Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Bosch
• Model: 600853670

Features

• Fitted with 2200 Watt Bosch 'PowerDrive' motor
• Patented large capacity hopper for quick and easy feed
• Practical plunger for increased material throughput
• 40mm high precision laser-cut, twin edged blade, reversible for extended life
• Exceptionally fast blade speed - 3650 rpm
• Fitted with motor overload/restart protection
• Lightweight with wheels for easy transportation
• 2 years parts & labour guarantee

Manufacturer's Description
The Rapid shredder has a laser cut precision blade made of hardened steel
With the'Powerdrive' motor and the unique hopper design it provides a high material throughput rate of green softer material and is also able to cut branches up to 4cm in diameter

About Bosch lawn and garden
Bosch develop and manufacture a range of innovative powered garden products supplied to world markets
The electric and cordless product range includes

Customer Reviews

Eats Everything!
Nicely made, happily chips everything up to 40mm and anything bigger than that we use on the fire anyway. Rarely jams and not too noisy. Chips are suitable for mulch. (Just seen Argos have it on at £99, drat!) Had it about 4 weeks and it's eaten apple trees, hawthorn, elder and even dried wood -- it looks more robust than most other similarly priced models I looked at.

Excellent Shredder
This is an excellent shredder. The machine is so much better than the others I have owned.

I claim to be an experienced shredder user - I have had several machines over a good number of years. For me the problems to overcome are blockages when feeding material through (my last shredder, an Alko New Tec 2500R, was dreadful for this), wear on the blades reducing performance, and noise.

In selecting this shredder I took in to account that it was given the thumbs up by Which? in November 2007, and had a very positive write-up on the "fredshed" website, a first-rate source of independent advice. I must endorse what Fred says about keeping the blade sharp:
"Take care with what you put in the shredder and especially do not get ANY soil in it. With the high speed even a small amount of soil acts like an abrasive and quickly blunts the blade."

The machine is the best one I have had. It is well designed and constructed and also very powerful. The blade wears well (if you follow the advice above and also make sure no stones find their way in to the machine) and is a bit cheaper than most brands to replace. It is the quietest machine I have used.....but probably could still annoy the neighbours if run at unsociable hours. The best thing for me is that it is not prone to blocking. If used sensibly, with the help of the wide prodder, you can easily go whole sessions without a blockage.

The collection bag offered as an accessory is not really necessary. A large plastic crate/storage box does just as well in getting the shreddings to the compost heap.

To appreciate this machine you need to have tried some of the others. I recommend it to anyone considering buying a shredder to help control their garden waste.

Great bit of kit
This is great bit of kit - I'd been meaning to get a garden shredder for years, and after after trolling through various reviews I decided on the Bosch AXT 2200.
Unlike one of the other reviewers, I am not using it to clear a rainforest, just lots of small branches and other cuttings.
What previously would have been a numerous visits to the tip with an estate car filled to the brim with branches, is now reduced to five densly packed rubbish bags.
Why didn't I buy one years ago?
Greatly recommended.