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How Do I Choose the Right Shredder for My Office?
In this series of posts, “How do I choose?”, we will help you take a little of the guesswork out of selecting the best print finish product for your shop or office. It’s sometimes difficult to find the right machine to fit your needs when there are so many models.
“We live in the digital age. The paperless corporation is upon us…” Yeah, I’ve heard that for a few years. There are still stacks of invoices, printed emails, memos, notifications from human resources, and project files ALL over my office. We live in the digital age, that’s true, but we also live in the age of HIPPA regulations, corporate espionage, invasive audits, and big brother. There’s simply a lot on paper that needs to be destroyed before the wrong person sees it.
But, which paper shredder should I get for the office? Does it matter that there are 50 employees on this floor? Or that bank account numbers are often on the forms that I shred? What about those boxes of old accounting files in the basement we plan on having the intern take care of?
Choosing a shredder is all about quantity and level of security. A strip-cut shredder like the Formax FD8600 will accept your feed quickly, but it won’t be as secure and the container will fill up quickly. Cross-cut models like the Formax FD8500 will chop up your documents into a fine dust, but they simply take longer because they’re working harder. Consider that feed speed. When there’s a lot of archives to shred, you don’t want to feed your machine ten sheets at a time. You don’t want your employees spending all day away from their desk.
Then look at the extras. These days we don’t just need to destroy paper. Consider a shredder with the ability to shred compact discs, credit cards and the occasional file that still has a paper clip attached. You want a shredder with the ability to do that without damaging the blades, auto cleaning and reverse functions are important features to include.
Lloyd’s carries a line of Formax Office Shredders that each have great features and come in both strip-cut and cross-cut models. They all have a warranty on the cutting blades and can accept a varying number of pages. Use the compare feature in the list view to find the shredder for your office. The garbage disposal in the break room is just not going to work anymore.
MBM 2360 Destroyit Deskside Super Micro-Cut Shredder
If you’re hoping to retrieve a document that’s been put through this shredder, you’re going to need patience and a lot of invisible tape. The 2360 Destroyit Super Micro-Cut Shredder takes its name seriously.
How is it Used?
The 2360 Destroyit Super Micro-Cut Shredder takes five to seven sheets of paper and grinds them into 1/32″ x 3/16″ particles. Or, in the immortal words of Ted from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, “All we are is dust in the wind, dude.” The 2360 has a quiet and powerful single phase motor, and durable gears enclosed in a dust-proof housing. There are plenty of safety features on this model too. It features an electronically controlled, transparent safety shield in the feed opening.
And How Much Does it Cost
The MBM 2360 Destroyit Super Micro-Cut Shredder is priced to sell at Lloyd’s. We’ll throw in free shipping and a gift with your purchase.
MBM 2240 Destroyit Business Deskside Strip-Cut Shredder
Do you think we’d be in this credit crisis if everyone had the 2240 Destroyit Business Deskside Strip-Cut Shredder? It would be so fun for everyone to feed their credit cards into this machine that we’d have billions less in credit card debt and the big banks wouldn’t be so big!
How is it Used?
Well, the MBM 2240 Strip-cut isn’t an economic savior, but it is quiet and powerful. The Destroyit Cross-Cut features automatic start and stop controlled by photo cell and a single, multifunction control switch with pilot light for stand-by, stop (off), and reverse. The high quality, hardened steel cutting shafts take staples and paper clips, but also boasts a lifetime warranty just in case. You can feed 5-6 sheets at a time until the 5 gallon drum is all full of strips that measure a skinny 3/16″.
And How Much Does it Cost
The MBM 2240 Destroyit Business Deskside Strip-Cut Shredder is priced to sell at Lloyd’s. We’ll throw in free shipping and a gift with your purchase.
Formax FD 8802CC Cross-Cut Industrial Conveyor Shredder
Think about the food processor in your kitchen – its blades spinning. Now picture your lawnmower’s blade in slow motion. Now imagine those road construction vehicles that have the spinning brush that strips away concrete like butter. Yeah. The Formax FD 8802CC Cross-Cut Industrial Conveyor Shredder is like a combination of the three.
How is it Used?
The FD 8802CC Cross-Cut model can shred up to 90 sheets at once, at up to 40 feet per minute, with a shred size of 1/4″ x 2″. The heat-treated solid steel cutting blades are high-quality as is the rest of the all metal construction. This shredder is powerful enough to shred just about anything including entire files, stacks of computer forms, cardboard, tapes, CDs and magnetic disks. There’s a LED Control Panel with a visual load indicator and a large bar to stop operation for safety. The 8802CC was designed to serve the needs of an entire office building and still be ready for more.
And How Much Does it Cost
The Formax FD 8802CC Cross-Cut Industrial Conveyor Shredder is $11,007.50 at Lloyd’s. All Formax 8000 series shredders also come with a 10-year limited warranty. Plus, we’ll throw in free shipping and a gift with your purchase.
For more information on the PRODUCT or to place an order, please visit the Lloyd’s website.
Formax 8802 Strip-Cut Industrial Conveyor Shredder
If the Formax 8802 Strip-Cut Industrial Conveyor Shredder were a cartoon, it would have big angry red eyes hovering over a gaping maw, while hopping back and forth to a soundtrack of increasingly intense trombone and tuba. The 8802 is what out-dated files have nightmares about. It’s a nightmare that can serve the needs of your entire organization.
How is it Used?
The FD 8802SC Strip-Cut model can shred up to 125 sheets at once, at up to 50 feet per minute, with a shred size of 1/2″. This shredder is powerful enough to shred just about anything including entire files, stacks of computer forms, cardboard, tapes, CDs and magnetic disks. There’s a LED Control Panel with a visual load indicator and a large bar to stop operation for safety. The heat-treated solid steel cutting blades are high-quality as is the rest of the all metal construction. When Formax designed the 8802 Strip-Cut, they weren’t joking around.
And How Much Does it Cost
The Formax 8802 Strip-Cut Industrial Conveyor Shredder is $9,775 at Lloyd’s. All Formax 8000 series shredders also come with a 10-year limited warranty. Plus, we’ll throw in free shipping and a gift with your purchase.
For more information on the PRODUCT or to place an order, please visit the Lloyd’s website.