Light-Duty Powershred Model P-40 Strip-Cut Paper Shredder

by Fellowes

Product Details

• Item Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• ASIN: B000J0AQ8W
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 1, 2006

Product Description

***Product Description Light-Duty Powershred® Model P-40 Strip-Cut Paper Shredder Features: ? Auto start/stop ? Manual reverse mode ? Overload protection ? Wastebin included ? Safety Lock ? Fractional motor HP ? Shreds staples and credit cards ? 1/4" strips ? Shreds at 11 ft. per minute, 8 sheets at a time ? Provides economical security by shredding paper into unreadable strips Light Usage-Design for light-duty users who shred 10-20 times per day. Compact, lightweight design. Ideal for occasional home, home office or deskside use. 9" paper entry. 4.5-gallon wastebin capacity. Sheet-capacity gauge. Safety Lock prevents shredder from accidentally being turned on. 14-1/4w x 9-1/2d x 14-3/4h. Manufacturers one-year machine warranty, three-year warranty on cutters. Recommended shredder bags (UNV35945/FEL36052) sold separately. Shpg. wt. 10 lbs. Black

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Shreds...., January 18, 2011

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This review is from: Light-Duty Powershred Model P-40 Strip-Cut Paper Shredder (Electronics)

This product does exactly what it is intended to do. I have had this shredder for over a year now and it still works.

Pros
-Shreds paper and credit cards
-Very easy cleanup (lift off top and dump basket)
-very easy maintenance

Cons
-Does not really shred as advertised. I believe the manual claims that it can shred 8 pages of paper at a time. I have never been able to accomplish this. At the very most, I can shred 5 pages. Even at 5 pages the shredder sounds like it is going to die and sometimes does stop. I keep the machine oiled but still seems to have trouble shredding multiple pages.

Other thought
-This is no fault of the product as it is a fault of my own. I wish I would have purchased a cross cut shredder instead of this strip-cut. I use this shredder almost daily and have a lot of paper to shred. Sometimes after I shred a document, I can still "piece together" what the document said because of the strip-cut. Again, this is no fault of the product at all. I should have done more research before making the purchase.

Over all, I would recommend this shredder to anyone that has light shredding requirements (monthly bill statements, credit card apps, junk mail, etc.). If you need to shred legal or more personal documents or require multiple pages to be shredded at a time, I might look into a medium-duty shredder.