Fellowes 3312501 Powershred 125Ci 18 Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder

This Fellowes 3312501 Powershred 125Ci 18 Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder exceeded my expectations. It truly eliminates jams unless the user is careless in what they feed into it. You get what you pay for in this case. I am an intelligence professional and have been using level 6 high security shredders for many, many years. I have been wanting a home shredder for a long time. It is a strong shredder and does the job good. Like it just fine.

Fellowes Powershred Jam Proof Cross Cut Shredder, 125Ci shred up to 18 sheets in a single pass

Fellowes 3312501 Powershred 125Ci 18 Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder is relatively quiet. Granted, it's a level 4 cross cut shredder, but it certainly performs better than a lot of the $4,000 shredders that I deal with every day.

• Slim, high performance shredder for small offices
• Shreds 18 sheets per pass into 5/32" x 1-1/2" cross cut particles
• 100% Jam Proof System eliminates paper jams by preventing overloads and powering through misfeeds
• SilentShred offers ultra-quiet shredder performance for shared workspaces
• 120V machine

The touch sensor was something I have never seen before in a commercial shredder. I kind of thought the jam proof slogan was a gimmick until I jammed it up a couple times and it automatically reversed itself and then shredded the material. Never seen that before in the big industrial models. 

The shredder also has an auto-off feature after about a minute, but you do not need to turn it back on if you want to feed paper into it; it automatically turns back on from powersaver mode. Awesome! Just for kicks, I plugged it into my Belkin Insight power monitor, and it looks like in on mode (when not operating), the shredder uses 1.2 watts. When feeding the shredder, the wattage jumped up to over 400 watts while it did it's thing.

Each time we oiled the cutters it got quieter, although it was much quieter than our last shredder that was not up to the job. I would buy this product again if needed. I emptied a trash bag full of documents on it's first run and it was almost as easy as the big commercial models.

This Fellowes 3312501 Powershred 125Ci 18 Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder product earned 60 customer reviews and 88% are satisfied (as 26/02/2014). I also should mention that this shredder comes with a 4 oz. bottle of oil.