Archive for July 20th, 2010
Dahle 20835 EC Level 6 Cross Cut High Security Paper Shredder Review
Level 6 paper shredder is the 20 835 EC to the needs of agencies and their contractors who require the highest level of security, to do justice. Here is a thorough look at some of this machine’s strengths and weaknesses. P> Strengths: p> The most obvious strength of 20 835 EC is its ability to shred documents relating to a security level of 6, the highest level of security is everywhere on every paper shredder and evaluated by the National Security Agency for use by the military and Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and other such government agencies. While could be this kind of security is a bit overkill for the average business, if you are awarded by one of these organizations or by some other federal, state, and local governments, you also needed to have a shredder at hand, be that can meet the highest security level. The 20 835 EC should be placed centrally in a busy office and used at regular intervals throughout the day. His sheet capacity of 12 pages at a time and a very respectable speed of 20 meters per hour, making this one of the highest capacity level 6 shredder that we have seen. The feeding tube of 16 inches is another great feature of the EC 20 835. A large feeding tube that is not only easily accommodate letter, legal, A4 and A5 sheets, but also the extra-wide computer printout paper. The cutter and heads of 20 835 EC is unsurpassed. The cylinders are from a single bar of the finest German steel, a design that milled greatly increased durability and reduced the possibility of diffraction. The cylinders are connected by a gear and chain system that the machine is running slip free power contexts helps in the prevention of jams and increasing throughput. The litter on this machine is very large at 35 gallons. What’s great about it is that the scraps that the EC 20 835 are so small, the collector must be emptied much less often cut as a strip or cut larger cross-section machine.
Weaknesses: p> High security and high capacity does not always go hand in hand. The EC 20 835 intersects the average sheet of paper into 15,000 particles, the amazing all scales, but its capacity of 12 sheets while impressive for a six-level machine, is not very high compared to your average shredder. What do you have to ask yourself, if your organization really need this kind of guarantee. If you are a government agency or contracted by one, the answer is yes. If, however, only a business, we are now on FACTA compliant, Dahle (and some other manufacturers) make a lot of Level 3 Cross Cut Shredder, which are less costly and shred more documents at a time when your productivity is increased. Since the high-security cutting heads are only for one year (two years warranty for the remainder of the machine) that you want to make sure that they oil on a regular basis to it their best work. Dahle is a self-lubrication system that this maintenance much easier.