BoschQuiet Garden Shredder AXT 25 D (2500 W; Suitable for Tough wood and Thorny Shrubs; Integrated Collection Box 53L)

Very useful for shredding hedge trimmings to fit into green waste bin. Some pieces left fairly large so not good for mulching. Reasonably easy to wheel from storage to position for use. Quiet enough for prolonged use without feeling neighbours are disturbed. Took one star off as caddy needs fairly frequent emptying.

Bosch garden shredder, fast delivery, this machine is a monster, it shreds quite large branches easily. As others have said it doesn’t shred fine, but quite chunky, but it works great, I’ve shredded branches from a conifer for the last couple of weekends and it has coped really well, if it Jams, stopping putting it into reverse and then forward again soon resolves the issue. Highly recommend. Arrived quickly thanks.

It’s quite heavy. Easy to use

I am lucky to have a very large garden approaching one acre in size. I'm no gardener but I do like my trees and bushes and have a good cut back and clear up once, maybe twice, a year which results in a very large pile of branches etc.Until now I have either had to move the pile some distance to burn due to overhead electricity lines or load them on to a truck and take to a friendly farmer. The pile has grown over the last couple of years due to various reasons so I decided a shredder/chipper maybe the way forward.I didn't want a petrol version, too much maintenance with infrequent use so started to research electric versions looking for a model that would cope with the large pile but then be big enough to deal with the annual clear up. I settled on this model mainly due to a large service network, availabilty of spare parts and a brushless motor. I did find that spares are not available for many of the cheaper makes so if the cutting blades need replacing due to wear and tear or damage, end of machine.The product was delivered a day early with clear instructions and very easy to assemble.Manoeurabilty once assembled is poor. The wheel base is very narrow and while it is pulled or pushed on pavement this is fine. However as soon as an uneven surface such as the lawn is encountered it is very difficult to keep the machine upright. Due to the location of the motor the machine has a very high centre of gravity and the slightest dip causes it to tip. Weighing over 30kg it is very easy to injure your wrists trying to keep it upright.I found the factory settings of the cuttingblade to be exact and the machine ready to use.General performance is very good, however the idea of chipping branches up to 40mm diameter is overly optimistic. You might be able to force a piece of 40mm smooth dowl purchased from the local DIY through the safety guard but with branches there is no chance. I found about 25mm to be the upper limit. I have chipped a wide range of materials including hard and soft wood, fresh and dried, and provided it will go into the machine there is plenty of power and it has coped well with any type.Overall I am very pleased witjh the machine and cleared about half of my huge pile in one session once I had figured out the limitations.I'm not the best person to judge noise levels being partially deaf but it seemed fine to me.