AXT RAPID 2200 UK
Razor sharp – for excellent shredder performance
The Bosch AXT 2200 Rapid shredder is a fast and powerful shredder, perfect for green, soft material. Powered by a high speed 2200 watt Bosch ‘Powerdrive’ motor, it enables high material throughput. With its laser-cut precision blade, made from especially hardened steel, it provides excellent cutting performance of green or woody garden debris.
Technical data
- Wattage: 2200 W
- Cutting capacity: 4,0 cm Ø
- Torque: 12 Nm
- Material throughput: approx. 90 kg/h
- Weight: 12 kg
Further Information
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High cutting capacityWith its uniquely designed motor the AXT 2200 Rapid is lighter and faster than most other shredders available on the market today. With it’s laser-cut precision blades the tool is made for cutting wood-containing waste and lopping and bringing order back to your garden. | Comfortable handlingThe fast feed hopper and a tamper allow an easy fill in of the shredder and a fast material throughput of up to 90 kg/h. The low weight of 11,5 kg and the practical wheels permit a effortless moving of the tool, which can be used almost everywhere in the garden. | Easy to useThe AXT 2200 Rapid shredder is extremely easy to assemble. It has wheels for convenience and, weighing only 12kg, it is easy to move. It comes with a large capacity hopper and a full-width practical plunger for increased material throughput. |
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| Cutting system | Cutting blade | Cutting blade | Turbine Cut |
| Engine power | 2000 W | 2200 W | 2500 W |
| Cutting capacity | 35 mm Ø | 40 mm Ø | 45 mm Ø |
| Material troughput | 80 kg/h | 90 kg/h | Approx 230 kg/h |
| Cutting speed | 3650 rpm | 3650 rpm | 41 rpm |
| Torque | 12 Nm | 12 Nm | approx. 650 Nm |
| Even enter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collection box | – | – | 53 l |
| Weight | 11,5 kg | 12 kg | 30,5 kg |
| Weight: | 12 kg |
| Dimensions: | 7.54 x 4.34 x 3.71 cm; 12 Kilograms |
| Model: | 600853670 |
| Colour: | Green/Black |
| Manufacture: | Bosch |
| Colour: | Green/Black |
Excelle
Great product! It’s strong and easy to use. I cleaned our garden and got 1 and half of IKEA bags of waste and only once it needed to be open and clean.
Replaced an existing one
My old one gave up the ghost after 20 years of use. New one the same performance, shreds well (it is not a chipper) and noise is ok. Happy with purchase, realise I will need to sharpen blade as per old one.
My new machine saw action yesterday when I wanted to clear the branches of a small tree we had cut back. The machine performed well and took the branches (dry and moist) down to small bits which are ideal for composting. Ok it got blocked when some of the moist branches clogged the exit shute but this was quickly cleared out and we were up and running again.
I would recomment this to anyone who wants a machine that will take their garden waste down to small pieces prior to composting
I use one of these shredders frequently to reduce cuttings from shrubs and trees to make compost. It works well on both soft and woody stems as well as their leaves. Very thin, flexible stems don’t get chopped into small pieces but they are nevertheless cut up enough to improve composting. It is not suitable for Phormium leaves and I would not attempt to shred everything. I collect the output in a large plastic plant pot that fits conveniently under the chute. When it became less efficient I used the supplied Allen key to turn the blade over and use the other cutting edges. If mine were to stop working I would buy another.
Why did no one tell me about garden shredders? Did my research and this Bosch came out top comparing a number of different review sites.
Arrived following day, very easy to set up and away we go. Safety first, you need gloves and goggles as a must.
This machine is incredible. Makes light work of even the larger branches for its size. Very little mess if you use a good collecting bag. The mulch created is perfect for instant use or popping in the composter or garden waste bin.
Deeply impressed with this piece of kit – and I’m now patrolling the garden to find other bits to pop off and shred. Very satisfied and would recommend.
Good piece of kit. It just eats through twigs and branches etc. The chippings it produces are nice and small too. Perfect for mulch and compost.
Relatively easy to assemble and easy to move around too.
Recommended.
I had such a huge job to do I had loads of branches in the garden, I filled up 11 wheelie bins before deciding to buy this beauty!.
Easy to use, I’m a 63 year old female, not so brilliant with really thin single twigs (easier to put in lots at a time or bend them double) as it has to have something to get it’s teeth into, but makes mincemeat of branches up to just over an inch, in fact the longer the better as it then takes it in itself almost.
If it stops, just undo the black round thing, open it up and take out the offending article!
A great buy, and well worth it.
I am v pleased with this machine. It’s vigorous, well designed and takes reasonably sized branches and cuts well for use as mulch. There isn’t a bag (which you must use or the bits go everywhere) which seems a bit mean. That said, I could easily add one.
Just tried this out on a few thin branches.
Chopped it up very well. Plenty of power.
Handles woody and green stuff with ease.
I bought the Bosch bag to go with it. It’s no better than the large shopping bags you buy in a supermarket for 1
Good at the price
Works fine on straight branches big enough to fit through the loading guards. It chops finer twigs into 3 inch segments rather than shredding them. It can struggle with bushier branches as the opening is a slot. You might need to pre-trim them flat. The blades do go blunt. My first project was a mature shrub and the first edge didn’t last long after that. Now I’m on hedge management and the blades have produced more bags of chips without going blunt.
Efficient shredde
Nice compact unit for shredding general garden waste. I was a little disappointed it didn’t come with a collecting bag but I found a large tub bucket that fit neatly underneath.
On first use the machine did well
It was a bit fiddly to put together. My old fingers aren’t as good as they used to be.
It’s only been used once and it did an impressive job. Look forward to the weather improving to get it out again.
Fitted cable is not long so an extension is required to get it close to the bushes.
Awesome machine - great for domestic garden use
It does exactly what you need in a garden. Easy to use, and makes best use of space in a recycling bin by cutting all waste up small.
Shreds up to 40mm as it says on the box. Any thicker than that and it’s for the log pile
The blue ikea bags fit perfectly underneath so no need to purchase the optional collector sac. Easy to unclog if needed.
We wish we had bought one of these years ago! We have a fairly big garden, with several trees and a lot of shrubs, and after pruning, we used to have a lot of branches to dispose of. This Bosch shredder is sturdy and works extremely well. It saves us an awful lot of work and is very easy to use. It is heavy, but has two wheels which makes it a little easier to move, but we use it near the electric point in our garage and carry the prunings to it, rather than try to wheel it too far. Works a treat. So pleased with our purchase. Pricey in comparison with others, but worth the extra money.
Very efficie
It replaced an old cheaper Black and Decker. I have a large garden and it’s great for shredding material for compost and for for thicker wood which I use on garden paths. I wish I had bought this years ago.
good tool
I bought this to help manage a medium size garden and it’s just great.
It does work pretty smoothly and I can process stuff quickly and getting nice mulch in the end.
I think that it could/should feature a way to secure a bag to receive the cuttings: I don’t see anything to do that and bags can slip from under the device while working with it.
Great shreader but it is heavy to move around on grass.
A great shreader but it too heavy for moving around on grass or uneven ground.
good value
very good product, with a low noise level compared to some. it does tend to jam if wet branches are put through, but is very easy to clear.
Good buy.
Neighbours have one of these and I was impressed with it. Works really well but the only problem I have is that when shredding branches of things like roses, the branch is only cut into long thin bits rather than chipped. A small niggle thats why 4 starsand not 5 stars.
Excellent value
This product is really durable and has managed with anything we have thrown at it.
Fantastic
Amazing piece of kit. Wish I got one sooner. You have to have a keen eye though, to estimate the size of what you are putting through. Otherwise it jams up. Not happy with the fact it doesn’t come with any clear instructions apart from the little pictures embossed on the side. Other than that 5stars.
Good piece of ki
Easy to set up and use. Make sure you wear safety glasses in case the branches you are shredding catch you in the face. Could have done with a longer mains lead, I needed to use an extension cable most of the time. It was a lot quieter than I was expecting. Very happy with my purchase though.
Garden shredder steady but efficie
Very solid shredder. Heavy and hard to manoeuvre, but once in place it won’t move or wobble! Excellent safety features: it will switch off or not start when the bucket is removed or when the feed chute is unlocked. Useful feature is the blade adjustment. You just turn the click knob until the blades just start to scrape against the cutting plate. The cone-shaped blade basket turns steadily – not like the frantic impact shredders – meaning it is not a noisy machine. Whilst shredding I was visited by a robin and some pigeons! The specs state 230 Kg/hr, and it certainly shreds a huge amount. Never blocks – even if chips do get stuck they don’t jam it up. All you do is unplug, remove the chute, poke the bits out and away you go again. The fact that the blades turn all the time means it can clear itself whilst you get more herbage for it to chew on. Easily copes with 20-25 mm stick, but just be careful to stand back as the sticks flick and jump about. If you do accidentally over-stuff the hopper, you can pull the herbage back since the blades only really get fed by gravity so it is easy to pull sticks out to re-arrange. The only disappointment is the pathetic stuffing blade. It has a ridge around the edge which all too easily jams between the herbage and the hopper guide ridges. It is also bendy. Considering this is 350+ worth of kit, I am sure Bosch could have produced a stout stuffing stick. How that item passed design quality and control is a mystery. I used a sacrificial stick to poke items into the blades which worked much better. So cons: weight and feeble stuffing stick. Pros: steady and efficient, never jams, acceptable noise, huge hourly capacity, safe to use, worth the money. Make sure you sign up to Bosch to get your 3+ year warranty.
Buy it if.
You have a need to shred lots of bush / tree cuttings regularly. It is..
Easy to set up (doddle)
Very quiet
Able to shred effortlessly to the size specified, endlessly, all day.
Mulch collects in a removable box at the bottom that we transfer to bigger bags and then put on the compost. I’ve not had it long enough to see whether or not the composting works, but it’s great at what it does.
Great machine for the garde
Easy to setup. Easy to use. Pretty quiet considering what it does. It is a little top heavy and awkward to manoeuvre but that is noted on other reviews. Pull like a heavy wheeled suitcase at a steady pace and its fine.
Blockages are a learning exercise on how much you can feed it how quickly, easily cleared.
great piece of kit for the garden.
Absolutely fantastic
I’ve had this now two years approximately, and it’s worked a dream. It still runs like new! Blade adjustment is fantastic, it’s chopped some major chunks and branch’s definitely been a trooper and very well worth the buy
We have a large vegetable garden as well as a big garden so it generates a lot of prunings and stalks that need disposing of. I’ve just upgraded my compost bins so they’re large enough to cope with the volume so having a shredder to chip everything up small enough to compost quickly was essential. I was going to buy the Stihl domestic shredder but no-one had any stock for a few months so I looked around for the next best thing. The Bosch had good online reviews and for the price its going to be a good investment. It works a treat IF you push soft cuttings through SLOWLY but it handles woodier cuttings up to 30mm pretty well. I would have liked a wider throat to load and of course there are those available as expensive petrol shredders but all round I’m pleased with how it handles anything we cut and if it does jam up, as it inevitably does when shredding softer stuff, its easy to remove the front cover and clean out around the blades. Good safety devices, the machine can’t run with the cover off and handy push STOP button if anything gets jammed.
Little and large the old defunct AXT Rapid 2200 we have had for decades, often loaned out to friends for years. The aluminium cutter block 157 piccy 3 broke. Can get new delivered 194 so a no brainer parting ways. Works by crushing is not ‘impact’
Eventually decided on the AXT25 TC as it had benefits over the old AXT2200 in regards storage, capacity and ability to chomp through other materials such as cardboard and plastics.
Most of the negative comments are about its dire cutting and todays society, well its common sense to adjust you dont need a manual to tell you to even though it tells you to go figure.
2nd piccy is as it comes, though should have took another piccy feeding it back in again after adjusting.
3rd piccy shows a pile about 5ft tall x 6ft x 12 ft long bushes and twigs munched down to fill the green bin. Some on the top is dried leaves.
In all a very good home shredder that you have to use the bin provided, though is a lot larger than most and only clogs when it needs emptying.
Have only been able to feed in up to 31mm dia, it wont feed above that if the twigs curved, the hopper puts pay to that. Around that diameter you will hear the motor change note. I would be weary of it cutting above 40mm unless soft wood.
Since the other AXT2200 packed up, first thing we did was feed back in this time to the AXT25TC. Instead of crushed wood as long as 14″ the AXT25TC cut it approx 12mm thick.
AXT25TC works by a larger hollow cone shaped ‘cutter’ rubbing up against a similar aluminium but tapered plate, hence why the debris is a certain size and small stuff falls through the cone.
This now is the only Bosch item working i possess, all the dozens of others have long packed up including Pro tools.
In all very expensive though a good shredder that infringes on more powerfull petrol driven shredders.
Best garden chipper out there
Purchased in 2016 and still going strong today. It did stand idle for almost 12 months so did some quick maintenance by unscrewing and removed the black top box from the head sprayed in some PTFE after cleaning the blades and she fired up straight away without any issues.
If you can lop it you can shred it!
Really good for fresh branches that you can ‘lop’ with long handled pruners – that’s 25 mm or an inch. It will shred bigger but why bother? Bigger than that size can go on the fire or the back of the car to the tip. They burn without much nuisance smoke as no leaves and could always be used as fuel for a friends burner – if you have a chainsaw to log them . . .
The problem with branches is the side branches. This shredder has a gearstick mesh shaped guard which stops your fingers going into the moving blades. This means that using the loppers you need to trim side branches to fit depending on how well they bend. This makes feeding the shredder a continuous job. My pile from a felled hawthorn tree looked daunting but I got through in a couple of hours to mulch on the compost heap and a neat pile of logs for a fire. I’ll try and upload photos. I’m pleased!
Great shredder - perfect for a medium-size garde
Exactly what I expected from Bosch – great quality, easy to assemble, relatively lightweight with good safety mechanisms in place. It’s expensive – that’s true, but it’s a safe bet. I didn’t want to spend a couple of quid less on something that might break the same year. I use it for small to medium-sized tree branches, twigs, etc.
Chomps through thin branches
Quite noisy but speedily gets through thin branches, anything over 1.5″, struggles with.
Quieter than mos
Our previous shredder jammed and we couldn’t fix it so we got this one as it was advertised as being quite quiet- and it really is. Handles all our garden stuff easily and compared to others we’ve experienced it really is much quieter! Easy to move around also, we’re very pleased with it.
Brilliant, great quality and value for money
I was a bit concerned about this product because of previous reviews and how it would perform but it’s completely brilliant. Easy to put together (you only need to put on the wheels) and you’re ready to go. Completely gobbles up all types of branches, I turned a massive pile of branches into wood mulch that I’ve used as decorative bark clippings within 30 mins. I can’t speak highly enough of this product.
What an improveme
The last Bosch shredder we’ve had for about 20 years and the on/off switches gave up and are now not available. This successor is brilliant, about half the weight and so much easier to unclog if you overdo it with too many leaves.
Easy to move about and it shreds better than its predecessor. Worth every penny.
A proper munch monster!
After the old Al-ko shredder that I’d had for 10+ years died, I was in the market for a new one. I rarely purchase on impulse, preferring to to do plenty of research first. This was no different.There were one or two poor reviews for this, and I always read the negatives, as I find the glowing positive reviews are often based on a single use (or even worse, what it looks like without any use!) However, the positives far outweighed the negatives and seemed genuine, so I decided to bite the bullet.
This review is based upon 3 years of fairly light use. I’d say it gets a run-out around three or four times a year. I agree it’s a lot of cash for such light use, but the key is, it earns it’s keep when needed. My old Al-ko wasn’t really man enough to tackle branches over 20mm. I’d spend more time clearing blockages from the unit than actually shredding. (My fault for trying to do things too quickly and overloading it)
Before I tell you how good the AX25 TC is, I think I should clear a small point up. In the marketing text, it states this will deal with green waste. Now please do not equate “green waste” with “weeds”. Green waste refers to freshly cut branches, not bunches of stinging nettles. This unit will not do a great job on soft waste. Give it the stuff it was designed for and you’ll see what it can do.
I reluctantly had to take down a medium sized oak tree and after saving what I could for firewood, I was left with several very large piles of smaller branches. This would have been a mammoth task using my old shredder with a lot of the branches needing to be trimmed. The thicker ones wouldn’t go through and would need to be manually cut into short pieces for disposal/composting. A job such as this would be a very good test for my new acquisition. The first branch I fed in was chewed up in seconds, as was the second. Growing in confidence, I decided to give the AX a real test and selected a particularly bushy off-cut with a base diameter of at least 40mm (sorry, I didn’t measure it) with multiple branches and sub-branches coming off the main stem. I fed it into the maw of the AX and watched in awe as it munched through the complete off-cut without a hiccup. It continued performing at this level and I completed the branch disposal operation in a couple of half-day stints – far quicker than anticipated.
Now I’d be lying if I said it has dealt with everything I’ve thrown at it. The odd item has jammed and activated the auto-stop, causing me to use the reverse button, but that’s invariably been down to me attempting to force the shredder to digest a branch union that way exceeded the 40mm max size
It was in use again last weekend, dealing with an overgrown leylandii offcuts (true green waste!) with no complaints, which prompted me to write this review. One big plus point is it doesn’t rely on having razor sharp edges to work. Rotary shredders rely on their cutting blades being sharp to work as expected. It is so easy to blunt them (when you fail to completely clean a root for example.) I haven’t noticed any significant degradation in shredding performance since I’ve been using the AX25
The only real negative I can find, is it’s weight distribution. You have to be careful when wheeling it over uneven ground as it has a distinct tendency to tip. Mine has some of the external plastic broken when I was unable to save it from crunching into the ground…
So, to summarise. If you want to shred weeds, lay them on the grass and run a rotary mower over them. If you need to deal with woody garden waste, The AX25 TC is simply brilliant. It’s powerful, reliable and will reduce a formidable heap of woody waste to a pile of chippings with ease. I wouldn’t be without it.
Nom nom nom - this thing loves to be fed
This chipper, or as it is known in the house The Chopperizer, tackles anything you chuck at it. By anything I do mean any kind of branches, leaves or grasses (not mown lawn but that is already chopped so why would you do that?)
The only times I have thought it’s not doing so well is because the chopped material has built up underneath the cutter output. A little shake of the collecting box and you can keep going. Not every branch is chopped, if it’s quite soft it can just keep squeezed and bent into the output. I cleared a lot of thorn bushes and newer growth was stubborn. However it still achieved what I wanted, which was a reduction of volume and the opportunity to either fit more material in my garden waste bin or composting bin. This means we can clear and manage more of the garden at a time without having to stop due to lack of space.
I also have to say that it’s pretty quiet for what it is doing, the most noise coming from when you turn it off and the speed reduces to a halt (gears and all that) but it’s not noisy at all. In fact it really has the most satisfying chomp chomp when you feed it.
Final thoughts on manoeuvrability… yes it’s heavy and awkward but I didn’t find it difficult to move around so long as you don’t lift it too much otherwise the top-heavy nature of it means it’ll want to up-end itself. I think Bosch could have helped by providing easier grab points but I’ve only ever moved it around with the top feeder bit in the collection box – maybe I’m supposed to use that handle and now I think about it…. oops perhaps they did think of it. Will have to try next time! Whilst I’m sure moving it around might be important or harder for some, once it’s in position it really does a great job so I wouldn’t mark it down on that basis.
Good garden chipper.
So far it works excellent on chipping tough leylandeii, yew and budlleia branches thick and thin. Important: Don’t forget to initially “finetune” and move the aluminium anvil slowly against the cutting rotating head until light shavings of aluminium appear in basket otherwise you end up with thin branches twisted around the cutter head. There is a safety cut out if you put sticks in that are too thick. Not super fast but works really well.
Good value
Effective and quick and easy to deploy. When the blade is sharp, it makes short work of fresh shrub trimmings up to at least an inch. Dried stems are more difficult. The blade has two sides and could last for a couple of seasons in a large-ish garden. Spares are available. This is the second machine we have had; the first lasted for five years.
Great piece of kit for mulching twigs and light foliage
Robust design. Easy to clean. Very good value for money and very useful overall. Does what is claims to do but do not attempt to use it to dispose of twigs thicker than a little finger. It’s also hard to start sometimes.