"Philip" wrote in message
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"Amber Ormerod" wrote in message
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we had a mountfield quiet shredder that died. And it seemed to be quite
good
in chrushing and cutting, but we cannot find another here and I am off
to
look about again. I looked at the threads on what you guys seem to have
done
ok with. And have gotton that I should try and get a quiet one and as
powerful as I can afford. The AL-KO and Bosch seem to be voted on quite
highly by you all (I was told one is a rebadge of the other and the watt
rating is just diff cos Germany rate it differently to the UK) but I was
confused at the different actions of cutting and what is the benifits of
them.

anything that is good/bad in the different actions?


Did you like the way your Mountfield worked? Did it jam, were the
pieces too big, could it deal with small stuff, how was it on green
stuff. After a jam how much trouble was it to disassemble clear and
reassemble.


It wasn't very good at finer things. They would often go through without
even being touched. That was ok on fern leaves as I could bundle them but
not on some others. Green stuff it wasn't so good on or knobly stuff (ie
wood with knobs on at the base of the branches) cos the feeder hole was
small. It was quiet though!

Shredders seem to be a bit of a trade off, each has its own
advantages/disadvantages.

I am interested in your reasons for wanting to change shredding style.
You do not appear to have any gripes with the Mountfield (apart from
the fact that it died).

I cannot get hold of one in the local shops (or even several B&Qs), the
choice seems to be the bosch or the alko. I have found a shop that also
services shredders and would have fixed the mountfield if I had taken it
back there. They have some special offers on on Friday as they have some
stock in for some shows on Sat and Sun so I am going down to see what there
is. Kinda wanted to get one from this place as they seemed nice and seemed
to know what was relable. But that doesn't mean they are gardeners and know
whats good for composting.