Aurora AU870MA High-Security 8-Sheet Micro-Cut Paper Credit Card Shredder Black

Good shredder
Picking a shredder to purchase was much more difficult than I thought it would be. So many reviews that were positive and negative for the same machine. This shredder works very well. It cuts papers into small indistinguishable pieces. It’s for my home office, so it doesn’t bother anyone that it is a little loud. I didn’t try shredding 8 pieces of paper at a time, I’ve stayed with 3 or 4 pages and it does a good job. Emptying the shredder is simple. I’ve only used it for about a week but have emptied the shredding twice, so I feel I’ve given it a workout and I’m very pleased.

A great shredder with a very poor base container
I bought this to replace a very reliable strip shredder that has done a good job for years. Faced with deleting 6 years of personal financial records I needed something that could do as good a job for more than 3 pages at a time without frequently overheating or jamming.The basic shredding machine part works well. The top handle which is easy to miss if you don’t read the manual is strong enough to support the heavy machine, and comfortable enough to lift it one handed. If you don’t overfill it, and you run the machine in reverse for 15 seconds, it lifts off with no residue on its underside. It has an automatic paper sense and a container safety switch that prevents it from working if not tightly fitted to its catch bin.It will shred approximately 200 letter size pages between emptying, and has no difficulty with standard office staple or credit cards with chips. It can shred 8 sheets of fresh 20# copy paper, although its motor ran louder as I increased the number from 3 to 8. I found that it has a harder time with older records. I had to limit those to 5-6 sheets at a time. I was able to shred batches of 100 sheets with natural breaks of 2-3 seconds without it overheating in an 85F non-airconditioned room.This shredder does that, but it has what I consider a very annoying flaw. With little or no encouragement, it falls over where my previous shredder didn’t. WHEN it falls over, home vacuum cleaner has a hard time collecting the micro-shreds and paper dust it creates.I tried bracing the back against the wall, which helped until the torque of the motor made the narrow base creep toward the wall and it tipped over -twice. The second time the machine detached from the base and spilled shreds and dust across the floor. When I tried vacuuming it some of the paper dust was lifted into the air by the brushes and scattered wider by the exhaust.I like the shredder enough that I’m going to fasten it against a wall or table leg with a tether strap like B008RIUTX0 or B09MZDK9Y2. I suggest that if you get the same design unit that you do the same.

Great shredder, works well, but basket a bit hard to empty
We’ve had at least 3 shredders over the years, from the simple strip shredders of years ago, to the micro-cut shredder. Shred level is appropriate for home financial documents. Noise is not bad. Our previous Amazon shredder had a removable basket while the head stayed mounted to the frame; on this unit, the head sits atop the basket, so when you need to empty it, you have to remove the head off the basket, and find a place to put it temporarily. I know there are still versions with pull out baskets, but their price has increased. We don’t have to empty ours all that often, so from a price point, this works just as well. The more difficult challenge is the closing cutter cover on top; it doesn’t open beyond 45 degrees, which makes it more difficult to insert paper for shredding. Our previous unit didn’t have that. I’m not sure that the cover makes it all that much safer, but it’s there. For the price, an acceptable unit. If we get 2-3 years out of it, I’ll declare success! Biggest issue across all shredders is keeping the cutters lubed. Scrap 8.5 x 11 paper lightly coated (not saturated!) with higher temp oils (olive or avocado) should be used periodically. You can spend more, buying those pre-lubed shredder sheets, but why?? Just search on how to do this on the web. It does extend cutter life. This is a good budget choice!

Muy buen producto y excelente servicio del vendedor.

This is the best home shredder I’ve owned to date. It can manage up to 5 sheets of paper at a time and it shreds paper into tiny little pieces. It can keep going for about 30 minutes before you have to shut it off and let it cool down.