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Binding: DIY & ToolsBrand: Bosch EAN: 3165140430579 Label: Bosch Garden Products (First Order Account) Manufacturer: Bosch Garden Products (First Order Account) Model: 600853670 MPN: 600853670 Publisher: Bosch Garden Products (First Order Account) Studio: Bosch Garden Products (First Order Account) Features:
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 Rating:  - Excellent ShredderThis is an excellent shredder. The machine is so much better than the others I have owned. I claim to be an experienced shredder user - I have had several machines over a good number of years. For me the problems to overcome are blockages when feeding material through (my last shredder, an Alko New Tec 2500R, was dreadful for this), wear on the cutters reducing performance, and noise. In selecting this shredder I took in to account that it was given the thumbs up by Which? in November 2007, and had a very positive write-up on the "fredshed" website, a first-rate source of independent advice. I must endorse what Fred says about keeping the blade sharp: "Take care with what you put in the shredder and especially do not get ANY soil in it. With the high speed even a small amount of soil acts like an abrasive and quickly blunts the blade." The machine is the best one I have had. It is well designed and constructed and also very powerful. The cutters wear well (if you follow the advice above and also make sure no stones find their way in to the machine) and are a bit cheaper than most brands to replace. It is the quietest machine I have used.....but probably could still annoy the neighbours if run at unsociable hours. The best thing for me is that it is not prone to blocking. If used sensibly, with the help of the wide prodder, you can easily go whole sessions without a blockage. To appreciate this machine you need to have tried some of the others. I recommend it to anyone considering buying a shredder to help control their garden waste. Rating: - Great bit of kitThis is great bit of kit - I'd been meaning to get a garden shredder for years, and after after trolling through various reviews I decided on the Bosch AXT 2200. Unlike one of the other reviewers, I am not using it to clear a rainforest, just lots of small branches and other cuttings. What previously would have been a numerous visits to the tip with an estate car filled to the brim with branches, is now reduced to five densly packed rubbish bags. Why didn't I buy one years ago? Greatly recommended. Rating:  - Very good, but.......Excellent tool, does the job well and well worth the money. Easy to use and efficient. On the down side, after a few uses (say about an hour) the blade was blunt and unless changed the mulcher clogged up quickly. It was used for only light mulching (eg. sweet pea plants, runner bean plants, hedge trimmings), no wood branches above 1 cm. diameter. After I turned the blade over for replacement and it was great for another couple of weeks until that also got blunt causes constant blockages after an hour or two of use. Replacement blades are not cheap, almost 12 pounds each. On the plus side although the manual states that the blades cannot be resharpened, I nevertheless resharpened mine and they were good for another hour or so. The only other minor niggle is that blockages were fairly frequent, admittedly I was using a lot of "green" material but if the outlet throat width of the mulcher were a couple of centimeters deeper I think most of these blockages might have been avoided. Despite these comments I'm delighted with the shredder/mulcher, it makes composting so much more effective. Rating: - Does what it says it doesI bought mine a few days ago. I had been looking for some time to get one so that I can shred all my garden waste, especially branches. So far so good. Easy to assemble and to use. It can get jammed a little sometimes, but if you stick to putting no less than 4cm wide bits, you should be fine. It's not as loud as I expected it to be, but still be considerate with your neighbours when using it. And try and be green! turn it off while you're not shredding. Be careful not to put any cardboard as I tried to shred some and it got stuck inside, I had to open the whole thing up to take it out. Rating: - Does the job wellWe bought this following a Which? review saying it was the most efficient garden shredder they had tested - we have not been disappointed. In use it has shredded everything we put into it. Branches up to 4cm were sliced into 1mm chips; leaves were chopped into small pieces. With some smaller branches, particularly green ones, the shredder removed the leaves and left a few twigs about 10cm long, although most were chopped into tiny pieces. It's not particularly noisy when switched on, but with harder and bigger pieces of wood it was noisier, especially when a bit of wood would rattle around inside the machine before it could be shredded. I didn't feel it would be necessary to wear ear defenders for temporary usage, nor loud enough to feel that the neighbours would complain about the noise. Given that it's almost half the price of Bosch's quiet shredder the HP, this machine is very good value. I would recommend wearing thick gardening gloves as it could snatch branches. Assembling it took about 5 minutes. This was a matter of attaching the wheels and their frame and working out where the supplied allen key is supposed to be stored. We also bought the partnering storage bag from Amazon. It's a bit like the blue storage bags Ikea sell at their checkout desks, except this one's a lot more expensive but of a similar quality and maybe a bit bigger.  Try searching the Internet for "Bosch AXT Rapid 2200 - Electric Shredder" or Ebay for "Bosch AXT Rapid 2200 - Electric Shredder". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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