Customer Reviews

Fellowes Shredmate Cross Cut Shredder (37788)

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This unit is a good shredder - the confetti it generates is well-shredded. But I find this unit is a real pain in the patootie to empty. There's no handle to grab - it's a smooth, nearly featureless shred-unit that contains a heavy shreding head and motor. There's just nothing to grab to get this thing off the container portion. And when you do open it, shredded paper tends to scatter itself. Because of a safety slot, I can't figure out how to put a liner bag into it. It shreds well, but it is a pain to empty.

This shredder performs well, though it struggles to shred anything relatively thick. I had expected the shredder to be bigger. If size doesn't matter (it is only wide enough for paper 4 inches) and you don't have a lot of shredding to do at once, it is just fine.

I bought one of these [at a store]. It looks a little different from the one at the picture but the name is the same. Mine has the opening in the front and the switch in the back. It's pretty small and sits anonymously on your desk.

The opening is 4 1/2 inch wide, just enough to cut a letter that's folded in half. It does a good job. No paper jam or unshredded paper. The wastebasket is small and doesn't hold much. The paper pieces get somewhat bent so they don't fall flat hence they take up more space in the basket.

It's definitely not for heavy use but for use in your office where you just need to shred a few pieces of paper once in a while it works perfect.

I often rely on these reviews so I want to let you know how much I LOVE this little shredder!
It IS small...that is the beauty of it...it is small, but powerful! It shreds credit cards. I like that.
It takes up a very small space and is not tall, so you can easily put it on a desk surface and use it as you open all of the pieces of junk mail!
Of course, it isn't practical if you have huge bundles of papers to shred...you'd need a larger machine. But for the everyday mail and paper shredding that I do, it is really great. You do have to fold the full sized papers, but when I get mail, I just put the pre-folded junk into the shredder. For the convenience of this machine, I don't mind having to fold the paper on those few times that it is necessary.
I used to have one of those larger shredders that fit over a waste basket, but it was too big, kept tipping over, and was noisy.
I'm telling you...I really love this little shredder and I am very happy that I found it.

Yes, this shredder is quite small, but for personal use it works quite well. It's ideal for putting it on a desk so it doesn't take up much room but you can still use it to shred receipts and such. It shreds everything into nice tiny pieces and is easy to dump out into the trash.

I bought this shredder from mmoreforless on Amazon and they did not say it was refurbished. It arrived wrapped in dirty paper towels (to soak up the leaking oil) and in a torn Little Debbie Snack Cakes box. Maybe okay from ebay, but not from Amazon.

But the shredder works fine. It is permanently stained from the oil, but is useable.

Recently returned this item due to the fact it would not meet our needs. Item was smaller than I thought although if I had read the entire description, I would have known and not purchased it. Total size is about as big as a large coffe can and the opening is very small. To shred a regular size paper, you would have to fold it in half the long way and insert it. I guess it would work if you wanted a small shredder on your desk and only shredded credit card receipts and such. Picture was a little misleading on size.

When I first opened the package, I said to myself "Wait a min....is this what I paid for?" Because it was tiny~!!!! LOL I was like "You got to be kidding...~!! The smallest shredder I have ever seen in my life~!!" I bought it for my home office use, and spent hrs researching for the best kind to buy, reading review, and etc. I finally got my "well researched" item in hand,....and and...~!!! Well, I guess I will have to stay with this for a while. It is UGLY design and color to go with it. Besides its Made in USA. SIGH...........SUCK. Will see how I will get used to this tiny machine sitting in my home office.....may be I will spray paint it, since its so ugly. As far as Size, I can not help it.....I can not imagine anyone would make such small paper shredder~! What were they thinking?