While the shredder does deliver a micro cut the titling of the shredder as “150 sheets” is misleading as that only occurs when you load 150 sheets (no staples etc) into a feeder that slowly feeds them through the shredder. The shredder itself actually only suggests 12 sheets being shred at a time well below the 150 count advertised.
Did everything I asked it to and then some. I had a multitude of files waiting to be shredded and this was the machine for the job. Cost was on the higher end but now I understand why. I took it out of the box and after three hours of shredding documents I was tired however this machine was not. I had to empty the bin about two hours in and it did stop on me about three or four times I pressed the back and forward button and started my work again. This was for home use so it’s not in an office environment but I would buy another one and possibly buy one for an office if I didn’t work in the field. Great oroduct
This shredder is not as good quality as previous Staples shredders I have owned. The multi page feeder is a nice feature but is a little finicky. Most annoying is the lack of places to attach the shredder bag so that all the shredded material falls into the bag and not in the bin. The shredder does the job but I expected better quality for the price.
Written by a customer while visiting Staples
Customer Rating
5
Starz
on May 25, 2024
Posted by: N.J.
from Corbin
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I recently recieved a staples 150 micro cut shredder and I can’t begin to tell you how impressed I am with this machine. To add a little backstory I was the victim of identity theft a few weeks after I caught someone rummaging around my garbage can stealing my garbage. So I needed a machine that would shred my documents into small unreadable pieces. I started with another model but was not Impressed with the shred size so I had to upgrade to the staples 150 shredder. Since the change all my worries of having someone put the pieces together & get the information has subsided bc the shred size is so small it wouldnt be possible. The Staples 150 micro shredder is powerful enough to easily handle a full families demands as I have 5 members in my famlily who use the shredder. The bin size is proportionate for a family of 5s waste & could easily handle a few more members if need be. The shredders small enough to keep in the office beside the desk withoufjt bringing any attention to itself. The speed of other shredders pale in comparison to the staples 150 cut. It offers power and speeds that are rarely needed but always wanted. For these reasons I love this shredder & I highly recommend you just spend the money to get the best & the staples 150 micro cut shredder is by far the best I’ve ever worked with.
This is a good shredder but not as good as I was anticipating from the description of shredding 150 pages. Yes the document shredder tray holds 150 pages and then feeds them into the shredder one page at a time. That takes about 11 - 14 minutes to shred 150 pages. After 45 minutes of shredding the shredder needs 40+ minutes to cool down. That is about 750 pages in two hours. The shredder actually shreds more pages per hour by manually inserting 8 - 10 pages at a time. The shredder can handle 8 - 10 pages manually at the same speed it document feeds one page at a time. The best solution is to get two shredders and manually feed them both at the same time. P.S. Have big trash bags handy because the cross cut shredder does an excellent job of keeping things confidential by creating small fluffy particles. The bin needs to be emptied somewhere between 250 and 350 pages. Maybe the next version will document feed three to four pages at a time with a larger trash bin for a strategic advantage. The shredder is a good shredder for the price. Just don't expect the document feeder to shred a handful of 40 pages in less than a minute.