Bonsaii 6-Sheet Cross-Cut Compact Paper Shredder for Home Use

This is a fab little shredder. Does the job effectively and shreds things to tiny pieces. Easy to empty. Only thing I found the plug to be quite short as I like to have this propped on a table, but nevertheless it's great quality and value. Even has a handle! I'd recommend.

Super little shredder. Eats through paper and keeps going for a good while. Managed to shred two huge black bags of paper very quickly. Also like the handle, which helps when emptying bin, as this type of shredder has quite a heavy motor that needs lifting off. All in all a very good buy.

Powerful, robust and works as described. Good for the price.

Brilliant, just does what I need it to do.

I bought this to replace my old shredder which was getting warm and cutting out, it was also around 3 times the price of this machine. Straight from the off this Bonsaii shredder coped very well with a pile of paper which the old machine couldn't handle. Shreds paper into small pieces and doesn't clog up the cutters. Very happy with it.

I chose the Bonsaii brand because I previously had a larger Bonsaii model that lasted me 8 years and then broke. That one was used heavily but I do a lot less shredding now. The new one worked out of the box and I tested it with about a dozen sheets. The cross-cut shredded particles are very fine. I just have a minor criticism which is that you need to remove the top to empty it - I would prefer the basket to slide out but overall I am pleased with the purchase.

Only four stars as only having just received it, I cannot comment on reliability. But what I can comment on is its effectiveness in the job that it does, there's nothing useful left that any would-be identity-thief could ever use from the remains, to be able to put your personal data at risk. Not unless they have the patience of a saint and an eternity to put things back together. Even so, mainly due to the habit I got into with my old Fellowes shredder that gave up the ghost last week after ten years of service, I still only shred the pages of any document that have my name, address and any other personal and account information on them, and I also don't do them all at the same time - just in case (paranoia). I will always split multi-page documents into two piles of odd and even pages, and will them shred one half one week and other half the next. This carries on week-after-week. Overkill maybe, but effective as there is never a whole document in the recycling bag - ever. The reason is that the old Fellows was a straight-cut straight shredder. Old habits fie hard. It fits in the same space between two cabinets, and holds more than the other one did. It is rather noisy in comparison, when it is turned on it will run for a few seconds, probably to clear the cutters. It's so simple to use there's no need to go into it here. It says it can do six sheets, staples, etc. It can definitely do six sheets, but I don't like the way it slows down and sounds like it is straining to cut them, so I prefer no more than three sheets, and only if I have a lot to shred, otherwise a single sheet at a time is fine. It will certainly eat through a staple with no effort whatsoever. I am hopeful that I now will never have to buy another, and I know my shredded paper details are completely safe. A word on the lubrication. I bought dedicated shredder oil at the same time, turns out, on reading the manual, that there was no need at all. All you will need is vegetable oil, a much cheaper by volume than the dedicated stuff, and like myself, something you already have at home.

Great product, does exactly what it says on the tin