Customer Reviews for Sun Joe - 15-Amp 1.6-Inch Cutting Diameter Electric Silent Wood Chipper/Shredder - Green
Customer Rating
5
Great Wood Chipper/Great Value
on November 5, 2019
Posted by: Doobster
from Vero Beach, FL
I've only used it a few times and I'm glad I bought it. Easy to set up. Works best on dried branches and twigs, including dried palm fronds. Low to moderate motor and chipping noise level. Satisfactory safety protection. Easy to maneuver. Sometimes the exhaust chute gets clogged up when chipping leafy palm fronds. Need to monitor chips as they exit the machine. Wood chips are small. Great value.
I tried out today my CJ603E chipper, this baby has power chipping,there was no effort for this machine it just kept grinding up the branches. Some were just able to go through the input opening but this guy just chewed them up and wanted more. I have another chipper, made in Germany and at more then double the price of Sun Joe, jammed up more times then working times and with smaller branches. I can not give Sun Joe enough praise three times the chipper at less then one-half the price. I cleaned up a large pile of Evergreen branches and not once did the Sun Joe jam or quit.
I am using that to turn branches into mulch for strawberries. I am amazed at the large size of branches it will turn into mulch. Not good for leaves or small twigs, but for my purposes it is very good. It appears to have cup holders on the back. Wrong place for drinks. The drinks will end up with twigs and things in them. If you get one, there is a rocker button with forward and reverse. There is a third position for the button in the middle. The motor will not turn on if the button is in the middle position. If the machine will not turn on, make sure the button is firmly pushed in the forward position.
Product is easy to use and devours branches up to 3/4" thick with ease. It works a bit to chop up larger branches and struggles a bit to chop up 1" to 1 1/2" thick branches. As far as the 1.7 inch thick branches, forget it. The overload kicked in and the machine shut down. The 8" long remaining piece of branch was jammed in the machine. Use of the reverse feature quickly dislodged it. Also it can't be fed too fast or the discharge chute clogs up so work slow and methodically. In spite of its deficiencies it's a great little machine for the average homeowner. I chopped up a pickup truck load of branches in no time, but I still have quite a pile of branches thicker than 1.7 inch diameter that I need to dispose of. I use the word chop because the machine really doesn't chip the wood it chops the wood into nugget-like pieces, but I'm o.k. with that.
The SunJoe 603e is really easy to use, it performs perfectly and after having made several cubic yards of chipped branches and used it as mulch on our landscaping beds we do not see any degradation in its performance. In fact aside from getting rid of those branches, we probably have paid for this device once already not having to buy mulch. This is the best garden power tool we have purchased and strongly recommend it.
Purchased after study of chipper-shredders, had good reviews. Great price value with fast order processing and free shipping. Easy to assemble and use. Has a robust chipper mechanism that is self feeding and superior to other makes. Quiet and efficient. I highly recommend this Sunjoe chipper.