Anybody tried the Mountfield 2200 Shredder from B and Q?
 

This is described as crushing and new model. At £169 looks good value
-anybody any experince, good or bad?

thanks

Paul

Anybody tried the Mountfield 2200 Shredder from B and Q?
 

Peter Watson wrote in message . ..
In article ,
says...
This is described as crushing and new model. At £169 looks good value
-anybody any experince, good or bad?

thanks

Paul

No-one? I'm also thinking about buying one of these and would welcome
any comments...

Peter

While I have not used this specific make or model I hace used a
'crushing' type of shredder before.

Desirable features for me would be

Reverse action
As close to straight through as possible
Adjustable crush gap
Decent power

Anybody tried the Mountfield 2200 Shredder from B and Q?
 

Could you clarify this - is it related to thickness of material or speed of shredding or something else?

Anybody tried the Mountfield 2200 Shredder from B and Q?
 

In article ,
says...
This is described as crushing and new model. At £169 looks good value
-anybody any experince, good or bad?

thanks

Paul

No-one? I'm also thinking about buying one of these and would welcome
any comments...

Peter

Anybody tried the Mountfield 2200 Shredder from B and Q?
 

"Philip" wrote in message
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[snip]

While I have not used this specific make or model I hace used a
'crushing' type of shredder before.

What does a "crushing" shredder do, and what does a shredder which is
not a crushing shredder do?

Franz

Anybody tried the Mountfield 2200 Shredder from B and Q?
 

"Paul Gerrish" wrote in message
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This is described as crushing and new model. At £169 looks good value
-anybody any experince, good or bad?



We got one, but I cannot get it to cut small. Calling the helpline is on my
list of things to do. I changed the cutting setting (as per instructions)
but got nervous at setting it too tight.

Anybody tried the Mountfield 2200 Shredder from B and Q?
 

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"Philip" wrote in message
m...

[snip]

While I have not used this specific make or model I hace used a
'crushing' type of shredder before.

What does a "crushing" shredder do, and what does a shredder which is
not a crushing shredder do?

Franz



Franz

I have seen three types if shredder.

What I would call Rotary.
Material feeds into a pair of blades, the material and blades being
perpendicular to each other.

Screw
Seems to be favoured by Bosch. Material feeds into the threads of a large
screw somewhat reminiscent of a Leonardo Da Vinci invention.

Crushing
see here --
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalo...0_171_175&prod
ucts_id=1764
The key to this type is oval rotating drum. The drum has blades positioned
to cut the material and the oval squeezes or crushes the materal before it
is left to drop out into the collecting tray. The crushing effect is better
for thicker woody items.

While the rotary types whizz away with the blades a-blur, the crush types
just chunk, chunk, chunk away. The result being much less noise and an
ability to deal with bigger stuff.

I chunked up an old broom handle, but I would not try that with a rotary
shredder.

Hope that helps

Anybody tried the Mountfield 2200 Shredder from B and Q?
 

"Leaf" wrote in message
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Decent power [/b]

Could you clarify this - is it related to thickness of material or
speed of shredding or something else?
--
Leaf


Hello Leaf

This model would appear to be 2200 watts, just a guess mind you but I bet
that's what the 2200 in its name refers to.

Plenty of power I would have thought, the Bosch do a 2000 watt one, which I
would have thought was borderline in the power stakes. I certainly would
not go lower that 2000 watts

Anybody tried the Mountfield 2200 Shredder from B and Q?
 

"Phil Day" wrote in message
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"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...

"Philip" wrote in message
m...

[snip]

While I have not used this specific make or model I hace used a
'crushing' type of shredder before.

What does a "crushing" shredder do, and what does a shredder which
is
not a crushing shredder do?

Franz



Franz

I have seen three types if shredder.

What I would call Rotary.
Material feeds into a pair of blades, the material and blades being
perpendicular to each other.

Screw
Seems to be favoured by Bosch. Material feeds into the threads of a
large
screw somewhat reminiscent of a Leonardo Da Vinci invention.

Crushing
see here --

http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalo...0_171_175&prod
ucts_id=1764
The key to this type is oval rotating drum. The drum has blades
positioned
to cut the material and the oval squeezes or crushes the materal
before it
is left to drop out into the collecting tray. The crushing effect
is better
for thicker woody items.

While the rotary types whizz away with the blades a-blur, the crush
types
just chunk, chunk, chunk away. The result being much less noise and
an
ability to deal with bigger stuff.

I chunked up an old broom handle, but I would not try that with a
rotary
shredder.

Hope that helps

It did indeed. Many thanks.

Franz