Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Fellowes 4609001 Powershred 99Ms 14-Sheet Micro-Cut Heavy Duty Paper Shredder with Auto Reverse, Black/Dark Silver, 25.2" x 11.4" x 17.3"

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Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2014

The Fellowes 4609001 Powershred 99MS Micro-Cut Shredder is an excellent choice for shredding old bills, tax documents, bank statements or credit cards. It's hungry and cuts through staples effortlessly. I received mine and immediately put it to use cleaning out and destroying old paperwork that I have had filed away from back in the early 80s. I was amazed at how quiet this shredder is compared to others that I've used, and it shreds to a micro-cut size which is perfect for old tax returns, etc. Once I started feeding documents through mine, I wasn't counting the pages (the manual states a maximum of 12 sheets per pass) as I placed them in the shredder but I was feeding them at a rapid pace. I managed to feed too many pages at one point and the shredder immediately sensed it and reversed the stack. Impressive! I very quickly filled the bin twice before the over temp light illuminated and the shredder stopped working. After 30 minutes it was ready to go again. Overall I'm very pleased with this purchase. It's easy to setup, just push the four rollers into the holes on the bottom of the bin, insert a bag and turn it on. The bags are easy to install and they make this a very clean job overall. The only "con" I can report, is that even though the shredder itself is very nice, the holding bin is just a little flimsy and it won't slide into the box without a some effort. I don't mean to imply this would be a show stopper because for me, I'd still purchase this model shredder again if I'd known about this minor flaw beforehand. It's not that much effort and not that big a deal, but I want to be honest with other potential buyers. I would highly recommend this product to other users who want a good quality shredder for their home office or small business. There is a small bottle of oil that comes with the shredder. Be sure to add a little oil across the cutters each time you empty the bin.

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Unknown

So many shredders w/o options required...

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2017

Style: ShredderVerified Purchase

OK, fourth time is the charm... I have tried/tested at least a dozen shredders, 4 different ones from Amazon but had no luck finding one w/ the abilities I required. Some couldn't shred a cereal box, more then a few sheets of paper, overheated in five minutes, or the feeding slot was way to small, enough for an 8.5 x 11 paper but nothing larger. I would give it one more shot before having to go the commercial route.
Much to my delight the 99Ms fit the bill. Can handle heavy duty paper, cardboard boxes <like the ones Amazon uses>, 15+ pages, quiet, excellent safety features, micro-cut is tiny, really tiny, large bin and good price. Woo Hooo, happy owner.

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A. Yeh

This thing is a beast

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2014

Style: ShredderVerified Purchase

I pulled this shredder out of the box and was shredding in just a few minutes after installing its wheels. My shredding productivity went up so much that I started looking for other papers to shred. I love the large deep bin and the see-through window. I was skeptical about all the reviews of it being quiet, but it really is quiet especially compared to my old Fellowes 60cc. The micro cut is almost half the size of my old 60cc shed size. This was especially important as the new security specs for cross cut can clearly be read (1.5" length). I went to my local office supply store and looked at the sample shred and I could clearly read two words per shred.

I triggered the thermal protection only once. The unit turned on the red thermal indicator and stopped mid shred. I just left it alone. After the cooling off period, the unit immediately completed shredding that was in the slot. The hand sensor works so well that I had to get used to not letting my hand get too close when loading the slot. With my old 60cc, I had to nurse the paper into the slot so it wouldn't bunch up on one side. The 99Ms is a lot easier to load and does not skew to one side.

As others have indicated, the 99Ms does not support shredding disks but that's not something I am interested in since I break the disks in half myself. It's more cathartic too.

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Mark G.

Died after 2.5 years

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2022

Style: ShredderVerified Purchase

Shredder worked great for about 2.5 years. Then i got a jam of paper that wouldnt unjam. Reversed it a couple dozen times, made a noise, and several of the plastic spacers broke, with some ending up in the bin, and others ending up at the top of the cutters, blocking any further use of shredding full sheets.
None of this should have happened, but its now dead. Should have lasted longer for the money.

[edit] talked to customer service about warranty or repairs etc. They offered me 20% off a new item, but that is still about $75 more than the normal Amazon price, so no thanks. As to warranty, only the metal cutters have the longer warranty, the plastic pieces in between the metal cutters, which break first, do not. So dont count on that extended cutter warranty.

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fanman

This shredder is a great machine!

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2020

Style: ShredderVerified Purchase

I find that this shredder is perfect as a home office shredder, or a small office shredder for 1 to 3 employees.
This shredder is perfect for shredding tax bills, insurance documents, bank statements, medical bills, and junk mail.
I'm currently using this shredder at my work as a temporary shredder until we get a new commercial shredder.

Pros:
Quiet operation;
comes with caster wheels to move easily around room;
safesence technology;
window on the wastebasket;
sleep mode energy savings system automatically shuts down the shredder after 2 minutes of no shredding activity;
shredder will run if the bin is closed, if bin is open the shredder will not run;
Bin full will illuminate when the shredder waste bin is full and needs to be emptied;
when a paper jam occurs, reduce paper quantity to an acceptable amount and re-feed into paper entry;
overheat indicator is illuminated when the shredder has exceeded it's maximum operating temperature and needs to cool down, this indicator will remain illuminated and the shredder will not operate for the duration of the recovery time.
Cons:
I wish this shredder featured continuous duty shredding, meaning continuous run time, continuous duty motor to offer non-stop shredding for maximum productivity.
I would buy this shredder again, if needed.

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Steve

Review of Fellowes 99M

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2014

Style: ShredderVerified Purchase

So far the product does an amazing job of shredding into micro pieces. Once unpacked you will find the manual and all the rest of the items contain in the waste basket. Comes with manual, registration card, oil, waste plastic bags, a thank you card, wheels and a quality guarantee card. To pull the machine out was very simple, Fellowes added a handle slot at the rear so you can pull from there as well as from the waste basket handle to lift this from the box. The wheels are sturdy and were easy to install: just make sure you lay the shredder on its back and push the wheels in until they snap in to place. The sensor works as advertised: stops shredding process when fingers touch chrome sensor area. Once removed shredding commences again. The color looks very sleek and everything is very easy to read including the picture icons. A nice touch was a sticker located at the top which gives you the Fellowes telephone number for questions or concerns; beats having to dig up the manual.

The pull out waste basket has a large opening so pulling it out will be very easy. The waste basket has a small vertical window so you can see how full you are, but remember that this machine also has a sensor that will tell when it is full. This item will shred credit cards as well, but make sure to pay attention to the slotted area; Fellowes has marked an area where to insert the credit card. Maybe this is the ideal place or has something to do with the wear of the cutters, not sure. It is not explained other than to put the credit cards in only the specially marked area of the slot. The power button on top lights up blue when depressed and flanking that are the forward or reverse buttons.

Some things to be aware of, this is pretty big so make sure to read up on the dimensions and double check your space you plan to put this in to. If under a desk, make sure to leave enough space to put paper in it. There is a power switch so this is not a "plug and go". Turn the power switch on (which is located on the back). On both sides there are some holes which look like you can buy accessories to attach to this, but since the sides are a bit flimsy I would be careful as to how heavy those items may be as if they are heavy; they can push the plastic side inwards. On the top and on the angled sides are ventilation slots so just make sure those are clear and free of any dust that may accumulate in the future since these are for the cooling of the motor.

The only thing I can say negative about this item is what I read on some reviews here; the name plate. The name plate has come off and it appears that the stand offs of that plate are just too thin causing them to break off when in transit or when placed into the Fellowes box. I can see that it is very easy to break off those stand offs. But with some glue or caulking (if you wish) you can just put it back on.

Overall the Fellowes 99M is doing what it claims to do; make minced paper and it does very effectively. I have another one on order and will see if the name plate on that is also broken off. I do plan to do a 6-8 month followup review in the future so stayed tuned.

Update - My followup review will be pretty short as I have owned this shredder for almost 7 months now and it has work pretty flawlessly. I have tested out (on many occasions) the safety feature and it works very well. Nothing more to add from my previous review other than something to notice. This is not major no a negative, but since the shredding device is offset the paper will build up on one side of the basket and trip the "full" sensor. Pull out the basket and shake it and the pieces will level off and you can shredder more.

All in all this shredder has done a great job with very minor items to point out. It shreds papers, has safety, shreds credit cards, pretty quiet and the basket is a good size for my uses.

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Kindle Customer

THIS IS the BEST machine to do the job.

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2015

Style: ShredderVerified Purchase

===== UPDATE @ Sept-2017 ---- STILL DOING EXCELLENT JOB - NO PROBLEMS anytime !!!!I ===== If you are looking for dependable and trouble-free way to shred your papers, documents etc - at home or small office .... look no more !!! .... THIS IS the BEST machine to do the job !!! We've bought it at the end of 2013 (were impressed by 17x FIVE stars reviews) - and we did NOT have a single problem with it - & it is now middle of 2015 .... It shreds, doesn't make too much noise, will signal when it's hot from the job (usually after 1.5 full bags), shreds several paper & even staples as advertised.... . Also - my advise: get plastics bags (100 pack) - they fit nicely into the bin & also: oil it, when starting new bag (just run sheet of paper & run oil bottle over it on one side, then repeat with second sheet for the other side) - they've got big bottle of oil here, too. (We got also 3 years warranty, looks like we will not even need it at all ....) ============== UPDATE: June-2018 ----- STILL DOING GREAT JOB - no problems at all ......

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Brandon

Best Shredder if security is a concern

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2017

Style: ShredderVerified Purchase

This is the best shredder I've ever bought. I've had it for a month now and it shreds everything into the smallest pieces (completely unable to put together) I've ever seen while being the quietest I've used. I even tested 2 credit cards and they were unrecognizable afterwards.

The only quirk from it, is whenever you touch the metal plate it immediately stops shredding. I'm used to cheaper shredders here I have to hold the paper as it is inserted so it will take time to stop touching the shredder's metal part with paper.

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TXPower

Mincemeat outta paper

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024

Style: ShredderVerified Purchase

I bought this used so it was a better value. i love the safety feature [ cause if you chop fingers off ,. you'd probably give up other features to have fingers back]. It hasn't gotten jammed so far - only owned it a month or so. I wish it had option to have smaller bin-at least for storage. it takes up more room than I expected. works well. doesn't jam. shreds securely.

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KharmaDoctor

I recommend looking elsewhere, this one is a hassle

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018

Style: ShredderVerified Purchase

I purchased this as a compost shredder, to create a source of nitrogen for our family compost system. I have an older Fellowes 58-97C which has been an absolute beast for the last 10 years in a home office environment...so I thought I'd try this. The reason we needed a new one was because for composting, smaller pieces of shredded paper are desirable. Although I cant say that this one doesn't work....I can say that is kind of finicky. I wish it worked as well as the previous Fellowes I purchased. It feels cheaper, bags are hard to fit in it, it stops often and gives error messages that slow your progress. It is also very messy because you end up having to open and close the drawer when it gives the "full" error message (even though its 1/4 full)....which results in paper dust and fragments falling on the floor. For $300+ I guess I just expected a lot more quality and a lot less hassle. I wish I had tried another brand/model but it does match the form factor that was needed. It hasn't actually failed yet, but I do not expect this to last as long as my other beast. I'm not impressed but so far it is performing the intended purpose with more effort than I would like to give to a shredder.

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