Fellowes 3229901 PowerShred 99Ci 17 Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder by Fellowes
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Digital camera reviews of Fellowes 3229901 PowerShred 99Ci 17 Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder
Digital camera Review: Bad to the Bone...
Summary: 5 Stars
Arrived without a scratch from Fedex. Rolls right out of the box. Just snap the document holder on and plug it in. Shreds like a monster. I wanted something that would eat junk mail like credit card offers without choking. Well this one munches them up into little bits without a hiccup. As a bonus, it looks just like a "gonk droid" from Star Wars so we call ours GONK, and when we need to shred something we say "give it to GONK"!! I recommend buying it for any home or small office. Awesome piece of equipment.Digital camera Review: Best Shredder Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
This is simply an excellent shredder...works as advertised..has safety features that really work...and is remarkably quiet.Digital camera Review: Best Shredder I have ever owned!
Summary: 5 Stars
Finally a shredder that can handle the tons of "junk mail" that I get on a daily basis without jamming or overheating. I love how it automatically adjust to the size of the item being destroyed thus avoiding any jamming problems. It has a large bin and is easy to move around thanks to the casters that come with the unit. The 99Ci is quiet during operation and can consume a fairly thick piece of mail without getting stuck. After years of disappointment, I thought I would never find a shredder that would have all of these features but the 99Ci fits the bill. Forget about that junk they sell a STAPLES; this unit is well worth the extra money!Digital camera Review: Best Shredder Yet!
Summary: 5 Stars
Very quiet, powerful and versatile. Will take care of credit cards and computer disks. The touch sensor on the intake slot seems to work well for deactivation of the shredding action. The blue power and status LEDs are too bright for my taste but the manual advises that the power switch should turned off when not in use which turns off the lights.Digital camera Review: Best Shredder.....EVER!!
Summary: 5 Stars
We have owned two previous small business class shredders. This is our third. Without any doubt, it is the best shredder I have ever used/owned.
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.