Customer Reviews for Fellowes Powershred 485Ci 30-Sheet Cross-Cut Multi-Media Commercial Shredder (38485)
Fellowes Powershred 485Ci 30-Sheet Cross-Cut Multi-Media Commercial Shredder (38485) is Out of stock
Item # : 487921
Model # : 38485
Destroy confidential or proprietary documents efficiently with this Fellowes Powershred Jam Proof cross-cut shredder.
- Commercial cross-cut shredder is designed for busy professionals
- Shreds credit cards, staples, paper clips, CDs/DVDs, and paper up to 30 sheets at 20' per minute
Price is $3,999.99
22 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Oct 21, 2025
Perfect
This shredder is good for a small team of eight to use.
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Most helpful critical review
Posted Sep 29, 2009
Oil problems
I researched shredders for a month before I chose to get this one for our office. When it works, it's great. The first one I got had a missing part and leaked oil. I had that part replaced but still had problems with oil leaking. They sent me a new machine. This one doesn't seem to leak because we only add 1/2 a bottle of oil at a time but now the jam light stays on and...
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MARY A.
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Staples Business
Posted Oct 21, 2025
Perfect
This shredder is good for a small team of eight to use.
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Response from Staples :
Thank you for your feedback Mary! We appreciate the five-star rating. Thank you for choosing Fellowes!
C. M., October 22, 2025
JULI K.
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Staples Business
Posted Nov 12, 2021
Shredder
works great takes more paper and very quite
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ADAM J
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staples.ca
Posted Feb 13, 2019
Great shredder
Fast and efficient shredder!
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A.J.
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Staples Business
Posted Feb 13, 2019
Great shredder
Fast and efficient shredder!
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Payroll
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fellowes.com
Posted Aug 22, 2017
Great Machine...Out with the old in with the new
Great purchase for our small office. Good safety features. The shreader tells you if you are trying to feed it too many sheets or if you can feed it more. Also it warns you if the bag is filled reducing clean up. It is quiet enough to continue with a conference call one office away.
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Response from Staples :
We are glad that you are enjoying all of the included features of our 485Ci and we thank you for choosing our shredder for your small office environment!
AS, August 23, 2017
PJPJ
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fellowes.com
Posted Aug 1, 2017
So good we bought two
The shredder has a very intuitive sensor so our big shred jobs went very quickly. I also never feel like my fingers could come in contact with the blades. The design is clever because it takes space constraints into account and fits into our small available nook, though it is not a tiny machine. It also is not very loud considering the power it has. I also really like n...
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Response from Staples :
Woah, so good that you bought two?! That's so awesome and we appreciate your review.
AS, August 1, 2017
Summit
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Staples Business
Posted May 9, 2017
shredder
Everyone on our floor seems to like it and appreciate the fact it works well.
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Posted May 9, 2017
shredder
Everyone on our floor seems to like it and appreciate the fact it works well.
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Summit
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Staples Business
Posted Jun 8, 2016
Social Service Supervisor
The Shredder appears to be working very well for our Social Services department. It seems well able to handle the amount of paper needing to be shredded on a daily basis.
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Posted Jun 8, 2016
Social Service Supervisor
The Shredder appears to be working very well for our Social Services department. It seems well able to handle the amount of paper needing to be shredded on a daily basis.
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Structa
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Posted Oct 26, 2015
Worth Repeating
We already had this model when given the opportunity to replace it with anything we wanted. We decided that because our old model was still running strong and easy enough to maintain, that we'd like another, newer model and are pleased to have it! Our organization does a lot of shredding of docs and CDs/DVDs so we needed a powerful strong unit.
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Response from Staples :
Thank you for choosing Fellowes and our 485Ci once again! We appreciate your patronage.
AS, October 29, 2015
Fab4Girl
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fellowes.com
Posted Apr 6, 2011
XLNT Shredder!
Replaced a very old, NOISY shredder with a Fellowes. Only issue seems to be slower shredding, but that could be due to fact Fellowes is a criss-cross and old machine did strips. Old machine sounded like a jet taking off. This is a great shredder!
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Jill
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Posted Sep 20, 2010
Average
The machine is basically an average machine. I was quite surprised since we paid a pretty penny for it. It's quite loud. But besides that, it does what it is supposed to do without any trouble.
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Paula K.
Posted Sep 1, 2010
Quite happy with the shredder
For the most part we really like this shredder. One of the biggest downfalls is that it does not seem to take as many sheets of paper as advertised. On the positive side--the collection box in the bottom is much better then the rack we had on the last shedder.
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ahatuwm
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Posted Mar 8, 2010
The shredder worked great in the beginning but after a year or so the shedder sometimes work but most times doesn't. The jam light stays on and there is nothing jamming it.
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Paula K.
Posted Dec 16, 2009
Messy!
Although it has the oil bottle handy and automatic it requires much more than are old machine did.
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DJ
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Posted Sep 29, 2009
Oil problems
I researched shredders for a month before I chose to get this one for our office. When it works, it's great. The first one I got had a missing part and leaked oil. I had that part replaced but still had problems with oil leaking. They sent me a new machine. This one doesn't seem to leak because we only add 1/2 a bottle of oil at a time but now the jam light stays on and...
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Doctor
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Posted Aug 27, 2009
Good investment
Powerful shredder without jam up issues. Only issue is noisy and occasional squeaks.
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Paula K.
Posted Aug 10, 2009
" I would recommend this product"
It shreds great and really easy to use. I would recommend it it is a little noisy then I wanted.
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Donald
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Posted May 26, 2009
A True Workhorse
With all of the regulations regarding identity theft, it was imperative that we destroy whatever paper documentation that was no longer necessary for our credit cards and credit accounts. The C-480C fit the bill and has met all of our expectations.
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