Bosch AXT Rapid 2200w Shredder Review

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Bosch AXT Rapid 2200w Shredder
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Guest's Review of Bosch AXT Rapid 2200w Shredder Garden Shredder

9th Jun 2008

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
Good Points

Well built, shreds fast, shreds well.


Bad Points

Can stall on large branches at the upper end of its advertised capacity.


General Comments

We bought this Bosch AXT Rapid 2200 shredder as it was on sale for around £100 and has received good reviews, including from this site. Our garden doesn't produce huge amounts to shred, so we didn't want to spend hundreds on a shredder. However after a recent clean up we had quite a bit to get rid off, and at this price for such a highly recommended brand, we felt it was a bargain worth buying.

The box wasn't the easiest to open - in the end I opened up the top. Once inside the instructions showed a different way to open the box, although I'm not sure their way is even possible! Assembly is quick and easy though - you will need a mallet/hammer to put the wheels on and a screwdriver to attach the shredder to the metal base.

In use the shredder is quick, devouring the first branch I fed it in a few seconds. It ate everything I gave it, pulling branches in automatically. On finer material you may need to use the shoving board provided to push it into the machine.

Anything less than about 3cm wide goes through fine, but larger branches (admittedly towards the limit of the advertised capability) can cause it to stall and cut-out. On restarting it eats the rest of the branch with no problem. This may be because the branches had been sitting around for a while and hence had dried out a bit - but it's not a major issue.

I was worried that the shredder would be quite noisy given that Bosch produce a 'quiet' range as well. However it wasn't as noisy as I feared - although I would still recommend some ear protection. Eye protection is also a must since the odd chip can be spat out the top whilst feeding material in.

Overall we're very happy after working through a pile of branches today. Practically I think it would be difficult to improve on this shredder - it certainly seems indestructible. After a bit of use you get to know how much to put in at once, what might cause a jam etc. and cut the material down to lengths that it can handle more easily.

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