Ozito Silent Shredder 2400W

Excellent value but be prepared to manually clear its exit chute every 5 minutes or so – Shreds as designed but has a design flaw that causes it to choke up and get constipated, as it were. For some strange reason the designer made the exit chute the same size as the throat, so material fails to exit cleanly causing a build up and ultimate total blockage. I have sliced away the chute with a reciprocal saw to open up the chute. Works much better now. Show details

Great shredder/mulcher 4 home garden – Does a great job on smaller branches and palm fronds. It prefers slightly drier material - fresh cut Tibouchina will clog but 2/4 day old is fine. Munches up branches to a coarse mulch - perfect for our 900m2 property. Love it to bits! (Don’t know about “silent”. True if you’re deaf in one ear and can’t hear from the other. ) Show details

Don't bother – I had the previouse, yellow, version of this shredder and it did a good job on dry palm fronds and woody branches. Unfortunately the motor in old shredder failed after giving good service for many years. The new, grey, version has a smaller modified outlet schute that easily blocks. Even dryer wood causes blockages. The motor also stalls easily.… Read more

Notably the circuit breaker does not 'pop' immediately, which could explain some of the reported motor failures.

The old model was good, new model disappointing – Please confirm your review Ozito 2400W Corded Silent Garden Shredder Old one good, new one crap. I wrote a glowing review about the the older shredder a couple of weeks ago. We had the older model for 5-6 years that worked great until the adjusting bolt stripped and could not be user replaced (bit of a fault cheap metal). We used the old one so… Read more

often that we thought we would get another one thinking it would be the same or better. Unfortunately, no. The new model looks the same but has been modified to make it ‘safer’ by reducing the outlet shute. Now it clogs up way too often and restricts what comes out of the cutter resulting in material wrapping around it. We spend as much time clearing it as actually using it. Also the former unit had an easy to use direction dial which has been replaced by switches. The only improvement is that the cutter adjustment now has a knob but I wonder if the quality of the bolt’s metal has been upgraded. We are returning the unit as it’s not worth persisting with. Don’t buy one unless you can modify it yourself (thus voiding any future warrantee claim)

Good for Palm Fronds but God Help You if You Need Parts – This appliance manifests its self in a number of guises. In Australia it is an Ozito, in New Zealand it is a Morrison and in the U.K. it is a Spear and Jackson. As with many things these days, the plastic covers and branding change but the internals seem to be the same. If you have to continually dispose of palm fronds or woody branches this… Read more

machine will save you the trouble of taking them to the tip, stinking out your neighbors with a rubbish fire, or trying to stuff them in the rubbish bin: it chops up palm fronds and woody material easily and reduces them to shredded stuff which can be composted or used a mulch. It does not like green fleshy stuff , however. This will clog the cutter and require a lot of cursing to unblock it. It will also shred paper and all the advertising material that comes pouring through your letter box if it is rolled up. Overall it's easy to use but will not cope with soft green stuff like leaves etc.

The cutting mechanism consists of a large electric motor which rotates a geared steel cutting blade against an aluminum cutting block. As it is made of the softer material, the block will eventually wear away and snap and you will have to replace it. On the machines I have owned his an easy job. Unfortunately, getting a replacement part from Ozito is impossible as they do not answer the phone. Instead you have to deal with Bunnings' Special Orders which seems to be staffed by people who share DNA with Frank Spencer. Consequently a task as trivial as buying a disposable part like lawn mower blades or line trimmer cord becomes a saga.

All in all this is a robust appliance which generally does as its claimed to do but easily obtaining the only part that wears out is a real hassle.

I'll keep it, took to it with a recip saw on first day ;) 3.5 score if I could – Bought this Silent Shredder brand new today. Unboxed, legs and wheels on in 10 mins, plugged in and ready to roll. Started off with some dried NZ flax leaves, was disappointed at single leaves but it worked ok when getting small handfuls, doubling them over and feeding them through. Doing it this way, I'd give 7/10 as some leaves still come… Read more

through whole etc. Then tried canna, 5/10 with this. Some worked, some created a mushy ball that clogged up the top of the blade wheel. Same with Banana leaves, Heliconia whole stalks were slightly better, but still the same. The bottom chute is tapered so tends to clog even more than the top of the blades with the softer stuff. Don't get me wrong here, I wasn't expecting miracles but I was really disappointed and I was thinking to sell it but I went with the 'Ah, bugger it' approach and cut the whole bottom chute of with a recip saw, just under the blade wheel. Oh my, what an improvement! Take note here Ozito, maybe flare the chute out at the bottom, instead of tapering it in. It now chewed through all the soft stuff, some minor clogging above the blade wheel, but some golden cane fronds being pushed through sorted that out. Keep some harder branches or fronds handy, because there is no paddle with this machine. It loves the palm fronds and the grape vine, so I can imagine it will do really well with shrubs and tree branches. Mulch texture is approx 2.5cm pending what your pushing through, Motor didn't hesitate on anything today and sound pretty strong. I really don't know what other people are complaining about with noise, I didn't wear earmuffs and had it going all afternoon (on and off at 5 min intervals). It's pretty quiet imo. Blade adjustment it easy. It's weighty, but easily maneuverable on wheels. I threw away the supplied bag, replaced with a large plastic rectangle tub. It could do with easier access to clean the inside, but mine's not too bad now ;) Do I prefer this now that I have modded it, over a rapid shredder screaming at me and creating a smaller mushy mulch, yes I do.

Not too bad actually – I bought this after a palm tree decided to drop all its fronds, It did an amazing job although I would not call it silent. It does get a little blocked up but I just help it along and it did a good job for the price, especially considering the cost of the more expensive ones. It's light enough to manoeuvre around from place to place and it's not… Read more

heaps loud. It does not chop up as well as it should which is why I think it got blocked up but as I said, it shaves me the pain of having to do it with manual cutters so I am happy with it

Great for helping to compact garden waste – Easy to use and reasonably "quiet". It drastically reduces waste volume. I bought for $150 from FB Marketplace, no real expectations. I don't understand the critical reviews as this unit does the job and is satisfying to use. No problems chomping through good sized branches as long as reasonably straight. It is common sense that rigid Y-shapes… Read more

will not feed through. Smaller twiggy bushes will dissapears in no time. It can get backed up with leaves or soft material. I usually sit on a couple of besser-blocks as I find the outlet low to the ground to feed into a small bucket or bag.  I have also used to chip stringy gum tree bark for placement around plants. Blade adjustment is straightforward which I did once before first use. Overall all, very happy and consider it invaluable for cleanups of my bushy garden.

Does a solid job on branches and foliage – I purchased this machine two weeks ago to mulch overgrowth from a number of trees on our block. The first tree dealt with has been a lilli pilli which proved to be pretty tough but the machine has been up to the job. It is pretty quiet as claimed. Negative points are few but do have a bearing on the machine's operation. For some reason, the… Read more

chute is too small and can become blocked easily. It is a tight fit to get my hand in to clear the blockage and I have skinned knuckles as a result. It appears the chute insert may actually be removable so I intend to see if this alleviates the problem.

The second issue is the machine's height. It could be taller as the bottom of the chute is only about 300 mm above ground level and the collector bag needs constant shuffling of the mulch to keep the chute clear. In this respect, the collector bag is useless and I use a laundry basket instead. I would recommend this machine for domestic use as it has performed well and worked effectively in my experience.

EDIT. Since writing the original review, I have removed the inner chute. It's retained by three screws which require a very long Phillips screwdriver to reach. With it removed, the chute opening is much larger and the choke point is removed. As pointed out elsewhere, the narrow chute is intended to prevent fools trying to clear blockages while the machine is running but the opening is now so much larger that there is far less likelihood of jams occurring.

Ended modifying – At first this was a big disappointment and was ready to return it to Bunnings, was always jamming in the outlet chute. Got out the hacksaw and cut off the lower body and chute, now it never jams and will cut through just about anything. Obviously the outlet chute is only there to stop our nations halfwits sticking their hands in a moving machine. With the chute removed it’s a fantastic machine Show details

great at what it's designed for – I dithered for some time about buying this shredder, first because of the weight, then the price, and then some of the bad reviews gave me pause. However after using it a couple of times I'm thrilled with it. It did exactly what I wanted, which was to turn a large pile of wattle prunings quickly and quietly into mulch. I obviously haven't had… Read more

it long, but the build quality seems better than I was expecting from an Ozito. The controls are simple and well-designed. The branches I was shredding were mostly green and about 15mm thick. I lopped through any large forks before shredding. It says max 40mm on the machine but I reckon that'd be pushing it. Maybe with two passes like it says in the manual. It will do dry stuff but not if it's thick and/or hard.

Shredding proceeded by poking the end of the branch into the slot till it grabbed, then just letting it feed itself through. I didn't use a basket and just ran it onto the ground, kicking the resultant mulch pile out of the way periodically so it didn't back up into the machine. One time it jammed when I tried to feed a large dry branch - in that case I did what the manual said, which was to stop the machine and use the reverse setting to back it out, then went straight back to shredding.

It's not literally silent but it is pretty quiet compared to conventional mulchers. I was using it with the neighbours and their kids playing in their backyard and they didn't seem at all bothered.

Using it was positively fun. My main problem now is finding more stuff to feed through it. Great unit for branches.

Broke 3 months out of warranty – Worked well for 3 years and 3 months. Then stopped without warning. Was not even heavily loaded at the time. No support, no service when out of warranty. So my only option is to toss it, when the issue might be very minor. Ok if you want a disposable shredder for $100/year. Show details

Very disappointment, experienced frequent jams – Very disappointment, experienced frequent jams. I spent more time clearing Jams that i did chopping. they seem to have narrowed the expulsion chute. The previous model worked well, but this is not worth purchasing. If the yer 2020 have a mascot shredder, this would be it! Show details

Disappointed, my experience is not good – I expect a product like this to just work. Well, I set up and turned it on and fed some recently cut soft wood branches with leaves, none exceeding the 40mm specified, and, it just clogged up. Perhaps it can be made to work with effort, but, that isn't what I bought it for. Bunnings gave me a refund. I should state that a mate who is an avid… Read more

gardener thinks they are great. But, he lives about 2hrs from me, so, I can't go and see how he makes it work.