Bonsaii 6-Sheet Crosscut Shredder

Good use for at home shredding of stuff. A little louder than our other one, but I’ve gotten used to it. Shreds well, can run a little slower with 4 or 5 pieces of paper. I think it’s a good value for what you get.

amazing price, much smaller than other shreaders but cuts into almost confetti sized pieces so very compact. whilst it handles up to 6 sheets, entry into shreader can be a bit fiddley. given the weight of the cutter it is a bit top heavy overall though very impressed with its results.

Our home was in the need of a new paper shredder as our older one broke. After comparing various options, we decided on this shredder based on price range and it’s claimed performance.

This shredder cuts up single sheet documents with relative ease, but what we wanted was also a unit that could shred thicker postcard type documents you might get in the mail like with credit card ads. It’ll shred 2 thin paper sheets at the same time with ease and will definitely take care of those thicker junk mail postcard thickness documents. Compact and easy to put away. Had all the necessary options like auto detecting shredding, constant turning, and reverse rotation.

I bought this shreder in March 2024. Contacted company for warranty coverage one week ago when shredder bogged down and would stop after short time of shredding less than the allowed number of sheets per use.
Company responded in very timely manner requesting reasonable, and easily provided, video of problem. Upon their receipt, I received replacement two days later! Very pleased!

Parfait pour une utilisation occasionnelle. Plein de confettis !
J’aurais apprécié que la partie déchiqueteuse puisse se clipper sur le bac de récupération pour le transporter.

My 12-sheet shredder just died one day. It was a heavy machine that sat atop a plastic basket and needed a good fit for the “actuating pin” to sit on this plastic receptacle bin. Over time, the weight of that shredder had cracked the bin and made everything unusable. No replacement for the bin available and superglue and duck tape just wasn’t working.

I considered a new shredder that had a pull out bin, but after analyzing how much use (including number of sheets to feed into the machine at one time), cost, and overall weight of the machine, I realized a lightweight shredder might meet my needs. Good decision on my part.

Excellent aspects:

It is very lightweight machine that has an excellent and comfortable folding handle to lift it off the included basket. I have serious arthritis in both wrists and most fingers, and I can lift this off without any issues at all. It also easily seats right back into the correct position without any problems when put back onto the receptacle bin.

It is pretty quiet when running.

It has a window that clearly tells you when the bin is getting full, ensuring that you do not overfill and jam the machine. When full, the bin is easy to lift and dump its shredded pieces into a larger trash bag. The pieces may get a little statically attached to the plastic bin, so try covering the opening of the bin with a trash bag before you invert the bin and then tap the aides of the bin to get all the shredded pieces into the trash bag. I still had to round up some “shred debris” that clung to the inside of basket or missed the bag…not big deal.

Price was awesome!

Average/neutral aspects:

My previous shredder had a lock out mechanism that let me ensure the shredder could not be accidentally turned on if the main selector switch was unintentionally moved to the “on” position. This machine does not have such a feature. It has 4 positions: FWD (on with continuous shredder wheels engaged regardless of whether something is sensed in the shredder slot), AUTO (power on, but shredder wheels not engaged unless something is sensed in the shredder slot), REV (shredder wheels in constant motion, but pushing things back out of the feeder slot), and OFF (which powers down the machine, red power light goes off). As there is no “guard switch” to prevent accidental activation, I simply unplugged it when I am not using it for a time and if any small children/pets are around.

It also has an overheat light if the motor os getting too hot from continuous or heavy load use.

It is not top heavy, but still can be tipped over if you move or bump against it. I have it freestanding on the floor between a similar sized trash can and the side of my desk. I have had no problems with it tipping or moving during use.

There is a credit card slot, and while the machine will “chew” these up, you can hear the machine slow and even see the credit card wobble as it is being shredded. Worked OK as I only shred a card or two annually.

I would not place more than 3-4 sheets of regular paper in at one time as you can hear the machine slowing to shred that amount. I am sure it can do more, but I decided to simply be cautious. The machine does shred as quickly as most residential use machines, however.

Note: The actual continuous run time on this machine is much better than advertised. I ran it for 10 minutes without any problems, although I was only inserting 1-2 sheets at a time, not the max they say you can at a time. No overheat light came one, albeit the top of the machine did become a little warm.

Overall, very happy with this machine. It will only get used every couple of weeks and then for only about 15-20 sheets of paper or other junk ail (credit card mailings, credit card receipts, etc…