Dynex™ - Countertop 6-Sheet Crosscut Mail Shredder - Black/Silver

This is a sturdy little shredder. I have found it to be a very convenient way to make shredding less of a dreaded chore that gets put off as long as possible. As I go through the daily mail, I tear off the bits that need to be shredded. I throw them into a dollar store tote that also stores the shredder. The stuff that doesn't need shredding goes into the school’s paper-drive fund-raiser dumpster. Once a week, I plug in the shredder and chew up all the little pieces I've collected from the mail. If you need to shred several years' bank paperwork or tax forms, you will not want to use this shredder. If you are looking to avoid a huge backlog of shredding, this is a painless way to keep up. So far, this shredder has handled everything I’ve fed into it without jamming and even without retaining any bits in its teeth. (I also use this shredder on store receipts. The shredder handles them perfectly.)

I got this shredder for half the regular price on sale. I ordered it online and was a bit surprised how small it was when it arrived in the mail. It will shred a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet if you fold the sheet in half. It has a very small bin for holding the shredded paper and there's a warning not use it for more than a few minutes at a time. It says to only do three sheets at a time at the most. So it's OK if you don't have a lot of shredding to do. There's a reverse switch to help clean out any shreds left in the shredder part. My 4-year-old gets a kick out of it. It is pretty safe because there's a switch that turns it off if you pull the top part out of the bin and there's no way you can stick your finger into where the paper goes. I wouldn't let him do it unsupervised though.

This little shredder is exactly what I needed. -- something that takes up little space and can handle the mail every day so a backlog of shredding work doesn't accumulate. However, the shredder does make very short strips which can leave entire words intact, depending on how you feed the paper through the shredder. I always feed items perpendicular to the printing, so whole words and numbers are chopped apart. This is a very convenient piece of office equipment that takes up very little space. It seems quite sturdy and is not prone to clog with little pieces in its teeth. I have not tried to use the shredder on plastic cards. I would highly recommend the shredder unless you need something to regularly handle a bigger volume.

This is perfect because it is small enough to fit onto your desktop or even in a cabinet so you don't have to look at it. You don't have to take up a big bulk of space with the other shredders you have to sit on the floor. The design is clean and simple so if you do leave it sitting out, it's not an eyesore. Finally, ther performance of the shredder is great, you can shread up to three pages at once and not get jammed-up. I would highly recommend this product to anyone with a small space or anyone who wants to save space.

I always try and find the good and post positive comments. But I am struggling here. I need a new shredder so I log into Best Buy and order one. I had used the refine boxes to select criss-cross cut, one that can handle credit cards and cd's and fine one that had ok reviews. It happened to be on sale so I figured I would try it. I accept blame for not catching that it only handled 4" wide items so I have to fold papers to fit. With that being said, if I put 2 pages folded in half it bogs down. And the criss-cross cuts still leave legible text on printed paper. Even though the width issue is my fault for not catching, this is a weak motor and poorly designed cutting system.

This product was purchased to be used only as a solution to our accumulated junk mail problem. The shredder is compact and pictures don't allow you to see how small it is. Do not expect to get heavy use out of it. To shred 8x11 paper, you must first fold it in half. It is better for letters and other junk mail. It can shred 6 8x11 papers if stacked and folded, which also gives you an idea of how thick you can shred things. Credit cards are a good thing to shred also. If you plan to buy this, do so knowing its limitations. Since it is what we were looking for, it serves our purpose and we love it. 4 stars because it would have been nice to shred 8x11 papers without having to fold them.

My old shredder finally stopped working so I was looking for a replacement. Saw this desktop shredder on Best Buy's website and read the reviews and decided to give it a try. Gave it a real workout catching up on things I had let pile up. Love the fact that I don't need to get it out or put it away when I have something to shred. Sits on the edge of my desk and I can shred as I need to. Would recommend to anyone that needs to shred mail after they read and don't need to keep. Works flawlessly.

My wife and I always had a large bag of junk mail shredding to do at the end of the month. I bought this shredder with my Best Buy rewards $ and it works out great for us. We have this set up in the corner of our kitchen counter and shred mail junk mail as it comes in. Very compact. Shreds credit cards as advertised (our bigger doesn't do that). Should of bought this years ago. Gave only four stars since I have only had a few months and I am sure I will find a flaw. 4 1/2 stars