Customer Reviews

Fellowes Powershred PS70-2CD Personal Strip-Cut Shredder

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This is my third shredder. My last shredder (about $60 and a cross-cut shredder) lasted about 3 months before the motor went. I spent a lot of time researching available shredders and I knew that I had to spend more money if I was to get something that would last.

This shredder is excellent. I decided to buy a Fellowes brand because I purchased other Fellowes products for my small business, and they have performed wonderfully.

This shredder is built with the small office in mind. The motor is powerful, the feed is smooth, and the throat is wide. It is on the louder side but only because it is a strong motor. You can "hear" with every shred that this machine will stand up to the challenge of daily shredding of a small office for many years.

This is a strip-cut shredder and it provides satifactory security if that is a concern of yours. Although the cross-cut shredders provide a bit more security (because they shred into smaller pieces), I personally do not think they are worth the added cost and much shorter lifespan. This shredder has some nice features (you can see when it needs emptying and it lets you know if the basket is not aligned with the shredder/motor), but these are not important - it's all about how well this machine shreds, and how it can stand up to the demands of the office.

I am very happy with the performance of this shredder and I would buy another one.

I bought this unit while preparing for a move (I didn't feel like taking, or leaving a million old bank statements). Its not perfect but it has a number of features you won't find in a $39.95 shredder.

First, its always on. It has a feed sensor so there's no need to hold the paper with one hand and the power switch with the other. Second, it will shread about 8-10 pages at a time, staples and all. Third, this model (the PS70-2CD) shreds credit cards and CDs. Awesome.

On the downside, with shredding capability like this the basket fills right up and you have to keep emptying it. Also with narrow strips like checks you have to feed right down the middle as the sensor that turns the unit on is mounted dead center--so if you feed something off to one side of the feed slot the sensor may not see it and will either fail to switch the unit on or stop before you're through.

That said, its worth the money. Heck, if Ken Lay had one of these babies he'd be on the golf course right now. Oh--I forgot...he is on the golf course.

Shred on!

Man, this machine just destroys and shreds ANYTHING! At my job, I hold the highly coveted title of "Executive Document Shredder" so not to sound arrogant, but I know a thing or two about shredders. When I arrived on the first day for my job, I was absolutely horrified to discover a 2001 paper shredder. Atrocious. I demanded they purchase a machine that would reciprocate my level of document shredding. The company listened and now I am happily sitting in the copy/mail room for 9 straight hours, 6 days a week, shredding important documents. The only way this machine could've got 5 stars was if it had a pull-out cot so I could shred in my sleep.

I have had my PS80C-2 for a little over 2 years. My cutterhead supposedly had a 20 year warranty. I regularly (every shredding session) oil the cutters with canola oil (recommended in the owner's manual) and my useage is well below the claimed duty rating. Recently, the unit began to jam more frequently and the shreds started exiting as a single mass rather than as loose shreds. I called customer support and they had me inspect the bottom of the cutterhead for broken or missing plastic fingers. Several were missing. Even though these fingers are an integral part of the cutterhead and the cutter head won't function without them, Fellowes claims that they are not part of the cutterhead and that they are not covered by warranty. Still worse, they are not an available part so my only recourse (according to Fellowes) is to buy a new shredder! Fellowes self-serving definition as to what is part of the "cutterhead" and what is not is at best dishonest. Don't buy a Fellowes shredder for the warranty as they will define themselves out of honoring it. I did get a couple of years of use out of it though. So, if you can get a reconditioned unit really inexpensively, it might be worth a shot as a disposable product.

The Fellows Powershred works exactly as indicated by the manufacurer. This is a great shredder for the Amazon.com price. I would highly recommend it!

Amazon also does a great job of shipping packages and I recieved it on time and in prefect condition.

The shredder does a great job, but when you go to pull the trash bag out of the storage place, it tears EVERY SINGLE TIME on the handle - which some bright spark designed to angle into the drawer. Tears the bag down the middle and leaves a big mess.

How hard would it have been to place the handle on the outside of the drawer???

I curse the designer every time I empty this machine.

Fellowes uses plastic gears in some of their shredders such as the P400C-2. These will wear out (all the teeth broke off on mine) and they do not support replacement parts after 5 years.