Royal Jaws 5 Sheet Stripcut Shredder and Basket

by Royal

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 15 x 18 inches ; 6.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004TS2W
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 4, 2000

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Major financial institutions report that consumer identity fraud is on the rise, but you can safeguard the private information in your home or office by shredding your paper waste with the Royal Jaws seven-sheet stripcut shredder and basket. Destroy bank statements, canceled checks, pay stubs, credit card bills, tax records, investment information, PINs, passwords, visas, and expired passports before they get into the wrong hands.

The Royal Jaws combo operates at an energy-efficient 0.05 horsepower, yet gives you the muscle to shred up to seven sheets at a single pass. This shredder stripcuts at the rapid rate of 18 feet per minute, and it is designed with a 9.5-inch throat that is wide enough to handle a variety of document sizes. Sheets are quickly cut into minute 0.25-inch strips and neatly discarded into the wastebasket below. Shredding can prevent confidentiality violations of your most important information, so take control over the security of your private documents. --Carol Pierce

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive shredder for future Enron executives, May 11, 2002

By 

J. Turner (Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Royal Jaws 5 Sheet Stripcut Shredder and Basket (Office Product)

This model is under-powered, and jams when overfed. That said, this shredder is also one of the cheapest shredders on the market. It also has an automatic feeder sensor, so you don't have to turn it on and off constantly-- just stick the paper in and it starts shredding.

To summarize.it works - just the way I like it.

If you only shred a few documents a month (credit card bills, bank statements), then there really isn't a point in laying out several hundred dollars. I would recommend this one, or similar shredder.

On the other hand, if you have a lot of papers to dispose of, you might want to invest in a higher priced and higher quality model.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good for a year..., August 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Royal Jaws 5 Sheet Stripcut Shredder and Basket (Office Product)

My wife purchased this item for my home office two years ago. After two years of light work, this product fails to shred one sheet of paper at a time....Good for one year only...!!!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An average shredder, with a great price., June 13, 2002

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GadgetGuy (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Royal Jaws 5 Sheet Stripcut Shredder and Basket (Office Product)

Let's face it... the fact is, they all last for a couple of years or so, and then slowly (or often quickly) fail.

Since I came to the (paranoid?) conclusion that shredding things with my name, address and other personal information on them was important, I've gone through them at a faster clip than I'd like. The Royal Jaws was my fifth, and perhaps the least expensive of the bunch.

My logic? Why pay any more than I had to for one if it's not going to last more than a year or two anyhow!

Like other shredders for home and small office use, the Royal doesn't much care for heavy duty use, or trying to cram things down its throat that it wasn't designed for. But if you shred within its stated capacity, the unit performs as advertised.

Perhaps the only drawback is that the shredding mechanism in the Royal uses thin blades, akin to mini circular saws, versus the heavier toothy wheels of some other shredders. But in practice, while the latter seems stronger and more robust, in my experience they don't last any longer.

What I wish I had was a hefty shredder that would digest anything that dared be placed in its intake slot. (I'm thinking something with a 2-cycle gas powered engine, perhaps!) But as long as the typical shredder is destined to be a lightweight, regularly-replaced sort of affair, why spend more than you need to? Get this cost-effective Royal instead.