Although there are shredders better suited for heavy-duty use, if you're looking for something to use at home, this is one of the best options out there. For a budget price, it offers a rather powerful shredding mechanism and a very high degree of privacy (making shredded documents virtually impossible to reassemble).

This shredder cuts paper into pieces 6 times smaller than the average cross-cut shredder, which are considered highly secure in their own right. Documents that go through this machine are virtually impossible to re-assemble.

AmazonBasics Shredder runs twice as quiet as the average shredder. While working, it produces around 80 dB of noise, a little quieter than your kitchen blender.

To prevent the motor from over-heating, this shredder has thermal sensors that shut it down before any damage can be done.

This shredder is easy to move around thanks to the detachable wheels that come along with it.

In auto-mode, shredding starts once sensors detect paper being put into the device, and you don't even have to press a single button.

The capacity of this shredder's bin is bigger than average - 6.7 lbs of paper. Since the paper shreds it produces are very small, they easily get compressed inside the bin, further ensuring that you don't have to take it out to trash very often.

With this paper shredder you can also dispose of IDs, credit cards, CDs, DVDs, and small paper clips.

This shredder can handle 12 sheets of paper at once, compared to the 6-8 for most alternatives.