Bonsaii 18-Sheet Cross-Cut 60-Min Run Heavy Duty Paper Shredder

This is a great shredder and will take up to 18 sheets at a time. It's on rollers and it was well worth the price.

Grok AI told me that this shredder could handle cardboard and it does! I remove the labels and tape before shredding and it makes great mulch for my garden and compost. Cardboard shredders cost over $1000 so this is a bargain.

The product is made by a very reputable firm. They use a third party help with issues and provide resolution. The shreddar stopped working after a few weeks. The third party had a procedure to sort through the things that could possibly be wrong. My issue was far down the list. They work with me for over a week until I had a working shredder. At this point I can diagnose stoppages by my self. One of the most important things is to ensure proper lubrication and to follow the procedures for regular cleaning and lubrication. It does require patience and a stick-to-it-attitude

Excellent equipment.

After my dad got cancer I moved home to help my folks, I never realized how much paper, cardboard, and paperboard piles up from ease of use online shopping and every day purchases. So i got into composting, and this shredder has mowed through years worth of paper products. I love it.

Never jams, shreds a lot of paper without overheating, and is quiet. I’ve used it for about 6 months now, and I highly recommmend!

This thing is very powerful. It took care of all of our shredding needs. Works perfectly.

Recently received my new Bonsai C149-C, 18 sheet shredder. I was looking for something that was heavy duty as my previous shredder was our first and it was a much lower capacity shredder and thermal heat-up was issue if you got into significant volumes of shredding. My old shredder would thermally overload after about 15 minutes, and at least a 30 minute wait was required before the thermal overload cleared. It took quite a bit of time to process. So, when I looked for a new shredder--one of the biggest factors for me was getting the most shredding time before thermal overload, as well as being able to handle the maximum number of sheets with a large enough receptor bin so I did not have to constantly stop the process to empty the receptor bin. The Bonsai C149-C did all that---the shredder is rated at 18 sheet load capacity depending on the thickness of paper product you are shredding--plus as in all shredders--there is a recommendation to run at about 70% of capacity for better wear and life expectancy, so that equates to about 12 sheets. Compared to my old shredder of 3 sheets maximum, that is a big jump as in at least 4 times the process volume. Additionally, I recently put the machine to the test--I had 3 phone book size (2" high) stacks of shredding material--I ran the shredder and varied the feed anywhere from just a few sheets to up to 12 sheets at a time and the unit continued to shred thorough all that material for a period of just about up to an hour--without issue. With a 6 gallon bin, emptying was reduced and the cross-cut shredding actually allowed for even more volume to be accumulated within the bin before emptying was required. The unit appears to be quite heavy duty and comes with casters to make it easy to pull out closer to your work area and simple to return to a storage area. Using the unit is simple and emptying the bid is also simple. As I have only had this unit for a matter of weeks, I cannot quite report on long term durability however, judging from the heavy duty look of the unit, I am hopeful that it will bring many years of good dependable service with ease. At this point, I would highly recommend this unit. I will continue to use the unit and provide updated reviews as time progresses. One more note, the unit was manufactured in China, with a USA subsidary and I did have some questions so I communicated with Bonsaii via email. That experience was a complete joy--Their response was within 24 hours, detailed, polite and very accommodating. They are quality and customer oriented. All these considerations, led me the conclusion that a 5 star rating was warranted.

Es exactamente lo que esperaba y no se calienta si la utilizas un buen rato, lo que no me gustó es que es muy pequeño su contenedor y se llena muy rápido.

It is really good! You can shredder a long time without it getting hot. Worth the money

Very quiet and shreds into small pieces. I love my new shredder!

Unwrap it carefully. Buy the oil but not the bags. I am trying to be as green as possible and in early retirement I have been shredding a lot of old work related documents as well as my daily i newspaper and as much of our lockdown delivery cardboard as fits through the shredder. First impressions: It arrived as predicted within 48 hours and was well packed and Undamaged. As described by others the Castors look fragile and are not free running even after lubrication. It was bought to replace well used (10yrs+ ) but jammed and burned out high end domestic Fellowes machine with a easy to empty basket. ( see comparison in photo ). I am using the plastic bag that came around it in the box, it was also supplied with a single bag inside as well. Buying commercial see through polythene shredder bags will be convenient but they cost 16p each and won’t biodegrade. I oiled the cutter blades before use. Performance after filling one bag to brim: Noise - much, much less noisy than my old machine and more pleasant pitch - you could work in the same room. Capacity- 20 mins continuous use including up to 16 sheets of professional magazine shiny paper, several i newspapers torn in half lengthways, amazon cardboard book delivery cartons folded double thickness to full width (22cm) I didn’t try it on copier paper. The cooling fan comes on while in use but at no time did it run over after finishing shredding an item. As reported by others, for security purposes, the chads are wider than other machines but for composting this does not matter. I suspect this also the reason for its quietness and speed. It cross cut the newspaper much more effectively and therefore the shreddings sat down in the bin more easily. As a result I got a lot more in the bag than my old machine. I try not to compact the shreddings as that defeats the speed of compost making. Speed: for home use it was comparable to the old Fellowes and for a once a day session I am content but you cannot fill an auto feed and walk away. There was a slight delay on both starting and starting to reverse - this might be a good thing. It stopped 2 seconds after the cutters cleared. It stopped automatically on the first fill but I am not sure if that is a feature. Ergonomics: it’s lower than the old machine but the slot is same distance from the front. This made it more of a strain to feed it while standing but it’s shape and size and the (careful use of ) the castors mean it would be ideal for sitting under a desk. The bag sits over the rim at the back and sides and I did not have a significant spillage, the clips at the front are a bit fiddly but once you master the technique it clips in and prevents leaks at the front. I would not want to tip the shreddings straight from the bin into a plastic bin bag as the plastic felt quite fragile and the rectangular shape would not fit easily into the bag for a second fill and protruding plastic lugs would tear the bag. But transferring shreddings form the transparent bag to another bag was pure dead simple. Reliability: no comment Excellent first impressions. If it lasts then it should be more than adequate to supply my Allottment with brown material to go with the kitchen waste and grass clippings

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