This shredder is really great for the price. It chews through thick and thin though I've found it does clog on my palm fronds a bit. It works much better if what you are shredding is a bit dry so I usually leave my stuff to be shredded for a week or two and then it really goes through great. I load it up with really thick stuff that I have to really work to get through the mouth and I jam it up a lot and just put it in reverse out of the jam. It really takes some punishment and keeps going and going.

We munch bottle brush trunks, branches with no problem at all. Green leaves and other small shrubs turn into lovely munch. The secret in the silent muncher is a cog design not a blade design. You have no blades to sharpen or replace. If you do overload it your can reveres the engine to clear your muncher. My wife loves it.

Good simple well thought out design DYI machine. Crunches up all you can stuff down its throat.Need to use a little technique at times.
Keep the feed out clear as its inclined to block when leafy foliage. I've got mulch all around the garden great stuff for the plants and trees.

I was actually amazed at what this thing could do, I had a tandem trailer full of branches and leaves that would have cost in the vicinity of $150.00 to get rid of at my council tip, I turned it into about 3/4 cubic metre of waste and got rid of it through my rubbish bag pick up for $22.00, along with some other building rubble as well, So I think over time it will save me a few trips to the tip.

It does the job well with branches and dry greenery, but does not make a fine mulch. I found the opening at the top a bit small which makes it hard to shred small branches and leaves . I find it a useful tool and having a reverse action stops it from jamming.

This shredder does the job - it eats everything up to 35mm I would say and gets stuck on the 40mm branches, That does not sound like a lot but it seriously reduces the size of a tree - it seems magical the way it disappears and what is left can be used for firewood.

It is even fun and reasonably safe. It does tend to get blocked up so you need to keep an eye on it and make sure the exit is clear.

It did break (the plate by the blade snapped and fell out the bottom) but I took it back to Bunnings and they gave me a replacement with a 3 year warranty so happy days.

I can recommend it if you are a domestic user.

Have used it for two extended periods. Like others gambled on the good reviews and pleased with it.
Compared to my previous large electric chipper it is quiet (not silent!!) so don't need ear muffs, feeds in branches easily and hopefully won't need sharpening as it relies on crunching rather than slicing.
It does take some trial and error to work out its limits but then its great. It is not going to take 40mm dried out eucalyptus branches very well but anything less and if a bit green is manageable.
As others noted it is useless on soft green vegetation but I just use the lawn mower to mulch that sort of stuff.

The Ozito Silent Shredder works a lot better than I expected. Bought because of the positive reviews and they are accurate.
Mulched everything I threw at it.
- Quiet
- Self feed works well
- Long stems of a vine aren't actually mulched but are made much easier to dispose of.

I had a chance to use other mulcher and shredder since I wrote a review about this one a long time ago. Other high speed rotating shredders are a waste of time. Never once regretted getting my Ozito Silent Shredder. It is like a silent achiever. :) It gets the job done and doesn't complain. :) To enhance its performance, let the materials dry a bit first before putting them through. I have not used those petrol powered ones as they are too bulky and expensive to buy and run. So I can't compare the Ozito with those.

We've bought two of these shredders and couldn't be happier. It will cope with lots of branches but doesn't like anything too green or really soft wood. Best to let it dry off a bit before shredding sometimes, just depends on the wood. Also, don't put too much in at one time, keep your fingers out of the mulch hole and then enjoy turning waste into mulch! You will need a long extension cord too. This mulched is better than others because the jaws crunch through the wood rather than shredding which can't handle heavy woods
Light to wheel around, easy to position wherever you want the mulch
Can't take large branches but handles most stuff really well

I owned a Ozito shredder for about 5 years and it was great... slowly but surely chomped through most of my garden waste inc bamboo and palm fronds. When it finally broke I went to Bunnings to get the same thing as a replacement. The new version is terrible! It has a safety cut off which shuts the machine down every minute even with smaller branches from the lillypilly. The adjustment screw has already threaded. It's quality feels lighter than the other version I have. Used about 5 times then took it back.

OK, this is a tough cookie, it is a digester-shredder with self feeding as it pulls the material thru the slow rotating chopper, its faster than pushing. Best with long stem material which comes out as a coarse mulch. The machine is not designed as a fast blade chipper, but its rugged. I tried 2 machines, 1 small direct drive chippers, great chips but machine failed each time in less than 2 hours, upgraded to the Ozito (internally looks like a back door brand of some common manufacture). I am happy, it does what is designed to do. If you want to get serious buy a petrol engine 5 hp chipper. Personally I buy a lot of Ozito stuff and it all fairly good. Just remember to use it within its design limits.