Fellowes 99Ci 100% Jam Proof Heavy Duty Paper and Credit Card Shredder, 18 Sheet Cross Cut
- 100% Jam Proof System eliminates paper jams and powers through tough jobs
- SafeSense Technology stops shredder when hands touch the paper opening
- SilentShred offers ultra-quiet shredder performance for shared workspaces
- Shreds credit cards, paper clips, staples, CD/DVDs, and junk mail
- Shreds 18 sheets per pass into 5/32″ x 1-1/2″ cross-cut particles (Security Level P-4)
100% Jam Proof System eliminates paper jams and powers through tough jobs. SilentShred offers ultra-quiet performance for shared workspaces. Shreds credit cards, paper clips, staples, CD/DVDs, and junk mail. Patented SafeSense Technology stops shredding when hands touch the paper opening. 2-year product and service warranty plus lifetime on cutters. 17 sheets per pass. 5/32-Inch x 1-1/2-Inchcross-cut particles (Security Level 4). Max run time: 25 minutes. 9-gallon pull-out bin. 25.19-Inch H x 13.81-Inch W x 17.75-Inch D. For 1-3 users. The item is a 120V machine. It is made for use in US
List Price: $ 588.48
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Best Shredder…..EVER!!,
I bought this to replace our reliable Fellowes DM15C Shredder. That unit still works great, but my toddler son now has the dexterity and strength that would theoretically allow him to open up the sliding plastic CD/Credit Card sheild that served as the main barrier between his little hands and the powerful shredding mechanism. Also, after watching one of our cats activate the shredder twice in the past week while using it as an intermediate step to the office window, it seemed like a problem waiting to happen.
SAFE-SENSE (Every Shredder Should Have This)
The main thing I liked about the SB-99Ci is the Safe-Sense technology that shuts off the shredding blades when a hand (or any other body part) gets too close to the blades. In addtion to the no-brainer step of powering the thing off when I am not around, this technology looked like a very good backup protection to ensure that my young son retains all of his fingers until adulthood.
The Safe-Sense technology is extremely effective. I did not realize that it works by detecting fingers etc. when they come into contact with the metal trim that surrounds the shredder mouth (I thought the trim was just decorative…but it is functional). This is an extremely reliable detection method (i.e. vs/ tryng to detect motion or heat) and IMMEDIATELY shuts down the shredder if it is operating, or prevents it from operating at all if it has not started up yet. There is even a nice little LED indicator that lights up when the Safe-Sense shutoff is triggered, so it is very easy to test it out from time to time. Of course, there is a well hidden switch (that requires positive effort to adjust) that allows you to disable Safe-Sense if you don;t want/need it, but I can’t think of any good reason that anyone would want to do that.
OTHER NICE STUFF
While Safe-Sense was the primary motiviation for this purchase, I also really liked the clean and simple styling of the unit, and was very pleased to see that it has a good build-quality when I received it in-person.
Another pleasant surprise is how QUIET this thing is when it is operating. The motor is so quiet that the main thing you hear while it is doing its job, is the actual sound of the blades pulverizing whatever you are feeding into it. The motor is a low-level (and low frequency) drone in the background. I thought our previous Fellowes shredder was quiet, but the SB-99Ci puts it to shame.
The designers of this unit also added some enhancements that, although not totally neccessary, are very nice to have. For example, the strip of unique LED indicators on top of the shredder is great to have. Our previous unit had a single indicator for “bin-open” and “bin-full” which forced you to do limited investigation to figure out why it was lighting up. The SB-99Ci lets you know EXACTLY what is going on with an intuitive sybmol that lights up. Finally, the little progressive “efficiency graph” is neat to watch, although I doubt I would ever use it to optimize my shredding throughput, which is purportedly what it is designed for.
If you are looking for an attractively designed, well built, easy-to-use, and most importanly SAFE shredder for your home or small business, the Fellowes SB-99Ci is an excellent choice.
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The machine is solid, quieter and smooth when shredding. Not real fast. When you have an armful of paper to shred, the power shred feature of stopping, reversing, then forward again is a hindrance. You can press the button manually to move it along faster. The feeder throat is a bit deeper before it catches and starts to shred. You really have to push what you are feeding into it before it grabs and starts. When working on an accumulated pile of stuff to shred and got ahead of myself I found it was stopping, doing the automatic reverse,and I was already feeding the next handful and had to stop and wait for this to do it’s thing. Seems more sensitive to what it’s handling which puts it in the stop/reverse/forward mode a lot. It also gets hot and requires a longer cooldown more frequently than I was accustomed to with the ATIVA. As the basket fills, you need to frequently press down the shredded bits to keep the area clear. It looks to me to be more sensitive to being full than it should be. There’s still room in the bucket and the sensor stops the flow.(?) The output seems to pile on itself instead of spreading across open space in receptacle which stops it until you clear the path again. Again, machine seems to be more sensitive than it needs to be. A 13gal standard drawstring kitchen bag will work with a little fiddling. I taped a ltr size manila file folder to the inside front of the plastic basket to cover corners that ripped the bag as I pulled it out the first time. Lets you fill the basket to the max and remove it easily now. I’ve had it for almost two months. It’s adequate. True test over time is yet to be seen. It seems OK for the price. I didn’t want to spend $1k for a shredder. You get what you pay for. If you need speed you may not be happy with this.
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