Herald wrote in message ...
Ian wrote:
Hi,

Has anyone any views or experience of the Parkside garden shredder
that Lidl has on offer this week for 79.99? Seems to be quite a
powerful model for a cheap price.

Yes I have, don't bother!
We bought one of these, and the fist decent sized stick we put in it
came flying out of the side of the machine!
Basically the inside is only plastic, no metal sheath, and it couldn't
take the impact. Luckily, it came out the side _away_ from the
operator! Also, the safety catch was badly glued and came away, so we
couldn't even get it to work till we took it to bits and reglued it!

I guess if you're only ever going to shred privet trimmings it might be
okay, but anything remotely tough I wouldn't recommend.

Of course, we might have just been unlucky, but it seems with Shredders
you get what you pay for.

Regards

Herald

Thanks for the feedback - I think I'll stay clear. In fact, the more I
think about it, the more I am inclined to just hire one for a weekend
to see how I get on.

Cheers,
Ian