Choosing the right shredder

When selecting a shredder you need to consider the following points:

 

Environment:

- Where will the shredder be used?

- Is it intended for the home, the home office or the office?

 

Home Shredders are designed for light duty personal use. They will typically have 10-20 shredding passes a day (Security DIN 1 and 2).

 

Home/Small Office Shredders are designed for medium duty use and typically have 25-50 shredding passes a day. The number of users is generally up to 5 (Security DIN 2 and 3).

 

Office Shredders are designed for heavy duty use and typically have 50-100 shredding passes a day. The number of users is generally up to 10 (Security DIN 3 and above).


Straight-cut shredding

- Fit for all applications

- High speed shredding

- High capacity of number of pages


Cross-cut shredding

- Higher safety levels, more confidential documents

- Maximum protection of data

- Less shredder wate after shredding



Daily Usage

- How often will the shredder be used?
- How many sheets of paper do you need to shred in one go?
- How many people will be using the machine?
- How long can the shredder be left to run before it needs switching off?
- What size of paper do you wish to shred?


Security

- How confidential is the information you want to dispose of?

- Every shredder will have a given DIN Security Level. This can help you to determine which shredders you need to consider.

- The DIN Security Level is determined by the cut size of the shredder.


 

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