Customer Reviews

Royal Machines JS55 6-Sheet Strip-cut Desktop Shredder with Auto Start/Stop and Reverse (Black)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(15)

 

 

From all outer appearances this item looked like it would function well in my office. The day I received it I eagerly placed paper in it only to question if I was using it correctly. I discovered that this item requires an hour or so to warm up before it will shred anything as fed.
But here are some suggested ways to work around it: First, you can leave paper in the mouth and it will sit inactively for 40-60 minutes before it arbitrarily shreds. The noise level is comparable to a sink disposal. A second alternative is to feed the paper from bottom up and hit reverse because that is the only working function available from the get-go.

The paper stripes of 1/4" are too wide. at times Information such as names and phone numbers came out very clear. IF somebody is really after information he shouldn't have much trouble finding it after you throw away your papers

This shredder is ok if you have 3 sheets to shred once a week. You cannot shred sheet repeatedly. It clogs up and is very hard to operate.

I was disappointed in this shredder. It jams frequently and overheats much too quickly. It won't last long I'm sure, and I certainly won't replace it with the same product.

... than it is to use this shredder. In the last hour, I have taken it apart 3 times to unclog it. I have never passed more than 3 sheets through. I am going to tear the rest of my documents by hand, and throw the shredder in the garbage along with the paper scraps.

This is a piece of garbage. It jams even if you try to shred only one sheet of paper the size of a CHECK at a time!

DO NOT BUY!! you'd just be throwing your money down the tube.

It is literally faster to cut up your waste paper with a pair of scissors than to spend time trying to un-jam this piece of garbage.

PS I didn't buy this from Amazon. I have never been dissatisfied with anything I have purchased from Amazon.

The shredder did not even work. I was very disappointed and I already threw away the box and all and I was so fustrated I didn';t even try to send it back. I just didn't want to fool with it.

This shredder stopped feeding the paper 10 minutes after I got it. The manual says to only use for 2 minutes and then let it rest for 4 minutes and then turn the power off, put it in reverse and start over. A long and annoying process! I tried all kinds of things to get it to feed the paper but nothing. Not even worth the 14 dollars it costs!

The only thing I didn't like about my shredder is that it didn't come with a waste basket. No mention of this fact was made on the listing and the image showed a shredder with a waste basket. Fortunately I discovered that it fits perfectly well over the openning of those small black plastic waste baskets that are sold at Office Depot. So now I have a shredder with a waste basket.

Other than the shredder not having a waste basket, the shredder works perfect. No warm-up needed at all. Just plug in, turn on, and begin shredding.

This is a complete waste of money. This machine shreds just one piece of paper at a time. It does not shred credit cards. After I had this machine for less than one week, I was using it one morning, one sheet at a time, for about 15 minutes. It died! Totally stopped working.

This is a complete DO NOT BUY!

I gave it one star because I couldn't figure out how to post my review with no stars.