Staples MailMate(TM) Shredder Reviews

        Staples recently introduced The MailMate shredder.  How brilliant!  It is only the size of a (large) coffeemaker, and somewhat appears as one.  It can sit easily on a kitchen counter where you open, or bring in the mail.  It also can easily sit on the corner of a desk. — The beauty of the MailMate is the function.  It will shred (cross cut) unopened mail, inclufing those pesky credit card offers that include the fake plastic credit cards with your name on them.  It will also destroy CDs/DVD's credit… read full review »

This was a great purchase from Staples!    I was looking for a new shredder to attack the loads of junk mail/credit card offers etc building up at home.    I purchased this great compact one and it is awesome!    This shredder can handle up to 8 pages at a time and it also shreds credit cards and cd's.   It cuts the papers into fine, small, inch long strips making it impossible to figure out bank and credit card info.    The handle on the front makes it easy to pull the tray out and dump out your shreds.    I… read full review »

— We got this shredder over the holidays, and I have to admit I'm a big fan.  I really like that it's designed to be set on top of a desk or table rather than on the floor.  It chops up cds, credit cards, staples, 5 page stacks of paper, and can probably turn scrap wood into toothpicks.  — — My only nitpick is that I wish it were diamond cut, rather than  2in by 1/4in rectangles, but that's really really minor. — — I wouldn't trust the chomping of my sensitive documents to any other household appliance (or pet). —… read full review »

Unless you only need to shred a couple of pieces of paper don't buy this shredder.  After a short amount of time the unit overheats and shuts down and after just one year of owning the shredder it stopped working completely.  Staples did not stand behind their product and told me there is nothing they could do and all I could do was purchase another one.  —… read full review »