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Fellowes Powershred P-45C Shredder (3240004) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Fellowes
Category: CE
List Price: $83.98
Buy New: $23.95
You Save: $60.03 (71%)
New (33) Used (1) Refurbished (3) from $23.95
Rating:  14 reviews
Color: BLACK
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 15
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 14.3 x 14.8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 3240004
Model: 3240004
UPC: 043859490639
EAN: 0043859949069
ASIN: B0009PYGRY
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Features:
| • | Shreds 6 sheets per pass into 5/32 x 2 particles | | • | Patented safety lock prevents accidental shredder operation | | • | Easy-empty handle makes waste disposal hassle-free | | • | 3.7-gallon capacity | | • | For 1 user |
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Product Description
P45C, 6 Sheet Power Shredder With 3.76 Gallon Basket, Confetti Cut Shredder , Waste opening, Easy Empty Basket, Safety Lock.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Good safety feature, rest of the product doesn't live up to it's billing August 6, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I gave this product three stars for it's safety feature. To me safety is number one and this product does it well. However, the rest of what this product promises it fails at miserably. My wife spent all of yesterday shredding papers one at a time (two if they were thin). The machine got bound up when you tried anything over two pieces of paper, and barely handled two light weight pieces of paper (even then with only marginal success). If this machine lived up to it's billing it would have been able to to handle much more, and my wife would have been able to accomplish in two hours what ended up taking all day. There are better products on the market; please don't waste your time and money on this product. Just trying to look out for FELLOW consumers (pun intended).
 Safety feature is very good! September 11, 2005
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I like the safety features in this. As a paper shredder it may not impress any one. Not worth the money. Cannot handle even four sheets of 22lb paper. 5 sheets had jammed it. Usable with a maximum of TWO sheets, even though it gets cosiderably slower!
Broke down in one week, couldn't shred ONE piece of paper December 14, 2005
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I cleaned out all of my old financial statements and needed to shred them. Sounds simple enough, right? This shredder should be able to handle say, 3 pieces of paper at a time? Nope! This shredder handled 2 at a time with complaints and I finally gave up and fed it one sheet at a time until 2 days later, it got so clogged it stopped working all together. I have been trying to clean out the cutterhead and make it work again, but no dice. The shredder is strange: it "groans" as you use it, like the motor just can't handle the paper. It also "snaps" and "pops" because as the cutter turns, the plastic top gets pushed upwards and then "snaps" and makes a big popping noise as it goes back down. I kept wondering if the plastic was going to break. The safety flap broke off when I was emptying the can, as well. This is my second shredder and I'm not a power shredder. I try to be gentle with it, I don't even put as many sheets as the manufacturer says it can handle. I let it rest (it will get very hot after about 5-10 minutes of use and stops working until it cools down), I oil it. I think this is just a shoddy shredder and I strongly recommend you simply buy from another company. I actually feel weird complaining about it but hey, it's a shredder -- it's *supposed* to shred things. I don't think I should feel like I abused it by simply asking it to do what I bought it to do.
Buy a pair of scissors instead October 23, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
There is nothing except the safety feature in this product that lives up to the specs given. Two sheets of copy paper max, maybe a total of 6-8 sheets (two at a time) if you are lucky. Certainly not billing statements, since they are on heavier paper. Forget about your annual file-shredding! It's supposed to do credit cards, but that's a crock.
If you want it to work longer, you can clean the head every few sheets and/or send through a sheet of paper soaked in vegetable oil occasionally. I actually did this a few times hoping I could salvage it, but it turned out to be only a romantic notion.
I complained so much after I bought this that the manufacturer had me send it back and they sent out a new one. I shouldn't have wasted my time, because the replacement works only marginally better. The main problem seems to be that the shredded paper is not completely crosscut and strips wrap around the head. I also wonder why, with such a key design flaw, this product is still on the market.
A piece of junk January 14, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Bad from day one. Can't handle more than one or two sheets of paper at a time (though it claims six), and even then starts to jam and overheat after three minutes or so. By comparison, I had my previous shredder for seven years of near-perfect operation (had to leave it behind in a move). Strongly recommend that Fellowes simply take this product off the market.
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