Ryobi Crushing Shredder RSH2445S
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Crushes material up to the size advertised but has limitations. Does not like short or crocked branches. Clogs with high moisture material so try late morning or next day. The material plunger is rubbish so I made a wooden one like a cross. The… Read more
shaft on the cutter blade deserves to be greased every few hours best NOT to pull the cutter completely out to avoid dropping the drive pin. The mulcher does not cut fine enough for use on vegetables. This can be partially offset by adjusting to shaving plate closer but then big branches don’t feed as well.
Follow-up · The noise level is moderate but I wear earmuffs The plunger is two pieces of wood 40mm by 20mm made into a cross so the upright piece doesn’t quite touch the cutter blades No safety issues
I've had mine for over five years and have used it a LOT for palm fronds (Bangalow and Golden Cane) and Bamboo (Variegated Dwarf Malay). It does a fair job of cutting up the long part of palm fronds, but it doesn't really handle the wide parts that "hug" the trunk, so they have to be cut off by hand and disposed of in the green recycling. I found… Read more
it is best to wait until the fronds have turned brown and become crisp before processing them in the shredder as they form smaller pieces rather than long strips of pieces joined together. The bamboo should be crushed when it's green or it gets too hard. Our bamboo is just destroyed into little bits in the process.
I've found that it is necessary to fine-adjust the cutter block knob frequently for best results. The rotating blade in mine is a bit off-centre, so only a couple of the 'teeth' are kept sharp by the cutter block. The cutter block is replaceable if you can get them! I've paid for two spares over a month ago and still haven't received them. I bought a second-hand machine off eBay at a good price to keep me going. I wonder if I'll ever get the parts? *see below.
The tubular frame on both is starting to rust, so a spray of WD40 every time I use it will delay their demise. The screws that hold the top on are also rusting. The machine lives under full cover and never gets wet, so I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't give it a bit of zinc coating before they painted it.
I take the finned rear plate off after most sessions as it's the only way to remove all the bits of fibre that are wound around the works. I also slide the rotating cutter off to clean it (it's pretty sharp so wear leather gloves) and give it a good spray of WD40 before putting it back together. Don't lose the key piece that locks the cutter to the shaft - it easily drops out of it's slot and can get lost. I wouldn't like to have to order one as a spare! Make sure you put the cutter on the right way round too (there is a little diagram in there).
*Well, I did eventually get the parts I ordered, trouble was that I didn't know Ryobi were having a little joke with us! How about this... there are two shredder models that look identical, even their model numbers look alike - RSH2445S & RSH2455S. Did you spot the difference? I didn't and ended up paying for the wrong cutting plate, which looks very similar to the correct one, but doesn't fit. After waiting a month for an item that shows as "in stock" I'm over $100 down the drain and still don't have the parts I need. The 25% restocking fee and delivery charge to send back were too much in my opinion, so I have kept them. The correct part number for an RSH2445S cutting plate is #099330001043 if you need to order a spare and they also come with a new adjusting knob according to my receipt. They're "In Stock" so I should have mine in about a month : )
I bought the wrong ones from Tools Spare Parts in Brisbane. They were S-L-O-W and provided no useful help when I bought the wrong ones. All they said was that my model isn't in their system - their system needs an update. The right ones came from Statewide Appliance Spares in Hilton, S.A. and they arrived much quicker. I should have gone to them first.
Posted on Ryobi Feedback also ago I bought my Mulcher maybe three years or so. It mulched branches and leaves for three autumns until this week when the smaller branches ended up clogging up the system being crushed not chopped. I looked online for parts to fix the shredding mechanism and was surprised to find that they were NLA. I contacted… Read more
Michigan who have a similar 2400 w mulcher, to see if their parts would fit but got no joy. So armed with this I raised the issue of parts support with Ryobi and Bunnings the manufacturer and my supplier. Surprise came when I was referred back to Bunnings by Ryobi Customer Service with an RMA. Bunnings gave me like for like a full replacement valued at $499 after three years of use thanks to Ryobi. No questions asked. When I got the new mulcher home I did notice that a disclaimer on the box states that the four year warranty relates to full replacement. They do not have a servuce department, choosing instead to rely on the product quality. Now depending on your point of view and the Consumer Affairs requirement for any product that is sold carries a warranty, it woukd appear that if you gave an issue with a Ryobi product especially high value, they don't impose any conditions much. Again surprised to come home with brand new mulcher value $499 and four year warranty, You can't ask for better than that can you? . Thank you Bunnings for the ease of returning the worn item and replacing it. A better than fair outcome.
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Great machine,so simple to maintain,and it crushes 30Foot long palm fronds with ease, – However, I have made 3 additions to the Mulcher which may be of use to DIY fans. 1. A wide hopper to help funnel the fronds into the inlet , No.2. a heat shield to divert the motor heat from away from my old knees, as I wear shorts all summer in the Sunny Coast of Qld.Finally No.3 Attached a pair of plastic 'D' handles to the bin to aid it's emptying into the barrow. Great product Ryobi Mulcher!
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Worth every cent – My hedge needed to be trimmed hard which meant I had a lot of small to medium sized branches. I had read some reviews on this product so I decided to invest and give it a try. Wow, what a great device. Easy to setup and very easy to use. It is powerful and enabled me to mulch all the cuttings into smaller reusable sized mulch. I would say that… Read more
around 30% of the branches were quite large and this unit munched them like they were nothing. It was also very hot days I was working, and the machine didn't overheat once. I ended up filling the three mulch bags twice and was able to give some to my neighbour's son for his home.
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Works great – Purchase to shred bamboo. Did a massive trim. Worked a treat. Pumpedthrough 3x 240l bins of bamboo and didn't miss a beat.Sonetines it helped to put in reverse for a second before removing the bin incase you got a few cong bits sneak through. Cleaned out the cutter post doing everything. Even though alot of crap built up worked through great. Cleaned and packed up reading for next trim. Show details
Top Notch Corded Shredder / Mulcher – I use to have the old green Ryobi shredder but it stopped working. Having had recent storm damage (fallen trees and a damaged side fence) I went in to Bunnings to get a new mulcher. Having already being the owner of several Ryobi garden tools I was tossing up between the battery operated 36 V or the corded model. Luckily the Ryobi rep was in store… Read more
and available for a chat. It is important to note both models have the same motor. The corded model has a larger capacity for heavy thicker branches and more options (whatever they are and your guess is as good as mine on that). I purchased the corded model and took it home. Taking it out of the box and assembling it was a breeze. Quick and easy to follow instructions to install the wheels and slide in the catcher box underneath the unit. There is a locking pin slide at the front which must be pushed up to lock the catcher in place. If this is not done the machine will not turn on (kind of a second safety feature when in operation). This shredder / mulcher is amazing and handles surprisingly thick branches. Just adjust the mulcher dial on the side clockwise on first start up and off you go. I have been having a ball making a lot of garden mulch it has been great fun. The only down side is the catcher fills up quickly and you need to unlock the catcher and shake the mulch around a bit as it all piles up at the back and does not level out in the box evenly. There is a reverse button so if a branch gets stick just press reverse and it comes our easily. The mulcher does get clogged with leaves easily but just feed through a branch (wood no leaves) and it quickly clears the problem. The mulcher seems to work better on fresh cut branches and will accept anything that will fit in the chute (45 - 50 mm). I have put branches in roof height and it takes them no drama. It does do dry branches but you can hear the motor rev higher to get the branches mulched. Other than this the noise level on the unit is surprisingly quiet. This shredder / mulcher is a real work horse and I have been using it to remove and shred tall hedging trees (10 in total ) so far and the unit has not missed a beat. Very impressive.
In-depth reviews
Shaving plate shattered, refunded – New, was 3.5 years old but had never been used. Unboxed (easy to put together) and used for about 8-10 hours over various days. Was very pleased with ease of use and quality of shredding and then ... snap ... the shaving plate broke in half. Looked to be some kind of alloy. The diameter of the piece of wood/branch was well within the 45mm limit.… Read more
Took it to Bunnings with the broken pieces and offending branch. While waiting in line was approached by Ryobi rep' who asked if it was the 'pins' on the collection bin not making contact, they'd had a few returned for that reason. Showed him the broken shaving plate and offending piece of wood. Seemed genuienly surprised and said that he had not encountered that before. Got a full refund but no more in stock. I also found the collection bin was a little tricky to slide in and out and the plastic seemed a little flimsy. Had it not broken I'd have given it 5 stars. Was extremely pleased it had a 4 year warranty. Granted the length of warranty I will likely buy another.
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RYOBI CRUSHING SHREDDER - GREAT VALUE $499 4 1/2 stars – After reading various reviews for electric shredders we decided to buy this model from Bunnings as it seemed to us that crushing shredders are better than the cutting shredders. This model appeared to be the best for our purpose and while more expensive than a few other shredders was still affordable at $499. Assembly took only about 10 minutes… Read more
at the most. The manual’s instructions are easy to follow and there is little to do. Having read the whole manual, we then followed the instruction to set the gap of 1mm between the cutter and the guide. This was a strange step as the diagram wasn’t the same as what we could actually see when looking down the chute. Nevertheless, we set it to an estimated 1mm gap – there is no way we could actually measure it. We then commenced shredding the numerous eucalyptus branches from trees that we had felled 3 days previously. It coped with all that we fed into it and it’s impossible to put anything larger than the recommended maximum diameter as the opening in the chute wouldn’t take it. Thicker ones we use as kindling. The material plunger is useful for pushing smaller leafy twigs down the chute. Unlike one model we read about, the leaves and finer debris do not get blown out of the bin, but due to good designing with relatively small air holes, they stay in there. The switches are conveniently placed and respond well to a finger push.
It soon shredded the leaf covered branches to produce 3 full bins which were then spread as a deep fresh mulch around our berry plants. We noticed the crushing cutters stop dragging the branches down once the collection bin is full to the top at the cutter end, but it still has space for a little more at the opposite end. However. we just empty it at this stage.
We observed the thicker pieces of branch were in segments about 2cms long, so before shredding on Day 2, we started the shredder and made the gap a little smaller by just tightening to the point of barely touching the blades and backing off very slightly. The shaving plate adjusting knob is easy to use for this operation. The difference between the previous gap and the gap now was barely discernible. The effect on the thicker pieces was that they still cut to about the same length but more were now split and cracked so they should decay faster to form better mulch. We were pleased overall with the shredded material that we made on both days.
The Ryobi Shredder remains stable when being used and is not excessively noisy. As with any of our machines we wear ear muffs, safety goggles and gloves.(oops, I didn't;t put the earmuffs on for the photo!)
We’d like it if Ryobi supplied with the shredder a suitable hard brush for cleaning the chute and the blades as they recommend such an implement to clean those parts. We can’t see how to properly brush the cutters as they can’t be rotated when switched off. We tend to think the best way to clean them is to always use a few very dry branches to finish for the day.
Something to beware of: branches often rotate as they are being dragged down into the chute, so be careful that it doesn’t slap the user in the face. We found that feeding it down with a hand guiding it provides good control.
We didn’t give it 5 stars because of the small difficulty in seeing the gap is 1mm and the lack of a suitable cleaning brush. This is based on using it on just 2 days. I hope to be able to confirm this review in, say, another 6 months.
Pros: easy to assemble, easy to use, shreds well, not very noisy, compact for storage, seems good value for money. Cons: cannot measure the recommended gap – just guess work, could supply a suitable brush to get into chute and the clean cutters.
At this stage we highly recommend this machine.
Photos: Following the manual when setting up the gap, looking down the chute, using the shredder, pieces of branch – 1st day on right, 2nd day more split and broken on left, shredded material in bin, on the berry garden.
Works well (careful with pin) – I bought a Ryobi crushing shredder on December 2. It works really well on dry branches. However, after using it a couple of times, some debris were stuck inside so I opened the front panel and followed the instructions to clear it. When removing the rotating cutter blade, the shaft came out too and, without me realising it, a small pin which fixes… Read more
the cutting blade to the shaft must have fallen with the debris. Naturally, when I next tried to put some material in, it was not drawn in. I went back to Bunnings and asked if they could open another shredder for me to see what the pin looked like. Ironically, when the shop assistant opened the front panel and took out the cutter blade, the pin also fell straight into the collection bin! So, I have ordered a replacement pin which will take from 7-10 working days. In the meantime, I have sifted through the mulch I spread to no avail. The pin is made of metal and has the shape of a small flattish potato chip. I hope this will be useful to other users when clearing out debris
Positive reviews
This thing is a beast – Deals with bamboo and palm fronds easily Have had one stop and replaced by Bunnings Think the reason is when the in is full, material chokes up in the bottom of the hopper My solution was to bypass the bin switch and leave it loose on the ground, so it can't full up Will be 3d printing a hopper like in the first post - great! Wondering now if this thing would chop plastic up???
Reliable working pony – Not perfect, but in its price (around $500) and performance class (~2kW) the best shredder I came so far across. Plus: good in "eating" branches of deciduous trees (like fruit trees), hardly blocks and very rarely needs a readjustment; Has a catcher which actually does add value; The electronic engine control is cool - it puts in real power only… Read more
when it needs it! Minus: quite fiddly feeder allowing only one branch at a time, and not particularly good with any shrub or hedge cuttings, but this is not different or worse than with its competitors in this price class; A bit difficult in maneuvering across rougher parts of the section (larger wheels would be good), But again - as good (or as bad) as the other shredders I came across.
After having worked before with a BOSCH shredder and an Ozito shredder - the Ryobi shredder is the first one I can recommend and doing quite well for a 1 ha lifestyle block with plenty of trees.
Excellent!!!!! – I bought my Ryobi Crushing Shredder off Marketplace and am absolutely 100% pleased with it. It’s munched up hedges and decent size branches so easily. Fantastic value. Show details
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Negative reviews
Disappointed – I have own this shredder for nearly 3 years but it is probably the only Ryobi product that I do not use and I own alot. I live in the tropics and find it just not heavy duty enough for palm fronds. Disappointed. Show details
2x faulty machines – I returned 2 machines to Bunnings then gave up. On both we (Bunnings and I and even the Ryobi person on the phone) could not get the pins from the collection box to hit the circuit so the machine would never start. Really disappointed and wasted 3 hours. Bunnings told me someone returned it for the same reason a couple of weeks before. Seems defective. Show details
Could be better – I have had this crushing shredder for about 15months and use it about once per month. I am on half an acre and have large volumes of pruning. It works well with solid branches, but less effective for leafy and fibrous material, which tend to clog the feeding shute. I find the mulched material too coarse and would prefer finer material. Or at… Read more
least maybe 2 settings to swap between coarse and fine mulch. In any case, I now find that the sharpening shaving plate no longer has enough travel to force the shaving plate against the cutting blades. I pulled it apart, and sure enough the shaving plate is worn down. I rang Bunnings spare parts, who contacted Ryobi only to inform me that the part is no longer available. So effectively the mulcher now is no longer fit for purpose. I intend to return the unit, and not sure whether to try another one, or just get a replacement.
Recent reviews
OK, Until need replacement parts – Had this shredder a few years working wonderfully until now. It needs repairs. The plastic container is NOT UV stablised and disintegrates eventually. Replacement - $220 Now the touch pad circuitry has died. Replacement - $224 The cost for these two minor parts to replace, is nearly the cost of buying a new machine! Why oh why is this the case? The bin is about 750g of plastic and the circuit board is less complicated than my microwave oven. Show details
Ok for small branches – Used mine for when im shredding small branches .alot do get tangled inside machine.shredder...for small trees it does the job. If ur doing a light prune. Show details
Shredder not cutting anymore – Love the shredder has worked really well up until now. It doesnt cut up the fronds any more they go through with bends in them but still intact. I have sharpened the blades by turning the knob clockwise till it meets metal and got metal shavings in the bin, still not doing the job. Does anyone know how to fix this problem please? Show details
The only one – Have you got a palm tree problem? I have many Alexander palms around my home and although they provide great privacy cover dealing with the fallen fronds is literally a full time job. This crushing shredder is the only domestic mulcher that deals with this stringy fibrous waste. I had the model before this and wore it out. I rely this machine. Show details
Very Useful – This shredder works well within the standard limitations of all shredders in dealing with fibrous and green material. It takes a while to get used to feeding efficiently. However the little wheels make it very tippy moving it around. My garden is far from perfect; so I put on larger wheels and extended the axle (see pic). Now going up and down steps doesn't merit carrying it! Show details
AMAZING - Makes me want to plant more lantana!! – I have so far put this through two 3+ hour continuous sessions mulching lantana and other branches and it hasn't missed a beat. It just keeps on going, no blocks at all despite being pushed to the limit of thickness. Honestly couldn't be happier except, for now I've run out of lantana ;-). Show details
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Has saved me it’s purchase price! – I use it frequently for shredding/crushing branches when I hack back the mango and the calliandras. I do leave all prunings for a week or two to dry out the leaves, otherwise they clog the blade assembly. I did a major prune last year which would have been several trips to the dump if I hadn’t had this machine. As it was, all I had was one load in… Read more
back of the ute. Easy to use, easy to trundle around to where I want to work, copes easily with the 30mm and smaller branches and once inserted I walk away and get the next offering. Very happy, but hoping I can get replacement blades as I have worn through the one that came with the machine.
excellent machine – Anything that fits into the slot is decimated within seconds. Self feeding and reliable. Not as noisy as other mulchers. Need to clear the catch tray often as it exits towards one side and you do get the occasional long bits that don't cut well. But overall good value for the price. I had great fun demolishing a medium sized tree within 20 mins. Show details
Garden clean up – Bought at Bunnings Saturday Easy to assemble just need to put in place axle on wheels Ready to go...shredded chipped branches had been storing for year.. next onto fresh branches chipped with ease.. self feeding just put in long branches stood back and watched Totality recommended Show details
A very effective mulching machine – I was initially a bit skeptical about this after reading a few mediocre reviews but now that I have been using it for a few days I can say that I am impressed. This machine produces mulch in the 25-40mm range. I think a lot of people are expecting it to produce a much finer <10mm product and that is a source of frustration. But if you go into it,… Read more
understanding what it does and that is also what you need, you shouldn't be disappointed. I haven't have any issues with it jamming or clogging up but I expect that wet leaves would cause it issues given that it works with a rotary blade against a metal block (see attached diagram) rather than a lawnmower style spinning blade. Anytime I feel that it is bogging down, I just shove another branch in, which gives it something solid to grab hold of and it clears itself. It would be nice if it came with a larger bin as I found I needed to empty it every 5min but I get that Ryobi are trying to keep it a practical side. I just bring my wheelbarrow along side and empty it into that.
End result = Stringy Mess – I bought this as my last shredder had died after a complete beating from me (not a Ryobi) and have been pretty happy with the Ryobi gear I have purchased in the past. If you have completely dead and dry sticks or branches that have been left for an extended period of time before shredding, then this is not too bad a unit with relatively good… Read more
amount of power, but who honestly leaves all their garden waste lying around to dry before wanting to shred it? If it has any green to the stuff you are wanting to shred, it feeds out a stringy, lumpy mess that get caught and blocks the bin from being able to be pulled out which resulted in the corners of the bin cracking. I've been using this for about 12 months now and each time my opinion doesn't get any better. I now remove the bin and place the unit into a small garden trailer with the safety switch in the unit so I can feed the sticks directly into the trailer and not have to worry about the bin jamming and breaking further. It's a little easier to pull the jammed bark from the bottom of the unit without the need to put my arm into the half opened bin. Very disappointed in what I consider a pretty good brand. It's dropped my opinion of Ryobi products a little.
Worked well for a while – Bought in 2019. Worked well on small branches and palm fronds. Then a metal rod next to the teeth went snap and it stopped working. But if you buy for Bunnings you get another or refund! None in stock at he moment but am waiting for another. Show details
couldn't get rid of it quick enough – Sorry but after many many times of trying to get it to run for more than about 15 seconds at a time it turned out it kept triping its safety and that was with 10mm pieces of branch, we set it at 2mm as stated constantly in manual, it would bite in to the test branches , bunings 50kms away refunded immediately with no concerns, very disappointed also with no help from ryobi via email Show details
Mulches almost everything – We purchased this mulcher eleven months ago to mulch the trimming from our garden. It has turned palm fronds (wet and dry) and Lilli Pilli prunings to mulch without much effort. But, as it's almost spring, it's hard at work again. I estimate that we have saved about seven trips to the waste transfer station. Saving the tip fees and cost of hiring… Read more
the trailer to get the loppings there.
What sold us on the mulcher was the four-year replacement warranty, so we thought, what have we got to lose.
Perfect for dry branches – I chopped down a large Banksia Rose that was out of control - and left it in a pile while I looked around for a mulcher that could break it down to put in the green bin. By the time I got around to it - the cuttings were dry and brittle. I watched a few video's and the thing I liked the most was this machine drags the stems through the machine… Read more
rather than me having to push it (like I have had to do with muchers).
This machine is perfect for the long stems which the Banksia rose produces - you put in one branch and it self feeds while you pick up the next and put it in (and so on) - I ran it for hours.
I also had a dead Silver Wattle that I was always hoping would grow back but it became dry and brittle while I waited to cut it down (can you see a pattern here). I found it best to cut down a number of banches - then start the machine and feed them through one at a time - then repeat process. I got most of the wattle through the machine - it will shred dry banches as thick as the chute allows and shreds them down into chunks.
I have found on green stuff it works fine with the thicker branches - but not so flash on thin green branches. I let them dry and then they feed through easily and get cut up.
This is a shredder / crusher - not a mulcher. So you are not getting a fine mulch for the garden - but suits me as it is going in the green bin..
Whilst it has a big bin - it does need manual intervention to even it out as it clumps up at the cutting end.
I have used it for 3 big projects and it just keeps going.
It is a bit noisy - and picks up in pace for bigger branches - but for the job it's doing I can't see how it could be quiet!
Worked well until it died – Bought one of these about 1 year ago. Have used it 2-3 times - probably about 5 hrs total run time. It has worked quite well but yesterday just died. Sounds like the internal gearbox is shot and the motor sounds like its jammed and the teeth will not rotate. The green power lamp just flickers. I have not exceeded the specs and have only shredded… Read more
branches up to 45mm. Very disappointed that it died with so little usage. As an aside, the user manual gives NO advice as to what the flashing power lamp means....
Apple tree chips 2020! – We hired a petrol mulcher initially to help with our garden clean out, but it died on us half way through the job and just wouldn't start by the second day. I needed to finish off the job of mulching down the branches from our apple, orange and mandarin trees and it did the job with ease. Eats up branches even up to 5cm thick! Very happy with this… Read more
Ryobi Shredder, hubby's also happy as his now got 5 trays of apple chips for his BBQ smoker. It is not a mulcher though like the higher end petrol mulchers, as it doesn't crush the woody branches, only cuts it into 'chips'. I ran the shredded chips thru the shredder a few times until I got the desired consistency to feed my compost bins.
Most fun you will have in your garden – This machine is great. I have used it on hibiscus, roses, durantas and pretty much anything else that I can get my hands on. Previously I would spend hours cutting up material to fit it in the green bin but now I can reduce the material to mulch unbelievably quickly. It is a must have for anyone with shrubs that need to be kept under control. It… Read more
won't do leaves by themselves unless they are on a stem but this does not matter - that is what a mower is for. If you enjoy mowing your grass with a hand mower and not a petrol or battery operated mower, this is not the machine for you.
Super machine. Does what it says with ease – Over the years I've been transitioning from petrol machines to corded electric or battery when suitable, as we have rooftop solar. The choice here was to replace the very noisy, smelly, heavy, cumbersome and relatively aggressive yet effective petrol chipper I'd had for 20 years with something capable but electric. Research and availability led me… Read more
to this machine. With a slight dose of cynicism about its capacity I decided to see what it could do for a modest $400 with the appeal of a 4 year warranty. Now about 4 months on I'm still really impressed each time of use and happy I've made this choice. At first use I even laughed a number of times at the revelation it could be so effective and so different to the old machine. I was ready to review then but thought I'd wait, still just as happy if not more so. It's just as most reviews commented. I find it easy to set up, move, store and adjust plus quiet, reliable, self-sharpening and feeding (mostly), compact and safe enough that my kids and wife are now happy to join in. It's even kind of fun. My 40+ fruit trees plus shrubs get well pruned now as it's quick and easy to mulch it all. As another reviewer said somewhere, 'If it fits in, it'll just chew it up'. It does the bigger branches with surprising ease due automatically increasing power to the slow (compared to a chipper) turning cutting blade then back to low power in idle and for small stuff. Seems able to cut feed stock down to about 2-3 mm diameter. Doesn't wan't lots of really leafy stuff though will pass it through as well. Old dry or fresh green prunings, doesn't matter, it just gets on with shredding and crushing. After about 20 uses it hasn't jammed at all no matter what I managed to squeezed into it. Tip: keep a solid branch aside for if you need to move bits that aren't picked up readily by the blade. In my case a branch is more effective than the handle thingy provided. Due to blade design it's relatively self-feeding which is an effort saver and the feeder chute design also seems effective at guiding typical branching in as well. As I use all mulch back in the productive garden the crushing element seems better than simple chipping which results big, solid chunks yet with this the branches are both cut to about 3cm and crushed, almost mashed. Output can be quite fine even from large input and the high surface area due to crushing speeds up decomposition. I do find I rock/ tilt the machine from time to time to prevent the mulch in the bin building up toward the blade outlet though it's a minor thing. The routine has become emptying the catcher bin when about 2/3rd full or about every 10-15 minutes. Do that a few times and a heap of prunings is reduced to a small pile of mulch. Set that aside for a while, wait until the decomposer organisms get established in it then use for mulch around the trees it came from. Grow, harvest, prune, shred, mulch, repeat. Generally, I'm really impressed that it works as well as it does and highly recommend it if this type of machine is something that you're after. A long review for a good machine.
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... so I have bought another (March 2025). Good thus far, 4 year warranty and the fact that… Read more