Having had some time to put the Fellowes Powershred 12-Sheet 100 Percent Jam Proof Cross-Cut Shredder (73Ci) through its paces, I am very pleased with its performance. It has a voracious appetite for paper, CDs and Credit Cards, all of which it eats quite easily.

With so many different types of shredders out there, it was conceivably difficult to select one over the other. Most machines have similar features as well. A feature on this unit is that there's the auto-safety which prevents the shredder from jamming up.

Features

Performance

The Fellowes Powershred 73Ci shredder ($199.99) is a good fit for personal or home-office use, or light duty in a tiny office. It's simple to use, shreds items other than paper, and performed mostly as billed. It also has a nice safety feature to protect curious hands or paws.

Shreds CDs, paper clips, staples, and credit cards, as well as paper; Touch-screen controls; Safety features; Simple to use; Matched its rated speed in our testing

Filling to its rated sheet capacity generates overload warning; Not quite as jam-proof as promised

Seems to be a very well made shredder with a display to indicate whether or not you're overloading it. Can't rate durability at this time but expect it to be very good given the initial quality.

I used to buy the cheap shredders and throw them out when they burnt out. For the price of this I should have purchased this Fellows powershred 73ci a long time sfo and would have saved a bundle. Has never overheated and will shred credit cards and cds. The entire family uses it and it is very safe.

Use it often and it works wonderfully!

For the price and the quality this product is excellent. shredds through paper clips, staples, credit cards and cd's.

Upon delivery,I found the Fellowes Powershred 73ci very well packaged and protected for shipment. Delivery was prompt. Since setting it up, which was very simple, I have used it almost non-stop to shred four large garden paper bags full of shedded material, without a "time out" period.

I am very impressed with thus shredder. I ordered one for our small office a week ago and we love it! We had an older Fellowes shredder model and it stopped working on us. I decided to still stick with the Fellowes brand by ordering something similar, which is the Powershred 73Ci model.

Purchased this to replace a 7-yr. old Royal. It eats more paper more quickly, is much quieter, and has great auto features the help prevent overheat (which lengthens its life) and jamming (which don't always completely work).