Destroying secret written documents is a necessary in any business. If you are just beginning your business, stand-alone office shredder will fit you need. Bigger office or companies need a bigger volume of paper shredder destroyed every day (e.g tax, medical, bank, newspaper companies etc ) maybe need a lot of industrial paper shredder, industrial paper shredder is “heavy” class paper shredder.

Here some tips when you buying an office paper shredder. The bottom line is: the more you want out if your shredder, the more it will cost.

1. Strip Cut VS Cross cut: strip cut shredder also known as straight-cut or spaghetti-cut will cut your pepper into long thin vertical strips of paper. Shred size may vary from 1/8 to 1/2 inch. Narrower strips give better in security. Because the strips don’t compress well A cross cut shredder will also cut across the paper horizontally to make the pieces smaller and thinner. Cross-cut shredders provide smaller the pieces that the shredder cuts your document into, the higher the level of security and the more you will pay for it. more security by cutting paper vertically and horizontally into confetti-like pieces or diamond cut or into micro cut.

2. Volume/capacity sheets per pass: or paper per pass or sheets capacity in the number of sheets of paper that the shredder is able to shred at one time. For low-volume users, personal shredders designed for 100-150 sheets per day are fine. For higher volume look beyond personal shredders . A shred capacity of at least 4-5 sheets is best unless you really want to spend time feeding in paper one piece at a time . For a shredder to be used in a business, it must be rated for a minimum of 12 to15 sheets of paper at a time and of course the higher quality need more a lot of money involved.