How to choose a Shredder

Shredder Comparison Chart

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Shred sensitive business and personal documents.

for Shredders

First, choose from two styles of shredders:

Traditional manual feed of sheets for on-the-spot frequent or occasional shredding.
Handsfree, automatic stack feed for on-the-go convenience and large volume shredding.

Next, compare your needs to the features outlined below.

Shredder Type	Recommended Users	Approximate Sheets Per Job	Ideal For
Continuous	Up to 12 or More	Over 500	High Security, Departmental & Large Offices
Heavy	Up to 10	Up to 500	Medium Officess
Medium	Up to 5	Up to 250	Small Offices or Homes
Light	Up to 3	Up to 50	Personal & Deskside


Shred Style	High Security	Micro-Cut	Cross-Cut	Strip-Cut
Size & Cut
Security Level	Level VI	Level IV-V	Level III	Level I-II
Suggested Applications	Most secure cut is virtually impossible to reassemble. Highly sensitive or top-secret documents including financial, medical, personnel and proprietary information. Ideal for high productivity areas such as military and governmental agencies where classified and restricted information is handled.	Offers strong security for sensitive documents and confidential information such as, but not limited to, legal and bank documents, medical or personnel records or proprietary research. Great for financial institutions, human resources and marketing departments within corporations and hospitals.	Offers security for confidential documents such as credit and college applications, banking and insurance papers and interoffice documents. Ideal for use in areas of moderate productivity such as credit and insurance agencies, colleges and small businesses.	Offers security for confidential Economical security for internal small office or home information. Good for personal use and low or nonsensitive information.

CONSIDER THESE FEATURES/FUNCTIONS
Jam Prevention Features There are two basic types of jamprevention features which reduce wear on the shredder motor and extend the life of the machine. Jam-free — Uses built-in technology to sense and power through tough jobs so that paper jams are eliminated. Auto-reverse — Immediately reverses the paper feed when a jam occurs, thus preventing a worse jam.	Specialty Shredding Destroys CDs, credit cards, staples and paper clips. Energy Savers Many shredders have energy-saving features to help conserve energy and lower your energy costs.	Self-Oiling Feature Reservoir holds shredder oil and automatically releases it at periodic intervals to enhance the performance of the cutters and prolong the life of the shredder. Sheet Capacity The number of sheets that can be shred at once. High Throughput Throughput is the maximum number of sheets that can be shred in one minute. (Sheet capacity x single sheet speed = throughput.) The higher the throughput capacity the faster your shredding will get done!

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