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Cut Type	Cross Cut
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Capacity	23 Liters
Recommended Uses For Product	document,office
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Crosscut Document Shredder: The perfect paper shredders for home offices and businesses, our heavy-duty paper shredders can accommodate up to 16 sheets of paper at a time and also shred staples, credit cards, paper clips, CDs/DVDs, and junk mail
Ultra-Secure Shredding: Ideal for disposing of highly confidential documents, our heavy-duty shredder tears paper into 397 5/32 x 1-½” cross-cut particles for enhanced security; Level P-4 security grade
SafeSense Protection: Designed to help protect more than just your identity, our shredders for home use and offices come equipped with proprietary technology that automatically disables the shredder when hands or paws touch the paper opening. Select models.
Continuous 20-Minute Run Time: Our ultra-efficient home and office shredder runs for up to 20 minutes before needing to cool down, meaning you're able to complete multiple shredding jobs in 1 sitting
Convenient Features: Perfect for shared workspaces, this portable shredder has ultra-quiet operation and automatically detects and powers through tough jobs to prevent jams; Also includes a 6-gallon pull-out bin with a LED bin-full indicator
100 plus Years of Innovation: Driven by a commitment to quality, Fellowes is dedicated to developing solutions to help you be at your best

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100% Jam Proof

Only Fellowes shredders use exclusive technology to proactively prevent jams for faster, frustration-free shredding. Compared to other shredders that only reverse paper jams, the 79Ci automatically detects and prevents jams before they happen.


Powers Through Tough Jobs Securely shreds confidential documents, CDs/DVDs, credit cards, staples, paper clips and junkmail	SafeSense Proprietary Technology ensures the 79Ci stops shredding when hands or paws touch the paper entry	SilentShred Ultra-quiet paper shredding for shared workspaces - perfect for home and small offices	Other Fellowes Shredders The LX210 is the next generation of shredders from Fellowes with a patented 100% Jam Proof System that automatically detects and powers through tough jobs to prevent jams. Proprietary Intellibar technology allows you to shred with greater productivity, efficiency and convenience. LX210 provides enhanced security by shredding into micro-cut particles that are 3X smaller than cross-cut particles.


	79Ci 16 Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder	LX20M 12 Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder	99Ci 18 Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder	12 Oz Shredder Lubricating Oil

Customer Reviews	10,565	10,565	10,565	35,880
Price	$252.86	$322.29	$322.29	$7.48
Shred Type	Cross-Cut	Micro-Cut	Cross-Cut
Shred Width	5/32" x 1-1/2"	5/32" x 1-1/2"	5/32" x 1-1/2"
Shreds	CDs/DVDs, credit cards, paper clips, staples, junkmail	Credit cards, paper clips, staples, junkmails, paper clips, staples, junkmail	CDs/DVDs, credit cards, paper clips, staples, junkmail
Continuous Run Time	20	10	30
Cool Down Time	30	15	40
Bin Capacity	6 gallons	5.8 gallons	9 gallons
Bin Type	Pull-Out Bin	Pull-Out Bin	Pull-Out Bin
Features	100% Jam Proof, SafeSense, SilentShred, Energy Savings System	100% Jam Proof, SafeSense, SilentShred, Energy Savings System	100% Jam Proof, SafeSense, SilentShred, Energy Savings System

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Maneuverability	4.5	4.0	4.4	4.6	4.8	4.0
Safety Features	4.7	4.2	4.4	4.8	4.9	—
Value for money	4.5	2.3	4.1	4.6	4.0	—
Noise level	4.5	—	4.1	4.6	4.4	3.3
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capacity	23 liters	6 gallons	5 gallons	9 gallons	8.5 gallons	23 liters
sheet capacity	16	16	12	24	200	16
cut type	Cross Cut	Cross Cut	Cross Cut	Cross Cut	Micro Cut	Cross Cut
power source	—	—	—	Corded Electric	Corded Electric	Corded Electric
operation mode	Manual	Automatic	Automatic	Automatic	Automatic	Manual
weight	12.8 kilograms	26.9 pounds	15.05 pounds	44 pounds	38.1 pounds	12.8 kilograms

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Product Dimensions

13.8 x 18.5 x 23.1 inches

Item Weight

28.2 pounds

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B000WB397I

Item model number

3227919

National Stock Number

7490-01-576-3208

Customer Reviews

4.7 10,565 ratings

4.7 out of 5 stars

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#5,317 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
#24 in Shredders

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Date First Available

December 12, 2007

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OFFICE MACHINES -> COMPUTER ACCESSORIES

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Fellowes

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Fellowes' Jam-Proof Powershred 79Ci shreds up to 16 sheets per pass into 5/32 x 1-½” cross-cut particles, as well as staples, credit cards, paper clips, CDs/DVDs, and junk mail. Patented SafeSense Technology stops shredding when hands touch the paper opening. Perfect for personal and professional use, it can run for up to 20 minutes at a time and includes a 6-gallon pull-out waste bin complete with a LED bin-full indicator. Backed by a worry-free 2-year product and service warranty, plus a lifetime cutter warranty.

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Customers like the quality and speed of the paper shredder. For example, they mention it does a fantastic job, works more smartly than they had understood, and has not experienced any functional issues. That said, some are satisfied with noise, ease of use, and value. That being said, opinions are mixed on durability, size, and capacity.

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2,132 customers mention1,876 positive256 negative

Customers like the quality of the paper shredder. They mention that it does a fantastic job, is in perfect working order, and works smarter than they had expected. The bin is flimsy, but they have not experienced any functional issues. The finger guard definitely works, and the unit operates as pleasantly and quietly as it did with the first shred. The jam-proof sense system works exceptionally well, as does the system that senses when your fingers are. Overall, most are happy with the quality and functionality of the product.

"...decided on this, mainly due to the 100% Jam Proof, SafeSense, 10 FPM speed (no speed info on the AmazonBasics) and the larger 9 gallon bin features,..." Read more

"Bought one of these about 12 years ago. Worked like a Trojan. When it finally gave up the ghost, I searched for the best on out at this time...." Read more

"...The 17 sheets this shredder is rated at handles those folded sheets easily...." Read more

"A great product!! Quiet. Powerful and effective! The features tell you how filled the container is is helpful. It shreds a lot at once...." Read more

1,749 customers mention1,624 positive125 negative

Customers are satisfied with the speed of the paper shredder. They say it does a great job shredding, is heavy duty, and has instant shretting stops. Some customers also mention that it's a workhorse and that it shreds paper and a few other things.

"...Before long, you can shred all of your documents quickly without pushing your shredder until it jams...." Read more

"...The shredder preformed perfectly. I ended up filling 5 yard sized black, plastic bags with packed, shredded paper...." Read more

"...The features tell you how filled the container is is helpful. It shreds a lot at once. Lightweight, easy to use and clean. Worth it!" Read more

"...It also shreds plastic credit cards fine. Just beware of ones with metal (I didn't even know such things existed until I wrecked my shredder)...." Read more

1,311 customers mention1,221 positive90 negative

Customers find the noise level of the paper shredder to be quieter than most. They also say it emits a deep hum instead of a high-pitched sound. Overall, most are satisfied with the noise levels.

"A great product!! Quiet. Powerful and effective! The features tell you how filled the container is is helpful. It shreds a lot at once...." Read more

"...As others have said, this shredder is quiet and powerful, and will handle most credit card offers whole and unopened...." Read more

"...The noise level is quite acceptible, more of a medium level hum. The auto shut off feature is terrific...." Read more

"...This is the best one that I have owned by far. It is very quiet too. The noise doesn't frighten my cat, Tabitha. This model is well built." Read more

634 customers mention501 positive133 negative

Customers like the value of the paper shredder. They mention it's a strong shredper for a reasonable price, and that it'll be easy and cheap to keep it in great shape.

"An excellent shredder for the money, this Fellowes Powershred is a great bang-for-your-buck value for any home or small office with moderate..." Read more

"...It shreds a lot at once. Lightweight, easy to use and clean. Worth it!" Read more

"...Works great, no torn bags, no outrageous cost. Any large cardboard box that's tall and fairly narrow will work...." Read more

"...on Amazon that work fine with this shredder for a good quantity and decent price. This is a quiet machine. And very convenient that it is on rollers...." Read more

497 customers mention417 positive80 negative

Customers find the paper shredder very easy to use and simple to set up. They also say the instructions are clear and easy to understand. Customers say the machine is convenient and saves them a lot of time. They mention that the wheels go on much easier than expected.

"...Well built, feels solid for its price range.- The casters were easy to install by myself (this is a man's job)-..." Read more

"...It shreds a lot at once. Lightweight, easy to use and clean. Worth it!" Read more

"...It is big, tall, sturdy and elegant and it is very easy to use - no more bending or twisting your body to place the paper or credit card in the..." Read more

"...If you are looking for an attractively designed, well built, easy-to-use, and most importanly SAFE shredder for your home or small business, the..." Read more

482 customers mention336 positive146 negative

Customers are mixed about the capacity. Some mention that it handles larger piles of papers (17 sheets) at a time, has a low-pitched rumble that, and makes easy work of things. However, others say that for a 9-gallon bin, it seemed to fill up quite quickly, overfilling is problematic, and the "bin full" alarm makes it less useful for large batches.

"...Can easily process 10 lbs of paper, 16 sheets at a time without stalling or overheating...." Read more

"Handles several papers easily and quickly and is big enough that we don’t have to empty it as frequently as previous shredder." Read more

"...Since the bin gets filled pretty quick and you are supposed to oil the blade with every emptying of the bin, make sure you get yourself a nice big..." Read more

"...to every other shredder we've tried, this thing takes over a dozen papers without slowing down, and is much quieter than some of the others we have..." Read more

1,042 customers mention719 positive323 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the durability of the paper shredder. Some mention it excels in capacity, robustness, and easy of use. The motor is a beefy unit and looks to be in good shape. However, some say that it's flimsy and often comes apart. The bags are larger and of lower quality than the sample bags.

"...Flimsy is not a word I would use to describe it, but heavy duty tough plastic like an industrial trash bin is a lot closer...." Read more

"...Pros- Well built, feels solid for its price range.- The casters were easy to install by myself (this is a man's job)-..." Read more

"...wouldn't stay in the bottom (move damage), and then today the shredder finally gave up." Read more

"...The noise doesn't frighten my cat, Tabitha. This model is well built." Read more

516 customers mention272 positive244 negative

Customers are mixed about the size of the paper shredder. Some mention it's the perfect size for their office, while others say it'd be too big for home use. The bin is large and has a nice size for the shredded paper. However, some customers say the shreddder is too big and leaves pieces that are larger than they had in mind.

"...It's compact and portable, with its caster wheels making it easy to just slide around the floor and tuck out of the way, and then pull back out..." Read more

"...The shredded pieces are large and am not sure about security. Feeding the paper in up and down across the way it is typed helps." Read more

"...long but I am extremely pleased so far with its performance and fit and finish...." Read more

"...where the paper or products go in to be shredded in a bit tight for landscape feed side of the 11 inch paper...." Read more

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Denise

Worth the orice

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2024

Style: 18 SheetVerified Purchase

A great product!! Quiet. Powerful and effective! The features tell you how filled the container is is helpful. It shreds a lot at once. Lightweight, easy to use and clean. Worth it!

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99Ci, Pros and minor cons...

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2015

Style: 18 SheetVerified Purchase

>> 1/14/2015
Just got this 99Ci to replace a 15 year old low grade/snail speed over a waste basket shredder. Have a lot of paper to shred and a local shredding company wants 10 moola for each shopping bag full, I figured I'll shred myself and get something out of it in the end.

I was debating between this model and the AmazonBasics 24-Sheet Cross-Cut, finally decided on this, mainly due to the 100% Jam Proof, SafeSense, 10 FPM speed (no speed info on the AmazonBasics) and the larger 9 gallon bin features, plus it just looks more well built with better features that the AmazonBasics.

Pros
- Well built, feels solid for its price range.
- The casters were easy to install by myself (this is a man's job)
- Instructions were clear and easy to understand (this is also a man's job)
- The bin slides in and out easily.
- The capacity indicator is pretty cool, handy if trying to insert too many pages, which prevents jamming.
- The SafeSense feature, good for safety, plus if you keep your hand on there for more than 3 seconds, the machine actually turns off completely.
- First tested with 20 pages of 20lb copy paper, it was too thick and the capacity indicator was in the red, shredding would not even start, until I got down to 18 pages, then shredding went through without any problems.
- My first real batch of shredding completely filled a 12"x12"x8" box, lots of old invoices and statements, took about 25-30 minutes, almost ran it continuously. The shredder finally overloaded right when I finished, went into cool down mode, but I noticed that the overload red light went off about 15-20 minutes later, but the motor felt pretty warm still. I have many more of those boxes of paper to go.
- Within the 25-30 minutes of shredding, only one jam due to too many pages, hit the reverse button to back it out a little, then forward button to finish shredding it.
- When shredding lots of pages, you can tell that the sound of the motor is stressing, but just a little though, still pretty quiet and will shred the 18 pages quickly, does not really slow down much at all.
- 10 feet per minute seems pretty fast for this level of shredder, compared to my old snail shredder.
- Junk mail: I luv it that I can just throw the average junk mail (unopened) right into the shredder.
- Did try to insert stacks of paper in crooked, so that it'd fold during shredding, but it never got jammed once.

Minor Cons
- Even with a 9 gallon bin, because the shredded paper is pretty fluffed, it gets full pretty quick, even though the paper gets distributed in the bin pretty evenly by itself. Within the 25-30 minutes, I filled two bins and had to pad down the paper around 4 times per bin and oiled the blade at least twice per bin. If you are using a bag to hold the paper and you pad down the paper as much as possible, when you pull the bag out, the inside part of the bin window have cornered edges, which will rip the bag, but of course this will most likely not happen if you do not pad down the paper.
- You have to insert the paper about 2-3 inches into the slot before it'll start shredding, but you'll get used to it quickly.

Miscellaneous
- Instructions state that it should be turned off when done shredding, not a big deal with a simple push of the on/off button.
- Since the bin gets filled pretty quick and you are supposed to oil the blade with every emptying of the bin, make sure you get yourself a nice big bottle of shredder oil, or vegetable oil (non aerosol) and get an applicator with a long nozzle.
- This model does have the Energy Savings Feature, it's not stated on Amazon, but it's on the manufacturer's site.

Conclusion
- As long as it last for years to come, am very happy with the purchase. I believe I read about a plastic gear that was used in the previous model SB-99Ci, hopefully the issue with that is now fixed with this current model.
- Now that I have a much better shredder, shredding is "ALMOST" fun.

BTW: I'm just kidding with the being a man's job comments, I believe in complete equality. You go girl!

>> UPDATE 1/21/2015
Just out of curiosity, I just had to find some DVDs to shred, which I found about 10, threw each one into the shredder, one after another, no problems at all, it was actually fun and enjoyable, at least this first time.

I was also curious about the shredding oil, so I called Fellowes to get more info, here is what it comes down to:
- Any vegetable oil will work.
- Typically, one found at super markets will have a smell to it and one found at office stores will not. The ones with the smell is for cooking, the only difference is that it has a smell, but both work the same. I prefer no smell, so I guess I'll have to pay a little more for that one.
- The manual suggest that every time the bin indicator lights up that it's full(without padding down the shredded material), you should squirt some shredding oil on the blades. But, if you want to pad down the shredded material every so long, to prolong when it is actually completely full, so that when the bin is finally truly full even by padding down the shredded material, you can then squirt some shredding oil on the blades, so that you do not have to oil it as often.

I luv this shredder, so far.

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Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2008

Style: 16 SheetVerified Purchase

I have had the Fellowes Intellishred PS-79Ci Shredder for one week. I have used it on several occassions for up to 15 minutes of intermittent shredding and it has worked flawlessly.

I have shredded up to 12 sheets of paper at one time (shredder works a little harder but still smoothly shreds), a couple of credit cards and approximately 15 CD/DVD disks. The operation with paper and credit cards is surprisingly quiet. You could probably shred with someone sleeping in the next room and not wake them. The noise level (dB) is probably doubled when shredding a computer disk, but it still is quieter than any other shredder I've worked with.

One time the shredding process stopped with paper still sticking up above the shredder. I had a pair of 8-10 bank checks, side by side, so that a total of 16-20 total checks were being shredded at one time. I thought that since the checks took only a fraction of the available space for feeding in paper that I could shred two stacks at one time. Well, the shredder stopped. I pressed the reverse button for a couple of seconds, then the forward button until all the checks were gobbled up. No further misfires since then, even doing the same thing again with checks.

Everything functions as Fellowes states. I was pleasantly surprised to receive a small bottle of oil and several clear waste bags. The bags work great. The operating manual is brief but answers some essential questions like what to do with shredding malfunctions, what not to shred, how long to shred and maintenance. While Fellowes tells you when to oil (at every waste bag exchange), Fellowes could have detailed exactly how to use their oil. Hopefully Fellowes technical support will be helpful when a question arises.

Shredded material size is as stated and is the same for paper as well as computer discs and credit cards. There are units with more finely shredded material, and there are many units that do not shred as small. A motivated thief with patience and plenty of time could reconstruct most any retail shredder's output. That said, a thief would most likely dumpster dive for someone else's unshredded documents before sifting through your well shredded ones. Overall, I feel reasonably comfortable with the level of security of the shredded material with this unit.

The construction and design appear to be of excellent quality with appropriate ruggedness. There is no bowing or undue flexibility of the frame when the drawer is out as has been commented on with the Fellowes Powershred PS-77Cs Shredder. The castors are resonably medium duty and can lock down to keep the unit from rolling away. The shredder without the castors sits flat and stable.

Would be nice to know about the quality of the internal parts. I have read that some machines use plastic toothed gears which have higher/earlier failure rates than metal ones. At least this shredder has a two year warranty for the entire unit, which is twice many competing machines.

Overall, the PS-79Ci shredder is an excellent unit, working exactly as advertised. The Fellowes website has a nice multimedia presentation on the operations of this unit, including the noise level. I haven't had this unit for very long but I am extremely pleased so far with its performance and fit and finish. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a light to medium duty shredder for home or home-office, especially if they want a longer warranty, low noise operation, very good build quality and plenty of whistles and bells that actually are useful and work.

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Amazon Customer

Runs quitely and has good capacity in terms of number of sheets shredded at one time

Reviewed in Canada on February 8, 2020

Style: 16 SheetVerified Purchase

Used for personal home shredding. Machine runs very quietly with higher page capacity compared with my previous machine. Safety features work well

Fher

Muy buen producto

Reviewed in Mexico on May 30, 2017

Style: 16 SheetVerified Purchase

Trabaja muy bien, silenciosa y rápida, Completamente satisfecho con el producto, la descripción del mismo es adecuada el tamaño es perfecto para una oficina.

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ADRIAN NOBLE

Great Machine

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2017

Style: 16 SheetVerified Purchase

This is a big improvement on all the shredders we have had before. Just wish to bin was slightly bigger to hold more waste.

Lemmi2604

Unverwüstliches Produkt.

Reviewed in Germany on January 25, 2015

Style: 16 SheetVerified Purchase

Den Aktenvernichter haben wir jetzt seit mehreren Jahren im Einsatz und er ist wirklich unverwüstlich. Wir werden
wieder von dieser Marke kaufen!

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Hans Wenger

Reliable and well built.

Reviewed in Canada on May 12, 2023

Style: 16 SheetVerified Purchase

Sturdy, quiet and well built.

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