
Shredder Help
How do I choose the right shredder? What do the specifications mean?
| Step One: Strip-Cut or Cross-Cut? | |
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Strip-Cut Destroyit strip-cut machines shred documents into narrow, unreadable strips that can also be used as packing material as shown in this picture. |
Cross-Cut Destroyit cross-cut machines shred documents into tiny particles, making them impossible to recreate as shown in this picture. |
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| Step Two: Feed Opening Width |
| The Feed Opening is the part of the shredder where the paper enters. The width varies and increases as model numbers increase which ranges from 8 inches to 18 inches. There are several reasons why this is important. |
| Step Three: Output/Speed |
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| Keywords and Specifications |
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| Shred Size: | The size of the shredded pieces after the document has been shredded. |
| Sheet Capacity: | The maximum sheets of paper the shredder can handle at a time. |
| Speed(ft./min.): | The speed at which the shredder shreds measured in feet per minute. (measure of power) |
| Output (lbs./hr.): | The weight of the shredded pieces measured in pounds per hour. (measure of power) |
| Feed Opening: | The width of the mouth (entry point) of the shredder. |
| Electrical (V AC): | The electrical power the shredder needs to operate. |
| Ship Weight (lbs.): | The shredder weight along with the packaging. |
| Personal Shredder: | Smaller, lighter shredder made for low volume shredding. |
| Mid-Size Shredder: | Mid-size shredder ideal for a small office, medium volume shredding. |
| High Volume Shredder: | Bigger more powerful shredder that can even handle CD's and file folders and high volume paper shredding. Ideal for a bigger office in a centralized position with higher volume shredding |
| High Capacity Shredder: | Safer and more convenient than using an outside shredding service that can shred bound ledgers, ring binders, stacks of printouts, storage media such as tapes and CD's- even entire wastebasket contents can be fed into these powerful Industrial sized Destroyit shredders. |
| Cutting Heads: | The physical blades that cut the paper into pieces. Destroyit models offer 5-year warranty on this part. |
