‎Powershred 79Ci 16-Sheet 100% Jam-Proof Heavy Duty Crosscut Paper Shredder Machine for Office and Home, Black/Dark Silver 3227919

Let me start by saying that I was very reluctant to spend so much money on a shredder, despite the fact that I clearly needed a decent shredder and despite my bad experience with a cheap, low-end shredder. I kept going back and forth, thinking that if I somehow just got "caught up" on my shredding, that once that happened then I would be fine with an inexpensive model for my weekly shredding needs. So why spend so much money on a shredder? It's not like I'm a business! Why would I NEED such a professional level shredder? But then I'd remember how annoying, time consuming, loud, and slow it is dealing with sub-$50 shredders. And, really, it's a huge difference, especially in time. Having to open everything, and feed in only two or three sheets at once--that takes some time! So I had this shredder on my wish/shopping list for something like a year before I finally pulled the trigger on it. And let me tell you, I am so glad that I did! This thing is AWESOME! I shredded about TWO full lawn and leaf bags worth of material over the course of a few weeks--hours worth of shredding--and this thing handled it all with ease. (Although, I will say that if you shred non-stop for long enough that you will trip the high-temperature interlock on the unit, which will then need to cool down for 15 minutes before shredding can resume. This happened to me only once, and only at the beginning when I was just hitting it non-stop with material. After that, when I was spending just a bit of time deciding what should, and what should not be shredded, it never tripped off on over temperature again) As others have said, this shredder is quiet and powerful, and will handle most credit card offers whole and unopened. The jam-proof sense system works exceptionally well, as does the system that senses when your fingers are too near the opening. In all my shredding so far I have only had one false activation of the jam sensor, and I just pushed and held the forward feed button to force it to chew up the paper anyway. Everything works, and it works well. And quietly. Very nice. And I am now into that once-only-dreamed-of state of having NO backlog of materials to be shredded. (And God, doesn't it feel good! The 79Ci really will set you free! LOL!) But even so, I still very much appreciate the 79Ci. Even just as a once-a-week use shredder, it's advantages still shine through and make a difference. Very happy I went ahead and purchased this shredder! As for oiling, yes there are no instructions in the manual for how to do so. Here is what I do, FWIW: first I make sure there's at least a covering of shredded paper in the bottom of the bin (to absorb any oil that drips through). Then, I push and hold the reverse-feed button while applying a drop of oil every inch or two into the paper-feed slot. When I get to the end of the slot, I stop, and switch to pushing the forward-feed button for 5 or 10 more seconds. Easy, simple. And you really can't do it too often. Paper and paper dust is hell on shredder blades so do NOT forget to oil your shredder or you will seriously decrease its working life. As for bags, they are ridiculous and more trouble than they are worth in my experience. Just let the paper fall directly into the bin, and be sure to empty the bin BEFORE the full light turns on (you can see the paper level through the plastic window in the front of the bin). I would just pull the bin and dump the shreds directly into a lawn and leaf bag then push it back in and be off and running again. Yes, you might get a few stray shreds here and there, but there's no avoiding that, I don't think. Bags just make it worse. And create a possible issue for people who don't have single-stream recycling. Anyway, there it is. Just wanted to share my experience and encourage others to divest themselves of the dead weight of unwanted, but propriety paper materials!

I have had the work horse of a shredder for 4 years now and I have never had 1 single problem. I don't think they make it anymore. I paid $200 for it and it has been an amazing piece of equipment. I got so tired of the cheaper machines that jammed and were basically unusable if you wanted to put 5 sheets in at a time. Think this machine can handle 15 sheets at a time. Excellent, fast, easy to empty. I also ordered a bottle of shredder oil and followed directions once a month to make sure it was oiled properly. Seriously, this might be the last shredder I ever use. A friend's mother died and I told her to bring me the paperwork and I'd shred it for her. So easy and it's kind of fun to just get it done with NO PROBLEMS, no jamming. If it gets hot, it stops and cools off. Noise level is fine. I highly recommend this shredder or the latest version. I wish I had paid $200 10 years ago because I wasted so much money and this shredder it so worth the price.

I'm happy with the way it runs. It's a lot quieter than my old shredder. It shreds a lot more papers with ease than my old. My old said 12 papers, but never liked more than 4 papers at a time. This seems to deal with a lot of pages as promised. I had lights to tell you warn you if you are trying to put to many in it. My late husband left me 20 years and paperwork. I've been shredding little by little. I let it cool off so it doesn't overheat. My only complaint is I'm not a strong person. I had a terrible time putting the wheels in it. I asked my neighbor and even he had some trouble. They should make it a little easier. I mean really? Plus wow the motor. I love that instead of getting light confetti that can be hard to pick up. These shredding are course and you can pick them up. If they are on the floor it isn't a big deal. I really appreciate that. I also appreciate the fact it shuts off if you don't use it. You have to turn it back on if you don't use it after so much time. That's great for saving electric! On con I had was trying to put the wheels on the lifting the motor. But it's set up now. One thing I don't care for is the bin seems cheap. My old bin I felt I could take it to the trash and tap it while it's full. I'm a little leary to do this. It feels cheaply made. I just lift the shreddings out by hand to solve the problem. The light let's you know if it isn't in all the way. It also lets you know if it is full. I really appreciate my new shredder.

I got this shredder on about July 9, 2025. Today is July 17, 2025. On about July 12, I estimate I shredded about 2,500 sheets of paper. Then today I just finished shredding about 4,500 sheets of paper. I calculate as follows: 1 ream (500 sheets) of 20-pound-weight standard 8.5 x 11-inch paper weighs 5 pounds (according to Google AI). One bin load of shredded paper weighs almost 5 pounds (about 4.8 pounds). By rounding up to 5 pounds, I figure one bin holds about 500 sheets of paper, in shredded form I spent about 5 hours today to shred 9 bins worth of paper. So, it took me about 5 hours to shred almost 4,500 sheets. Parenthetically, I believe a standard "Bankers Box" has capacity of 15 linear inches and is considered to hold, on average, about 3,000 sheets of paper. This shredder did not hiccough or balk a single time in my heavy use of it today.. And it did not overheat and have to cool down. The company says it can do 30 minutes of continuous shredding before the over-heating-and-required-cool-down period is triggered to occur. But it isn't really possible to make it run continuously for 30 minutes--you have to take time to tamp down the paper in the bin and then to empty the bin. And you have to pay a little attention to what you are shredding. And you have to chat with your cat occasionally. So, basically, the shredder gave me 5 hours of continuous service. The motor did get a little warm; definitely not hot. All of this is to say: I hesitated before shelling out almost $300, with tax. But it sure was a good decision. I've wasted money, sometimes, on some things. But getting this shredder was totally the best thing for me my needs. I am so happy with it. It is heavy (about 33 pounds, I think)--and I like that. I feel like it is real well-built and will go the distance. I can think of one suggestion for the company. Fellowes should sell compostable bin liner bags. I fill up a garbage bag with the shredded paper, in the bin, and then transfer the shredded paper from the garbage bag to a compostable bag. This works okay -- the bin holding 9 gallons and the compostable bag (the largest one I can find) holding 13 gallons. I would feel horrible if all this paper went to a landfill. So I'm taking pains to put the shredded paper with my paper recycling by transferring it from a garbage bag to a compostable bag. If Fellowes sold compostable bags, I would be instant customer for that.

Sturdy little machine, and easy to set up. Shreds up to 10 pages of 20lb paper or 7 pages of 24lb paper. Definitely needs the lubrication oil to maintain blades, will jam up if too much is put in at once. This comes with a tiny bottle of the lubrication oil but you will definitely need to buy the bigger bottle. There were some thin clear bags to line the receptacle bin, but 13 gal trash bags works fine. Unfortunately the receptable bin doesn't quite slide in and out very well, the plastic is a bit thin and bends if you push too hard. Shredding is pretty smooth, and fortunately is quiet. The shreds do get clumped up at the bottom of the teeth after shredding. They fall when the bin is removed and it makes a bit of a mess. Shreds are great size for small animal cages though. Overall great value for money.

I bought this exact same model of shredder back in 2016. Up until now it has worked perfectly. The only reason I bought a new one now was that the original shredder's teeth were mangled when I shredded a credit card that I didn't realize contained metal (it was flexible just like a regular plastic card). Out of the box the only thing I had to do to assemble it was put the coaster wheels on which takes some strength to shove them into their places and then plop the shredder head on top. The shredder is heavy but moves okay on my carpeted floor. On a wood or other smooth floor it would move really easily and in any direction. In terms of routine care the only thing I did was to avoid shredding anything with glue or sticky stuff on it which will gum up the shredder's teeth and to use an oil sheet to keep it lubricated every time I started with an empty bin. I did not use shredder bags so I was careful to have a small layer of shreds in there before I shredded the oil sheet in order to avoid getting oil on the bottom of the shredder. You can also use oil such as is supplied with the shredder which is cheaper but less convenient and kind of messy. I did not purchase shredder bags to put inside the bin so it leaves a few shreds and a little dust in there after you empty it. I found that a tall kitchen bag will just fit over the top of the bin and then you can turn it upside down and shake out the shredded paper. The shredder easily shreds its advertised number of sheets of paper but I generally avoided doing the max. It also shreds plastic credit cards fine. Just beware of ones with metal (I didn't even know such things existed until I wrecked my shredder). The shredder is billed as jam-proof and that is generally true. The few times it jammed were when I put too many sheets of paper in it but it was fairly easy to unjam by turning it off and pulling some of the paper out of the teeth.) As far as I can tell the shredder doesn't have a reverse but I didn't find that an issue since I never needed a reverse to unjam it. In summary I liked the original shredder so much I had no hesitation in buying another one just like. (Yes, the exact same model is available now as the one I bought originally in 2016, another testament to its quality.)

This shredder is worth the money. Very QUIET and VERY EFFICIENT. GREAT QUALITY! Would definitely recommend!

Before I even get started with the details, I'll just say I put it through 10+ years worth of household use over 4-5 days and this shredder does all that is expected. Highly recommended. Unit arrived within about 2 business days. With Amazon Prime, shipping was free and the size and weight of this unit, though not great, is not it trivial. I had a lot of "stuff" to shred. There were boxes of manila envelopes filled with old bills, cancelled checks and tax returns. Some were from as far back as 1988. I shredded everything up to 2002 or about 15 years worth. The shredder preformed perfectly. I ended up filling 5 yard sized black, plastic bags with packed, shredded paper. Off and on over about 5 days, I spent about 5-6 hours feeding this shredder. At first I was concerned about staples. The owner's manual is pretty small but seems to be all you need. It simply stated to not put large paper clips, plastic (except credit cards and CD,s as instructed), and gummed labels into the shredder. After reading that, I didn't worry about staples any longer. I'm not sure how many I ended up putting through the shredder. Not a lot, but several. It never seemed to notice. One of the common stapled items was check registers and they were shredded as easily as everything else. A few minor inconveniences along the way that are to be expected include the following: Shredded paper builds up in the waste container triggering container full light and stopping the shredder. This is resolved by sliding the container out and packing down the shredded paper, sliding the container back in and continuing. Repeat until the container is full and needs emptying. I was shredding so much the temperature indicator came on. The shredder would stop and would need to sit for 30 minutes to an hour before shredding could continue. This would typically happen while I was in the middle of the SECOND container of continuous shredding. This is not something you are likely to encounter in typical day to day use. If anything, it is good to have safety features like this. Who wants an overheated motor sitting over a basket of combustible, shredded paper? It can be a little messy. Again, no big deal and to be expected. At the end of shredding 1 or 2 containers of paper, I would have a few scraps inside the cabinet, in the waste container that managed to avoid the plastic bag liner, and on the floor. A couple of minutes with a vacuum cleaner fixed that issue. The waste container is about 9 inches wide, 15 inches deep, and 15 inches tall. This is about the size of a good sized office trash can and I assume it will not be hard to find suitable plastic trash bag liners to fit and anyone of a number of stores. A few liners come with the shredder. With a little care, I simply emptied the liner into a larger plastic bag and reused it over and over. There is an electronic touch sensor at the paper feed entrance. If hand or fingers come in contact with any part of the feed slot the shredder stops. This is a nice safety feature, especially if you have nosy little one around the house. The anti-jam feature works well. There is a sequence of lighted LED's from green, to yellow, to red that indicate how much paper you are feeding the shredder. If its green, you and feed more, yellow is about right, and red means you are feeding too much or too thick a stack of paper. There is forward and reverse button that allows you to back up the paper if you put in too much. I found that several times, if the amount of paper was marginally too much, the red LED would light, the shredder would stop for a second, back up a wee bit, then proceed shredding on it own. Occasionally I would have to back it up myself, lighten the load, and proceed. This shredder is rated at 17 sheets. I found that to be sufficient. The majority of bills and bank statements seem to consist of two to five, 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper folded twice to fit in an envelope. The 17 sheets this shredder is rated at handles those folded sheets easily. This is a very nice convenience since you typically do not have to manually unfold the paper before feeding it, especially if you have several to shred. Finally, the instructions say to lubricate the shredding head after you empty each container. A small bottle of oil comes with the shredder. You drizzle a small amount in the opening where you feed paper, and use the forward switch to run the head briefly to lubricate. The instructions say to use vegetable oil so I don't think you need buy anything special. What you have in the kitchen should work fine.

This is a big improvement on all the shredders we have had before. Just wish to bin was slightly bigger to hold more waste.

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Funciona adecuadamente.

Llego a tiempo y en perfectas condiciones. Fácil de poner llantas, cumple su función muy bien.

Sturdy, quiet and well built.