Best Stihl Garden Shredders

Well worth it – Two years after buying a house with overgrown yards, this has proven one of my best buys. The fabric 'catcher', however, was a waste of money as an add-on. It might work if you're on level ground.

Awful. Unfit for purpose – Bought with the express purpose of processing veggie garden waste. Completely unfit for purpose. Chokes up constantly. The blades fill up with… Read more

material and it stops feeding. Lasts about 30 seconds before you need to detach the bin and pull the jammed material out from underneath, despite the reverse gear option.

Awful awful awful.

May possibly be ok if you only ever have dry, long dead sticks.

A sub-standard garden shredder – The shredder clogs the input when trying to mulch soft material. This shredder blade bounces stalks back up the entry chute, or at least causes them… Read more

to sit in the area above the blades, spinning or vibrating until more material is push in from above. Even then, this area gets loaded with leaves, small stems and soft stalks. The operator has to force the material into the chute, as the blades do not draw anything in. The OUTPUT of the shredder clogs easily when soft material is mulched. This means that the operator has to stop the machine and remove the cover to clear the clogged area. If this is not done, the motor will not restart after being turned off, and on again. Shredded material quickly builds up under the cowl at the bottom, meaning that this area too has to be cleared regularly. Stringy material can wrap around the U-shaped blade, making it much less effective. This machine will mulch/shred small branches and large twigs Ok, but as smaller foliage is fed in, the above problems start. This machine is quite frustrating, and slow, to use.