Aurora Professional Grade AU125MA 120-Sheet Auto Feed High-Security Micro-Cut Paper Shredder/60 Minutes/Security Level P-5

Our old Fellowes machine (425ci) that I took home after my office closed was a beast but was abused by office peeps and finally died after 5 years of home use.This Aurora AU125 MA machine is a serious piece of shredding equipment at a great price point, equal in power to the Fellows at a fraction the cost. The ability to load a huge stack of paper (up to 120 8.5x11 sheets) and have it automatically shred the lot is FANTASTIC. This is hands down my favorite feature. We've been processing lots of paperwork from an estate and this machine has made quick work of stacks and stacks of shredding.Favorite features:1) Automatically shreds stacks of papers so you don't have to baby sit it, inserting 10 sheets at a time, tho it handles manual insertion of media as well. I'm assuming this only works with stacks of uniformly sized papers.2) I love how the shredding (business part) of the shredder can be lifted up off the base if needed. This makes it easy to clean the shredding teeth on occasion, and clean out the base. The drawer slides out from the front as you'd expect, when you need to empty.3) It's extremely quiet! it's probably the most quiet shredder I've ever used. And it cross shreds to P5 size pieces.4) The casters make it easy to wheel out from under desk when you want to do serious amounts of shredding. It's a pretty heavy machine, so being able to glide it on casters is key.5) Holds a huge amount of shredded material.The only thing I can think to improve would be to have handles on the short sides to make it easier to pull out from under desk. There is a large groove that runs around 3 sides where the shredder part rests on the base. It's possible to grab the shredder by the groove/lip to pull out from under desk but dedicated handles would be nice.

The collecting bin is all plastic and somewhat flimsy. It’s very functional and the head unit mates snugly against its crevices.The head unit is VERY heavy. Coming from someone who uses your cheap $30 paper shredder unit, the head assembly is over 30lbs and that makes sense.Right away, it’s easy to assemble and operate. It’s very quiet compared to your cheap department store models. I have not test its longevity or its endurance.I’ll update later on but as of now, I’m quite happy with the purchase.

An AMAZING shredder ... I cannot tell you how many 'heavy duty' shredders we have gone through in our office ... but this one is by far the best ... fast, efficient and clean ... just wish I could find shredder bin bags so that we did not have to pull the bin and try to get all the shred into a garbage bag.

Has tremendous capacity and easily handles those big junk mail pieces that are hard to tear up. Chops it all into tiny bits so you don't need to worry about security.

I purchased this shredder for our busy office. It was used daily with ample downtime and consistent clean outs. The gears started to wear out and jam within 2.5 months. Figuring it was a fluke, we contacted Amazon for a replacement. They refunded the price of the original shredder and sent us an additional one for free for the inconvenience. Now, another 2.5 months later, same issues are occurring.I contacted the manufacturer, Aurora, directly and they told me it was "so strange" it happened with this model twice. The only options they gave were to ship it to their warehouse (in which they do not cover shipping and would have cost over $200 for the lowest shipping option) and they would repair it or *maybe* send a new one. From shipping the product out to receiving a repaired or replacement shredder was estimated 3-4 weeks total.For the price point, issues after 2.5 months is highly unacceptable and unsuitable for an office. Not to mention, this happened with a SECOND shredder within the exact same timespan! If possible, I would rate this product 0/5 stars. Save yourself a headache and choose an alternative option.