can it shred unopened envelopes?
1340443
Yes you can, depending on the thickness. The anti-jam feature does the same thing I used to do manually with my old shredder: rewind and retry...it "bites" through the thicker envelopes (but keep it in reason!).
1184188
This is a great machine to shred important documents. I don't have any issues with worrying about identity theft.
1316906
I have a shredder, not this model. If you lay the pieces of paper flat when you throw them away they will take up less space. However, if you are like most people you wad up that piece of paper before you throw it which takes up tons more space than that shredded paper, plus you lose all security.
1779439
Yes this is the duty cycle. It can continuously shred 6 sheets or 1 card at a time or 2 minutes before it starts to get warm. However, this what you'll find with most basic home shredders.
22906
Yes you can shred anything as the blade is very sharp.. You can't shred very small items, but I use it all the time.
443210
No, it does not shred credit cards. With new batteries it will shred maximum of 5-6 thicknesses of paper but typical max load is about 4 thicknesses. The feed slot is about 4" so 1 piece of paper folded in half would be 2 thicknesses....
1396860
I don't think so. The paper cassette explicitly has a do-not-use symbol around an envelope.
1184187
I'm an Identity Theft and Risk Management Specialist and just short of burning your papers this shredder will do the job. Oil the blades this will shred for a long time. FYI with all the corporate information that has been compromised your identity needs more than a shreder to protect it.
551068
It is larger than a typical home shredder, but I love it. If you are shredding several times a week, this is a good model. Only, don't shred junk mail envelopes with the cellophane windows. They melt as the shredder gets warm during use, and it can clog the shredder. I found that out the hard way. Otherwise, really terrific machine!
1752520
If it's only a couple pages, yes. I have been very pleased with how mine is working. Some of the larger credit card offers are just to thick. I open them and feed anything with personal info through the shredder. Envelopes and such I just throw in the recycle bin.
1127463
yes, this shredder accepts letter sized sheets. I shred all kinds of sizes in it. Says it will accept up to 4 sheets (I usually do 2 or 3 at a time) so if you have something larger than it will accept, I would guess you could just fold it to fit.
1752521
How do you know how many pages are in it. Two pages folded in there would be 6 papers at a time, plus the envelope. I don't think I'd do it. I find it SO easy to discard the envelope, tear off two 1/3s of a page, and shred them. The rest goes in the recycling wastebasket. Even just shred the two pages if you want to, but I know it's good for 6 pages.
1718454
Do not try. It is supposed to shred one credit card but failed. I am now trying to unjam because of the credit card fiasco. I would not buy this product again.
2125383
It can shred credit cards which are not as hard as cds and dvds so I would assume no. In fact the unit has a small input just for the cards to be destroyed and the instructions say only 8 paper pages at a time can be safely fed into the paper input. So I definitely would not advise getting this unit for disc disposal.
907394
I haven't tried packing material but it does shred 12 pages at a time and credit cards very well. Also, thick card stock from advertisers so I would think it would.
554666
I bought a package of oiled sheets of paper. I haven't used the shredder enough to use one yet. It's very simple though, just feed the sheet through the shredder and that's it.
1264975
It is still working. I tried to do a lot of purging and shredding and I overheated it at one point. Has not worked as well since then, but I can shred things from the mail and no more than 2 items simultaneously. But was a great purchase.