26.3.2017

I feel like some people are missing the point of what this aims to be at the price point.First off, this is essentially a £40 personal shredder with some additional mechanics and electronics. Shredders at that price point aren't capable of continuous duty. To get one that is, you need to spend £500 - £700 and get steel gears, maybe chain drive, probably a fractional-horsepower motor, and it still won't autofeed. I've no idea if this product page was always as clear, but when I looked the manufacturer's text made the short duty cycle / long cooling cycle absolutely clear. And the instruction book that comes with it reinforces the "5 mins shred, 20 minutes cool" cycle.All the personal shredders I've owned have overheated if used continuously, and I wore out several pretty quickly before I learned to give them an easier time. This one will do the duty if you give it time and organise things so you're not watching over it waiting for it to finish.Secondly, the sheet feed. This is a godsend for those of us who have no underlings to delegate to standing over the shredder (joke). To achieve it at all is quite something - industrial shredders generally don't have one, relying instead on greater capacity and throughput, but at work I've still managed to jam industrial shredders a few times through having a lot of documents to shred and being in a hurry. This takes the opposite approach - you feed it a small batch of documents, then when it stops you look to see if the overheat light is on. When it isn't, you feed it another batch, otherwise you leave it and carry on with whatever you were doing. It carries on when it's cooled down.Refinements I added to the process:1) only half filling the input tray. Sure, I'm attending to it twice as often, but it makes managing the output bin much more manageable. Getting a 60 sheet batch through results in an overflowing bin that will transfer its contents everywhere except where you want, while you try to get it into a waste sack. 30-ish sheets results in a manageable binful.2) every time the overheat switch turns it off I popped the drawer open and pulled the existing shreds to the front of the bin. In a unit this small there's no way to automate distribution of the shreds in the bin, so I don't mind doing that myself. Still way less work than standing over a manual shredder.3) listen to the noise it makes: normal operation is the deep hum of the motor with a quiet graunching noise as it shreds (and it is quiet, quieter than any other shredder I've owned). Any time you hear just the hum with no shredding noise, something's stuck, and it's time to pop the lid to save unnecessary heating-up and possible glazing of the rollers. Things that will catch it are heavy paper or card, sometimes lots of pages stapled together, or glazed surface paper. Because it has to cope with different size sheets as well as paper that may have dogeared corners, it can't use an end feed like a printer, so it uses a centre feed that relies on opposing rollers being able to pinch the paper into a fold and draw it down into the cutters. Any time I found a jammed half eaten sheet or something that was obviously too stiff / shiny, I'd dump it out to deal with separately through the manual feed before I loaded the next batch. If there was no obvious reason, I'd just turn the remaining batch over and that always seemed to fix it.4) my own little tweak - because it seemed like roller glazing / contamination with paper dust was a possible issue for the sheet feed, I dug out a small suede shoe brush with *soft* brass bristles and left it by the shredder. Any time I went to clear a jam, I gave the rollers a few gentle strokes with the brush to keep them grippy. Following this routine it quitely munched its way through a day of shredding with only minor involvement from me.5) having a hand vacuum cleaner handy. The action of pulling out the bin means the back of the bin will catch against shreds hanging down from the cutter slot above, and make them drop into the vacated space. Rather than leave them to build up, id give them a quick whoosh with the Dustbuster to get rid of them before putting the emptied drawer back.I only need this functionality occasionally: once a year when it's time to dispose of tax records and statements that are older than the retention period, and from time to time when I need to dispose of a batch confidential info that I printed which is no longer relevant. It probably helps that everything I print is on 80gsm copier paper which is this machine's ideal target.This year I had a four inch stack of paper to shred, which previously would have involved spending most of the day sat on the floor with my usual tough but limited capacity personal shredder, worrying that I was driving it too hard and risking it burning out at some point. Instead, I used the Rexel sheet feed shredder - subject to the above limitations - and got on with other work instead of having my whole day disrupted. If you have similar intermittent requirements, and can adapt to the limitations, it's ideal. If not, there are no real alternatives to standing over a manual shredder - the equivalent Fellowes machine has exactly the same duty / cool cycle,and there's no way I could justify spending 5-7 times the cost for a continuous duty machine, given how occasional my need for bulk shredding is.If you have regular bulk shredding needs, you might be better looking at one of the higher capacity machines - from the info on the box, it looks like the robustness and intended frequency of use go up as the price increases. For myself, I'm glad to have reduced my annual shredding marathon to a minor inconvenience, instead of a day lost to a major irritation.In case this sounds too enthusiastic, I guess I need to state that I have no connection with Rexel or the people who sell their products. I'm just a customer.

25.8.2015

Note: The manufacturer supplied a review sample for product evaluation, the opinion of the product is my own personal viewThis model is the next step up over the 60x below it, and as expected comes in a somewhat larger form factor (my measurements were 44cm deep, 32cm wide by 42cm high) not huge by any means if you're in tiny room it might be a bit much; for a small office it would be easy to find space for this. Included is a small paper bag for fitting inside the bin aka recycling.Capacity for the top loading section is around 100 sheets (normal 80gsm, somewhat more for slightly thinner paper) and the bin can take this capacity ie one single run fully stacked up and has a fairly large clear section to see how the volume is going in the bin.Though in practise you'll use the top section (at least some of the time) which can take 5/6 sheets I'd cut that down for thicker paper to 3 or 4. A small slot sits above this for credit/bank card shredding. Power is via a rear switch, front controls are large and easy to see and we have some backlighting for the power/overheat and reverse actions. Forward and back controls allow you to manually dislodge jams. This can take normal paper clips or staples (but not the big ones) and it can't shred CD's; as usual stay away from laminated paper this can melt and jam the cutters.On paper we have a very appealing "load and go" product but does it stack up in the real world using it. It most ways yes it does but there are some limitations to the top loader that should be considered. Normal paper sizes (A4 or about there) work fine, half sheets don't and a mix and match of papers can cause problems and are better put through the top section. Some minor maintenance is required this works by "pulling" the paper in via the rubber rollers and over time bits of paper stick to it and dust so it will need the "occasional" brush off to maintain grip. If paper is very scrunched or creased they might not pull in, but for most normal flat paper (at the standard thickness) it does work well. You'll get somewhere between 2-2.5 full loads (250 odd) before it shuts down to cool this is quite normal it's not faulty but done to protect the motor...I've yet to use a shredder that didn't but that's quite a bit of paper cutting. I timed the restart interval at about 18 minutes on one run, honestly though for a busy home or small business (maybe 2-3 people) I can't see that volume of paper being constantly fed into the machine if it is then you need a bigger model that can handle it better. Cross cut provides good secure shredding and it's quite unlikely anyone would be able to put the pieces back together.There are a few weaker points to note the cable length was about 90cm that's too short in my view (1.5 metres would be more realistic) so plan on an extension unless it's directly next to a plug socket. Operation was "quiet" (far less annoying than small units) though this isn't a fast shredder it's slowly grinding though it's workload. For home users this is likely a bit "high end" though it can easily cope with a good quantity of paper, it should do a fine job for a small commercial operation where paper is likely to be "loaded" in batches. You will need to put an oil sheet through at regular intervals (about 6 months or so) to keep the cutters in good shape.Bar a few smaller areas, and subject to knowing the limitations of the unit (ie what not to feed onto the top loader) it's a decent model and makes light work of the job at hand.

21.10.2012

Having recently retired I have the legacy of 35 years plus of work to dispose of. Despite the arrival of the "paperless office" being foretold, the vast accumulation of paper in my desk and cupboards etc. is testimony to the fact it never really arrived. However, I was delighted when this Rexel AutoPlus 60x shredder arrived just in time to help me out. I was a little cautious though, based on the variable reviews on this page.I live in a modest house and was worried that this shredder would simply be too large, but, I really wanted the automatic functionality and so took a chance. It is more compact than it looks in the picture, being slightly lower, but a shade wider, than other shredders I have owned.It is well finished and will blend into most home offices - I would liken it to a slightly elongated compact laser printer.Using the Autoplus 60x is easy. It is designed to cope with paper, staples/paperclips etc. and credit cards but not CD/DVD media. The way it is intended to work is that conventional A4 paper waste goes into the automatic feeder for shredding, whilst, the manual feed is used for other sizes or textured paper. I realised in my case 98% of my paper use was conventional A4 which was suitable for automatic shredding.I loaded the automatic feeder with about 50 sheets of A4 and started it going by simply closing the lid whilst I sorted more pages for it to shred. It shredded two loads of around 40/50 pages without any difficulty. As my confidence built I left it to chomp through another 7 or 8 hopper loads over a few hours and it didn't snag or stall once. I may be lucky or have a more recently made version which is not so prone to some of the problems referred to by some other reviewers on this page.In terms of the manual feed, I found feeding in five or six sheets takes no longer than other shredders I've used before. I do agree that shreddings are inclined to accumulate to the rear of the hopper (which is sized at 15L - the estimated volume of confetti produced by 100 sheets of A4) but this isn't too much of a problem. The noise level of the shredder in use is low and quite comfortable. Should problems arise, the shredder has a reverse switch as well as "jam boost" switch, it also has an automatic thermal cut-out which is reset by turning the shredder off and allowing it to cool/reset.To me, this shredder is worth considering if you've got a fair amount of shredding to do and the documents are mainly A4 size. Two things that help it run smoothly are to ensure you stack the paper for shredding carefully in the feeder tray (I briefly "feathered" the edges). Secondly, this shredder is a domestic or fairly "light duty product" (heavier duty versions are available) so allow some cooling down time between runs.Overall, I'm really pleased with this shredder and consider some of the reviews on this page to be quite harsh based on my experience. Although, as I have said, it might be that the shredder build/design has been tweaked recently to avoid some of the problems like overheating described on this page. The safety net is that apart from Amazon's excellent customer care, there is a 2 year manufacturer's warranty. Based on my specimen I'd recommend the Rexel AutoPlus 60x as it has saved me considerable time and effort.

23.10.2012

The significant innovation with this home/small office shredder is that it can be loaded with up to 60 pages of paper for shredding (including single stapled documents up to 25 pages) which are then automatically fed through the paper cutters. If you're fed up with standing over a shredder feeding in five pages at a time this device may be good option for you.The shredder comes well packaged, to the extent that I found it a little irritating separating all the packing material from the machine itself - particularly the tape holding a bag around the plug! Although made of plastic the build quality is good and both the paper feed system or feeding paper in through a conventional slot on the top of the machine seem to work well.This is the bottom of the range Rexel Auto+ shedders and lacks some features. Most notably the more upscale machines can handle more pre-loaded sheets of paper - 80, 100, 250, 500 sheets and have progressively larger paper bins. The 60 model lacks a warning light indicating the paper bin is full or if paper is jammed in the roller feeder system. The paper bin itself, while a fair size but does fill up rapidly if 60 pages are put into the auto shredder tray. It can only hold shredded paper for around two full loads. This is a disappointment as the auto shredder is the biggest sell for this machine above other shredders. The shredded paper itself produces cross-cut confetti but it's not very finely cut - in other words it has the security level of most home shredders.There is a downside to the feeder system. The shredder's profile is more like that of a printer. It's designed to sit on a desk, or perhaps under one, and paper to be shredded automatically is placed in a container accessed by lifting a lid on the top of the machine. As a result it takes up more desk space compared to most shredders. It's also more complicated than most shredders because of the paper feed mechanism. Other reviewers report problems with the feeder. I haven't had the shredder for long enough to tell if this is a problem with my model over a period of time. Based on my experience to date, and reflecting that someone buying this shredder would want one with an paper feeder, it gets five stars. If problems occur I'll update this review.Update: I've now been using the shredder for a few weeks and am even more impressed. The automatic feeder mechanism works very well indeed and I haven't experienced any problems with paper jams. Putting paper in the hopper for shredding is not like putting paper into a printer. The paper does not have to be precisely aligned which is a significant advantage as it's unlikely a pile of paper to be shredded will be nicely stacked. There've been no issues with the shredder overheating either despite putting two or three sets of around 60 pages into the hopper one after another. The shredder simply gets on with dealing with the documents. All this is good, very good, but because it works so well and makes short work of 60+ pages the waste paper bin really needs to be bigger. It fills up very quickly.I can't give more than five stars but this product really is excellent.

24.10.2012

There really is no art to paper shredding, but as with many office products, manufacturers like to solve problems that never existed in the first place. This is why I like the AutoPlus 60X - the quality and finish of the device is matched by a simple user experience.The main selling point of this particular product is that it has both an automatic and a manual feeder. Why would you need either option on a shredder? This is where things get interesting. The automatic feeder is essentially a tray on the top-surface of the device, and you can load it with up to 50 sheets of standard A4 paper that you want shredding. Then, once you've closed the lid,

17.4.2011

I bought this shredder to replace another Rexel shredder (excellent product but gifted elsewhere). I bought this one because I occasionally do bulk shredding of financial reports and bank statements. It's a good item but not as good as I hoped. All the same I recommend it if you have occasional but limited quantities of bulk shredding to do.ProsQuiet. Reasonably quick on single sheets. The bulk shredding facility works as advertised: up to one hundred sheets at a time, including staples. If it jams on bulk shredding it automatically reverses until the jam is cleared -- this works well. Well made -- a quality item.ConsFairly expensive.

7.9.2015

Having never used an auto feed shredder before using this machine was a bit of an epiphany, it’s so easy to use with regular paper, doesn’t jam and you can just lay up to 60 sheets on the internal flat bed and it quietly shreds away. Fantastic.Having tested this machine I would say it’s perfect for the home office of smaller offices, largely because it can tend to run a little warm after a few minutes and also the bin capacity is 100 sheets which in an office you can easily fill quite quickly, but for a home office it could be perfect.The shredder has a security level rating of 3, this rating is an EU standard guideline, where 1 is the most basic, and 7 is the best (which goes past ‘espionage safe’ apparently).

19.1.2013

This Rexel shredder has one pretty unique feature - the ability to take stack of A4 sheets and just works its way through them on its own. I haven't seen that in another product and was exactly what I was looking for. I generate about 30 sheets of personal information that goes through the shredder daily and all I have to do is lift the top put them in and away it goes.Overall - it is solidly built and has been styled well and relatively quiet (not silent mind). It will happily sit on a desk surface and looks pretty cool compared to most office printers. The cross cut is fine enough for day to day work but is not the superfine you see for very sensitive documents; unless you are shedding state secrets,

22.10.2012

this is a good shredder to start, its quiet by shredder standards, it doesnt rip the paper from your hand when using it and the auto feature means you can put alot of paper in it and it will shred quietly by itself without you stranding over it. open the lid, insert and close lid and it will while its time away eating your bills.now when choosing a shredder you must think about its usage. I am not a business, or need it for business which is fine. for a low yield user who is not going to shred vast documents for hours, this is not for you. this is a small business or home use shredder. if your shredding general filing on straight A4 at a low yeild this is fine.

26.2.2013

I run a small business and infrequently I have quite large amounts of archive papers to shred. These include bank statements, old invoices, bills etc. I chose this particular shredder because it runs continuously for 20 minutes or so and will take up to 100 papers in the auto feeder. I couldn't afford the luxury of a commercial sized shredder which really does run continuously (have hired one of these in the past but no-one seems to hire out this type of equipment any more in my area). Initially, I had difficulty persuading the auto feed to run for more than a couple of sheets before it stopped and refused to budge, despite the fact that there was no paper jam or overheating.

23.11.2017

This was a returned product that I purchased at a reduced price. I chose it having burnt out its predecessor by using it continuously for too long a period. It was new too - less than a month old. This replacement arrived looking new in every respect apart from the carton and is now in use. It works reasonably well for A4 sheets but is a bit sensitive to placing paper - they lie horizontally and I have to ensure that sheets are absolutely flat. Sometimes sheets that are smaller than A4 don't get picked up and have to be adjusted - the rollers that pull in the paper are situated half way along a sheet of A4. The auto "switch off when it gets too hot" function seems to work well, however,

28.3.2017

Good for small home office shredded over a ream of paper in batches on the day it arrived. Over headed a few times and jammed once. Good value at the discounted price I paid of around £87 normal retail price is a bit steep I think. Good shredder if you occasionally want to shred say 30 to 100 sheets (takes up to 60 at a time but works better with 30 to 40 sheets at a time I found). If lots of shredding daily probably not meant for that (as the box indicates).60 sheets at a time is seems a bit of a strain on it I think having shredded a ream of paper on the day it arrived, in batches. It needed to cool down in between batches before it would automatically start shredding again when doing more than one batch of 60 sheets.

24.7.2015

I bought this shredder after reading all of the reviews, many of which were quite negative, so I had a good idea what I was getting, but given that the shredder was essentially half price it seemed worth a punt.I've had the shredder a month now and have shredded at least 10 bin bags worth of shredding. So what did i think?Many people observed that if you put the full 60 pages into the shredder then the bin capacity was insufficient. This is true.Many people observed that the shredder overheats relatively quickly. This is true.I also found that some times when you stack paper in the feeder it doesn't always pick up.

10.9.2012

This is a great product! I recently bought this shredder for my office and I am very impressed. It was easy to set up, straight out of the box, plugged it in and was ready to go. The shredder has a professional look and is a compact size, fitting neatly under my desk. The paper cut is small for good privacy. But the bit that I feel is really innovative is the 'auto feed' feature. You can just place a stack of paper into the machine and leave it. Even if the documents you wish to shred have staples or paper clips in them. The shredder starts automatically, shreds quietly and stops when your documents have been done. The manual feeder option and credit card cutter also work well. The bin is easy to empty,

24.10.2012

Rarely a day passes without some mention somewhere of identity theft. It is becoming increasingly common and it makes sense to take all reasonable steps to protect yours, as well as other personal information you would not want to fall into the wrong hands. This is where a shredder comes into its own and this Rexel is well worth considering. It is ideal for the home or a small business and the fact that it offers auto-feed is an added bonus. My own experience of other shredders has been that if basic care and good practice is employed from the beginning, you can expect trouble free use. You abuse them at your peril. This one has a larger footprint than many I have used before and takes up more space.

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