1000XC 10-Sheet Cross-Cut

Works very well. I bought some oil that you squirt on to a piece of paper which needs to be shredded - easy way to oil and clean the cogs. Only thing that did not work so well was shredding newspaper - it clogged up the cutters a bit as it is so thin and fluffy. We got this to shred our paper for the compost which is why I tried newspaper. All the other stuff is shredded brilliantly. We bought this machine in march 2009 and it has now given up we think - Dec 2015 so I am writing an update. Works well if you know a few quirks. We now keep paper from the 2 far edges of the cutters (fold A4 in half) as the rods each end get clogged up with paper otherwise. It takes a while with a screw driver or other strong object to clear it as it binds round the bar very tightly. That is the only reason we took the heavy machine top off which led to a small accident trying to replace the top one day. I dropped it and it cracked the base the collecter sits on. We managed to sort that and continue using it for 2 more years. It has now died as it will work in reverse but not forward so can not do its job - worked 6 years 9 months.

after years of using Fellows brand shredders which always went wrong after a few months of low usage I wanted to try a different brand. This time after reading the reviews on Amazon I decided to go for the swordfish 1000xc cross cutter shredder.What a pleasant surprise when it arrived.It was well made and a good size for my home office. Not too large and not too small.After using it for the first time I could see it was a solid and very good shredder. It was quiet and cut everything I put in it without jamming or overheating. It also stopped automatically.All of my previous Fellows shredders ( and they were top end shredders) lost the ability to stop automatically after each paper shred within a few months of my ownership.The Fellows shredders also kept jamming after several loads of paper.I had put up with this for years of having to turn the forward/revere switch to off after each use. The swordfish shredder is a very good product and I would strongly recommend it. I use it in my home office for low to medium use shredding.I am so pleased that I went for this make and model.

This shredder is fairly quiet and shreds paper very well. The paper does not get stuck on the blades. I have used up to 5 sheets of paper at a time and it has no problem with this number. It is easy to open and empty and also easy to see when it is full. When first putting it together I thought that it was a bit flimsy but this does not appear to be a problem. It took a few moments to get it placed correctly on the top as it will not work unless correctly fitted. It also turns off when you empty it which is a good idea. The casters are useful but they do not slide easily on carpet. I bought this as it was a Which recommended product and it is worth purchasing.

I only received the shredder yesterday, replacing a much smaller less powerful model that just stopped working. The top is heavy but once in place doesn't need to be removed and it makes the unit sturdy. The access to the shredded paper is from the front, the drawer sliding out ,for emptying. It doesn't appear to show in the instructions that the unit doesn't work unless the drawer unit is in place. This is of course a safety feature and well worth mentioning. However it caused a few anxious moments until we discovered it. The shredder has a 'cross cut' feature, cutting the paper into narrow short pieces. This is ideal because the paper drops straight to the bottom, preventing clogging in the cutters. The pull out drawer has a see through panel so you can see when it is getting full. The shredder has four castors on the bottom, making good manoevrability. The castors are packed separately and just need firm pressure to put them in place. No need to bang them in place! When the shredder is ready, it shows a green light. There is also another light that will show if the unit jams. We don't expect that to happen as although it shows '10 sheet maximum', we have no plans to use it to its maximum. As we live in Spain and had this delivered from the UK, we usually have to change the plug to the European standard. It was a great surprise when we loosened the main screw and the plug hinged open. Irevealing a European plug. An amazing design feature allowing it to be easily used in the UK and Europe as well. Another feature not obviously displayed. This is by far the best shredder we have bought so far and well worth the higher price tag. If you buy a cheap shredder you will only end up buying a new one regularly as most of them are not up to the job of even a small independant office. I expect this one to last much longer.

This is an awesome machine for the small office. It was purchased because of the WHICH recommendation as being a sturdy machine and as I required it for shredding confidential plastic film it needed to be robust. It will take up to 7 sheets of my 90 gsm paper but it struggles a little and is slower. Much faster at 2 or three sheets so much so that feeding 3three sets of three pages is quicker than one set of seven! (less is more). The shreddings are all mixed , fine and virtually impossible to reconstruct just what is needed in these days of adentity fraud. It handle the film very well too albeit one sheet at a time. I hope this is of use to those of wondering what to buy, in my experience the cheap models are not robust enough. Kitbunny