Royal Vertical Feed Cross Cut Paper Shredder

by Royal

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 14 x 17.5 inches ; 20 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 22.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00066FJRM
• Item model number: VF1000mx
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,081 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Help secure your identity and your credit record with Royal's 10-sheet VF1000MX vertical-feed crosscut paper shredder. The shredder accepts up to 10 sheets of paper at one pass and makes an easy lunch of your staples, small paper clips, credit cards--even your obsolete backup discs via a dedicated CD/DVD slot. Jam-free rollers reduce paper jams, and the unit's steel gears are built to last.

With the handy auto start/stop feature, the shredder starts when you feed it and rests when it's done. An 18-liter removable wastebasket simplifies emptying and cleaning.

Product Description

Feed up to 10 sheets at a time / Includes 18 Liter Capacity Wastebasket / Accepts staples, small paper clips / Shreds Credit Cards / 110V AC

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lethargic Little Shredder from Royal, September 21, 2005

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Bryan Carey "Bryan Carey" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Royal Vertical Feed Cross Cut Paper Shredder (Electronics)

Royal VF1000MX is a medium to compact size shredder for home or office. This unit is multi- purpose and is capable of shredding paper and other items, like CD's and credit cards. It features crosscut action, slicing papers and various forms of media lengthwise and then sideways, making it tougher to piece the shredded material back together.

The cutting action of this shredder is ok, even if not the best on the market. But there are still a few things about this shredder that I find less than ideal. First of all, the receptacle that holds the cut up paper isn't very large and it fills very quickly. There is a small window on the front that you can glance at from time to time to see if the level is too high. The problem is, since this shredder usually sits on the floor, you tend not to notice the level in the window. And if it overfills, the shredder will not accept any more paper. To add to the problem, removing the receptacle when it's overfilled with shredded paper creates a huge mess because the clippings spill out quickly, before you can catch them.

This shredder is also a little less durable than other makes. The one I use has begun to malfunction after just 18 months of use. The problem is that it no longer shuts off automatically following the shredding of a piece of paper. With the setting on "auto", this is how it is supposed to work. Now, I have to manually move the switch to "off" or it will not stop.

Other problems with this shredder include overloading and excessive noise. Royal claims this shredder is capable of handling up to ten sheets of paper at a time, but the company must be referring to tissue paper, because if I attempt to cram ten sheets into the opening, it makes an agonizing noise, overloads itself, and the blades stop turning. At this point, you have to move the switch to reverse to get the paper out, separate into smaller piles, and try again. It is also very noisy for a shredder its size, producing a loud grinding noise that makes it impossible to talk on the telephone within ten feet of the device.

If you need a shredder for small jobs in the home or office, this shredder might be adequate. But for a large office where many people need a shredder, this device is impractical. It cannot handle larger loads and frequent use for very long.

28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good unit, but..., December 12, 2004

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Robert T. Mcdonald (Allenspark, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Royal Vertical Feed Cross Cut Paper Shredder (Electronics)

We have had this unit for about nine months and it has performed flawlessly until recently. It does a good job of rendering CD's useless and a good job on credit cards. It has never jambed and always shreds consistantly. However the dog came up to it the other day and sniffed it. I am assuming a static charge hit the electronics and the shredder started running. Since this unit was off warranty, I opened it up and found what I expected from something made in China: Lots of dull solder joints on the circuit board. Also it seems a little over engineered with a lot of components to fail for just running a motor forward and reverse. It is still usable with the switch, but the auto-start feature is gone. I will use it until it quits, and try to buy one made in the US, or at least Taiwan.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars does the job, July 3, 2006

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Joe "Shmo" (Kokomo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Royal Vertical Feed Cross Cut Paper Shredder (Electronics)

have had this shredder for about a year now and it's still chugging along. if it were quieter or was faster, it'd get a better rating. despite these minor considerations, it shreds well. it's also fairly capable at handling the amount of paper it's supposed to. does a good job on cc's and discs.

so, despite the non-crucial considerations, i'd recommend it. the basket holds a good amount of waste and is easy to empty. haven't had any problems w/ reversing it if i did put too much in either.