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Once shredders were the purview of corporate users.
Today, shredders are indispensable for everyone as a bulwark against identity theft.
Fellowes shredders are regnant in home offices.
They are inexpensive compared to many of their competitors so people often buy them.
The trouble is most people have experience with their office shredders and presume that any shredder will do.
The reality is that it's best to buy a larger shredder than you think you might need.
You might find you want to just want to immediately shred some junk mail without opening it.
A less capable shredder will loose a few teeth in the process and probably jam.
Get a better shredder and it may work.
Now Fellowes shredders are no worse than than the other ones, but people often buy less capabile ones. So be sure you get one that can shred CD's, credit cards, staples and paper clips. It should also be able to shred more than 8 pages at once. We also think that it's worthwhile to to get confetti cut rather than strip cut. Confetti or cross cut shredders slice the item into strips and then cut those strips into pieces. In some sense the security provided by the shredder is measured by the width of the strips and the lengthof those strips. Ideally a shredder will make very narrow strips that are as long as they are wide. It is rare to get shredders of this caliber at low price points, so we compromise. Remember, some shredding is always better than no shredding. So even if you can't get the best shredder get some shredder for protection. Confetti cut is very hard to piece together and more unlikely to have something on a piece of paper with stealing. If you choose to purchase a less capable shredder we enjoin you to purchase an extended warrantee on your new shredder. Even if you purchase the best shredder available we would advise aquisition of additional protection from failure. Shredders have many moving parts, so it's easy for them to fail. The warrantee should cover any mechanical failure and be issued from a reputable source. The perspicacious shopper will apply great alacrity in the selection of their next shredder. of the four major dissertates associated with paper shredders, high capacity ranks first in our opinion. The loquacious direct marketers provide a deluge of corporeal material for any shredder. |
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