Ozito Rapid Garden Shredder RSH-2535
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATYvLn3RzDE Not a bad appraisal of the OZITO shredder. Have seen other reviews where the operator appears to have bluntend the blades by either many hours of use or shredding dry hard wood and then complain about how slow the machine shreds. In my hands the Ozito, as supplied, is almost as good as the Ryobi, but the cut depth of the blades is too shallow and the unit mulches better and produces larger flakes if a 0.7 to 1.5 mm thick shim is put under the blade to increase the cut thickness. A too thick a shim will cause the machine to overload and struggle with even thin branches. Once the blades have been raised with a shim it is as good as the Ryobi
Although some on YouTube show mulching of dry matter, this is not a good idea. As anyone who has used a chainsaw knows, cutting green material is much easier that cutting dry wood, cutting dry wood which can not only lead to rapid blunting of the chain but also burning of the cutting edges.
Only mulch green material, the longer one lets it dry out the worse the performance of the machine and the quicker the blades need sharpening.
Having used the mulcher the blades should be removed, if one leaves them in the mulcher for any period of time, it will be nearly impossible to remove the hex head bolts in order to sharpen the blades.
Depending on the hardness of wood the blades may need to be sharpened every 3 hours of use or more for soft materials.
These machines are not designed for soft sloshy materials like broccoli leaves, not fibrous material like palm fronds.
To mluch garden waste, not wood, I use a bar blade rover lawn mower and successive runs over the garden waste starts at highest setting stepping down to lowest setting at which time het catcher can be attached to collect the mulched material. The mulched garden waste can then go straight back into the garden and eliminates the need for composting.
The 35mm capacity should only be used with soft materials like fig tree cuttings. Hard tough wood like olive trees should be limited to a maximum of 15mm.
I damaged the bearings and bearing housing on my Ryobi when I tried to mulch olive tree material up to 30mm thick.
mulcher – first of it was very poor in operation, the top feeding section caused more grief than help, so removed it, secondly it still wouldn't mulch properly, had spoken to friend at my flying club who told me most needed the blades adjusted, removed blades and put a thick washer under each screw holding blades in place, and guess what, PERFECTERMON it mulches like a dream, so now it get a 5 star rating
Purchased in at clyde north for $199.
Don't waste any money on this product – Spend a little more and get the Ozito Silent Shredder. I have had both. The rapid shredder has two problems. It doesn't do a very effective shredding job although I could live with that if I had to. But the big problem is a major design fault with the outlet chute. This is very narrow, probably to stop idiots putting their hand up it to clear blockages. Ribs narrow the opening to around 2cm. As a result it constantly clogs up, depending on what I am shredding, every 5-15 minutes. And clearing the blockage requires turning a holding screw many, many, many times to take the top off and clear the blockage out. It is also a very noisy product - 110db. I sold my Ozito Silent Shredder when I moved into a Retirement Village thinking that I wouldn't have any more serious gardening to do but soon found that the little I did have needed an occasional shredder. Went for the el cheapo Rapid Shredder but very bad decision. Took it back to Bunnings to complain after 4 months but they didn't want to know me. The product must attract many complaints and just shouldn't be on the market. It does nothing for the credibility of both Ozito and Bunnings.
Purchased in at Bunnings Warehouse Retail Stores for $165.
Good home Garden Shredder – I had a very large pile of vines cane prunings, so I was looking for a way to dispose of what I would think would be about two 6*4 trailer loads. As I don't have a tow bar I thought a shredder might do the trick. I looked online at various options for shredders and looked at a few youtube videos and decided that the Ozito looked ok. I bought the Ozito 2400W Rapid Garden Shredder RSH-2535 from my local bunnings for $165. It was very easy to put together and used it for about 4 hours shredding on the first day. It performed very well, better than I thought it would. I used a plastic tub instead of the cheap plastic bag that came with it. The shredded vines made a good ground cover. I finished the job the next day with the only problem being the electrical Extention cord would disconnect every now and then. I fixed that by making a knot. The next day I pruned about 20 rose bushes and then shredded the debris. It did block up once, but it was easy to open and cleanout.
This shredder exceeded my expectation and I am looking forward to the next lot of prunings to shred. Well worth the money spent.
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