I want to buy a garden shredder. Has anybody on the group got any advice on
what to buy or what to avoid. All feedback gratefully received.

Ian


Electric shredders are usually ideal for anything the amateur gardener wants a
shredder for. Bosch do a couple of powerful electric shredders that are very
quiet. One has a helical screw which draws the material down and cuts it up as
it does so. Another version that takes even larger sized material has what at
the moment I can only describe as a cog which rotates drawing the material down
and cuts into the material cutting it up as it does so. At this time of night
I can't think of the correct technical engineering terms to describe what it is
exactly.

The only disadvantage with these two systems is that they are not ideal for
very soft vegetable matter, but are ideal for woody material taking branches up
to about 25 or 30mm as I remember. They're available from places such as B&Q
and Homebase.

I hope that this helps, though if you don't need to use one very often some may
well suggest that you hire one for a day or so. I guess it's up to you to
decide on how often you think you'll use it.

Dave.