Users queue up to applaud the way this cheap ’n’ chunky chaff chewer gulps down branches up to 40cm in diameter and then farts them out into a large 50-litre box as little wooden chips. If you’ve got a large garden with lots of big stuff to dispose of, it’s probably the best garden shredder for heavy duty jobs at home – it’s easy to be awestruck by its power. A rigid box may be easier to use but note these shredders have a safety mechanism that stops them working if the box is not in place. This model accepts branches of up to 4cm in diameter though, in essence, it will swallow anything you can fit through the top-mounted portal.

com Limited is an Introducer Appointed Representative of CarMoney Limited who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, FRN 674094. The BBC Gardeners' World Magazine reviews team tested different electric shredders for the same amount of time and with the same range of material - including woody branches and fresher growth and both straight and messier, branched stems. It's sturdy and stable when it's up and running and although it's awkward to move around, at 20kg it's the lightest rotary shredder in our test. This is where an electric shredder can help out: run a few tree branches through it, and use the wood chips to protect the base and roots. The blades are reversible, so you can turn them around to have a new cutting edge whenever they go blunt.But of course, written specifications only tell part of the story, so I put this electric shredder through its paces to see how it lives up to the manufacturer’s promises. The 2,500-watt Einhell uses a pair of fast spinning blade to cut through vegetation but larger pieces of hardwood and too many leaves will likely block the chute which means reaching for the included tamper.

The top of the chute has a slightly wider access than others in this roundup and that makes it generally easier to stuff in branches of a more unwieldy nature, while the included tamper helps coax mutinous vegetation. If the leaves are wet, the majority should still get shredded, but the liquid/sap may jam the machine. This article covers the soft fixes in which you can take in the event your garden shredder is not turning on.There's a safety flap to protect fingers and the steel blade shreds well, producing fine shreddings.