Customer Reviews

Fellowes PS70-2 Office Strip Cut Shredder (36170)

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I live in a high rise apartment building with 200 apartments sharing a commen trash dumpster. When I moved here 5 years ago I observed that I had several nosy neighbors who, whenever they saw any documents in the dumpster would open them and read them. As I occasionally have Bank and Tax records as well as documents pretaining to clients that I must despose of. I determined that I would have to have a shredder to protect these papers. I have had several less expensve shredders over the past few years and none of them have lasted very long.

When I first saw the PS70-2 in a store it looked as if it might be what I needed. I found it at Amazon for about half the store price even with shipping charges applied so I ordered one.

When it arrived I had a backlog of documents to destroy so spent the afternoon shredding. By the time I was finished I had to empty the 7 gal waste basket 3 times. During this time it shut down once to cool off. After cooling down it went right back to work without a problem.

The design of the pull out waste basket allows it to be emptied without the usual mess encountered with other shredders. Although not designed for the large office that generates a large amount of paperwork, the PS70-2 is ideal for a small office, a Home/Office or the person who just wants to keep his confidential information confidential.

I keep wearing out my shredders and I just upgraded to this one.
Two GREAT features. No more to opening unwanted mail to get at the parts that need shredding. Now - with the 12 page capacity, I just walk from the mail box to the shredder and out it goes.

Two - the pull out bin is a major luxury after you've spent a few years emptying the old style units .

After receiving the shredder I threw away the packing and documentation (BIG MISTAKE) and then tried it. The motor binds. I have to reverse-forward it back and forth to get it to work. Wouldn't buy another one.

Seems to shred OK but the stand and pull out drawer are pretty flexable. This makes it difficult to reinsert the drawer properly without fussing around with it. If it is not in just right, the shredder won't run. I've been using an older model Fellows shredder (until it died) and it was much easier to operate.