AS810SD 8-Sheet Strip-Cut Paper, CD and Credit Card Shredder Basket

It is very capable,yet small enough to go unnoticed. So handy... Thank you

This is a great shredder. Sturdy and shreds quickly but it is a little loud. I’ve never had a shredder that was quiet though. I put 3 sheets of paper at a time to avoid jamming. It fits nicely in my closet while not in use.

I purchased this shredder in 2010 and continue to use it in 2014. The shredder still functions well, despite that I have occasionally pushed it a tad beyond its limits (there was one occasion in which I tried to jam too much paper into it at once and the motor overheated; however, when I allowed it to rest a while it continued to function as usual). It can handily shred into strips up to 8 or so pages at a time, or a few envelopes of junk mail, but as has been pointed out by others, if you are looking for more security with your shreds, you probably want to find a shredder that does more than long strips. The same is true with credit card shreds. It shreds them easily, but only does so in strips, so if you are worried that someone might obtain those strips and reconstruct the card somehow, you will need to either shred the strips again, or burn the card somewhat before you shred. The container itself is small, about the size of a small office garbage can. However, the actual shredding mechanism simply sits atop the garbage pail portion, so it is easily emptied. In the alternative, you could shred directly into a larger pail or garbage bag. Ultimately, if you are looking for an office shredder, this is probably not for you. If you are looking for a simple shredder for home use and to shred the junk mail, credit card solicitations, or other materials that may contain personal information, this shredder does a fine job for a very low price.

In our house we have something referred to as "cardboard mountain." I am a bulk shopper and also frequently buy things online. This influx of cardboard is far more than our normal recycling bin can handle on a weekly basis so the excess cardboard began getting stacked one day in the corner next to our kitchen garbage. The mountain grew bigger and taller each week over the past year or so despite my best efforts. Recently I saw someone on Facebook post about using this shredder to break down their cardboard. I took a chance and bought one because any way to remove that heap of recyclable eyesores would be a game changer. The day it arrived I was so excited! A shredder is a silly thing to be excited about but I had hated cardboard mountain for so long. I fired it up and sure enough, it ripped through the cardboard!! It can eat through most normal boxes/Amazon/etc. with easy, including the very package it came in! Heavy duty boxes not so much, but that's ok by me. It runs for about 15-20min at a time before needing to cool down which is plenty in normal circumstances (took quite a few goes to chew through the whole mountain) and its fairly easy to cut boxes down to the width of the opening. This shredder has given me the corner of my kitchen back and I no longer worry about guests looking at the looming stack of boxes representing my many many online purchases. I've tried recommending it to friends and it seems they don't share my problem, but hopefully someone here does. It's truly an excellent little device and for the price point, I'm happy with it regardless of how long it ends up lasting.

I am very happy with Aurora shedder mach. It does exactly what it says. Run for 15 minutes ( maybe a little more ) and cooling time 2 minutes. And strip cut doesn't jam, much better than cris cut. I don't know how I didn't see the Aurora when I purchased the Woolschen which is a NIGHTMARE. Jam all the time, only runs for 5 minutes and 30 minutes waiting time to cool off. So stressful that I didn't return , I dumped it in the garbage. Do not recommend cris cut.

good quality

Item works great

ok, so I bought this mainly to shred my cds from high school. I had a bunch of stuff stored with random junk on them that I wanted gone. Anyways, it shreds in both parts. The one side just breaks them, but the other side shreds them lol. it looks funny to see a shredded cd :D Anyways, I had problems figuring out the cd part at first. I didn't know you had to push the button and then hold it even after it's done because sometimes the pieces get caught in the bottom and it just needs a little extra to get those out. That's why i just used the shredder on it at first. lol. Anyways, I have tried up to 6 pieces of paper on it so far at the same time, and it can probably do a little more. Like 12. Actually, I put a catalog in it and it done the catalog :D All those pamphlet I had from old work places it done those too including my WalMart Debit Card from back to when I worked at WalMart :D The only problem I have with it is sometimes I will switch the thing to reverse and it goes the other way creating a mess for me :( I didn't deduct stars from it though because that is more of my problem. Actually, I wish that I had bought one with a bigger case because the tub doesn't hold much for me. I bought the little one though because I just wanted it in my room and thought I didn't require a bigger one. I guess I was wrong :( Anyways it works great though :D I assume after I shred all my other papers and just shred what comes in the mail it will be ok. LoL i guess it depends on the thickness of the magazine. I just tried to shred a thick magazine and it didn't take it lol :) oh well. Those aren't really important. Oh ya, and it doesn't do coupons. Well it kinda does, but doesn't. Update: The cd shredder is annoying. Every time I shred a cd it gets stuck in the gears or a piece gets stuck in the gear and I have to go in with tweezers to get it :( The trash can is so small, that by the time I have started on my stuff it's half-way filled and after it gets half-way you basically have to change it because the paper gets stuck or jammed in the shredder part :(