Home Shredder | Iris Ohyama P6HS75C-B | Review

Since I had just splurged on other things, I honestly thought about waiting another two or three months.

But since I was going to open up cardboard boxes to look for documents from about a year and a half ago, I figured I might as well organize things while I was at it. Plus, my previous shredder passed away about two weeks ago, so I bought this one.

I was a bit worried because it looked huge, but it's powerful and better than I expected. This is related to the cause of death of my previous one, but since it could only handle about two sheets at most and I had been using it for over five years, paper would often get jammed. When I forced it, the AC adapter actually cracked (ﾟДﾟ..)
It was a way of breaking that I'd never seen before, though (lol).

Anyway, the previous one served me well, but I decided to go with this one because I thought it would be nice to have something that could handle more sheets at once, even if it meant it was a bit bigger.

Well, it's about 80% the size of a printer multifunction unit, so it's big enough that I have no choice but to put it on the floor. However, it has enough power that I think it's sufficient for home use, and it's faster than the previous one.

Product Review

Cut Size

I think this is the part people are most concerned about. It's a cross-cut, but honestly, it's a bit large.

The previous one was finer. That's exactly why it kept stopping right before it died from paper jams, so I feel like this size is fine.

Number of sheets it can handle at once

Being able to handle 6 sheets is seriously strong. Since it can do 6 sheets, it can surprisingly handle something like an A3 sheet folded in half and then folded into thirds. Also, postcards are totally fine too. This thing.

Noise level

Despite that, it's quieter than the previous one. Aside from the heavy-duty ones at the office with metal casings, I've only used two home models, so I apologize that my only point of comparison is the previous one.

Functionality

There's an 'Auto' mode using a sensor, and if you set it to that, it only rotates when you insert paper and stops automatically when it's done, so you don't have to leave it running. It's seriously great.

Also, I thought a pull-out drawer style would be better, but at this size, you can put a trash bag in it. For now, I've shoved a 30L trash bag in there, but I'll look for a better-sized bag later.

Bonus: A bit about Usausami-style mini-decluttering

I was watching Junko Furukata's YouTube organizing channel all day yesterday. The houses that appear on this channel are all quite spacious, and looking at the things they have, they are clearly wealthy, yet the houses are cluttered.
I mean, it's not like they are doing it for free because it's YouTube; I think it's also because these are people who pay about 200,000 yen per day to have their houses organized. (Maybe 400,000 yen if it's a house that takes two days?)
Watching it, I realized that her policy itself is 'don't force yourself to throw things away,' which I understand is why so many people want to 'ask for her help.' However, I've become convinced that I should continue the 'volume equivalent exchange' that I've been doing since I've been buying quite a lot of things lately (lol).
If you can't throw things away, this is what happens, right?

Usausami's house itself is spacious enough for one person to live in, so it would be tidy if I put in a little effort, but if I'm not careful, things increase immediately. Watching the video, I thought, 'I can't really say I have a small amount of stuff either.' (Part of the reason is that I keep things in cardboard boxes to make progress little by little because it's hard to clean during the very hot or very cold seasons.)

What I mean by 'volume equivalent exchange' is,

I bought something other than a consumable. I will throw away unused items that take up at least the same volume.

In the case of this shredder, I already threw away the previous one when it broke, and as for the increase in volume from the new shredder, that's fine because by its very nature, buying a shredder means I'll be producing a large amount of paper scraps from feeding it documents I don't need.

For example, instead of throwing away a handkerchief when I buy a new one, it could be old underwear or socks that I never wear but just kept tucked away.
It doesn't even have to be something stored in the same place, and I have a rule that it can be something close to trash that I've failed to throw away for years. When I bought my laptop, I threw away a stack of catalogs that had been left sitting there just as they were sent to me (lol) (It's fair to say I should be diligent about throwing those things away, but it's just a hassle, you know).

I'm also in the camp that says you don't have to force yourself to throw things away, so if you've already decluttered and have few things, then of course you don't need to do this at all. However, if you're not quite ready for a serious decluttering but feel like you have a bit too much stuff, give this mini-decluttering a try.
Since the end goal of the decluttering is just 'the same volume as what I bought,' it's basically over quickly, but doing it versus not doing it makes a huge difference.

By the way, my original motivation this time was to find some documents, so I broke down three cardboard boxes and filled about three supermarket plastic bags, so I'm well over the volume limit, which I'm happy with. I basically use the shredder for anything with an address on it, so there are scraps from that too, but other than that, it was mostly just envelopes I'd left unopened and ignored. Still, organizing three cardboard boxes makes things feel quite tidy. (Envelopes really do get quite thick when you let them pile up...)

I found the documents I was looking for.

Side note

I basically don't throw away things like gas or water bills, but it's a secret that a large amount of them, which had been missing from the pile I was keeping, turned up from between various documents.

I'll keep those tied up, even though I don't have any particular use for them.