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HomeOffice EquipmentPaper & CD/DVD ShreddersRoyal 85MX 10 Sheet Cross Cut Shredder (29157K) |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Royal 10-sheet Cross-cut Shredder Sep 22, 2009
By cdg_orders
I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this review, especially since the item is no longer available (I wonder why). I've been using this shredder for about a month now and it does have a few nice features - It has a separate slot to shred CDs/DVDs and another for Credit Cards. There are two things that I don't like about it - the SLIDE-OUT WASTEBASKET and the fact that the business end of the shredder is permanently attached to the body. The waste basket could hold a lot more if the shredding mechanism sat on top of it instead of being attached. The biggest gripe I have is that it is very difficult to pick out those pieces of paper that stick onto the cutters and around the ends (especially as the unit ages and the blades get dull). Going by all the cross-cut shredders I have used, they all seem to suffer from the same problem as they age - the shredded paper fragments tend to wrap around both ends of the shaft that the cutting blades are attached to. If the top part was removable it would make cleaning very easy and perhaps extend the life of the shredder.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Cheap machine! Cheap Brand! Jul 11, 2007
By A. M. DAmelio
This was the second Royal shredder I bought within a year. The first one broke within 2 months and I swapped it out for this particular model. Less than a year later, this one also died. Spend a little extra and get a Fellowes.
I am a moderate shredder (junk mail, love letters from the mistress, etc.) and didn't run this one through the ringer. It's just a cheap machine from a lousy brand. Not built to last - that's all I can say.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Never buy a Royal product. JUNK Jan 04, 2009
By Kay
I absolutely HATE this shredder. This was a gift from my son. This is the 3rd one we had from Royal. The first two also were Royal but a cheaper model. They didn't work so we took them back, frustrated, and opted for a more expensive model, 85MX, hopefully to eliminate the problems. This only works when it feels like it. The "trigger" mechanism sucks. If it works at all, it comes on for a split second then stops. Then you have to put it in reverse for it to function again. Then if you don't "hit" the "trigger" just the way it likes at the moment, you have to go through the whole process again. My prior shredder was a cheap $10 one which worked fantastic but I wanted a crosscut and this is the junk I got. If it wouldn't be that my son got it for me as a gift, I would throw it away. I will never buy any Royal product again.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Junk and lies Nov 15, 2009
By J. Kinyon
This machine cannot shred anywhere close to the number or thickness of items it claims.
Can barely shred 2 pages of standard 20lb office paper, not ten.
Clogs and jams easily and difficult plus dangerous to clean or unjam due to sharp parts.
Difficult to feed (except for your fingers and tie according to the warning stickers), poor alignment of feed port to sensor and shredder blades.
Claims it can shred cd's. Hah! chuckle.
Not safe to leave plugged in.
Pull-out waste basket is messy, bits of junk and dust go every where when open or closed.
Really consider doing it by hand with a pair of scissors before buying this or similar shredders from Royal.
Oy, what a piece of junk.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Clogs constantly. This thing is junk Dec 05, 2008
By suyapi
If you're thinking of getting a shredder, do NOT get this one. It's junk. Before the bin is even half full, the thing is jammed. It has a cross bar that blocks part of where the shredded paper exits its teeth which is part of the problem with it jamming.
Overall, the shredder is so poorly designed, and works so badly, I'd think twice before ever buying a Royal product again.
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