Posted by Gordon H on August 30, 2010, 2:57 pm
I did some severe pruning today of a large Freesia shrub which was
becoming aggressive towards me...
Halfway through shredding the off-cuts my shredder started making
interesting noises that I could hear even through the ear defenders, and
soon there was smoke. After dismantling and cleaning it, only a hum
could be heard, and it will have to be dumped.
Glancing through B & Q offerings, they all look rather plastic compared
with the sturdy B & Decker which has served me for about 20 years, in
spite of being left outdoors much of that time.
Any recommendations for electric shredders please? I am not entirely
sure whether the "silent" ones are effective, having read a few
reviews...
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Gordon H
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Posted by Bill Grey on August 30, 2010, 3:55 pm
>I did some severe pruning today of a large Freesia shrub which was becoming
>aggressive towards me...
> Halfway through shredding the off-cuts my shredder started making
> interesting noises that I could hear even through the ear defenders, and
> soon there was smoke. After dismantling and cleaning it, only a hum
> could be heard, and it will have to be dumped.
> Glancing through B & Q offerings, they all look rather plastic compared
> with the sturdy B & Decker which has served me for about 20 years, in
> spite of being left outdoors much of that time.
> Any recommendations for electric shredders please? I am not entirely
> sure whether the "silent" ones are effective, having read a few reviews...
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> Gordon H
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I bought a "Mountfield", but I'm not too impressed ny the shreddings or
chippings. If you try to shred somethng about 18mm it just chops it into
21mm pieces - NOT-shredded. OK for shredding privet cuttings though.
Bill
Posted by David in Normandy on August 30, 2010, 4:40 pm
On 30/08/2010 20:57, Gordon H wrote:
> I did some severe pruning today of a large Freesia shrub which was
> becoming aggressive towards me...
> Halfway through shredding the off-cuts my shredder started making
> interesting noises that I could hear even through the ear defenders, and
> soon there was smoke. After dismantling and cleaning it, only a hum
> could be heard, and it will have to be dumped.
> Glancing through B & Q offerings, they all look rather plastic compared
> with the sturdy B & Decker which has served me for about 20 years, in
> spite of being left outdoors much of that time.
> Any recommendations for electric shredders please? I am not entirely
> sure whether the "silent" ones are effective, having read a few reviews...
People in this forum generally swear by the Bosch range.
Black and Decker tools are only that in name nowadays. I used to swear
by that brand name, but now I just swear at it. I think the name was
sold or otherwise outsourced to factories churning out cheap crap made
in China. I've stopped buying B&D now due to its poor build quality and
unreliability.
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Posted by nmm1 on August 30, 2010, 5:18 pm
>On 30/08/2010 20:57, Gordon H wrote:
>>
>> Any recommendations for electric shredders please? I am not entirely
>> sure whether the "silent" ones are effective, having read a few reviews...
>People in this forum generally swear by the Bosch range.
Specifically the Bosch 2200 silent, which has been rejigged and
renamed, so might be a bit different.
>Black and Decker tools are only that in name nowadays. I used to swear
>by that brand name, but now I just swear at it. I think the name was
>sold or otherwise outsourced to factories churning out cheap crap made
>in China. I've stopped buying B&D now due to its poor build quality and
>unreliability.
You and me, both.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Posted by Bob Hobden on August 31, 2010, 3:58 am
Nick wrote
> David in Normandy wrote:
>>Gordon H wrote:
>>>
>>> Any recommendations for electric shredders please? I am not entirely
>>> sure whether the "silent" ones are effective, having read a few
>>> reviews...
>>
>>People in this forum generally swear by the Bosch range.
> Specifically the Bosch 2200 silent, which has been rejigged and
> renamed, so might be a bit different.
>>Black and Decker tools are only that in name nowadays. I used to swear
>>by that brand name, but now I just swear at it. I think the name was
>>sold or otherwise outsourced to factories churning out cheap crap made
>>in China. I've stopped buying B&D now due to its poor build quality and
>>unreliability.
> You and me, both.
Same here, but they have been rubbish for some while now, relative had a
mower that was badly (or well?) designed internally so it could not last too
long and was unrepairable, and that was at least two decades ago.
Strangely I believe B & D are the same firm as DeWalt which is often the
choice of professional builders etc so they appear to have split up into
rubbish tools for the occasional handyman and solid professional tools.
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Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
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>aggressive towards me...
> Halfway through shredding the off-cuts my shredder started making
> interesting noises that I could hear even through the ear defenders, and
> soon there was smoke. After dismantling and cleaning it, only a hum
> could be heard, and it will have to be dumped.
> Glancing through B & Q offerings, they all look rather plastic compared
> with the sturdy B & Decker which has served me for about 20 years, in
> spite of being left outdoors much of that time.
> Any recommendations for electric shredders please? I am not entirely
> sure whether the "silent" ones are effective, having read a few reviews...
> --
> Gordon H
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