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You will remember the review I posted a few days ago:

I do not consider myself a paranoid person or someone that is obsessed with identity theft but I have to say I like to know that the information I throw away is not used to hack my accounts or clean out my bank account. Because of this, we like having a shedder and even more a cross cut shredder, just to make sure whatever information we are destroying, is really being destroyed!

I had someone hacking one of my emails account a while ago and I spent days without access to that account because they changed the passwords and information in my account. That was a reality check……If getting hold of an email account was such a hassle I can only imagine what it would be like with a bank account or a credit card!

I have recently had the chance to try the Swingline Stack-and-Shred Automatic Shredder (EX100-07) From the ACCO brands.

Swingline was founded in 1925 and its known for their Staplers, Shredders, Punches and Trimmers.

Located in the rolling hills northwest of Chicago, Swingline made its reputation over 60 years ago as the first stapler manufacturer to let you pop open the top of the product and drop in the staples. Now with their latest innovation, the Swingline Stack and Shred, there’s a whole new way to shred!

The unit is about 17" high, 12" wide, and 17" deep. The output bin about is 7 gallons (that's around 200 sheets).

The EX100-07 is a cross cut shredder and is designed to hold a stack of about 100 pages in its input tray. It also has a manual feed slot to feed paper individually (up to about 6 sheets). It also features a small slot to feed credit cards. Although it will accept some stapled paper, it will not accept many types of fasteners, so please remove any and all metal or plastic from the paper before shredding it. The unit will shred credit cards, but it is not intended for CD/DVD shredding, so keep that in mind when using the Shredder.

The shedder is meant to pretty much do the job by itself, all you need to do is to stack the pages in the feeder and keep on going about with whatever you need to do. The shedder is probably not the fastest in the market, but again how fast do you need it to be if you are not sitting in front of the unit and feeding the papers to it. As I said, it is not the fastest, but is not the slowest one either. And if you only need to shred a few pages you can always use the manual feeder.

The unit top cover lifts on hinges in order to access the stacker tray. The manual feed slots for paper and credit cards are both on top of the shredder. The buttons to control the options and indicator light are on the top front. The power button is on the rear top of the shredder. The EX100 also features an auto start/shut-off. It has a sleep mode, so it will go into standby mode and wake up after you put another stack of paper in the tray. (I would strongly suggest turning it off and unplugging it if you need to go into it for any reason…. And when not in use. It is better to be safe than sorry and kids can be very curious, so I keep my unit off when not in use.) The unit also features a built in cool-down after about 10 minutes of continuous run time. The cool down time is up to 30 minutes. I’ve had the shredder for a few weeks now, but I haven’t reached the need for the cool down yet.

Usually the shredder gets through a stack in about 5-8 minutes, depending on the paper type and the paper weight. Among the display lights you will find “Door Open/Bin Full", "Cool down", and a light to indicate the unit is in Auto mode. It also features a clear window in the middle of the bin so you can keep track of how full it is.

The shredder is relatively quiet….It is a shredder, so there will be noise but nothing out of the ordinary. The unit comes with a paper liner (more liners can be ordered). It fits well in the tray and still enables to user to see how full it gets when in use.

 You can buy the shredder from the Swingline site or authorized retailers like Amazon and many others. Retail price is 506.00 but you can find it as low as 228.00.

As I promised here is the giveaway!

Win it:
Swingline has kindly offered one lucky Born 2 Impress reader, the chance to win a free Swingline Stack-and-Shred Automatic Shredder!

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The product(s) provided for the review were sent to me free of charge from the company or the PR agency.The product(s) offered for the giveaway are free of charge, no purchase necessary. My opinions are my own and not by any means influenced by any other part.

We have a winner:True Random Number Generator Min:1 Max: 2603 Result: 799 Powered by RANDOM.ORG. Congratulations: karenb834 !Please contact me within the next 48 hours to claim your prize.