Bonsaii 8 Sheet Strip Cut Paper Shredder S120-C Bin without openings

My Bonsaii 8 Sheet Strip Cut Paper Shredder (S120-C) arrived on time, was well packed and exactly as described. This model (S120-C ) is the VFM 'starter' unit in the Bonsaii range of shredders. It has a 12 x month guarantee although this can be extended to 18 x months by registering the unit on the Bonsaii website.The specification states it has the ability to cut 8 x sheets of paper at one time although I'm not sure why the home user would want to. The manufacturer states "shreds paper into tiny particles measuring 6mm" which actually means the strips are about 6mm wide for a sheet of A4 paper. The manufacturer claims it "shreds your documents into unreadable pieces" which is a rather ambitious claim. However, it is capable of chopping up paper containing staples and has an additional facility for slicing up credit cards and CDs.To date I have only used it for trial purposes to check that everything worked ... it does.The real challenges any shredder faces will be jamming and/or overheating when used extensively.There is an overheat indicator light on the S-120C with cut-out although my initial usage has not provoked this problem. I'll update this review if I do have problems in the longer term.My old (very cheap & nasty) shredder bought from a certain discount supermarket suffered a lot from jamming with even minimal paper feed. I've not had a problem with the S120-C, and am intrigued by a sticker on the top of the unit that gives me a contact number and tells me to phone a Bonsaii Engineer if I need help & advice.I could have bought a shredder that cuts the paper into thinner strips, or a unit that literally chops paper into confetti-like pieces. However, the price of shredders of this capability quickly rises from under £50 to hundreds of pounds.This unit meets my needs and offers good VFM.BTW: Please remember that the shredder has a trip switch and only works when placed correctly in the collection bin. I once put it in the wrong way and when the blue light failed to come on I thought it was broken! I changed the plug, checked the wires and waited for it to cool. I then read the 'Troubleshooting Tips' and discovered that I needed to put the shredder in the right way to activate the trip switch DOH!RECOMMENDED for the Home Office User.

It was probably too cheap to be any use so I should have known better. Previous reviews are varied but I can only assume that those who thought that the unit is ok were shredding very small items. I bought it for home use and over a period of 3 months the performance deteriorated; it would really only take a page at a time and even then it bunched up under the blades causing frequent jams with the need to have to remove the shredding unit and pull the shreds out. Be aware that the blades do not stop when the shredding unit is taken out of the bin. That said, I’ve no reason to say that it was otherwise unsafe. I’ve now returned the unit and the Amazon Customer Service was excellent in helping me do so.

Just the job got rid of all private letters in one go and no way eney one can see them

Low quality build . It was jammed very quickly and never recovered

Dislikes:1) It's easy to move the slider control to REV (Reverse) when moving from AUTO to OFF. Suddenly the paper shreds pour out of the top instead of into the basket and can jam the machine up.2) When it does jam up it's difficult to clean the paper out.Likes:1) Looks good and is compact and quite light in weight.2) Easy to empty the basket.Note: I've found that folding A4 four sheets in half and feeding them into the machine lessens the chance of jams as does checking the basket for fullness. Overheating resulting in auto cut-out doesn't happen so much if you space out the paper input into the machine thus allowing it to cool a bit.

The only thing I didn’t like was when the machine was on the on button light was very bright. Had to keep it switched off until needed. (I use it a lot) No other complains as it shredded really well and was easy to clear when I put too much paper in.

Nice and simple to use.

Good product but gets hot quickly and you have to wait for it to cool down before you can use it again