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Originally Posted by Herald
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
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Are we talking about the same shredder? I bought a Florabest FLH2500/7 silent shredder from LIDL last September to deal with a huge pile of Holm Oak branches after a 'crown raising' of a 200yr old tree. I had been quoted £300 to remove the branches, and decided to use the timber above 2" diameter for fuel, and buy this economical shredder to deal with the rest, not caring if it 'died' after the process. In fact it coped with everything I stuffed into it, and I was quite cruel... Large chunks of hardwood to the throat limit, some of it dead & dry. All I would say is take off the end plate (4 Allen screws) and grease the bearing there if you punish it hard for days like I did.
Anyhow it is still alive and well, and has been eating pruned apple branches & other garden debris this week. A tough & useful bit of kit. Much better & quieter than the Alco machine I had (& broke) before.
Regards,
Terry Gee