Fellowes Powershred P-25S Shredder Strip Cut 5 Sheet reviews

Purchased this 15 months ago. Not impressed by shredding ability. Has only been used occasionally and now has feed capacity has stopped – except for reverse function. Would not buy again.

We have had a previous Fellowes shredder in my home office for a decade, and it gave good service, generally managing 4–5 sheets at a time. My office closed 3 years ago, and it finally gave up the ghost. This one is noisier, and seemed to jam within a day. Reversing did not clear it. Not wishing to dismantle it, which would void the warranty, I left it for a week till I had time to pick out the pieces (about 40 minutes work) and this unjammed it. We concluded that the advertising saying that it could handle 5 sheets at a time was an overstatement! If it jams again, may have to contact the supplier.

Really annoyed that this shredder has broken within days of me getting it. I followed the advice on reviews (i.e. Only put max 4 sheets in (rather than 5 as the manual suggests) and still my paper has jammed. Have managed to un-jam the paper now, but the shredder function is no longer working (only “R” reverse function still works). Very frustrating and not sure I'll be able to get a refund as we dismantled the device ourselves to un-jam the paper.

Cuts strips about 8mm wide, so quite wide. Jams if you load more than one sheet in at a time. I put 2 sheets in on first try of machine, jammed, and took a bit of reversing to free it. Also can only use for 3 mins at a time, then it shuts down for 25 mins to cool down apparently. I mean it works…but you get what you pay for.

Don't waste your money on this cheap and nasty gimmick. Stopped working after 2 uses!

Think in terms of shredders it’s great very user friendly and does what it says but prob 5 sheets it starts to struggle but none the less will still give master splinter a good king fu battle to save his sons the ninja turtles

Perfect for the two of us WFH. We haven't encountered any issues, it runs well and shreds paper without any problems. We only put in 4 sheets max at a time and make sure the bin is emptied regularly.

Good home office shredder, collection basket could be bigger.

This was an absolute fail. Shredding capacity of 5 sheets? Can barely manage 1. Also fine print – after 3 mins of continuous use it needs a 25 min break. Jams easily, reverse function does not help with that and you have to employ all manner of tweezers, pins and skewers to resolve jams. Don’t buy this one. If you really need to shred – invest in a more expensive one.

The instructions say the maximum you can shred each pass is five A4 sheets of paper and the maximum width of each sheet is 220mm. However, I find one A4 sheet per pass makes for a clean shred whereas two sheets or more sounds like too much has been put in the head. Therefore, I recommend using this device at one sheet at a time. The machine is economical, and you will look after the machine better at the rate I suggest. The P-25S is for committed users only and is best for personal use rather than business.