Ideal. 2604 Strip-Cut Centralized Office Paper Shredder, Continuous Operation , 27–30 Sheet Feed Capacity, 26 Gallon Bin, Shred Staples/Paper Clips/Credit Cards/CDs/DVDs, 1 HP Motor, P-2 Security

Purchased the Ideal 2604 P-4 shredder. I am very satisfied with this unit.This is a commercial level heavy duty shredder, that I purchased for home use. The motor will accept continuous paper feeds and fill the entire 26 gallon bin without overheating or stopping. The motor can continuously run and will not stop to dissipate heat, unlike the smaller home shredding units. This unit will easily accept a dozen sheets, but does not appear to accept the advertised 25 sheets. The motor easily reverses to spit out an overloaded feed. The automatic oiling feature is very convenient. The safety guard protects against inadvertent positioning of fingers near the feeder. Opening the receptacle bin door or moving the safety bar automatically stops the shredder. There is an indicator light that informs you if the feed size is too large. The system will automatically stop if the bin is too full. Make sure you order extra 16 oz Ideal oil for this unit.The P-4 level cross cut security level shredding is extremely secure and adequate for home or commercial use. I see no need or cost to move up to an espionage P-5 security level that, for home use.This Ideal shredder is solidly built and very heavy. The unit is delivered in 2 separate boxes and is definitely a two person setup. The receptacle container/bin and shredder unit are accurately engineered to fit nicely. Setup is fast and intuitive. The unit is setup on wheels to easily move around. The heavy duty plastic receptacle bin can accept standard trash can plastic bags, that are much less expensive than the Ideal plastic bags. Only drawback is dropping of the shredded particles into the cabinet when the bin is pulled out, but this is true of all shredders.I researched the purchase of a commercial unit for home use, and most of the purchase decision is based upon the limited reviews available, so there is a bit of leap of faith in purchasing such an expensive unit for home use. I was not at all satisfied with any of the smaller home units, where the units were limited in the handling of the number of sheets, and suffered from overheating and the small bin sizes. I required a heavy duty shredder. To my pleasant surprise, this Ideal 2604, despite the high purchase price, in my opinion, is phenomenal. The engineering seems solid.

I'm incredibly astounded by how awesome and well-built this 2604 super-micro-cut (P-7) shredder is! It's essentially a 'disintegrator' of paper, and runs about 2x (twice!) the shred speed of my previous 2445smc model by the same company. I included photos of the shredder blades and tiny particulate (the brown particulate is dark kraft packing paper stock I first ran as a test).This is the Self-Oiling model of the 2604smc, which I'm very glad I purchased. After buying the smaller 2445smc (and investing more $$ in a shredder than I had planned) I grew a little 'paranoid' about ensuring it was always being oiled enough—something I can now relax about with automatic oiling. Such much easier and one less thing to worry about.The 2604smc is large and very powerful— at first I questioned a max capacity of 'only' "8-sheets", but once I realized just how many cutting blades were powering through simultaneously I realized how powerful this unit's motor really is. It sounds a little louder to me than the smaller ideal model 2445smc (my first shredder from ideal.), though thankfully not annoyingly so.Two of the photos show this mid-sized (largish) 2604smc model next to the even larger (I call giant) 4005cc model, also built by the same company, tho that 4005 suffered SEVERE shipping damage by the heavy freight company used to deliver it to me and I'll post a review under that 4005cc listing as soon as I see how the company chooses to correct/make-right that 3rd shredder purchase of mine.To confirm: I really am astonished by how incredibly well-built, solid, powerful, and graceful this "well-oiled machine" really is. I cannot recommend this machine highly enough! A rarity these days: It's truly exceeded my expectations.

"Recently purchased this shredder for our office and it has been a great addition. The machine functions fantastically and does an excellent job shredding paper. It's so efficient that people in the office seem to enjoy using it, with many shredding paper just for the fun of it. Overall, a great investment for any office environment."

Wanda in customer service was incredibly knowledgeable and just outright amazing! I had a few questions on deciding which model would best suite our needs and her insight on each model was incredibly helpful. I really appreciated her help. Also, important to note that in case you need customer service you will get a live human being who actually is familiar with the product and can provide assistance.Clearly this is a quality made shredder meant to handle our large volume. Since it's a commercial grade shredder it is heavy so you'll need two people to set the shredder on the base. Although very sturdy, the wheeled base makes it easy to maneuver into the space you need it to be.It is packaged very well ensuring a safe delivery and the instructions are easy to understand.I love that it shreds quickly and in small pieces, however, the downside is that it can be very messy. Not all of it can makes it into the bin so when it's time to change the bag it can be very messy as it's in the bin, outside the bin and on the floor. That being said, the quality of this machine makes up for the mess. It is also a little louder than I expected but our previous machine was not commercial grade so that is probably the difference. So for these two reasons I am giving it 4.5 stars instead of 5.

EXTREMELY AWESOME!!! I have had countless $200 shredders that don’t last, jam up, and make a mess. I shredded over 1,000 pages with credit cards, and sticky prescription labels feeding continuously and it never got hot. Chewed up everything up and NO MESS!! Filled up 2 of the supplied 30 gallon bags. Can’t say enough good things about this machine!!