Features:

  • Shreds 18 sheets of paper per pass into 397 (5/32” x 1-1/2” Security Level P-4) cross-cut particles; shreds staples, credit cards, paper clips, CDs/DVDs, junk mail
  • Maximum run time: 30 min on / 40 min off. For 1-3 users. Amps: 5
  • 100% Jam Proof System eliminates paper jams and powers through tough jobs
  • SafeSense Technology stops shredder when hands touch the paper opening
  • 9-gallon pull-out bin with LED bin-full indicator.9 inch wide paper entry.This item’s packaging will indicate what is inside and cannot be hidden.Throat width:230
Great shredder...worth every penny

Yes, it's a bit pricey...but worth every penny. The machine is a little larger than my mental calculations sized up the dimensions, but that's my error...it's the size that is written about. It's a quiet machine...not whisper quiet, but quiet (I use it at home...and it doesn't wake up my newborn). It shreds a healthy stack of papers in no time at all. I have yet to have it over heat, which is great because the fact that it's supposed to run up to 25 minutes before needing to cool down was key for me given the large amount of old paperwork that I needed to shred...my old 8 sheet shredder shuts down after 5 minutes. The safety feature truly works...it senses my fingers/hand and shuts down the shredder until a split second after I remove my hand. It comes with 4-5 plastic bags to start you off in the huge bin that it comes with. It also comes with a tiny (VERY TINY) amount of oil for lubricating the blades when needed. I really would like a micro-cut but this cross cut is fine. I cannot imagine any thief trying to sort through a 9-gallon bag of cross -cut paper shreds. Yeah could happen, but most likely safe....especially given the fact that there are numerous other people who don't shred and some thief will find it easier to sort through their un-shredded stuff vs piecing together 9-gallons of reasonably fine cross shredding! I broke down and made the purchase...and I don't regret it.

Great Buy

Great Buy Glad I invested into this. It works great, there are very few pieces of mail that come too bulky to shread without opening them. I get a lot of junk mail so having a shreader with a larger capacity makea it easier to collect the daily mail and shread the unnecessary stuff on thw spot. It has the normal on/off button, but also a power switch to cut the power to the machine. This is handy because I have cats and worry about them jumping up and turning the machine on. This lets me turn off both with ease when not in use. I alao like the capacity indicator light as well as the large slide out bin that can use a standard tall kitchen bag to make clean up easier and quicker.

Very nice shredder for the home, ignore the cheap ones and get a real shredder like this.

Our 11 year old Fellows C80 shredder finally started to have some issues. Back about 11 years ago the C80 was the equivalent of this device for the time. We had exceptional luck with it with many thousands of shreds. A few improvements over this are evident compared to the older models. 1) This has a 'detection' for hands/fingers being stuck in it. Even a small baby or child can't get this to harm them as the sensor seems to detect HEAT. I can't verify the heat aspect but it really does seem to detect 'living' matter and turn itself off. 2) Auto-Turn on.. Turn it on, shred and walk away and within about 5 minutes this will turn off.. GREAT feature! 3) Much quieter basket. The basket is a honeycomb material that buffers sound very nicely compared to the older plastic ones. 4) Auto-Reshred.. Older ones jammed and had to be reversed, this one does it for you automatically. Very handy and you don't play the back and forth game with thick piles of paper. 5) Thickness meter. A nice feature is this will tell you at the outset if you are attempting to shred piles that are too large. The meter will spike up to red to show you the load is too high. We use this in the home because we found cheap shredders to be annoying, loud and unreliable. It's well worth spending the money on higher end shredders like this because they can last a decade or more and provide much more reliable service. Strongly recommended!

Worth every penny if you're shredding boxes of documents.

Researching this, I found a lot of negative reviews. I slap my head as to why. It is exactly what I needed - I have reams of old paper (boxes) to shred and this does the trick. It takes many more sheets than I thought. It *can* hold a regular kitchen trash bag inside (needs to be stretched over two corners), but I found it's easier just to remove the bin when full and dump into a large garden type trash bag. I highly suggest using the "performance oil" suggested - I squirt a small amount along the top about every 1/2 loads. Speaking of getting full. It does tend to show that it's full when it actually isn't - doesn't matter, just open and press shreds down. It holds quite a bit. For such a heavy duty shredder, it isn't that noisy. I can watch TV while I shred. I've used it for several months now. I've purchased other lower end shredders that were a pain to use. This one is easy / peasy. Highly recommend.

A solid shredder at a good price - and one which appears to be a sturdy work-horse

This is s preliminary review, and I will update it after I have used this shredder for a few months. (But so far so good) I have a six-year-old Fellowes SB89Ci which was working perfectly in my very busy home office UNTIL somebody (family) put an envelope through it containing coins, and then used the forward/back buttons to 'clear the jam', ultimately breaking several of the plastic "sweepers" (those white plastic things which among other things separate the blades in the cutter head and also clear paper shards as they try to wrap themselves around the cutter head). As a result, the cutter head now jams frequently and needs serious repair (it still shreds fine - except for a 5-inch gap in the middle). I contacted Fellowes and the model is no longer made AND there are no repair parts available. (Sigh) I did find two different shops who said they could probably repair it, but using one of them would cost me shipping in both directions PLUS the cost of the repair. And the sum of those exceeds the cost of this shredder. I was EXTREMELY happy with my old shredder and after looking at about a dozen others I "settled on" this one without hesitation. Of course before actually ordering it I read a huge number of reviews of this shredder, and as I prefer to "see it before I buy it" I visited several local office supply stores. However, as it turned out none of them had one in stock to examine, and consequently I ordered this one without my usual pre-purchase inspection. (OK, so I'm extremely careful about anything like this which I buy with the intention of using for several years...) But after I had ordered it I continued reading even more reviews (here and on many sites) and there was one thing in particular which worried me. Multiple reviewers complained about the collection basket, and at least two of them claimed that it was made out of cardboard. (Fortunately those two were incorrect.) So as soon as it arrived, I opened the box (which showed no damage) and on inspection I decided that the box must have received some rough handling from the USPS who delivered it. The reason behind my decision was that the head had somehow detached from the body of the shredder. However (and fortunately) after a quick inspection there was no obvious damage, and the two pieces snapped back together just fine. Then I examined the collection bin and had to laugh. It is made of the same corrugated plastic as the mail tubs used at my office (and the USPS, too IIRC - albeit without their steel rod frame), and it is of a somewhat lighter gauge. But with normal use it should work well in its intended purpose. Also it is a MAJOR improvement over that in my old 89Ci which had a number of sharp protrusions which often caught and tore the collection bags when I tried to remove them. This one does NOT have anything protruding into the collection bin and bags should not catch (or tear) on it. (On the subject of collection bags, where I live shredded papers which are NOT in transparent bags are frequently not picked up by the recycling truck on "trash day" and I have been using clear, (unbranded) 13-gallon drawstring garbage bags which are a little "over-sized" for this shredder (or my old 89Ci) but which work just fine and cost about $0.125 each in quantity. Amazon has several similar to them - search for "clear drawstring 13-gallon trash bags.") I will be going over it VERY carefully in the next day or so just to make sure that there was no other problem from its being jarred in shipping (and if there is any, I will be doing an exchange to get another). But so far it looks good, and I have already shredded a pile of office papers and accounting records over a foot high, and at this point the 99Ci is so much better than my old shredder that I am EXTREMELY happy with it. So far the shredder behaves exactly as it's supposed to and I'm a happy camper. My only minor complaint is that the paper is just a littler harder to get into the slot than it was on my old 89Ci as this one is "thinner" (same width though). But then, had the slot on my old shredder been like the one on this 99Ci, nobody would have been able to put an envelope containing several coins into the shredder, so maybe this is a worthwhile improvement. Based on my previous experience with the 89Ci (and a couple of other Fellowes shredders at my office) and my initial experience with this one, I would not hesitate to recommend it to family, friends, and co-workers. (REMINDER: MY CAVEAT STILL STANDS THAT I WILL UPDATE THIS REVIEW IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO USE IT EXTENSIVELY. But until then, I am very happy with this shredder.

This shredder is truly awesome. I bought it for my private home use ...

This shredder is truly awesome. I bought it for my private home use and love it. The packaging is first class so it arrived in perfect shape as it should. It was easy to set up as all you need do is remove it from the box, put on the wheels, and insert one of the 3 shred bags that came with it. I have read some complaints about how difficult it is to install the wheels. This would be true if all you had were your hands, but if you have a rubber mallet, it is very easy. This shredder is solid, and quite heavy so be careful when removing it from the box. The top will easily separate from the bottom and the top is the heavy part. BE CAREFUL! I was disappointed that it only came with 3 shred bags, and the power cord is only 5 feet long so is a bit short. But the shredder works exceptionally well and is surprisingly quiet. I love the indicator on top that tells you how close you are to approaching the maximum number of sheets that it will handle. One minor thing is that it seems you have to place the sheets to be shredded into the top slot pretty close to the middle or it will not turn on and start shredding. I suppose that is something I will get used to and it is not a big thing. I have another smaller shredder that has a 5 minute duty cycle, so I very much appreciate that this unit has a 30 minute duty cycle before you must let it cool down. I also like the large 9 gallon waste basket and the fact that it easily pulls out the front.

So far, so excellent

So far this shredder is a BEAST! Having gone through 3 small shredders in the past 2 years, I finally went for the big dog. So glad I did. I'm taking every precaution to ensure this one has a long life......oiling at every 'bin change, extra aware of the number of papers I put through, and mindful of run time. I LOVE that this one has lights (green, yellow and red) to ensure you don't run too large of a stack through. It also has easy to use forward and reverse buttons, large capacity bin, and when on the enclosed rollers, its actually a perfect height to shred a large stack of papers while standing......no back breaking bending over to feed papers (I'm 5'6"). And the best part......super quiet compared to other shredders I've used. Doesn't drag or sound like a dying cat. Love this shredder.....so glad i spent the 'big bucks'!!!

Love this shredder.

Yes! Totally worth it. The most difficult part of assembly was putting the wheels on, took me a whole 4 minutes. It comes with a couple bags and some of the oil you want to use between bag fulls. Luckily I bought the "all three" which includes a roll of bags and huge bottle of oil. It is incredibly fast. It's a medium size so not intimidating to have in your home office or at your work desk. Relatively quiet mostly because it isn't as shrill as some of the smaller units can be. If you're like me and shred everything with your name on it, I recommend this. I can walk in and shred one of those #%^& junk mail credit card offers without opening it. This will shred 20 (Twenty!) pages at a time. I had one half it's size so paper would pile up. Now it's easy peasy to take care of the shredding.

This machine loves the taste of Paper!!

After getting a phone call from my dads secretary regarding there paper shredder has been acting up and doesn't like the taste of paper, I knew it was time for it to retire and bring a new Hungry Beast!! After searching all over the Internet and reading reviews for all the other paper shredders, let me tell you.. This is the one you want. I did the research already, save time and buy it. It's been months now and it's works even better than the day I bought it. Don't know why but it seems like it does. It eats up EVERYTHING! Doesn't spit back anything. The Last time I was at the office, I asked how it has been working and the staff was greatful for the machine. They were at ease due to the fact they never had problems shredding paper. Trust me, this will save time in the office or wherever it's needed and is quite enjoyable to watch it eat up that paper like its thin air!!

I love this power shredder!

I love this paper shredder. I owned a less powerful one of these years ago. I tried to use it on many occasions but it took forever and I was never able to complete even a ream of paper. It would over-heat constantly. It only accepted a couple pages at a time. If I did too many pages it would jam up. It took so long I gave up. This Fellowes Powershred 99ci is the opposite of that. My husband’s work generates confidential documents that we must completely dispose of properly. I just took on a big project of paper that was saved up over time. I turned on American Horror Story and binge watched one after another while I shredded for six hours straight. I filled 11 bags of shredded paper. It only overheated once at the very end. I gave it 20 minutes to cool down and then finished up. Pros: • It is very powerful and accepts 12 pages at a time easily • Staples don’t slow it down • Very rarely overheats • It didn’t jam after all day of use. Cons: • Not really a con but it is very big and heavy but I guess it has to be heavy enough to be powerful and the big container helps hold a lot of paper between changes which helps efficiency. Summary: I am very happy with this purchase. It is very useful, functional, and a true workhorse. I would recommend to a friend.

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