Shredders

[rich p]

My wife is keen to shred any bank, identifying letters but I've just had to take the second shredder back which has broken. I deliberately only put a max of 2 sheets at a time but it failed after 2 weeks.
The first was a Fellowes and the second a PC World own brand - both about £30.
The cog wheels, I discovered, were made of plastic and splintered in both cases.
Any recommendations for a better make?

 

[Globalti]

Here's how we do it. Keeps us warm as well!

 

[numbnuts]

I bought one from Asda it's very good

 

[rich p]

Here's how we do it. Keeps us warm as well!

We do have an open fire but too much damps it down and we don't have it alight in the summer!

 

[Over The Hill]

I just bag it and dump it on the bonfire when I have one. I really cannot be bothered to waste time shredding stuff.

 

[Globalti]

*Burglar's note to self: check round the back of OTH's house for black bags full of documents when next in Basingstoke*

 

[palinurus]

Burning stuff is fun.

 

[palinurus]

I expect OTH keeps his bags of stuff for burning inside.

 

[swee'pea99]

Shredders have to be strong. £30 ones are not going to last. Think in terms of £100 +/- if you're going to be doing any significant amount of shredding and want it to last years rather than months. It's a bugger, but there's no way of getting round it in my experience.

 

[wafflycat]

Chez Wafflycat utilises a proper commerical-office sized shredder (we work from home) and it is what is required to cope with lots of shredding.

 

[4F]

There is, I use the work confidential disposal bins

 

[radger]

Mine all goes in the compost bin. Occasionally, I'll have shoved it through the shredder in the office first, but not often.

 

[Wolf04]

I bought one from Asda it's very good

+1, £9.03 and still working after two years.

 

[ChrisKH]

I shred all my stuff at work also after breaking two mini-shredders at home.

Only felt the need to shred my stuff after having my rubbish stolen for the second time two weeks in a row.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

oh heck and I jumped in here expecting to see talk of guitars long hair and the seven modes of the harmonic minor scale.