WEN 41130 Electric Wood Chipper and Shredder, 15-Amp, Black

Assembly was super easy, just flip the legs down, bolt on the wheels and it's ready. There's even a slot on the body to store the included allen wrench. Build quality is good overall, feels rugged enough to last for many seasons. The wheels make it easy to move to position, then just plug it in and flip the oversize rubber-enclosed power switch. This thing means business. It's loud when the blades are chewing through a big branch, but very comfortable to work around if you put on some hearing protection. Gives a very satisfying BRRRRRRRRRT and literally pulls the branch in, you will need to guide it and bend in smaller branches so they go into the mouth. Seems very safe, the blade is deep inside enough that you literally can't reach it if you're dumb enough to stick your fingers in, and they include a paddle to help push stuff in for that purpose. I first tried it out on a bunch of limbs from an old maple tree, everything from little sticks up to around 1.5"-1.75" branches. It ate all of it, no problem. If the branch fits inside the opening, it will chip. Never got stuck, didn't bog down, just chewed through everything with that satisfying BRRRRRRRRRRRT. The power and effectiveness made it fun to use. My wife and I had to take turns because we both wanted to feed the branches in. How often do you have fun doing yard chores? After we finished the branch pile I walked around looking for more stuff to chip. I'm VERY happy with my decision to spend the extra $30 for the one with the bin. It has a latching mechanism that keeps the bin in place and shuts off the power when you de-latch it. No messing with bags, just unlatch the bin, dump, lock it back in, and ready to proceed. I chipped a pile of branches (maybe 150lb?) in about 20-30 minutes emptying the bin about 6 times. Amazing how little space those branches take after you chip them. The warranty says it's covered for 2y or 500h of runtime. Based on how fast we went through those branches, 2y will almost certainly come before we manage to run this for 500h. The hopper has a single knob that you unscrew in order to flip the top open and access the inside of the hopper and the blades. The blades are both removable and look easy to sharpen. They're just blocks of tempered steel with a wedge on one side. After my one day of use I don't notice any change in the sharpness. I'm looking forward now to going around with my saw and finding more trees and branches to chip. I am going to take good care of this tool, it is very nice. After use I opened the hopper, brushed away all this chips and junk and wiped the metal hopper and blades with WD40 and stored it in my basement.

First of all, I am very happy with this product and how it performs... I bought the WEN 41130 Chipper and Shredder four months ago to replace a 5-HP beast of a chipper that got to be too much for me. The WEN works really well for what I now need to maintain our property. It works entirely differently than the gas unit. The gas powered chipper didn't need to be sharp it just used brute force to knock everything to pieces. The WEN is much lower torque but high speed and requires sharp blades and is more of a finesse machine. I managed to get some small gravel in with my branches when I first got it and that was the end of my work period. The gravel immediately dulled the blades and presto, no more chipping until it got new blades. But its easy to change blades. It takes me about 20 minutes and they're reasonably priced. They last pretty long, but you don need to have them in stock as they will get dull even with clean use. So now I'm very careful about what gets in. Of course it's slower than my old beast but is so light and needs no oil or gas, and doesn't weigh a ton. It does what it says it will in terms of what it can chip. It doesn't however like really twisty or wood with big turns. They won't feed well. for me it works just right and the price is amazing given the really smart design. I have several WEN tools and I'm happy with them all.

I got this to process the fire hazard plants in my property. It’s mostly oak and sage brush. But there are several other plants. A good variety. Part of me was worried that it may be just too weak, trip constantly or the machine would break down. I worked it entire day without any issues. I am pleasantly surprised by the quality. The manual is well written with attention to detail, with all replaceable parts listed clearly. This is a legitimate tool. My only wish would be a slightly easier feed port that can aid the branches and paddle into the hole. The straight edges seem unnecessary. Additionally, the paddle seems to be an afterthought. It’s hallow plastic, (like a toy baseball bat) so got deformed easily. Its mounting position is also too low for a tool that’s only occasionally needed. I think I’ll ditch that and use a thick branch instead. The shredded mulch is also very usable. Pieces are small enough to compost easily. Motor is only as loud as a shop vacuum. While shredding, naturally it gets louder. But I was comfortable even when not using an earpiece and did not worry about neighbors being bothered. Overall, I recommend this for any homeowner with a garden that has trees requiring annual attention. It’s a good designed and fairly priced tool.

Something Finally Worth 5 Stars! It came the next day! It was very well packaged. It went together in about 5 minutes. It started immediately! I ran it for two hours nonstop (except for five minutes to clean out the hopper once) working on a huge pile of branch trimmings and it worked perfectly. I then mulched the entire garden with my chipper’s output. It’s strong and durable, as well as light to carry. The push stick works great but most of the time the branches were self fed. Excellent safety features. I’m impressed. I can highly recommend. UPDATE! So, I'll admit that the second time I went to start up this chipper, I half expected it not to work not because of anything that happened the first time I used it, but because so much stuff out there works once and that's it. Well, I'm happy to say that not only did it start right up on Day 2, this thing is a glutton for work. I ran it for 2 non-stop hours until I ran thought a pile of sticks from trimming all the bushes in my yard and picking up the sticks from the neighbor's tree. It works great! It takes pretty big sticks (no bigger than what the instructions say) and chomps through them like they weren't even there. In fact, it loves the big ones. It like they clean it out the inside! The drier the sticks, the better. Trim off the side sticks as close to the main branch as you can so you don't have to try to twist it through the system, but if something gets stuck, the push through wand works great and lets you keep all your digits if you are. partial to them. They do help for counting to 10 without having to remove one's shoes and socks first! If you have any side sticks from the main branch, you'll find bits of small sticks in with the wood chips, but I kind of like them as they're biodegradable. Mother nature rocks! It makes its own stuff recyclable . But, if it's a dry stick, you'll end up with some great wood-like chips of a variety of small sizes to fit nicely around the garden plants better than the "mulch" from Lowes and Home Depot where the wood chips either float away or are so large you can't see the plants. In other words, I love this thing! Oh, I don't use the bag that came with the chipper for live chipping. It's a nice bag, but sharp pointy stuff tears through most every type of bag. So, I use a small Amazon box for collecting the chips and then I put the bag on to help prevent any leftover debris leaving a trail as I walk through the house to the garage or walking on the sidewalk to the garage as when my wife is home she reminds me she prefers I don't bring electric or gas-powered tools through the house. I hook the bag to the side clips and run the cord through the handles to hold it on. OH, again, the clip to hold the push-through tool doesn't hold very securely (I think). So, I put the tool in the opening in the handle. It will fall out there, too, if you turn the chipper upside down, but it stays in place during normal use and it keeps you from having to put it in your front pocket and having people ask you all day, "Are you happy to see me or is that the push-through tool that goes with the chipper?" I don't mind the questions, really. I've met a lot of nice people although the amount of drive-through and walk-through traffic in the neighborhood seems to be increasing quite a bit. Everyone wants to see my chipper and if I have the push-through tool in my pocket or on the chipper handle, I guess. I don't blame them. I love my chipper and my tool both! They both work incredibly well and result in tremendously satisfying experiences of jobs well done.

I've had this thing for six months now. I got it to chip windfall branches and creeper stems with which to make compost. It will chip seasoned sticks up to 3/4", but it jams up with anything green. When it jams up, shreds of wood wrap around the blade disk, and you have to remove the hopper and wrestle with the stuck debris to release it. Speaking of which, the release knob needs dozens of half-turns to open or close it, why couldn't the release not have a quarter turn catch that doesn't take several minutes to activate? So it takes hours to make about two gallons of chips, and it's mostly not chips. More than half the material you input ends up as long, split twigs that are not good for compost. Also, it does not take 1 1/2" sticks as advertised, unless the sticks are rotten to the consistency of cheese (domestic cheddar, not Parmesan) and straight as a ruler. This product is a joke. I am not using mine any more and it will probably soon go to the landfill. I discovered that tree contractors will deliver a load of chips (maybe 10 cubic yards or more) for free, that would be all the chips I'll ever need. For composting purposes, I discovered that you can make biochar using all sizes of waste wood. You can use timbers as wide as three inches, just chop them to 2-foot lengths with a chainsaw, and split them with an ax if they are too big to char totally. The resultant biochar is perfect size chips, and they have micropores which shelter the sort of bacteria you need in your compost, they also absorb any harmful gases like methane or ammonia produced in the compost, and they sequester the carbon for hundreds of years, while also doing the job wood chips do, i.e. creating spaces in the compost for air to circulate and be available for benevolent bugs. In other words, you don't need this stupid machine, and you can save yourself large gobs of time and frustration by not buying one. I'd give this zero stars if possible. Also, the plastic plunger that is supposed to push items down is fragile. Mine is repaired with duck tape. UPDATE: After reading some of the reviews, I decided to try removing and reversing the blades. A standard 6MM allen key did not work. It was impossible to exert enough force under the blade guard. I tried a t-handle driver, which usually works for recalcitrant screws, also didn't work. I was contemplating drilling out the screw heads and using a counter-screw extractor. This would probably require replacement screws for over $20. Eventually I used an allen key with a handle attachment providing leverage on the short side while allowing use of the long side of the L-shaped key, rising above the blade guard. Those screws are torqued in extremely tight at the factory. One assumes this is to avoid liability if a blade detaches at 4000 rpm and causes injury. Which begs the question: why doesn't the manufacturer provide the proper torque setting so I can keep the same level of safety as per the original manufacturer. Let alone how to get a torque wrench with an Allen adapter into the small space available. I ended up tightening it up as hard as I could. When I fired it up with the blade reversed, it did better, but there were still plenty of long split twigs needing to be sorted out. Incidentally, the screw heads had a lot of debris in them, which prevented the Allen key making a good fit. I had to clean out the heads with a small brush and some alcohol. And I also put some WD40 on the screws the day before. They say that the blades can be sharpened, but the damage to the used cutting edge looks quite deep and there might not be enough case-hardened meat left on the core steel to properly sharpen the blade. [Update] I got that free delivery of wood chips from a local tree surgeon, so the 12 cubic yards is a lifetime supply, and I can always get another truckload if I run out. My windfall wood now gets made into biochar, so this wood chipper is retired and taking up room in my shed until I figure out how to recycle it or reuse the parts. Imho the thing is built down to a price with the cheapest possible components, so there's probably not much in there with any reuse value. I will say that this wood chip delivery is about 50 wheelbarrow loads so it will take a while to move it from my front lawn to a corner to store it in the back, but it's excellent exercise.

I love this small shredder. Perfect for backyards and light pruning. So far, has been working well, no issues at all.

This wood chipper is a dedicated powerhouse for processing small limbs and twigs, turning yard debris into clean mulch with impressive efficiency. However, it’s a specialized tool rather than an all-purpose recycler; don't expect it to handle soft materials like grass, leaves, or pine needles, as these tend to pass through untouched or cause clogs. Assembly is straightforward and quick, though you might find a pair of mysterious orange hubcaps in the box that aren't mentioned in the manual—just snap them onto the wheels to finish the look. If you need to clear branches and woody brush, this "beast" is a reliable choice for keeping your property tidy.

Wow! For the price this little electric chipper can do the work. I have a small backyard orchard and had LOTS of smaller branches that needed chipping and this handled it all. As long as the branches fit in the hole this will handle it easily. You can't stuff it full and expect results. So, patience is key to feeding it moderately. Also let the machine grab and pull the branches down into it. No need to push them down in there, if you do you will jam the machine. Easy and convenient to use, light weight. Can wheel it around my entire yard. Noisey, so ear protection is a good idea. Cut quality is excellent.

La verdad funciona mejor de lo que esperaba, decían que por su alto requerimiento de amperaje podría calentar los cables de alimentación o requerir instalación especial, pero no tuve ese problema, una extensión normal no se calienta. Genera excelente composta y toda rama dentro del diámetro de una pulgada la tritura sin problemas, hasta busco ramas del árbol del vecino para triturar. El único detalle es que ramas demasiado pequeñas y delgadas no las tritura pero esas la puedes dejar así.

They conveniently forget to mention that it needs 110V supply. You need a step up transformer. Probably this vital information is hidden intentionally, to sell in India. Be ready to fork out another Rs.10000, for a good transformer.

I am so happy with this product. It suits all my gardening needs. It has such a fine shred I've been making my own animal bedding with it. It will even do soft materials as long as you have some sticks with it. I have had zero issues with things getting stuck. I am always very gentle and dont yank on anything. I turn it off every few mins to let it have rest. You should never run a shredder for any long period of time. I've done tonnes of material with this for a couple months now using this strategy and I've had zero issues.

Working fast and easy to use.

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