Customer Reviews for Staples - 150-Sheet Auto-Feed Micro-Cut Multi-Media Shredder (ST62157) - Black
Customer Rating
4
Effective micro cuts and works quickly
on May 26, 2024
Posted by: Chucks
from Tularosa
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] What was your overall impression of this shredder? How efficient was it? What did you think of the document and bin capacity? How many people used this shredder? Where did you keep it? How easy was it to use? What did you think of the shred size? I received this Staples brand 150 sheet micro cut shredder and immediately started using it. My husband is adamant that we do not throw away anything that has our names and address on it. He usually saves it up and burns it but spring in the desert means high winds and high fire danger so no burning. This shredder arrived just in time! I had an old box full of mail and magazines that needed to go away! This shredder handled everything we threw at it. We put through regular mail magazines that we ripped apart plastic cards about the thickness of credit cards and pretty much anything else that we could find. We literally sat in our kitchen (which is where we unboxed the shredder and found the nearest plug) for two hours and got rid of our burn box and whatever else we could find. We had one problem when we first put in a magazine and it was just too thick. It jammed up about a quarter of the way in. We were able to reverse it and pull the magazine out. From there we ripped the magazine apart into smaller sections and it went through just fine. The issue was resolved quickly. The only other issue I had was that we struggled to get it to turn on when we needed it another time. It turns out that the center piece that you would lift up to clear a jam was not fully in place and the machine would not turn on because of that. Once it was snapped back into it's correct spot the machine would power on. I would have preferred that the machine still power on but give me some type of error or other hint as to what could fix the problem instead of making me spend 10 minutes fiddling with everything else before we figured it out.
Shredder is heavy duty - gets a lot done. It is quiet. It has an automatic feeder which I appreciate when I have a stack of paper to shred. I also like the safety switch since my small grandchildren like to touch buttons. It's the best shredder I ever owned.
I just go the shredder in last week and it is working fine so far. I recently had a Fellows that was over 18 years old and finally started acting up. that is why I decided to spend a little more than the usual shredder and buy another Fellows Shredder. I like that it shreds into smaller pieces. I would recommend purchasing this shredder for movability and ease of use. I like that it also has an automatic feeder option.
Excellent shredder with low noise level. However it could certainly use a written explanation for all the symbols stamped on top of shredder possibly small guide with illustrations.