Alera Technologies 240130

I purchased this shredder specifically for destroying CD media, which it excels at, and floppy diskettes for which slots no longer exist on any computers I own. It shreds the CDs quickly and effectively;… also does credit cards quickly and effectively. Amazon's product information for this model (240130) is partially incorrect. The product description says it also can shred floppy disks, but this is NOT true. There is no slot on the machine that will accept a floppy disk. In looking further at the Alera web site, there appears to be a model 240120 that does deal with floppy disks, but it received very mixed reviews.

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I purchased this shredder (not from Amazon) specifically for destroying DVD media, which it excels at. It goes through about 50 discs in 2 minutes. I put about 400 discs through it so far, and it only… jammed on me once. I also tried some paper...this model requires you to fold the sheets in half, and you pretty much have to fold an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper exactly in half, or it won't fit through the slot. I ended up folding my paper lengthwise. Amazon's product information for this model (240130) is partially incorrect. The machine says it can shred 5 sheets of folded paper at a time, not 15. The basket is only one piece as far as I can tell, and it definitely does not hold 4 gallons of material...maybe 1/2 gallon. About 40 discs will fill it up.

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