basics 12-sheet shredder that would no longer stop running automatically after shredding. The Bonsaii is far quieter and crosscuts into much smaller pieces. It might be a bit slower due to the finer shredding, but seems to handle at least 15 pages without difficulty. The basket/drawer holds so much more (the smaller pieces help) and is easy to empty. No more lifting off the heavy shredder head to empty the bin.