October 2003
Shredders can foil ID thieves
Our tests of shredders priced from $15 to $130, the types sold in office-supply stores, yielded two main findings: • Cross-cut shredders worked the best. The other kind, strip shredders, were fast but they left long paper bands that could be reassembled relatively easily. • Expect to pay at least $40. Less-expensive shredders are typically the strip-shredder variety. At $130, the top-performing shredder in our tests was the priciest. But it could shred the most per session, 920 pages. The next best shredded less than one-third as much per session, or 270 pages. It is just $50, however, and you may find that it meets your needs. Quick Ratings Shredders
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