We had a DM12ct previously which was at least 8 years which performed amazingly well. It was powerful, and well built. This shredder is just as well built, has a great energy saving feature, and also is so amazingly quiet compared to the last one. The feed is slightly slower and it has a thickness sensor to prevent you from putting in too many sheets at one time. (With the old shredder, you wouldn't know it was going to jam until you had already put the paper in and it was feeding.) Overall a solid performer and with the Fellowes brand, you can't go wrong.

This shredder is a BEAST! I bought it to replace one that sounded like a wood chipper, had a wire-frame receptacle that leaked scraps of paper like a french-fry basket, and took more breaks than a municipal employee. It also required that I lift off the shredding mechanism to empty the scraps that hadn't already leaked out. Yes. I would have liked a receptacle larger than six gallons. But I didn't want to spend the extra money for the extra capacity. This shredder does everything I want it to do — quietly, reliably, and safely. And the part about handling staples and paper clips is absolutely true.

Purchased the PS-79ci about a month ago and used it for shredding many documents at the end of the year. It worked great! The quality is apparent. It handled all shredding jobs flawlessly and quickly. I think it is the perfect shredder for a home office but it would be very useful in a workplace setting. I heard Fellowes shredders had a good reputation. Now I know it's true.

Rolling wheels make it difficult to use - have to brace the shredder against something else to use. Very difficult to get paper into the shredder - can NOT put in just one or two pieces because the "safety" mechanism won't slide out of the way. It simply crunches up the paper. Have to put at least four sheets in to make it stiff enough to push the safety mechanism out of the way. Works OK if you have lots of paper, but if you have an odd couple sheets to do, you have to fold them to make it stiffer so it will enter the shredder.

We needed a heavy duty shredder for the office. That withstand the substantial use and be able to provide hassle free shredding. This definately fits the bill and i know we will get so much productivity and use ou of it. Substantial and good quality.

This is the second Fellows shredder that we have owned. We purchased this because we had such good luck with the first one which we owned for 15 years. The new one is super quiet and so safe to operate we even let our 5yr old grandson operate it. It shreds credit cards and dvd's with ease and never jams. The safety features are super. We expect to have this one for another fifteen years. It gets a lot of use with all the junk mail etc.

Fellowes makes a great shredder. I purchased the powershred 79Ci and I'm very satisfied with my choice. It is the quietest shredder I have ever owned. Powerful enough to shred 16 sheets at once. I like the safety features which protects you from injuries. It is compact and durable. The Jam Resistant feature was a big consideration in making this purchase. For the price it offers a lot.

This shredder is suppose to take 14 sheets at a time, but continually choked on just 3 sheets of straight fed copy paper. No way would this ever take 14 sheets -- maybe 14 sheets of tissue paper! Very disappointed with it because I spent the extra money to get the 14 page capacity over the 10 page. On the plus side it is quieter than my older (and cheaper) Fellowes shredder and I do like the "bin full" indicator.

This seems to be an excellent shredder and I am very pleased with it. I chose it because I have a Fellowes at home and never had a problem with it. The one at home never jammed and I did alot of shredding. This one seems to be an even better quaility if that is possible. It is very quiet and clean. I am quite pleased! Thank you Fellowes

This shredder is a great value for the money. It has most of the features that the more expensive machines include, however, it can perform as well as larger machines and is easier to maintain, clean, and empty. I recommended it to our church board and they purchased one for the church office. I am a tax preparer and during the tax season it performed better than expected, it was used a lot.