Take it back to B and Q they will refund you
sadly the cheaper shredders do not cut the mustard
Better to save up and buy one of the new Bosch quiet shredders
I currently have a Champion 1600 from Do it all and while it tackles most
fresh stuff OK its not happy with branches and I need to get blades changed
every year .......not a DIY caper must be done with special power tooling
but they dont tell you that
When it knonks out completely I will buy the biggest Bosch Shredder

"Conrad Edwards" wrote in message
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Unfortunatley I just bought a garden shredder from B&Q (one of their
£90 powerperformance range), and am a tad disappointed....it was for
cutting up hedge trimmings.
It can do small things like leaves ok, but once you start feeding
stems in, the stems dont get fed through all the way but a few inches
stick in the inlet box and tend to block it all up...it looks like
they shred down to a few inches long, turn horizontal, and catch other
stuff put in.
Any quick answers to feeding stems (up to 1cm across), or are these
just junk?
Has anyone tried putting in a narrow tube to the inlet to feed the
stems better?