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Choosing a paper shredder

When you are at the office or at home, you often have the problem of how to destroy your private and sensitive documents. The easiest way to do that is using a paper shredders, a mechanical device that is used to cut paper into small unreadable pieces.

But there are a lot of different paper shredders, with different features and prices. How you can choose the right one for your needs?

The most important features of a paper shredder are typically:

• Size and shape of pieces the device produces
• Security level

For size and shape, normally paper shredder produce two different outputs:

• Strips (strip cut)
• Fine particles (cross cut)

There are numerous different standards, for different levels of security:

• Level P-1 = ≤12 mm wide strips of any length 
• Level P-2 = ≤6 mm wide strips of any length 
• Level P-3 = ≤2 mm wide strips of any length or ≤320 mm² particles (of any width) 
• Level P-4 = ≤160 mm² particles with width ≤ 6 mm
• Level P-5 = ≤30 mm² particles with width ≤ 2 mm 
• Level P-6 = ≤10 mm² particles with width ≤ 1 mm 
• Level P-7 = ≤5 mm² particles with width ≤ 1 mm

For the correct choice, you have to consider how many documents you have to destroy at anyone time.

And what are you waiting for? Visit our website and find more about paper shredders for all your shredding needs!