Fellowes® AutoMax 100MA 100-Sheet Auto Feed Micro-Cut Shredder, Black, 4704001

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] First, lets get the disclaimer out of the way: I received this product free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. With that said I do want to assure you that my review here is unbiased, especially after reading the negative reviews regarding this unit before I set it up. While this unit costs a bit more than other models both from Fellowes and others, it is worth the price. I dare say that the automatic sheet feeder alone is a solid reason to buy this model if you do a good amount of shredding of 8 1/2 x 11 pages. I had a ton of archived mail that I needed to shred, but I had been just letting it pile up because it took so long to do it all by hand manually with my trusty Fellowes Model 12C. This sheet feeder did it all for me in record time with no jamming. The automatic blinking of the shred button when the feeder is ready is a real time saver. This unit is also very quiet for what it is doing. Our other unit is pretty loud and you can't really talk while it is running. This one didn't get near half as loud and was shredding things faster and more securely to boot. The cross-cut shredding is great! The 12C just cuts things into slices but the tiny pieces this model produces are much more secure and give me piece of mind. This unit also runs cooler than my 12C and other small SOHO shredders I have used in the past so hopefully that means it will last longer too. The buttons have a nice feel to them and they don't feel cheap or flimsy. I would highly recommend this model to anyone looking for a quality shredder given all the features it has. If I had to find a con for the unit I guess it would be that the capacity of the sheet feeder is not huge, but I don't know that I would want to leave the unit alone shredding hundreds of pages at once anyway!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Shredder is very easy to use. I will recommend this shredder to my co-workers, family & friends. I was able to put my shredded documents in the feeder and watch each page shredded with no jams or issues. The shredded documents were evenly shredded. The shredder is a bit loud, otherwise it is a wonderful shredder. I received this product free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

AutoMax™ 100MA Micro-Cut Auto Feed Shredder Immediately upon receiving my new shredder I opened the box and took it out. There was very little to do in order to set it up – remove from box, insert wheels in holes at the bottom and then place the shredder head unit on top of the base and insert the basket. I don't think that it could have been much simpler. The first thing I noticed was that the base was a bit flimsy. I was worried that it wouldn't stand up to supporting the shredder head unit as it is pretty heavy, however, having now used it for about 2 weeks I can say that I haven't had any problems at all and even as I move it around the room on the wheels and have emptied it several times, there have been no issues with stability nor any feeling of wobbliness, it feels secure and sturdy. The bin holds a good amount of shredded paper, I didn't count how many pages it took to fill it up, but I did notice that I only had to empty it twice in 2 weeks of testing it out and that was a good amount of paper passing through. The rating of 10 pages at one time through the manual feed is a little generous, though in fairness I have found that every shredder I've used, with the only exception being an industrial one used in the Navy, has been able to handle their top-rated capacity but not without being bogged down fairly seriously. With 10 pages of standard copy paper it slowed down and you could hear the strain, but it did accomplish the shred. It handles staples and paperclips pretty easily and I didn't notice any problems when those pages came up. Probably the best feature, in my opinion, is the auto-feed tray! It was a dream to be able to stack 100 sheets in the tray and hit the start button and not have to sit there and babysit the machine. It did indeed hold 100 sheets of standard paper, however, it was kind of tight to fit them all in. It pulled the pieces in one at a time and kept on shredding until it was done, or full. I wish they had thought of this years ago…or, perhaps that I had discovered it as a feature years ago. The shred size is good for getting rid of sensitive information without worrying about someone trying to “reconstruct” the documents. It uses a micro-cut instead of simply long shreds and is, therefore, more secure than the last few that I have used. Most individuals may not worry much either way, but especially for businesses I think it is a huge benefit. You can rest assured that your privacy is maintained and not going to fall into the wrong hands. Another benefit was the noise level. I do not have a decibel meter; however, this was by far one of the quietest shredders I have ever used. It was so quiet that when I started it and walked away, I forgot it was still working until I walked back into the room. Most of the shredders I have used are very loud and while that doesn't typically matter too much, again if you are a business, it is nice to know that you can have it shredding and still be able to take a call without interfering with the conversation. At the end of the day, I believe for personal use this is probably more than what a typical consumer would need, however, if you are an atypical user or a business, then this is most certainly a great value and an excellent machine. In fairness I have to include this statement, “I received this product free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.” And it is most assuredly honest and unbiased.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I've been using the shredder for a few weeks now, primarily to shred daily "snail mail" I don't need to keep. It works very well, though I've managed to jam it a couple times with too many sheets at a time or those mailers that contain a plastic insert, etc. After clearing the jam and choosing a smaller number of sheets, the shredder was able to handle the load without fuss. Definitely would recommend this shredder for this type of use. I received this product free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I've been using this shredder for the past couple of weeks...and it works as advertised..Auto feed is especially helpful when there are many sheet to shred...another plus is the light light turns off when paper is done shredding...cross shred saves space.. "I received this product free in exchange for my honest and unbiased review"