Fellowes PowershredŽ Shredder Bags for All Personal Models, 100 Bags & Ties/Carton (36052) by Fellowes
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Digital camera reviews of Fellowes PowershredŽ Shredder Bags for All Personal Models, 100 Bags & Ties/Carton (36052)
Digital camera Review: These bags are just too small
Summary: 1 Stars
I ordered these bags along with the new shredder. The bags that came supplied with the unit are great. These bags that are sold as an add-on are simply unworkable. The quality is inferior(they are also smaller in size) and the ones I received just didn't fit the container. They are just useless to me now as I had run through the supply provided with the shredder and by the time I had thrown away the packaging for the add-on bags, I couldn't return them. Don't make the same mistake.Digital camera Review: These bags are not so good.
Summary: 2 Stars
The bags that came with the shredder were perfect.
These replacement bags fit but are smaller and lighter
weight.
Tall kitchen size garbage bags work well as a substitute
and are more easily tied closed.
Digital camera Review: They do the job
Summary: 3 Stars
I don't see why regular wastebags can't be used, but these do the job okay.Digital camera Review: Thought it was the same Fellowes bags as supplied with the MS-460ci
Summary: 2 Stars
After months of searching for a decent shredder, I purchased the Fellowes Crosscut (I think it was the SB-99?)from Amazon. Amazon said it would take 2-3 weeks and after waiting for about 1 month and a half, they said they couldn't secure a unit for me. Did some more research and ended up ordering a MS-460ci from Staples. What a shredder! The bags that came with the unit were nice and thick and it fit over the shredder waste basket nicely and with ample room.
After I ran out of the samples, I purchased this item from Amazon thinking it would be the same. I read the reviews right after purchasing and noticed that most complained about the quality. I really had no idea it would be this bad. As soon as I opened the package, I noticed that the bags were tied (or stuck together) on the bottom, shorter than the original sample bags and it was downright thin. Pulling the bag over the waste basket was a chore. I had to stretch the bag a little and it fits barely. Then I ran in to a problem. The waste basket open warning light came on as the bag forced the basket to not close all the way.
After shoving the waste basket in to the unit, it still came out twice more after that. I jammed it in with more force (not so much to break the unit... it is expensive :>) The force must have stretched the bag a little more and now it stays shut. I have no more issues afterward. Whenever I change bags, I stretch it a little more than normal so that it fits the basket with ample room. This allows the waste basket to close and shut in to the unit itself. I would give 5 stars if this bag was the same exact model as the one supplied with the unit, but the quality is very bad as I explained above.
PROS:
+Fellowes Brand. (it is OEM after all)
+They do the job (even though they are not like the ones shipped with unit)
CONS:
-Bad quality
-Extremely thin and short
-Does not fit the shredder right (well my model at least)
-Gives Fellowes a bad name (their shredders are amazing though)
Hopefully Fellowes listens to their customers and changes these bags to the ones that they supply with the unit. If so, then I will definitely buy those in a heart beat.
Digital camera Review: Ugly Fellowes Plastic Bags
Summary: 3 Stars
These comes in a box of 100 small plastic bags in two rolls of 50 bags per roll. The bags are similiar in size to ones you can purchase in a grocery store or Lowes or Home Depot. They are hooked together with a perforation between the bags and are easily pulled apart. I purchased these bags at the same time as the shredder because I did not know if they were actually needed to catch the shreddings. They aren't. The bags are placed over the removable shredder bin and when the bin is pushed back into place you are left with a view of an ugly plastic bag. For office use the view is not a significant factor but if using at home in a location that is highly visible it may be worth considering the shredder use w/o the ugly bags on display. You really don't need any bags.
You can get 100 of these ugly Fellowes bags for $25.96. Or, you can get 100 Glad bags of similiar size at Lowes for one half that amount. The main difference is that the Fellowes bags come packed with a supply of ties whereas the Glad bags have the ties built in, far more convenient and the bags are significantly less ugly. I give the Fellowes bags three stars for two main reasons. First, because they are ugly to begin with but also imprinted with black typeface in numerous languages which is an additional major contributor to their ugliness. Second, the price is outrageous and totally unwarranted.