Fellowes Powershred M-7CM

Over the past thirty years I have had a few shredders, some inexpensive from supermarkets, one very expensive that I'd owned for almost twenty years but got damaged in a house move. I replaced it with this Fellows shredder...View More as I no longer had need of one as powerful. After eight months I am very disappointed in it. There is no way it will take nine sheets. It struggles with any more than four. The cutters frequently jam as they don't seem to be able to clear all the debris into theView Less

I couldn't get it to shred or any lights to light. It was dead. However the instruction manual gave me an 800 number at Fellowes to call. A young lady there quickly solved my problem. I little plastic piece on the shred...View More basket tells the shredder that the basket is installed properly. I didn't. Simple to fix. I have used it a few times since and it works fine. I wish the instructions had told me about this feature. I could have been going much quicker. I thought I had gotten a faultyView Less

I purchased this at the end of November 2023 and by the 3rd week of February 2024, it had stopped working. I had only used it 3 or 4 times. Although the motor was running, it would not grab the paper to pull it through and...View More shred. I expected it to last longer than 3 months. Rubbish.View Less

Disliked the weight. Loved the size.

I only used it once soon when first purchased, after that it simply doesn't work. Useless item !!