Ozito 2400W Rapid Garden Shredder RSH-2435

Machinery To Activate Frustration And Temper – Easy to start, easier to clog after a few minutes and create your own personal fire starter. I have not found a single thing that it can handle. You will spend two minutes using it, and an hour or so trying to un clog the blade, and end up just walking away in frustration. This will ruin your day and waste your money, it should not be aloud to be sold. Show details

Shredded my nerves and not much else – It's interesting to buy a piece of equipment that turns out to be specifically built to break the spirit of anyone who uses it, but here we are. After avoiding this object, which takes up space in my tiny shed but gives nothing back, I tried to use it for a second time. If anything it was of even less use than my first harrowing experience. It… Read more

sure makes a very loud noise though. I say good on Ozito for making a prank tool that Bunnings can stock as a joke. I don't even want my money back, I think I'm going to set fire to it so it can never clog up up another person's day. The act of laboriously opening the shredder so I could remove a wisp of leaf that would block it after three seconds use will forever be seared on my memory.

Ozito rapid shredder – Purchased an ozito rapid shredder. Rhs-2535. Biggest heap of crap I have ever wasted money on. We have tried green cuttings, dry cuttings of all sizes and it just clogs. I'm sorry I didn't read the reviews before purchasing. It seems like others have had the same problem. We are taking it back to Bunnings to dump it. We don't want our money back we just need to tell them not to stock it. We want to save others from wasting their money. Show details

Don't Bother – It turns on, and it does shred some things, but if you have anything other than a single stick between 10-15mm in diameter (no side branches) it will be clogged after 30 seconds and you will be having to disconnect power, unscrew the very long safety screw and remove the blockage, and then assemble it again. That will take at least 5 mins. Can't… Read more

even feed in leaves or small sticks, the feed chute is designed such that you'd have to feed in each leaf individually, and the push-stick paddle is about as effective as trying to cook a chicken by slapping it.

I'd pass this on to someone else for free, but I wouldn't want to burden them with the space this takes in your shed.

Handy, light duty device – I don't own any palm trees, however all my neighbours do, and the fronds are continually landing in my yard. I used to throw them over the fence for them to deal with, but I gather they have enough green waste to bother with so I bought this cheap unit. I also have some Gardenia's and Lilly Pilly's, and the small branch thickness is perfect for… Read more

this unit. The wife recently pruned the hedges back to pretty much bare sticks, so I had about 2 trailer loads of branches and leaves to get through. This little unit just roared though the job requiring only 3 stops to remove blockages from leaves and small green twigs. I was busy feeding the hungry loud machine for about 4 hours, and only had 2 pieces of wood (branch knots) that wouldn't feed into the mouth. All branches were still green, being cut the day previous. The huge amount of green waste ripped down to three full wheelbarrow loads of fine mulch, which is now scattered across our huge vegetable gardens. What better incentive for your plants to grow than being surrounded by the mangled corpses of your deceased relatives!?

I have run about 50 palm fronds through the shredder with successful results too, HOWEVER, these fronds blunten the blades really quickly! It seems like the extra fibres make the blades heat up, and thus altering the temper of the cutting edge of the steel.

Wear good gloves and hearing protection at a minimum. The branches occasionally violently flick around as you are holding them, and a splinter under the nail is not fun. When shredding dry palm fronds, you may want a dust mask also as they are messy.

Pros: Inexpensive Easy to assemble Light and easy to move around Makes really small chips like out of an electric planer Blades are replacable, and reversable. So when they go blunt, turn them over for another chop.

Cons: LOUD!! 112dB. Wear some hearing protection! Clogs easily with green leaves and tiny twigs towards the end of the branches. Bunnings don't stock the replacement blades which go blunt fast with palms