Aurora AS1040C 10 Sheet Micro shred JAMFREE Crosscut Paper Shredder with Pullout Basket and Casters

by Aurora

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 13 x 26 inches ; 42 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 42 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000CCY354
• Item model number: AS1040C
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 28, 2006

Product Description

Aurora 10 Sheet Cross Cut Paper Shredder with Front Pull Out Basket and 360 degree Swivel Castor Wheels

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Shredder - Nothing I have found can touch this for the money!, January 15, 2008

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Lazer "Lazer" (Miami Beach, Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Aurora AS1040C 10 Sheet Micro shred JAMFREE Crosscut Paper Shredder with Pullout Basket and Casters (Office Product)

This is a REAL confetti shredder. The pieces are very fine and much smaller than other brands that claim to be confetti shredders. (Compare the shred sizes!)

Anything else I have found with such small shreds has been much more than twice the price. Smaller shreds mean more security and less time between emptying the basket, because the shreds take up less room per page.

Works very quickly and efficiently, and I have not found this to be much louder than other comparable shredders.

I have used 13 gallon bags to catch the shreds in the basket. This makes cleaning out the shreds much easier and neater.
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Warning: The plastic on the unit base is a little thin and brittle. I have had a few cracks. The heavy shredder head should be put gingerly back onto the base when emptying, and once when I rolled the unit over a door threshold and the wheel broke loose because the base plastic cracked - so be very careful!
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Functionally this is great unit.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Aurora AS1040C shreds well, but overheats, August 30, 2007

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Joseph E. Dixon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aurora AS1040C 10 Sheet Micro shred JAMFREE Crosscut Paper Shredder with Pullout Basket and Casters (Office Product)

I wanted a microshredder for disposing of a lot of personal documents following my mother's death. The Aurora AS1040C does an excellent job of microshredding. However,I was disappointed to find that it consistently stops working due to overheating after 10 to 15 minutes of continuous use. Once it overheats it takes awhile to cool off to the point where it will work again. By contrast, I own an inexpensive strip cut shredder that works virtually nonstop for hours. The Aurora AS104C also lacks credit card or CD/DVD shredding capability, but I like being able to roll it easily. If you are looking for a relatively inexpensive microshredder that you don't expect to consistently keep in use for more than 5 or 10 minutes at a time, then you'll probably be happy with the Aurora AS104C.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars LOUD!!!!, June 12, 2006

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a Meta4 (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aurora AS1040C 10 Sheet Micro shred JAMFREE Crosscut Paper Shredder with Pullout Basket and Casters (Office Product)

Works great. Shredding into "Confetti shreds" are much better than the "strip shreds" because you can fit alot more of it into bags. The large receptacle is nice: no need to empty as often. Unfortunately this shredder is SUPER LOUD which is annoying for a small office like mine. That knocks it down from 5 to 3 stars.