| The Formax FD 8200SC is a powerful desk side | | | | and the weight of the paper that you are shredding. |
| shredder that is designed for personal use by a busy | | | | Any way you look at it, the ability to shred 10 |
| professional or in a home office. Here is a closer look | | | | sheets per pass is impressive for a small desk side |
| at some of the strengths and weaknesses of the | | | | unit as is the ability for the motor to operate at a |
| Formax FD 8200SC. | | | | speed of 16 feet per minute. |
| Strengths: | | | | 4. The waste bin of the FD 8200SC is large enough |
| | | | at 6 gallons, and slides out for easy emptying. To |
| 1. The FD 8200SC is small, compact and easy to use. | | | | make the process even easier and you can line the |
| It takes up about as much space as a wastebasket | | | | bin with a plastic bag. We also liked how the motor |
| beside your desk and can be placed within arms | | | | stops operation when the shred bin is too full to |
| reach for convenient use throughout the day. One of | | | | ensure safe and proper operation, and also when you |
| the things we liked most about it is the automatic | | | | slid the bin out. We consider these to be some |
| start and stop feature that utilizes optical sensors to | | | | pretty nice safety features to find in such a small |
| detect paper. That way, you can leave the machine | | | | and compact unit. |
| on in a sort of standby mode, and it is always ready | | | | Weaknesses: |
| to go. This seems to us like a great time-saving | | | | |
| feature, and one that we'd like to see in more desk | | | | 1. The FD 8200SC is a nice little shredder, but one |
| side units. | | | | thing that you will have to be aware of is that it is a |
| 2. The cutting heads of the FD 8200SC are made of | | | | strip cut machine, and thus does not offer what |
| solid steel that is heat treated for longevity and they | | | | could be considered a high level of security. Cross cut |
| are also specially formed to minimize your need to oil | | | | shredding is considered much safer as it would be |
| them. This sort of maintenance is a fact of life for all | | | | impossible in most cases for someone to piece a |
| shredders big and small, and it's nice to not have to | | | | document back together. If you need higher security |
| worry about it as often as with other shredders. | | | | in the same small and convenient size, you should |
| These powerful cutting heads also handle paper clips | | | | check out Formax's FD 8200CC, which is the cross |
| and staples with no problem whatsoever so you | | | | cut version of the FD 8200SC. |
| don't have to worry about removing them before | | | | 2. The FD 8200SC is a machine that is meant for |
| feeding your documents into the FD 8200SC. | | | | intermittent use throughout the day by a single user, |
| 3. The FD 8200SC has a rather nice sheet capacity | | | | and is not a shredder that should see heavy use on a |
| for such a small shredder as well, handling up to 10 | | | | day to day basis. If you need a shredder for more |
| sheets at a time. We found it hit that mark pretty | | | | centralized use, you should check out the Formax's |
| easily more often than not, but your actual results | | | | 8400 and 8500 series shredders. |
| may vary a little bit depending on your power supply | | | | |