And, вЂњsince the top lid closes, you donвЂ™t really hear it working.вЂќ That auto-feed tray is many customersвЂ™ favorite feature, since you can вЂњjust stack the papers in the auto feed and walk away,вЂќ as one customer - who has put three-thousand pages through the shredder with вЂњzero jamsвЂќ - puts it. It sucks them in and shreds,вЂќ says one reviewer who wanted to tackle 40 years of documents. He tried to shred over 300 pounds of paper, and вЂњIt barely went warm on our hot Caribbean weather the time I ran it for a little over 14 nonstop hours.вЂќ Though no other customers had to shred that many pounds of paper, plenty of others say that the shredder can easily handle heavy-duty loads and how easy it is to use: вЂњIt will shred up to 150 pages just by opening the cover and placing the pages in a tray, just like a printer. вЂњThe beast will chew up 150 letter-size papers and sit and wait for the little one to finish,вЂќ writes one customer, comparing this 150-sheet capacity paper shredder to his other, smaller shredder. This paper shredder can simultaneously shred 150 sheets at once, making it the highest capacity model on this list - and thatвЂ™s flagged by its 9,000-plus five-star reviewers. ThatвЂ™s much better than his other shredders that had вЂњ2- or 3-minute run time with a 30- to 40-minute recovery.вЂќ Another reviewer says that compared to their older shredder, this one is вЂњbigger, shreds faster, and is so much quieter,вЂќ and it even shreds credit cards and thick sheets of paper вЂњwith the same speed and efficiency.вЂќ

вЂњThere is a built in fan that runs to cool it down while you are using it,вЂќ writes one customer, who ran this shredder continuously for 30 minutes with just a couple of minutes recovery in between loads. вЂњThe shredder handles its 14 paper max with ease, and I have not encountered any jams while using it, even when shredding eight to ten sheets of thick stock paper.вЂќ Dozens of others agree that the shredder handles its paper load without jamming or overheating. вЂњThis shredder is one of the quietest shredders I have ever used,вЂќ begins one reviewer, who says that the loudest part of using the machine is loading papers into the shredder. Nearly 200 five-star reviewers describe this paper shredder as вЂњquiet,вЂќ even though it can handle a heavy-duty load size of up to 14 sheets at once. The mechanism is very sturdy вЂ¦ This has been a 5-star product for me.вЂќ And a third reviewer uses their leftover shreds from this Aurora shredder вЂњfor starting fires in my fireplace,вЂќ and says that after shredding вЂњthe equivalent of about a 2-foot-high stack of paper вЂ¦ ItвЂ™s still running perfectly.вЂќ вЂњEveryone wants these goofy nano-scale shredders that destroy at the subatomic level, and who needs that? Not me!вЂќ writes one reviewer, who loves how this machine churns out вЂњthe perfect linguineвЂќ to be used as вЂњthick, fluffy bird-cage bedding for my flying rats вЂ¦ That powdery paper chuff from the newfangled shredders just wonвЂ™t do.вЂќ Another reviewer, who also specifically chose this shredder in order to use the strips as вЂњbedding/browns for a worm composting system,вЂќ says this вЂњshredder has not failed me yet.

Though strip-cut shredders are generally considered less secure than cross-cut or micro-cut shredders, certain shoppers prefer strips because they can be used for other purposes, such as animal bedding. вЂњIf you put more than six pages, the motor bogs down but will slowly chew through it -В IвЂ™ve done that a few times where it just stopped,вЂќ one says, but luckily, вЂњthere is a reverse switch to unclog it if you get overzealous in your shredding.вЂќ However, the advertised shred volume for this machine is six sheets and the reviewers warn not to push it.

вЂњI expected catastrophic failure like overheating, jams вЂ¦ NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED.вЂќД¬ustomers also vouch for the security of this shredder: The crosscut makes paper вЂњunreadable,вЂќ according to one user, and itвЂ™s powerful enough to do credit cards, too. вЂњThis shredder model just handled a 45-pound four-day shredding party and handled it exceptionally well,вЂќ one says. вЂњIt chomped down everything I threw into its bottomless shredder mouth.вЂќ And more than 100,000 other reviewers give this shredder five stars, with many calling out its large capacity. This guy right here,вЂќ writes one reviewer who says this works like a dream. What lame-o is looking forward to buying a paper shredder.

Omnitech 14 sheet cross cut shredder