Staples 16-Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder

Comments about Staples 16-Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder:

We checked Consumer Reports before purchasing this shredder. We have had other Staples' shredders and they have lasted and lasted. This particular shredder is the best one we have ever had. It pulverises credit cards into the tiny pieces without any problem. It takes bigger amounts of paper all at once. If too much, a light comes on and lets you know to make the amount less. To me, this is like the cadillac, mercedes, etc. of shredders. Very highly recommended.

Comments about Staples 16-Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder:

The Shredder was easy to set up, just plug it in out of the box. It is relatively quiet and does an excellent job shredding into very small micro-cut pieces. However, the energy saving sleep mode requires that the Power Button be pushed to constantly turn it on. On my unit it takes several pushes before it turns on creating stress that one of these days it won't work because it won't turn on. Also, one would wonder how long before the Power button finally fails due to all that pushing on over the years.

I'm afraid the motor will still be good when the unit is eventually put to rest because the Power button finally doesn't work!

This is one time I'm glad the sales person tricked me into buying an extended warranty!

Comments about Staples 16-Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder:

First off, I visited one of my local Staples stores to look at this shredder. They did not have it on display even though the clerk told me the one displayed was the shredder I was looking for (it was actually the old model which is being discontinued). I showed him the picture and he said that sometimes the pictures aren't exactly what they look like--I thought to mysel this guy doesn't know what he is talking about. I saw the boxes up on the high shelves and told him, that they look like the picture I brought from Staples website. Guess what? It was the shredder; good thing I didn't listen to that clerk!

Now on to this shredder: Was excited to get this brand new model shredder because it was on sale and it has a door on it which reveals a separate shredder basket inside, which was just like my older Staples brand shredder. I always use plastic shredder bags and on the old shredder, the plastic bag was hidden once you closed the door. But on this shredder, you can see and feel the bag with the door closed--don't necessarily like that. This shredder is definately louder than the older one--you would think for the price of this shredder, that it would be quieter but it isn't! Also for the price, I think the Micro Cut would be smaller in size. This shredder has clean looking lines and is appealing to the eye. Time will tell how this one stands up to almost daily home use. (My old one still works.) I think I would still recommend a buy on this one.

Comments about Staples 16-Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder:

Works well but body panels vibrate during shredding. I squeeze and/or push on the exterior panels and the noise is reduced substantially. Otherwise an outstanding product.

Comments about Staples 16-Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder:

It has done everything it's advertising claims it will do. I have zero complaints and would buy the same shredder if I was to do it over.

Comments about Staples 16-Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder:

I purchased this shredder to replace an older micro-cut shredder I purchased from Staples over 10 years ago which performed excellant until a gear broke. Staples offered no replacement parts to allow one to fix it. Not happy with that outcome. These micro-cut shredders are too expensive with no way to fix them outside of the warranty. The new 16 page micro-cut shredder is quieter then most other shredders I looked at but it is not as quiet as the old one. The one nice upgrade is that the shredder only has one slot to feed all items through. Likewise it shreds CDs and credit cards into micro pieces. The last shredder only sliced them into strips so for credit cards it was easy to puzzle piece them back together to allow one to get the account number and cardholder's name. Also the waste basket was upgraded with a couple of air holes at the bottom to allow air to enter the basket to help push the waste out of the compartment for easy no-mess dumping. I've used this new shredder for about 2 months so far and I am very pleased with its performance. I shred everything with our name and address on so if you want a micr-cut shred this model does the job. I've rated this at 4-stars because I believe this shredder could be priced a bit more affordable for the budget conscious consumer.