Electronics

Shredder cuts it (2008-11-12)
The Aurora AS890C 8-sheet shredder does a fast job and is much quieter than the last one I burned up. It will jam if too many pages are fed in and it was hard to clear the cutters to get started again. Overall a good value if you're careful.

broken right out of the box (2008-11-11)
The first time I used it, it choked on a regular credit card offer. I reversed it and it still wouldn't move. I managed to pull out the chunks of paper with a needle-nose pliers, and shredded a few more pieces of paper, removing everything from envelopes and shredding no more than two pieces of paper at a time. It got stuck again on the clear plastic window of an envelope. Now it has come to a complete standstill, and when I hit auto or reverse, nothing happens, not even a scary grinding noise. Hope it will be easy to return!

Saved me from my WALL of mail! (2008-11-05)
I personally love this shredder! It does what it is supposed to do... shreds into small pieces. This is a crosscut shredder, not a confetti. I was moving and needed to get a lot of old mail (boxes worth) shredded before my move date. This little machine more than delivered on its' promise.

Do not overload the slot... 8 sheets is the limit and that is true. I try to keep it under that. It loves to groan along when you stuff too much in there. The shredding mechanism is very sharp and have nicked my fingers a couple of times when removing a jam. Does it jam often? NO... but it does happen. The reverse/unjam feature is a MUST! It does shred credit cards, paper clips and staples as it advertises. Again, it makes a very loud noise but accomplishes the feat. If you just have a normal mail load, you could probably go a month without changing the bin. I find it convenient to just keep on smooshing down the shreds. If you do not, your machine will jam!

Highly recommend the machine; do not know the longevity as of now. Does what it needs to do at a wonderful price.

One caveat... the darn thing tips too easily because the mechanism is on the top. In my home, that is a pain with 3 kids and 2 dogs running around. Shavings everywhere!! It also states in the manual that you should not shred labels or stamps of any kind. I have done it and it is functioning fine.

Aurora Shredder (2008-10-25)
This shredder is efficient and easily shredds 8 pages at a time. It is a little noisey. I like the window on the side that tells you when it is full.

Nice and small (2008-10-19)
This shredder is one of the best purchases that I have made on Amazon so far. This is a nice, small and compact shredder and I have not had any problems. I like the fact that when you take the shredder part off of the "basket" (for lack of a better word) it stops working until you put it back on. I don't know if all shredders are like that but I have curious little kids so the fact tht the shreddder only works when it is all togeter is important to me. I would reccommend this to anyone!