The blades cut crosswise and lengthways, only leaving one-fifth-inch wide strips of paper to maximize the security of your information. Your home office will be that much safer with the document shredder which also features a 125-sheet capacity waste basket. The Aurora 8 Sheet Crosscut Shredder is a low-priced shredder that will do as advertised, but it is not the type that can be run for hours shredding thousands of pages. The Aurora 8 Sheet Crosscut Shredder can also cut credit cards, paper clips, and staples in a cross-cut confetti way. The paper shredder is able to shred 8.36 pages every minute and also has a 125-sheet wastebasket. The document shredder has a reverse mode that can be used for removing jammed paper. With the shredder, you can feed a maximum of eight sheets of paper at a time. The crosscut shredding is wonderful for hiding confidential information on financial documents and private mail. You will be able to insert paper into the 8.7-inch slot and the documents will be rapidly shredded. In addition, you can have folded up papers shredded with staples on them. consumer reviews