Sun Joe 15-Amp Electric Wood Chipper Shredder, 17:1 Reduction, 1.57" Cutting Diameter - Green

Great little machine. A real workhorse. Small but mighty. It takes a little practice to learn how to feed the branches into the hopper so they don't jam. Once you get the knack of it you're good to go. If one does get stuck it's easy enough to take the top off and manually free it. Really pulverizes the branches to small chips. Very small twigs will slip through but they are just small twigs. Over all very happy with the performance so far.

This is an excellent product. I had a 5 foot tall stick pile on my property I had been collecting branches and sticks over the last 13 years. 3 and a half hours later, there is no more stick pile. It is all chips. It takes about a half hour to get an idea of how to best load the branches and what shapes of branch will cause a jam. The chipper likes long branches with minimal side forks. Jams are easy to clear once you have disconnected the power. The only thing that could be improved is the screw to open the unit to clear jams feels like it is about 15 turns too long. No biggie.

It works better than I was expecting it to at the price. Made short work of the brush laying in my yard. I gave it 3 stars because it arrived with plastic falling out of it, there are 2 pins that hold the front on. I was able to wiggle what remained of them back into place to get it together again and working but if I hadn't noticed where they came from, it would had to have been a return. Instead I'll just call the company for the pins.

I did some much-needed tree trimming and the tree's look great, but did I have a lot of branch's! I borrowed a friends CJ601E (the 14-amp version) chipper and absolutely loved it…so much so I went out and bought a 15 amp one for myself, direct from the manufacturer! Buying direct gave a 2-year warranty, which is nice insurance and a sign the company is selling a quality product. I did a bunch of research and for chippers in the price range my budget could afford ($100-$150), there were not a lot of choices. I own some other SunJoe / SnowJoe products and knew they were reliable and very cost effective, so went with SunJoe. My research revealed a lot of reviews calling this a cheaply made piece of equipment that could not handle larger branch's, but it seems most of reviews were from people expecting this to perform as well as a $700-$800 chipper. I was initially concerned with the size limit of the branch's it can chip, but I simply cut the larger (greater than about 1.5”) branch's up and burn then in my fireplace or backyard firepit. One negative I have is on the opposite end of the size chart, I found that thin twigs (1/8” – ¼”) tend to get passed through and not chipped efficiently (See the attached picture). There needs to be a gap between the spinning chipper disk and the guard inside and I found smaller twigs can pass through the gap and therefore are not chipped. On the positive side, it does as good of a job shredding leaves to reduce the size / volume, as most leave blower/shredders I do like the fact you can buy replacement blades (2 per disk in the unit), so can swap those out, when the chipping efficiency drops off. I have re-sharpened the blade I removed, and efficiency returns to as good as new. Since the motor is a 15-amp motor, I suggest investing in a good heavy-duty extension cord. I bought a 12 gauge 25' cord and it does not get warm, even after running the chipper for a couple hours. The wheels allow the chipped to be easily moved to where you need it and it taller than it is wider, so does not take up much room in the storage shed Bottom line, this chipper / shredder is well worth the price, but does have a few limitations, as I have found with all the residential quality tools, regardless of make, that I have purchased

We have been using this chipper to eat away at a massive pile of branch wood from several felled trees in our yard, and it has more than earned its keep. It'll happily nosh on everything from willow, to apple, walnut, oak, some mystery-wooded-bush, and pine. As the blades begin to dull, you'll have to put a little more muscle & patience into the tougher branches or simply do the right/smart/suggested thing and sharpen/replace the worn bits. What I'm trying to say here is, it won't give up on you even if you ignore basic maintenance, and I don't know if that's a plus or a minus (like a lawn mower that'll run three seasons without an oil change, it's just enabling bad habits)! Don't expect it to have an effortless and easy time with branches at or near its diameter limits on the denser woods. That's the price of nearly-maintenance-free, on-off switch operation. It needs nothing from the owner but assembly and patience.