Best Fellowes 32177 Powershred PS-77Cs Shredder
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Technical Details
- Medium-duty shredder reduces documents to 5/32 x 1-1/2 inch higher-security confetti particles
- 9-inch wide front feed paper entry shreds up to 12 sheets per pass
- Shreds credit cards, staples, small paper clips, and CDs
- 7-gallon pull-out wastebasket included
- 5-year limited manufacturer's warranty
The innovative Fellowes PS-77Cs with patent-pending SafeSense technology features an active sensor that stops shredding immediately when paper entry is touched. Designed for moderate shredding in the home/office, the Fellowes Powershred PS-77Cs delivers a high level of performance and features. This affordable, medium duty shredder reduces documents to 5/32" x 1 1/2" higher-security confetti particles, and shreds up to 12 sheets per pass, 25-50 times per day, for a total daily capacity as high as 600 sheets. Equipped with a 9" wide front feed paper entry, the PS-77Cs easily accepts standard letter or legal size documents. The durable steel cutters accept credit cards, staples and small paper clips, also shreds CDS in a designated slot safely. Quiet operation is perfect for use in office cubicles. Electronic auto start/stop feature ensures quick & easy automatic shredder operation. Shredder automatically shuts off and alerts the operator when a jam occurs, 7-gallon pull-out wastebasket is ajar or shredder is overheated. A clear window allows user to see if the 7-gallon wastebasket is full, while the convenient sheet capacity gauge helps prevent paper jams. Fellowes includes a five-year warranty on the cutter.
What's in the Box:
Wastebasket, machine with power cord, user's guide, warranty card
Product Description
The New innovative Fellowes PS-77Cs with Patent-Pending Safe Sense Technology features an active sensor that stops shredding immediately when paper entry is touched. Designed for light duty shredding in the home or home office, the Fellowes Powershred PS-77Cs reduces documents to 5/32" x 2" higher security confetti particles, and shreds up to 12 sheets per pass, 25-50 times per day, for a total daily capacity as high as 600 sheets. Equipped with a 9" wide front paper entry, the PS-77Cs easily accepts standard letter or legal size documents. The durable steel cutters also accept credit, staples and small paper clips, also shreds CD's in a designated slot safely. Quiet operaption is perfect for use in office cubicles. Electronic auto start/stop features ensures quick & easy automatic shredder operation. Heavy duty, quiet motor allows extended shredding cycle for less down time. Shredder automatically shuts off and alerts operator when a jam occurs, 7-gallon pull-out wastebasket is ajar or shredder is overheated. Clear window allows user to see if 7-gallon wastebasket is full. Recessed collapsible handle allows easy removal of shredder head to empty wastebasket. Convenient sheet capacity gauge helps prevent paper jams.
Fellowes 32177 Powershred PS-77Cs Shredder
Reviews
Excellent shredder!!!,
By C. A. Freeman (Montevideo, MN. United States)
Just received this beast from Amazon today & couldn't wait to try it as my old one (Royal Orca) finally died after several years of faithful service & credit card checks were starting to pile up. My old Shredder was a table top model that would only shred a couple of checks at a time & I wanted something more "formidable" Well this critter fits the bill. Its intake is a full 9" so I can unfold a sheet of checks & make fast work of them. Its 7 gal basket means less trips to the garbage. Plenty of indicator lights to give it that "Gee-Whiz" look, & one feature that makes this shredder a must have for families with little children.....a safety lockout that cuts power to the shredder if little fingers are touching the intake area. A size gauge on the front is small but very handy feature so you don't overload the machine. Another handy feature is the pull out basket,makes emptying this thing a breeze. Any complaints? So far just one......the basket assembly seems flimsy, especially on carpet it seems somewhat "wobbly". Take the basket out & it seems it might collapse. The pluses far outweigh the cons so I highly recommend this item.
Pluses:
1. Shredding capabilities are all any home could need
2. A great shredder for a good price
3. safety lockout
4. Shreds credit cards & Cd's
5. Looks great.
6. Indicator lights to tell whats happening
minuses
1. Flimsy basket assembly
auto shutoff quit working. Major hassle to turn it on & off manually. after a couple of weeks this I e-mailed customer service @ Fellowes & explained the problem. I received an e-mail from a nice CS lady the next asking for clarification of the problem(bad sensor) she e-mailed back the next day that Fellowes was sending a new unit(at their expense) & to return the bad one in the same carton with a downloadable label(also at no expense to me). When I returned home the following week there was my new shredder on the porch. Scheduled a PU for Fed-Ex the next business day. All in all a positive experience. I wish more companies were like Fellowes.
BTW the flimsy baqsket is still going strong :o)
Excellent quality shredder, terrific value!,
ByEye In Sky (LA County, CA USA)
We bought this shredder to replace our old broken cross-cut model, and found this to be one of our very best purchases from Amazon. Yes, it's about twice the cost of the cheaper $40-$50 models you will find but the marginal extra cost will repay itself in spades! Below are some of the advantages I liked most:
PROS
1) While this is a bigger unit, the trash bin holds a much greater capacity. This means fewer headaches of dumping and cleaning. There is a little window that shows the trash level. I recommend compressing the shredded paper once you see paper reach this point. This will help prevent paper jamming into the blades from the mound below. After 2 rounds of compressions, it's probably time to dump the shreds. The trash bin conveniently pulls out without lifting the heavy motor (and it *is* much heavier than the smaller units). The design is nifty and elegant!
2) The shredder chomps paper away with ease and rips through staples like butter. While it's supposed to handle paper clips, I still think it's best to pull them off before shredding to help protect wear & tear on the blades. It also rips through credit cards and CD's. It's perfect for junk mail too - even with plastic cards already included.
3) The sheet limit rating is pretty accurate! Like a car's MPG, this rating tends to be embellished to compete with other manufacturers. But common sense should prevail: Normal paper stock can probably handle 8-10 at a time (11-12 with a slight slowing of the motor). Thick paper stock should be kept to about half this amount. With thin paper stock (like thermal ink receipts), we've inserted as much as 16 pages without missing a beat. You will get a good feel for what the unit can handle after a few tries. This shredder is easy to use and is very forgiving.
4) It is safe. A touch sensor (like the touch-sensitive lamps) will automatically stop shredding if a finger touches the metal area around the mouth of the shredder. There is a switch that can easily turn this feature on or off, but there should be no reason why folded paper would cause the safety to turn off (it's not grounded like a person's hand).
5) The shredding is surprisingly quiet. Our older model had an annoying high-pitch "buzz saw" sound that was very noisy. This shredder has a pleasant low-pitch "hum", and the volume is much softer. There is no such thing as a silent shredder, but this model produces about 1/3rd the volume of our smaller unit. Some actually claim using this shredder is a great stress reliever, and I can see why.
6) It also has an automatic shut off feature when the motor gets too hot. The manufacture recommends using the unit for 15 minutes at a time. I've found we can actually shred for about 30-40 minutes before overheating. An LED light will show you when this happens, so there is no alarm when the unit decides to rest. This feature alone should protect your purchase for many years to come as motor burn-out is a common problem with shredders. We also opted to buy the lubricant oil to help things run smoothly. I believe this model should last at least 10-20+ years.
There is only one MINOR complaint I have about the shredder:
CONS
1) The far edges of the "mouth" do not shred as well as rest. The mouth accommodates more than 8 1/2 inches of paper (about 1" extra on both sides). When a page reaches one of these edges, the shredder tends to lose the confetti cut in these areas. Shards may also become a little thicker - potentially causing sensitive information to be seen. As long as you keep shredding towards the middle (or at least 1/4" away from the sides), you should be just fine.
To sum it all up, Amazon's low price + free shipping make this shredder and incredible deal! Do yourself a favor and spend the extra $40-$50. You will thank yourself in the long run.
Best Shreeder for the Price!,
Janna Joyce "ShopperForever" (Pennsylvania, USA)I have had my PS-77C for a week now. Yesterday, I ended up with almost 3 bags of short cut confetti. No Shut-downs from the machine. I turned off the machine in between sessions of cutting to let it cool down.
I am sure I shredded much more than 500 sheets. I oiled the shredder with the Special Fellowes Oil, which allowed the shredder to run even more flawlessly.
I cut up a few credit-cards in the special slot and it was fast and easy.
The shredder makes no noise while waiting for the next batch of papers to shred. While shredding, it makes some noise, but I dont expect a shredder to be silent.
The basket is easy to lift out. I use some cheap, thin 13 gal white kitchen bags in the basket. The machine light comes on when the basket if full.
However, the basket was so full by then, it was less easy to remove the basket and some confetti escaped to the floor. I recommend keeping an eye on the front see-thru window and emptying before it the light comes on. However, the light is a great safetly feature, in case one forgets to look through the window.
The cut pieces were small and information unreadable, so I am pleased.
The top of the shredder is a bit hefty and top heavy. But, the shredder is very stable on my carpet. It has very nice styling too!
All in All, I just love this shredder. It shreads folded utility bills and full envelopes of junk mail. I would not go to 10 sheet limit, but I have put in about 7 sheets at one time. I heard that all shredders really overestimate max pages and one should do a page or 2 less to prevent jams.
A wonderful Value for under $100!
FINALLY A [way more than] DECENT SHREDDERBy Marge Teilhaber "marge201" (Fort Lee, NJ)
After my third Staples $40 shredder bit the dust, I knew it was time to get serious already, which means go to Amazon to read the reviews and be prepared finally to not be a cheapskate with the next (and hopefully last) shredder. Here's why this shredder is better and worth the extra money:
1. No more lifting the very heavy top (which includes the cutter) up to dump the contents of the bin into a plastic waste bag. With this fabulous model, you pull the bin out and you NEVER have to lift the top.
2. It has a larger capacity and if you buy the special waste bags (which you're nuts NOT to buy), "Fellowes Powershred Waste BAGS 100PC/ROLL Fits All Prsnl Shredders" ($20.99), you just pull out the bin, lift up and tie the waste bag, and down the garbage chute. No mess on the floor from emptying the stupid basket into a big garbage bag. I hated that!!!
3. It shreds JUST FINE. If I have a lot of shredding to do, I set the timer to 10 minutes and then stop shredding for about 5 minutes. This is VERY IMPORTANT.
4. It has a reverse button which keeps the cutting mechanism free of crap build-up. The user manual says, "Run regularly in reverse for one minute." Now that I don't have a ton of shredding but just a few sheets a day, I run the reverse button for a few seconds after each short shredding session.
5. I've had it for 3 months now and have not once lifted the [very very heavy] top off the bin/basket. That's worth the price of admission in and of itself.
6. I also bought the oil:
Fellowes Powershred Lubricant Cutter Oil for Confetti-Cut Shredders (35250) $6.99. Haven't used it yet. But in the maintenance section of the intructions, it says to use the oil if motor sounds different or shredder stops running and it shows you how to use it. It seemed dumb not to buy the oil and I'm glad I have it.
I love this shredder and so will you!
