I have had this shredder for around 3 years and it has performed like a champion for an electric shredder.
It is actually very fast and consistent in mulching leaves and branches as long as they are below 40mm in diameter.
I have also had a 4hp cox petrol chipper/shredder and prefer to use the bosch electric for its convenience and ease of portability.
The only thing you need to keep an eye on is the sharpness of the blade and sometimes there might be a build up clumpy mulch inside the chute if you have put some wet stuff in there. But any shredder would suffer from that..
If it broke down tomorrow i would definitely buy another Bosch the same
Hope this helps.

I have had this unit for about 2 years. Worked brilliantly the first time I used it but after that the machine clogs regularly particularly with green material. It also shreds timber into very long pieces up to 30 cms long.
Worst of all, I was shredding a 15mm piece of branch and the disc holding the blades snapped in half.
I have bought a number of Bosch tools over the years and they have worked really well so I thought that this unit would be the same but it is a piece of crap.

This machine is brilliant. Should have bought one many years ago. It cuts effortlessly and the chips are very fine that makes excellent compost and potting mix. Its built tough and is very quite but one still use ear muffs and safety glasses as good practice. Love it and it really churns through those branches. My wife loves it and no longer needs to measure 1.2 m lenths of branches and then tie a bundle so that council green waste collectors will only pick up. If they werent tied in a bunch they would leave them on nature stip.

Worked for approximately 1month. Then stopped. Returned and 4 parts replaced which took 3 months. Turned it on, wouldn't mulch, jammed even with thin pieces 12-14 inches long. Customer service has been extremely unsatisfactory with one very rude customer service operator. Used 1 month and in for repairs for almost 13 months. Promised a refund by Bosch but when?
Bunnings' staff could teach them a few things about customer service!

I bought this shredder thinking Bosch is a great brand must be good. How disappointed I am. The machine will not even chop 2 cm branches let alone 40 mm. It also has problems fresh branches. Just strips the bark.
I have used the machine for 1/2 hour and The cutting blades are already showing signs of wear.
I wonder what the other reviewers used but it must have been a different machine. No Mr Bosch I will be more careful when I buy another Bosch product.

Bought this model having just moved into a larger property with lots of gardens. Effortlessly carved up roses, citrus and natives. A bit of common sense when putting larger stems means you don't have to stop to unblock. Shredded to a fine consistency so straight into the aerobin for compost. Much quieter than I imagined. The feeder is easy and the top flaps stop anything spitting back up. Really impressed and glad I spend a little bit extra on this model. Easy to set up.. took less than 5 minutes.
quiet and fine grade compostable material at the end.
for the price a catch bag wouldn't hurt

it works well but you quickly become aware of the maximum diameter of twig or branch that you can put into it as it struggles beyond a certain thickness.

some advice:
It has a safety guard which you use to drive the twigs into the machine. Use it always as your bare hands are too delicate to push branches in on their own (I learned the hard way)
it works
I ended up disposing of most or all of the large branches and twigs as they are too big to go into the machine. IMo it defeats the purpose of the exercise - I should just have paid someone to remove it all and saved me the work.