Aurora AS420C Desktop-Style Cross-Cut Paper Shredder

by Aurora

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 10 inches ; 5.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000QTAU7I
• Item model number: AS420C
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (234 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #8 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Other Office Equipment > Shredders
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Aurora AS420C Desktop Style Crosscut Paper Shredder with Basket features a 4 1/2-inch throat, 40-sheet-capacity basket with handle. This desktop paper shredder shreds credit cards, paper clips and staples, and has a detachable power cord.

Product Description

Aurora 4-sheet Cross Cut Paper and Credit Card Shredder with Translucent Wastebasket.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

248 of 252 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little shredder!, March 1, 2009

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Linda Mardel - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aurora AS420C Desktop-Style Cross-Cut Paper Shredder (Office Product)

I recommend this product, and would buy it again or give it as a gift.

This is the third desktop shredder I've purchased in about eight years. The others were very good, and they were for my Mom who is in her 70's. The first lasted about five years, and now she's on her second, not this brand. My floor model gave out and I decided to get a desktop model for myself.

Advantages of this model over the others we have owned:
*handle on the top motor housing for easy lifting
*cleaning tool (no more rummaging for screw drivers and crochet hooks!
*a pocket on each side for the cleaning tool
*cute oval design
*not as noisy as the bigger floor models
*really cuts the paper, doesn't just rip it up

118 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great light-duty shredder, December 12, 2008

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S. McDonald (MI) - See all my reviews
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I have had this for a month, and purchsed it in spite of quite a few negative reviews because I refuse to spend a fortune on a shredder when all I need it for is credit card junk mail and relatively few banking / confidential documents. It does the job perfectly well. Yes, you should only put in one folded piece of paper at a time (and yes, it has to be folded because the opening is small), but it happily chewed up 30 of these in a row when I was clearing out my desk. Since then, I have used it maybe once or twice a week. The bin is small but perfectly adequate for my needs. Very straightforward to operate. Bottom line - I have found it to be excellent for what it was made for - light home use.

PS, it's now 3 years since I bought this, and since I've just done a major end of year shredding session, I thought I would come back to my review and add that it's still going strong! Terrific little machine.

161 of 167 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cross Cut Is Misleading, November 16, 2009

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P. A. Thomas "pathomas" (Atlanta) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aurora AS420C Desktop-Style Cross-Cut Paper Shredder (Office Product)

I thought cross cut meant the shredder cut diagonal strips, but the strips are the same as a strip shredder's, just shorter. A photo on the box shows strips from a credit card looking like diagonal strips. But, credit cards must be inserted vertically and are cut straight up and down. Because the text and numbers on them are not perpendicular to the shredder blades, but parallel, the strips come out with text and numbers placed horizontally - easily readible.

Text and numbers have to be perpendicular to the blades when paper is inserted in order to avoid readible lines on the strips of paper. By now, most people are aware that 8x10 paper has to be folded or cut to fit the feeder entry of this shredder. I prefer to cut so that there is no fold to create strips twice as wide as the others. I also cut the strips when emptying the basket to make them smaller.

The blades get clogged and have to be cleaned if you shred a small stack of documents. But, taking everything into consideration, this shredder is a good buy and good quality. The price is cheap, it's sturdy but compact, and adjusting to perpendicular placemant, occasional blade clogging, and cutting or folding 8x10 paper are acceptable inconveniences. Amazon got it to me within 2 or 3 days with free shipping!