I do shredding in irregular bursts, perhaps a few months apart. My ‘old’ shedder, nominally shredded 11 sheets. The slot was longer than the narrow edge side of A4 and allowed angled entry which led to creasing and serious jamming. Quick to overheat and messy to empty. (Fellowes type still available)
When I saw the Bonsaii box I thought the shredder would be smaller the advertised. It is not. Brilliant packaging and instructions to assemble. It is extremely quick to shred, quiet, well built, easy to move on casters, takes 12 sheets A4, not tried more, and I think would prevent too thick paper entry, the slot just takes A4 so no risk of edge folding, bin level easy to see , emptied prior to being full and not a single shred escaped, auto starts and stops with confidence. placed conveniently under a table and moved out for use.
Rarely have I been so pleased with a purchase. Time will tell if it is reliable. A two year guarantee should fix that should it fail.

This is a good machine. Does a few sheets at a time although I wouldnt risk doing the maximum it says. Its fairly noisy and the noise does carry on for a few seconds after you have finished unless you turn it straight off. Drawer pulls out for easy emptying, just make sure you push it it at the bottom of the drawer or the light will flash. I have a bag in mine to catch the bits so not sure if this is why put pushing it at the bottom seems to fix it bette

This Bonsaii C169-B is an excellent shredder. It’s very easy to use. I know that the perception of noise is a very subjective matter but, to my ears at least, this shredder is not particularly noisy.

It can handle it’s stated maximum capacity of 14 sheets without difficulty. However, the advice in the manual is to shred no more than 70% of its maximum in order to maintain its vitality and effectiveness. The maximum amount of 14 sheets should be used only occasionally. Personally, I shred only 8 or 9 sheets at a time.

There is no “bin full” indicator on this shredder, but it’s easy to determine when the bin needs emptying due to the large window at the front. My previous shredder (AmazonBasics 12-Sheet micro-cut) had an LED that lit up when it thought that the bin was full. When this happened, the shredder would stop working. Unfortunately, this shredder developed a fault and thought that the bin was full even though it was completely empty. This rendered the shredder completely useless. No such problem occurs with the C169-B. The pull-out bin itself is very easy to remove (and replace) in order to empty its contents.

This machine has a patented cooling system — after several passes, the cooling fan kicks in. It’s very reassuring to know that the machine is being cooled in this way. I normally wait until the fan stops whirring (usually for about a minute) before continuing with the shredding (but, of course, this is not really necessary — clearly, you can continue without stopping for about 30 minutes).

It is recommended to oil the cutting system on a regular basis in order to ensure the longevity of the shredder. The advice in the manual is to oil the cutters every 5th or 6th time the bin is emptied, but I prefer to oil the cutters every time I empty the bin. I use Fellowes Performance Oil.

This is a superb shredder and I highly recommend it.

I have only just bought this so I cannot comment on longevity.

Previously, I had one of those basic cross cut machines that goes for 3 minutes then stops for 30 minutes. In fact, it doesn’t even do that and as we are moving house, and have vast amounts of paperwork to shred securely, it was driving me balmy! We would never have got through it all prior to the move.

This machine is brilliant – it seems to go for longer than 30 minutes actually and you really can get through a lot of paper. I did find that I couldn’t feed 14 sheets at a time, though this may have been because a lot of the paper had been in the garage and may have attracted moisture, making it thicker.

Although the idea of a pull out drawer appealed to me as being better than having to take the machine off the top, I found that the drawer is sometimes difficult to get in or out. It also feels a bit flimsy, and it bends a bit, so I hope it will last a long time.

It is a cross-shredder, actually not as secure as the previous cheap machine, as it only shreds to a P3 (is it?) and not a P4 but it seems adequate and perfectly secure for me. I think someone would have just as much trouble trying to piece documents together from the shreds as with the P4!!

The price was far more than I would have considered paying previously, but it is worth it if you have a lot of shredding to do.

Overall I am very pleased with the machine and I think it is worth the price. It works so much better than anything I’ve had before.

Pros.
Easily keeps going for half an hour at a time.
Clean cross shredding.
Can manage 14 sheets at a time though I wouldn’t recommend doing this constantly.
Has a fan to slow down overheating.
Compact size.
Quieter than my previous shredder.

Cons
Does not sense when basket is full (has a sensor but doesn’t work). Kept shredding until it absolutely could not force any more in at which point there was a noise and a little smoke. Messy and tricky to empty when so full, and had to spend a while removing the paper crushed up into the blades. However worked fine again once cleaned and oiled and hav had no further problems now that I keep an eye on how full it is getting.
Does fill quite quickly due to compact size.
Bin is tricky to pull out.
Does require oiling every 3-4 emptyings.

Overall.
Would recommend this shredder. Does the job well so long as care is taken not to overfill. Less noise, less of a struggle, and faster than smaller shredders I have had in the past, so definitely worth the extra money. Pleased with the purchase