There are many variables to consider when purchasing a paper shredder, including capacity, motor size, and waste volume. The following questions will help you narrow down your selection.

How frequently you shred confidential documents has a significant bearing on which machine will fit your needs. While all machines can handle daily and weekly shredding, our larger shredders are better suited for monthly and quarterly shredding of large volumes of material.

The number of people using a shredder and their individual requirements can vary greatly. Try to obtain an idea of the collective needs of your team or department to base your decision on. The larger the Dahle shredder is, the more users it was designed for, and the greater the waste volume it can hold.

• Security Level P-2: Strip Cut Particles - For shredding sensitive internal documents
• Security Level P-3 & P-4: Cross Cut Particles - For shredding confidential documents
• Security Level P-5: Extremely Fine Cross Cut Particles - For shredding highly sensitive documents
• Security Level P-6: Espionage safe for extremely high demands of security
• Security Level P-7: NSA/CSS specification 02-01 which is the current standard for the destruction of Top Secret COMSEC documents