That’s much better than his other shredders that had “2- or 3-minute run time with a 30- to 40-minute recovery.” Another reviewer says that compared to their older shredder, this one is “bigger, shreds faster, and is so much quieter,” and it even shreds credit cards and thick sheets of paper “with the same speed and efficiency.” “There is a built in fan that runs to cool it down while you are using it,” writes one customer, who ran this shredder continuously for 30 minutes with just a couple of minutes recovery in between loads. “The shredder handles its 14 paper max with ease, and I have not encountered any jams while using it, even when shredding eight to ten sheets of thick stock paper.” Dozens of others agree that the shredder handles its paper load without jamming or overheating. “This shredder is one of the quietest shredders I have ever used,” begins one reviewer, who says that the loudest part of using the machine is loading papers into the shredder. Nearly 200 five-star reviewers describe this paper shredder as “quiet,” even though it can handle a heavy-duty load size of up to 14 sheets at once. The mechanism is very sturdy … This has been a 5-star product for me.” And a third reviewer uses their leftover shreds from this Aurora shredder “for starting fires in my fireplace,” and says that after shredding “the equivalent of about a 2-foot-high stack of paper … It’s still running perfectly.” “Everyone wants these goofy nano-scale shredders that destroy at the subatomic level, and who needs that? Not me!” writes one reviewer, who loves how this machine churns out “the perfect linguine” to be used as “thick, fluffy bird-cage bedding for my flying rats … That powdery paper chuff from the newfangled shredders just won’t do.” Another reviewer, who also specifically chose this shredder in order to use the strips as “bedding/browns for a worm composting system,” says this “shredder has not failed me yet. Though strip-cut shredders are generally considered less secure than cross-cut or micro-cut shredders, certain shoppers prefer strips because they can be used for other purposes, such as animal bedding. “If you put more than six pages, the motor bogs down but will slowly chew through it - I’ve done that a few times where it just stopped,” one says, but luckily, “there is a reverse switch to unclog it if you get overzealous in your shredding.” However, the advertised shred volume for this machine is six sheets and the reviewers warn not to push it. “I expected catastrophic failure like overheating, jams … NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED.”Ĭustomers also vouch for the security of this shredder: The crosscut makes paper “unreadable,” according to one user, and it’s powerful enough to do credit cards, too. “This shredder model just handled a 45-pound four-day shredding party and handled it exceptionally well,” one says. “It chomped down everything I threw into its bottomless shredder mouth.” And more than 100,000 other reviewers give this shredder five stars, with many calling out its large capacity. This guy right here,” writes one reviewer who says this works like a dream. What lame-o is looking forward to buying a paper shredder.