How does this device work for shredding ivy?
1255620
Have not tried that but small limber sticks are tough to shred. The Ivy vine is tougher. Maybe the Ivy is best tossed in the trash bin. Really works best for shredding leaves.
1255621
No for Ivy. I learned that when ivy leaves are cut, oil seep out and when touch?.....you are in bad shape. Ivy in Worx? You'll probably be in badder shape with cut up ivy - bits of it in the air to breath in -you'll end up in the hospital. I never heard this happen to anyone but ivy plants are not good to have around. Use safety gloves. Give to garbage truck to pick up.
1255622
I don't know that it will take care of the vines of the ivy very well unless it's sort of chopped up and totally dried out.
1255623
I would not recommend it for shredding ivy vines. Pay more for a shredder that uses a metal cutter instead of nylon string..
1255624
Haven't tried ivy but my guess is it wouldn't be great for that unless the ivy had rotted to brown.
1255625
I haven't used it on IVY, but I have used it a lot on dry hay which was already baled for my old horse with no grinding teeth. It works amazingly well for me.
1037775
We have had a couple of shredders in the past. We have taken a piece of paper to be shredded and covered the sheet with vegetable oil and then ran it through the shrewder. We do this each time we empty the basket. We now see that there is a 'special oil' to use. Best experience we have to offer.
1919324
All what I've read is that one should use it after doing a lot of shredding. I use it every time I fill bin twice. Mainly you just want to make sure to keep it maintained.
1913506
I think it shreds cabbage very well. I use mine all the time for this purpose.
2082516
The run time to shred something is about 3-4 seconds plus 1 more second of overhead for the device to make sure everything has gone through. If you are talking about how long it lasts, this is it's second year of service for me and it does not show signs of wear.
57420
I've used this for a half hour of hardcore shredding (lots of bills/envelopes etc.), without any trouble. I've never gone longer than that though.
122028
This is an awesome shredder. It does not slice. If you like hash browns this would be good for making them.
1494162
if i shred a few i use the shredder that goes on top. if i shred a lot like for a carrot salad i use kitchen aid food processor. i hope this helped.
2002856
I just shredded 10 in mine with no problem. It does slow it down. I did 12 as well but 15 nearly gave it a heart/motor attack. I probably wouldn't buy this one if you are looking to shred reams of business paper at 10 per shred or you might burn out the motor. If it's for a small office or home I'm sure it will be great. I shred unopened credit card solicitation envelopes all the time and those are pretty thick.
178504
I personally think the WEAKEST part of this particular shredder IS the 'off, auto-on, reverse' switch. It seems flimsy, and I can see it becoming non functional quickly during regular use. This is just me, but pick a function and leave it on that, if you do not keep sliding it back and forth, it will not break on you, and it will work when you need it to in the future. I leave mine in auto-on mode all the time.
857231
After all, it is a machine and can do just so much. It does shred unopened envelopes to a degree; as for papers at an angle, as long as there aren't too many at a time, it should be OK. It will stop if whatever you feed is too much for it to handle - so you just have to reverse, pull out and half what you put in. I still think it's an amazing machine!
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.
312177
It can continuously shred paper for 10 mins straight. However, if you do it at a more moderate pace it won't overheat that qucikly.
1779438
I am not aware of this, I shredded the numerous papers I had, and then stopped. Perhaps if you are shredding for a long while, there might be concern about overheating, but I have not shredded long enough for this to occur, nor did I read anything about that in other reviews. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
463036
It will shread a lot of leaves, but you have to pace yourself. Also, If you are going to shred Palm Fronds you want to use the branch chipper, remove the leaflets and split them up into 3-4 parts (depending on size of frond), roll up and feed the leaflets through gradually, then finally feed the rest through.
830290
Sorry, I cannot answer this question.. as the shredder was order for another building.
2265657
I wouldn't anyway. Metal blade rotator. It is the easiest shredder to clean I've seen. Takes 30 secs.