Bosch AXT Rapid 2200

I got mine from hard rubbish side of the road. Got it home and it wouldn't turn on , pulled it apart and the switch had come apart and seems to be useless evan when workingproperly. So i held both switches down with zip ties so they stay on and sum duck tape. Motor sounds great .just has no longer got a safety cut off. So my not use it. Show details

Certainly meets my expectations – We live a a 500 meter square block. The garden plants are predominantly flowers (cornflower stalk was green and thicker than my thumb, leek leaves & lavender) with a small amount of vegetable produce. First time use - I had a little trouble starting the machine because the instructions weren’t the best. My wife collected about 4 cubic feet of… Read more

flowers,stems and all. It took about 10 minutes to shred to a fine texture. Not one blockage.

We found it Easy to use, relatively quiet. I would not feed dead branches through this machine.

Would I recommend this product for domestic use - absolutely so long as you shred when green and nothing larger than recommended.

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Good Product – I have used Bosch AXT Rapid 2200 for last 5 yrs mulching branches up to 4 cm with no problem . Used and maintained accordingly ( Blades sharpened - Cleaned regularly ) Ideal for home gardener . Show details

Works well but beware of the design flaw in the switch – I have been using my Bosch ATX Rapid 2200 for around 5 years. I bought it from Bunnings and it was expensive at the time compared to similar machines but I had the money and I wanted quality. Part of the reason I bought this was due to the good review it got in Choice magazine. Performance wise it is very good and tackles branches up to around… Read more

40mm without too much difficulty. Y-shaped branches can be an issue but a little thought and planning helps. It is relatively easy to unclog but the screw that attaches the front takes too many turns. It forms part of the safety interlock.

The safety interlock is a cause of troubles with this machine. The knob controls a small switch that tells the motor it can start and controls a plastic lever that is positioned by the knob and the bolt on the cover to engage the main power switch. This isn't a good design as the fit is too critical. Even a minimal bit of wear causes this to malfunction. I remedied this by modifying the lever to reduce the gaps between the bolt and the main supply switch. Now works perfectly.

One note is that blades are close to impossible to get in Australia. One positive is they are double sided so just flip over to get double the life. Although not intended to be sharpened, you can to some degree. Mail order via eBay from a UK seller is about the best way to go for the blades but they are not cheap.

Does the job well – I cannot understand the poor reviews of this fantastic workhorse. No, I am not a Bosch employee. I have used this machine frequently in the last 12 months. It smashes up small solid branches, the diameter as recommended in the instructions, efficiently. I have have had minimal problems with clogging as such. I have used the reverse button to… Read more

clear it now and again and this does the trick. As for the blades, no issues whatsoever. This machine has gobbled up Gum branches, Acacia, Olive, fruit tree and other cuttings. It has been simply amazing. We have a big yard and this machine has been the best thing since sliced bread. This machine has been faultless.

Not fit to handle what it is advertised for – We have just got our Rapid 2200 back from the repair shop for the third time, this machine is rated to handle up to 40mm but anything over 20mm it struggles. Works fine on small soft material but this shredder is not fit for what it is advertised to do. Do not recommend purchasing. Show details

Garbage – Lousy from the start. It jams frequently and now cuts out as soon as is switched on. Utter garbage and a complete waste of money. Avoid it at all costs. Show details

To be 100% honest ... Rubbish – I like Bosch, I have numerous tools from them but the AXT RaPID 2200 is totally rubbish ! Quite simply it does not work !!!! The old version ( cutting screw) was good but this revolving blade design is ................well garbage It jams , will only cut 1/4" if you are lucky before it clogs up. Quite simply look at others or buy an original Bosch shredder Show details

Good until the motor seized – I purchased this shredder in 2015 and have used it fairly lightly. To date I have been quite happy with the job it does, reducing a large pile of prunings to a much smaller heap of spreadable mulch, though that satisfaction requires accepting its limitations. It copes best with new (i.e. green) prunings which aren't stringy or viney and are… Read more

under 30mm (i.e. under the claimed 40mm). It is at its best when I spend the time to pre-lop larger prunings so they aren't too 'branchy'. These it eats quickly. It's light weight, simple to use, relatively quiet and easily manoeuvred into the garden where I want to spread the mulch. It's great with the likes of Camellia, Pittosporum, Psuedopanax and tree fern branches that aren't too dry - essentially, they self-feed.

It is a much slower to process smaller prunings like hedgeclipper snippings because you have to load them by the handful and push them into the hopper one bunch at a time.

Early on I was annoyed that the plug connection was too easily dislodged but wrapping the extension cord once around the leg before connecting to the machine solves that.

Now the big problem: Having recently pulled the shredder out to deal with my late winter prunings, I found the motor started (hummed) but the blade wouldn't spin. The upshot is that after only 3 years of light use it has required a new motor. Out of warranty, that has cost me NZ$270. It was a difficult decision - whether to abandon it or throw money at it, especially having found some online evidence that I am not alone. I have twice tried to reach Bosch to discuss my view that it has not met my expectations under The Consumer Guarantees Act (New Zealand), but have twice had my phone connection fail (trans-Tasman via a freephone number). I have refrained from giving a low rating at this stage but, if the new motor fails after similar light use, I will be returning to this review to change the rating to the lowest one possible.

Tends to clog, and the safety cutout switch is flimsy – This machine type relies on keeping the blade sharp for efficient cutting. The blades get blunt quickly and are expensive to replace, so it is adviseable to sharpen the blades yourself. Jamming seemed to be exacerbated by a lip on the body projecting past the lid into the outlet chute. Trimming it back reduces blockage. The safety cut out is a… Read more

flimsy device and sometimes prevent starting. It may be possible to bypass the cutout in the future if needed but would invalidate warranty and create danger.

9 months and then dead. It was OK while it lived – Bought it in June 2017 after scouring reviews for electric garden shredders. It looked the goods plus the Bosch name sits well in this household. We have many other Bosch garden, garage and kitchen 'stuff'. Anyway, since June the 2200 has been used on 4 maybe 5 occasions and each time was worked for about 2-3 hours per session. Today we had… Read more

assembled the usual pile of early autumn trimmings for shredding and I was feeding it through when after 10 minutes I stopped the machine to clear the outlet shute. It wasn't jammed, it just needed clearing. From then on, whenever I started the machine it would come up to full revs and then 2-3 seconds later it would die. Repeated many times plus I let it sit for an hour but same result.

Back to Bunnings tomorrow for a refund and then back to scouring the reviews. Once bitten...

Waste of money – This machine is no use wahatsoever. Constantly jamming or blocking. Only a few minutes of work and have to stop and clean it out. Won’t work on any wet stuff old stuff or any branches. Better to spend your money and order some mulch. Not to mention the hours wasted spent trying to mulch and only getting frustrated and annoyed.  Show details

Died after 2 uses – I purchased this device on the 25th Jan to process garden cuts at home, Day 1 first use, OK the long leaf stuff just runs through or comes out looking like string. but otherwise OK March 4th I bring it out, got 1 branch into it, and it jammed, now when it starts it seems to run faster than normal but shuts down as soon as it gets up to speed,… Read more

Sunday therefore is a waste of time.

I am returning for refund. Dead loss, will go back to burning waste and using ashes on garden,

Does the job but with some shortcomings – The shredder does the job I bought it for, shredding small branches and twigs.However, I must agree with previous reviews which mentioned various shortcomings. One is that the shredder clogs up far too often. It is easy to free it up again, but it is a nuisance and time-wasting that you have to do this so often. The other issue is that it does not… Read more

shred small twigs properly. In most cases they come out cut back to just approx 10cm long thin twigs without any further cutting applied.

Total garbage – Don't waste your hard earned money on a Bosch 2200 AXT Rapid Shredder. Can't think of anything good about this machine apart from its weight compared to other units out there. Won't shred anything over 1.5cm without grinding to a halt or getting stuck. The only thing it seemed to accept readily were small, dead palm tree fronds. Won't even… Read more

take grevillias without your taking off most of the side branches. I would never recommend this unit to anyone. Mine stopped within the first half hour and I couldn't get it to start again. Checked for blockages, faulty switches and power leads, and spent ages trying to get it to start again. Back to Bunnings to report that I had a faulty machine, and to replace. No go. The Bunnings man managed to get it going again, sent me away blaming perhaps a faulty lead or switch. Go all the way home again and a day later went to use it, sure enough, it stops again. This time Bunnings did offer a full refund. In hindsight, I think that it simply overheated somehow because it did manage to start when cold. Whatever. Not worth the hassle.

I like the Bosch ATX Rapid 2200 – I bought this shredder on 24/ October/2016 after doing a lot of research on line. Despite contradictory reviews I bought it. My main need was to shred a lot of thin leafy material from some recent trimming and some branches. I wanted a fine mulch which was not going to be produced by some of the other models. After the initial use use yesterday I… Read more

have found the Bosch AXT 2200 to meet all my expectations. I am happy with it and would certainly buy at again. I am particularly happy with the large opening to feed in the branches and the rapid shredding, plus the fine mulch produced. If Bosch could make it be able to shred even thicker branches eg 50mm or more, it would be even better. However overall I am happy with it and would recommend it.

Not made for the tropics – Bought this shredder a year ago. No good on banana leaves, heloconias and palm leaves, which is most of our mulching material. Instead of shredding it creates long twine material that winds around the cutter causing it to jam. Have tried cutting things into shorter pieces but makes no difference. Agree with other reviews about clogging up, does it… Read more

regularly if there is moisture in the cuttings. Needs a much bigger, wider shute. Not up to the job for our tropics backyard, not value for money.

Useful but not perfect – I have Grisilinia hedges and mulch the trimmed leaves to return to the garden. Although the Bosch machine handles most of the small branches they have to be fed one at a time to process. If I do more the machine clogs and stops. It is also effective at shredding Box hedge leaves but again it is a slow process. It doesn't like large Puka leaves or… Read more

Acanthus leaves. I think they are too soft and contain a lot of moisture. It clogs. It is better with smaller, drier leaves like Pohutukawa and Bay Laurels. It is compact, easy to use and when clogging occurs relatively easy to clear. It does have a wider feeding opening and the "paddle" to push leaves into the shredder is safe and effective. It is probably ideal for smaller home gardens than mine. I am not sure how long the blades will remain sharp enough to mulch efficiently and effectively.

Great for the price – Bought it and assembled it to chop up some very dry twigs from last year's pruning - worked fabulously until I put too thick a branch in which clogged it up immediately! Once unblocked, it was then used on some green cuttings from this year's pruning - worked well until it clogged up with the green mulch sticking to the cutting blades. Very easy… Read more

to open and unclog, so it is a minor nuisance at best. It is probably a good idea to make sure the chute is clean and unclogged after each use, and to mix dry and moist matter when mulching.

Had it for two weeks so far – Does what it says. Cuts branches up to 40mm diameter and shreds them well. Green wood or drier wood doesn't matter and works well. No complaints. How it goes over the long term I dont know but initial impressions are very good. I find Bosch very reliable, have a drill and dishwasher that are both great.  Show reply

Good machine if you can sharpen blades – I've hammered mine, put heaps of soft tree trimmings through it, and vetiver grass, and more. It works well but the key to keeping it drawing in the trimmings and cutting efficiently is blade sharpness. Every few hours of operation I open the machine, remove the blade, chisel off the hardened green residue that build up on the blades, then… Read more ·  1

carefully flat grind the blade down to sharp using an electric file I bought at Aldi (do a Google Images search for "electric file aldi" to see what I mean ... but you could also use other sharpening equipment if you know what you are doing). The important thing is not to sharpen only the edge of the blade, but the entire flat cutting surface, because the blade is like a large chisel where the whole cutting edge has to be reduced at the same time, not just the tip.

I have now used the same blade for a long time, with about 7 re-sharpenings so far, and I have not even had to switch it around to the other side (the blades are 2-sided and you can flip them when one side gets too blunt). I even bought spare blades that I have not had to open thus far.

Bosch literature says the blades are "laser sharpened" and cannot be re-sharpened, but that it quite untrue.

Good luck!

Waste of time and money – I have had a Bosch AXT 2000 HP for a number of years and apart from replacing the "chopper" it has given sterling service. I recently decided to upgrade to the AXT Rapid 2200 and to say it is disappointing would give it a complement. It will not mulch palm leaves as did the other model and clogs up constantly. I wish I could get my money back.

Bosch axt Rapid 2200 Great for an Electric Shredder – I have had this shredder for around 3 years and it has performed like a champion for an electric shredder. It is actually very fast and consistent in mulching leaves and branches as long as they are below 40mm in diameter. I have also had a 4hp cox petrol chipper/shredder and prefer to use the bosch electric for its convenience and ease of… Read more

portability.

The only thing you need to keep an eye on is the sharpness of the blade and sometimes there might be a build up clumpy mulch inside the chute if you have put some wet stuff in there. But any shredder would suffer from that..

If it broke down tomorrow i would definitely buy another Bosch the same

Hope this helps.

Don't Waste Your Money – I have had this unit for about 2 years. Worked brilliantly the first time I used it but after that the machine clogs regularly particularly with green material. It also shreds timber into very long pieces up to 30 cms long. Worst of all, I was shredding a 15mm piece of branch and the disc holding the blades snapped in half. I have bought a… Read more

number of Bosch tools over the years and they have worked really well so I thought that this unit would be the same but it is a piece of crap.

Excellent machine well worth the money – This machine is brilliant. Should have bought one many years ago. It cuts effortlessly and the chips are very fine that makes excellent compost and potting mix. Its built tough and is very quite but one still use ear muffs and safety glasses as good practice. Love it and it really churns through those branches. My wife loves it and no longer needs… Read more

to measure 1.2 m lenths of branches and then tie a bundle so that council green waste collectors will only pick up. If they werent tied in a bunch they would leave them on nature stip.

AXT23TC – Worked for approximately 1month. Then stopped. Returned and 4 parts replaced which took 3 months. Turned it on, wouldn't mulch, jammed even with thin pieces 12-14 inches long. Customer service has been extremely unsatisfactory with one very rude customer service operator. Used 1 month and in for repairs for almost 13 months. Promised a refund by Bosch but when? Bunnings' staff could teach them a few things about customer service!

Terrible - had to get a refund (great customer service from Bunnings, though) – I know this has apparently been working really well for a lot of people out there, but I found it awful. I have a lot of Tiger Grass (a bamboo-like ornamental grass with very thin, soft culms), and I needed to shred those. Because the design doesn't draw the material in, I kept ending up with the last bits of the stems sticking out, and the feeder… Read more

thing is so thin that I couldn't get it to actually push those bits through. Then, the stems, instead of being shredded, were repeatedly turned into strings. These then wrapped around the shredding blade, causing the machine to stall, and the outlet to block up. I'm not exaggerating here: I had to keep opening the machine to unblock it every two to three minutes of use. I fairly quickly realised the Tiger Grass was a lost cause, so I moved onto some small branches. Just as bad. Instead of shredding them into nice chunks, they just kept falling through, over and over again, without being shredded.

I took it back to Bunnings the next day, and the guy there immediately knew what the problem was. He said that the design was bad, and he immediately offered me a full refund. He explained that with this design, the branches pass over the face of the blade, which is set vertically. He then recommended a cheaper Ryobi model, which has a horizontal blade that you feed the branches directly into, and which draws the plant material down automatically. I think I'm going to go with that.

This one is going back to the shop – I bought this shredder thinking Bosch is a great brand must be good. How disappointed I am. The machine will not even chop 2 cm branches let alone 40 mm. It also has problems fresh branches. Just strips the bark. I have used the machine for 1/2 hour and The cutting blades are already showing signs of wear. I wonder what the other reviewers used… Read more

but it must have been a different machine. No Mr Bosch I will be more careful when I buy another Bosch product.