Paper Shredder

Aurora 10 Sheet Cross Cut Paper Shredder with Basket

User Reviews about Aurora AS1018CD 10 Sheet Crosscut Paper Credit Card CD Shredder with Basket

I purchased this about 3 weeks ago after searching many different shreddars online and in stores. I decided on this Aurora AS1018CD because it will shred 11 pages at a time, cd's, staples and credit cards. I measured the height of the unit before ordering as I never found one of this model in a store to look at. Measuring was tall enough for what I thought would be a big basket on bottom for the shredded material. Well, when I received it, just looking at the box before opening I knew right then that it wasn't very tall and had made a mistake, however, I opened it up and the main unit is about 6 to 7 inches high. That's was what fooled me on looking at the measurement in the specs. I assumed it would be like my older unit that went "south", which was only about 2" high. (Guess that's why it was light duty and didn't do credit cards, cd's, few copies..like 3 or 4 at a time). The Aurora basket is small, actually too small as I used it immediately and it does fill up fairly quick. THIS IS WHY I GAVE IT A RATING OF ONLY 4 STARS!!!

Now, as I said, I used it immediately shredding many boxes of old tax files that I had never gotten rid of and believe me there was a small ton of paperwork to shred. I shredded multiple pages at a time, however, I never did put 11 pages in there, but did go as many as about 8 pages. I shredded a couple credit cards, staples (as it recommended be careful about those) much paper and let me say, this Aurora AS1018CD is a trupper! Absolutely went thru everything that I feed into it with ease.

Some reviews I read talked about it being so loud. Well, I found that it was rather quite compared to the one I did have and was very pleased. Also, the instructions that came with the unit said to not put a bag liner into the basket to catch the shredded material. That bothered me as this was exactly what I wanted to do, as without a bag liner, you have to empty the basket into bags and with my old unit being like that (no bag liners)I was always making a mess on the floor and had to vacuum everytime I emptied the basket. So, I looked at this unit very carefully and thought to myself, why is this in the instructions as I don't see anything to cause a problem. So, I went and got some plastic grocery bags which were a little small to fit the basket, but with some careful stretching of the plastic they work fairly well. I put the "heavy" motor top onto the basket and it worked great. The plastic grocery bags are really way to small not going completely to the bottom of the basket. A few days later I was at Sam's Club and found some 10 gallon bags (box of 1000 for $14 and change) and when I got home I tried these and they are a perfect fit. I assume that Aurora said not to use bag liners as probably someone or many people screwed up somehow and got the bag into the motor and messed everything up. But, it works great, no problems at all.

So, if you can stand to empty the basket a little more often than you want to, this shreddar with it's strong motor is nothing to worry about as I believe it will be a good shreddar for me for years to come. -- Aurora AS1018CD shreddar review by Frank Felty

I was looking for a shredder and then decided to try this brand. I used it once and so far it has done a great job. -- Good so far

This is a really good shredder. It accepts multiple pages, cross cuts so you feel extra secure in shredding any important papers and also cuts any old CDs or credit cards. -- Great Shredder!!!

I bought this several months ago and am having a shredding good time. Replaced a small one that fit on top of a wastebasket that I had to keep emptying often and would overheat. Would read a book while shredding. But my new Aurora is great. Has not overheated, goes quite a while before filling basket, can view when getting full, is a lot quieter than old one too. This is for home usage and was just what I needed.Aurora AS1018CD 10 Sheet Crosscut Paper/Credit Card/CD Shredder with Basket -- Great Shredder