WOLVERINE 15-Sheet Super Micro Cut High Security Level P-5

As you can see in the pic, there are times where the shredder doesn’t fully shred stuff the way it should. I’m going to try to see what’s wrong with it and will update this review after!

It would have gotten 5 stars but the warning light for when it gets full didn’t come on. Otherwise I am extremely happy with the quality of the unit itself plus the job it does shredding. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to anyone.

Our previous 8-year-old shredder died. So, started researching brands, types of shred, safety features, etc. Decided to order the Wolverine 15 sheet P5 (micro cut) shredder. It is so superior to our last shredder (staples professional shredder) it’s really an amazing shredder and so quiet! It is pricey, but believe it’ll make my life so much easier reducing our files, statements, irs info, etc. FYI: it can accept a large trash can bag (13 gal) in the bin – just tuck the front of the bag below the white closure clips.

This is an awesome shredder. It’s very quiet. It shreds everything so small. It’s amazing how it just shuts off when the bin is full. I love when it needs a little bit more power, it just pushes right through. Only does 15 sheets at a time, but it’s so fast. It’s shreds paper, credit cards and paper clips. I did a lot of research, and I’m so glad I chose this model. It’s top-notch. I’m very very happy!

Habe mir vor 2 Jahren eine Profi-Leitz-Aktenvernichter gegnnt und war malos enttuscht. Habe mich von dem guten Namen blenden Lassen. Schlechte Bedienbarkeht (springt er jetzt endlich an?), immer viel Sauerrei um den Shredder und wenn meine Sekretrin im selben Zimmer telefoniert hat, musst ich warten, bis das Telefonat beendet war, da sie dank dem Leitz nichts mehr verstanden hat. Ich wollte eigentlich warten, bis der Leitz das zeitlich segnet, ging jetzt aber nicht mehr.

Hatte die Nase also voll und hab mir jetzt Wolverine gekauft. Was soll ich sagen, ich bin begeistert. Flsterleise wre jetzt bertrieben (allerdings passt das schon im Vergleich zu dem Leitz) aber 50 cm neben dem Ding zu telefonieren ist im Betrieb kein Problem. Frisst dicke Papierstapel und verarbeitet sie zuverlssig zu minikleinen Partikeln. Das Schneidwerk sieht deutlich weniger verstopft aus als beim Leitz nach den ersten Blttern. Der 30-Literbehlter ist riesig. Bislang bin ich top zufrieden und mein Sekretariat ist es auch.

Aktuell ist das Ding eine Woche im Betrieb. Ich werde die Rezension aber abndern, soweit er sich in den nchsten 2 Jahren verabschieden sollte. Bislang klare KAUFEMPFEHLUNG!

Nice shredder. Shredded the contents of a 4 drawer file in a few hours. Let it cool down once in a while and all is good.

Very secure shredder for the business. Arrived very quickly. One little grip was a box was damaged and unpacking the unit had a crack in the top. Lucky this has not affected its ability to work so kept the uni

Very secure shredder for the business. Arrived very quickly. One little grip was a box was damaged and unpacking the unit had a crack in the top. Lucky this has not affected its ability to work so kept the uni

Trs bon produit, elle fonctionne parfaitement.
Nous en avions achet une nettement moins chre , elle a cess de fonctionner la troisime utilisation, nous l’avons renvoye et achet celle-ci qui, certes , est chre, mais la qualit n’a rien voir !
Un commentaire indique qu’elle mange le papier en ronronnant, c’est exactement a!
Seul bmol, la vitre teinte en plastique semble extrmement fragile, manipuler avec une extrme prcaution.

Auf dem Foto sehen Sie die Gre des geschredderten Papiers. Im Mietshaus ist es nun auch Sonntags mglich Papier zu schreddern, so leise ist der. Der Preis lt den Normalverbraucher erst mal zucken – aber ich hoffe durch lange Haltbarkeit mach er sich bezahlt. Bei deutlich billigeren Gerten hatte ich schon schlechte Erfahrungen!

Auf dem Foto sehen Sie die Gre des geschredderten Papiers. Im Mietshaus ist es nun auch Sonntags mglich Papier zu schreddern, so leise ist der. Der Preis lt den Normalverbraucher erst mal zucken – aber ich hoffe durch lange Haltbarkeit mach er sich bezahlt. Bei deutlich billigeren Gerten hatte ich schon schlechte Erfahrungen!

Prodotto veramente ottimo. Arrivato ben confezionato e nei tempi previsti. Lavora perfettamente. Trita cd., carte plastificate , schede tipo carte di credito e parecchi fogli di carta uniti, foderiNe di quaderni, documenti spess e cartelline di cartoncino. Si svuota facilmente sfilando il lato con la finestrella trasparente. Ideale per uffici e per chi deve alleggerire la propria casa da vecchie bollette, vecchi documenti, ricette mediche scadute, e tutto quello che va buttato via in sicurezza.

Prodotto veramente ottimo. Arrivato ben confezionato e nei tempi previsti. Lavora perfettamente. Trita cd., carte plastificate , schede tipo carte di credito e parecchi fogli di carta uniti, foderiNe di quaderni, documenti spess e cartelline di cartoncino. Si svuota facilmente sfilando il lato con la finestrella trasparente. Ideale per uffici e per chi deve alleggerire la propria casa da vecchie bollette, vecchi documenti, ricette mediche scadute, e tutto quello che va buttato via in sicurezza.

Does it work well? Yes. A couple of things would be nice given the price of this machine. If there was a means to warn of pending overheating so you can regulate the pace of your shredding or for it to shut down when full since it can get messy when removing the bin since the shredded paper can exceed the hight of the removable bin prior to dumping the contents.

Functionally it’s great. Eats paper with ease and does it rather quietly. If it had an indicator to let me know it’s getting close to shutting down due to heat, it would have been a 5 star rating.

Works very well, smooth shredding and quiet operation.

Unable to find customer support, email on website doesnt work.

SUMMARY: The biggest pluses are (1) it’s extremely quiet, (2) it shreds with ease – paper, staples, paper clips (not bulldog clips), haven’t tried CDs.

Cheaper than paying a shredding firm, so it’s good value at under 340 quid. Price fluctates, often by a lot.

Large. Heavy. The maximum number of sheets at a time actually varies more than the manufacturer’s simple “15 sheets” of 70 gsm paper (standard paper is 80 gsm), details below.

Your time’s valuable. Please don’t do false economy on small models that struggle with quantity/metal (I’ve done that), life’s too short. This Wolverine really does get its claws into your documents AND STAPLES, and is as Marvel-lous as the Marvel Comics character it’s named for.

DETAILS:

Large, big footprint. I’m small, I’d say it’s “very heavy”; hubby described it as “heavy”.

The instructions say maximum per shred 15 sheets 70 gsm paper. Standard printer or photocopy paper is 80 gsm. Variables include thicker paper or card. No probs if you’re shredding paper of recent age. Otherwise it also depends on the age of a document and how dry it was/is: I often shred stuff decades old, back to 1899, and somehow old paper absorbed moisture even though it feels perfectly dry now. When you have old paper that was once pressed it has a certain consistency and can jam in the machine. Banks used to send you your processed cheques and paying-in slips. There’s no way my existing small shredder could cope.

Best to empty the bin before it’s totally full. If you put a bin liner fully over it and upend into it, there’s no mess at all, but the bin liner needs to be a decent thickness to hold its shape for the process.

15 mins continuous run-time; webpage says (turn off and allow) 30 mins cool-down time, but the instructions say 30-60 mins.

Bought to replace an under-the-desk P-4 shredder. This Wolverine is three times the price of that small machine, and although shredders get slower as the paper shreds get smaller, the Wolverine offers a level of security (P-5) which is way more than three times better than P-4. The technical details are that P-4 cross-cut shredders produce 160 mm particles and width = 6mm, and it’s hard or nearly impossible to reconstruct pages, but note the word “nearly”. P-5 offers a much smaller cross-cut, with shreds typically being only = 30 mm particles with width = 2 mm, and this P-5 Wolverine yields particles 2 mm x 10 mm. I also have four family generations’ worth of paper going back to 1899 to sort/shred, so even without the P-4/P-5 issue, the Wolverine has already saved me hours of effort.

SUMMARY: The biggest pluses are (1) it’s extremely quiet, (2) it shreds with ease – paper, staples, paper clips (not bulldog clips), haven’t tried CDs.

Cheaper than paying a shredding firm, so it’s good value at under 340 quid. Price fluctates, often by a lot.

Large. Heavy. The maximum number of sheets at a time actually varies more than the manufacturer’s simple “15 sheets” of 70 gsm paper (standard paper is 80 gsm), details below.

Your time’s valuable. Please don’t do false economy on small models that struggle with quantity/metal (I’ve done that), life’s too short. This Wolverine really does get its claws into your documents AND STAPLES, and is as Marvel-lous as the Marvel Comics character it’s named for.

DETAILS:

Large, big footprint. I’m small, I’d say it’s “very heavy”; hubby described it as “heavy”.

The instructions say maximum per shred 15 sheets 70 gsm paper. Standard printer or photocopy paper is 80 gsm. Variables include thicker paper or card. No probs if you’re shredding paper of recent age. Otherwise it also depends on the age of a document and how dry it was/is: I often shred stuff decades old, back to 1899, and somehow old paper absorbed moisture even though it feels perfectly dry now. When you have old paper that was once pressed it has a certain consistency and can jam in the machine. Banks used to send you your processed cheques and paying-in slips. There’s no way my existing small shredder could cope.

Best to empty the bin before it’s totally full. If you put a bin liner fully over it and upend into it, there’s no mess at all, but the bin liner needs to be a decent thickness to hold its shape for the process.

15 mins continuous run-time; webpage says (turn off and allow) 30 mins cool-down time, but the instructions say 30-60 mins.

Bought to replace an under-the-desk P-4 shredder. This Wolverine is three times the price of that small machine, and although shredders get slower as the paper shreds get smaller, the Wolverine offers a level of security (P-5) which is way more than three times better than P-4. The technical details are that P-4 cross-cut shredders produce 160 mm particles and width = 6mm, and it’s hard or nearly impossible to reconstruct pages, but note the word “nearly”. P-5 offers a much smaller cross-cut, with shreds typically being only = 30 mm particles with width = 2 mm, and this P-5 Wolverine yields particles 2 mm x 10 mm. I also have four family generations’ worth of paper going back to 1899 to sort/shred, so even without the P-4/P-5 issue, the Wolverine has already saved me hours of effort.

In general, this is a great shredder that lives up to the specifications the manufacturer represents. I haven’t found anything that this shredder won’t accept and shred within its list of materials it can shred.

What I like:
This shredder has shredded everything I have placed into it, which is almost 100% single sheets of paper.
As a test of its manganese steel blades, I shredded a sheet of labels to see if they would get stuck in the blades. Happily, no label adhesive was found after shredding the labels. I wouldn’t recommend making it a habit of shredding labels, but it’s nice to know that I can on occasion without worrying about fouling the shredder blades.
I like the 8 gallon bin. As another user has already noted, the bin is not really meant to accept plastic liners, but I have found that 8 gallon trash bags work well as a bin liner without the bags tearing or having to stretch them beyond the limits of the plastic bag material.
Power and bin sensor switches seem to be heavier duty that switches I have seen used on other products coming out of China. Kudos to the manufacturer for at least sticking to that level of quality.
I haven’t bought a SOHO shredder in quite some time, so it was very refreshing to have the ability to manually operate the shredder motor in both forward and reverse.
Compared to the other shredders I have owned in the past, this one is a clear winning in the noise department. It practically whispers when I do a side-by-side comparison with the older, cross-cut shredder I have.

What I dislike:
The power switch cap is a little too small around its diameter, and I notice it sticks from time to time when powering the shredder on and off. Not a deal killer, but it starts the thinking that maybe corners were cut in other parts of the manufacturing process to compensate for the quality parts used to make this machine.
The plastic used for the bin is very thin. When using the handle to pull the bin from the shredder, or insert it back into the shredder, a lot of flex in the bin plastic is noticed. I am thinking that the bin will probably be the first point of failure on this shredder since the plastic will probably fracture or shatter if it is pulled out too many times.
On a related note to the thin plastic used for the bin, the rest of the plastic body parts are so light that the shredder is very top heavy. Trying to roll the shredder on its provided casters is not a good idea since the shredder wants to tip over. I found it easier to lift it off the floor to reposition it. Be sure to eat your Wheaties before lifting this shredder, though; it weighs over 40 pounds.
My biggest dislike is the cost. I will assume that the steel used for the blades, motor and their respective frames add to the cost of this shredder. I will also grant that P5 blades will cost more to manufacture. To have this cost over $300 when the rest of the shredder was clearly cost engineered to help lower the total cost to manufacture this shredder means that the manufacturer, all the supply chain in the middle and Amazon are making tidy profits. I hope this shredders lasts long enough to justify the cost to buy it.

Shreds quickly and quietly. Its easy to empty when it’s full. Easy to store in the closet.

This shredder is worth every penny. I bought it to shred several boxes of paper bank books. It worked quietly and consistently. Very strong motor.

Pleasantly discovered how strong, quiet, and efficient this unit is. In fact, the only objection I have is that the transfer of “chips” can be messy if you don’t take the time to insure 100% containment – not easy to do. Otherwise, you wind up with a million tiny pieces going everywhere, and they’re not easy to pick up, since you shouldn’t do it with a vacuum lest you quickly clog up your other machine. Amazing ability to shred multiple layers with equally amazing quiet. Highly recommend as an excellent product!

This machine eats paper for fun , definitely worth the money and quiet enough

I’m in LOVE! This purchase was better than anticipated. Super fast prime delivery. Setup was just removing packaging. Super satisfying noise when crunching the paper. No issues so far. Easy to use. Have not tried shredding a credit card or cd yet but I plan too!

Bought this because the smaller shredders wouldnt last long enough without overheating. It ate through pretty much everything staples, cds,credit cards. It turned it all into confetti. Only thing i would gripe about is when it does stop for overheating after about a half hour it wont let you reverse it so that you can remove the last thing it was trying to shred so that it isnt sticking out the top till it cools.down again to shred it.