Fellowes Powershred P-45C Shredder

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29 Apr 2009 Buyer beware I paid top dollar for this shredder at Office Depot. It jammed after the first three sheets of paper. I went back to the store, and I was told I had to add cutting oil while it was working. I stood over the top of this machine pouring oil onto the cutters to get the junk mail shredded for one day. It would not even cut one page of newspaper. I continued to stuff newspaper in it until the top bulged and the room filled with smoke. Now it is in the trash, which is where I should have put the first... –Plain Servantfrom Amazon.com
28 Apr 2009 Poor design This shredder consists of a shredder unit which sits on top of a plastic bin. The shredded paper tends to fall in a heaped pile, meaning that when the shredder is approximately half full, shredded paper touches the rotating cutters, and wind back into the mechanism. If you empty the bin after shredding 20 sheets or so, it seems to work more reliably. This is a fuss.

To empty the shredder, the top is lifted from the bin. It usually deposits pieces of paper on the floor.

The shredd... –Duncan McKenziefrom Amazon.com
26 Jan 2009 Mediocre product... poor quality. I had this shredder for a little over a year, with occasional use (some bills, papers with SSN, etc). It was OK, with many safety features. It shredded fine for a while but it started making clicking noises and getting stuck (needed to reverse in order to 'set it loose'. Its supposed to do 6-8 sheets at a time but it had trouble with 3. Eventually it stopped working and after opening it up, I saw that many of the plastic components inside had cracked and fell into the shredding blades. I woul... –Pauliefrom Amazon.com

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