KOBRA 260 TS S4

The KOBRA 260 TS S4 is the Touch Screen 260 built purely for throughput. Its 3.8 mm strip cut is DIN 66399 P-2, which is a low security level by design, and in exchange the same 3/4 HP motor pushes 21-23 sheets a pass at 80 gsm - roughly double what the P-5 version of this cabinet manages. It is the right machine when the job is getting rid of a great deal of non-sensitive paper quickly, and the wrong machine for anything a regulator would ask about.

Key Features

• 3.8 mm strip cut at up to 28 sheets a pass (70 gsm) - the highest paper throughput in the 260 TS cabinet.
• Touch-screen control panel showing bin status, jam state and operating mode.
• Separate cutting unit with a 123 mm throat and its own bin for CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, chip cards and floppy disks.
• 24-hour continuous-duty motor with automatic reverse on jam - a strip-cut head jams less than a micro-cut head, but the protection is there.
• Door-open and bin-full interlocks stop the cutters automatically.
• 54-55 dB(A) with an eight-second energy-saving standby.
• 80-litre bin in a cabinet on castors, 40 cm wide.

Specifications

What's in the Box

Supplied assembled on castors with the paper bin and the separate optical-media bin fitted. Disposable waste bags are not included. Strip-cut heads are less lubrication-critical than micro-cut heads, but Kobra still excludes damage caused by inadequate lubrication from warranty, so keep shredder oil on hand.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

Buy the 260 TS S4 for bulk clearance of internal paperwork - drafts, print overruns, superseded manuals, obsolete forms - where the point is disposal volume rather than protection against reconstruction. It also suits a print room that needs to destroy a lot of paper without a queue forming.

Do not buy it for personal data, client records, HR files or financial documents. A 3.8 mm strip leaves whole lines of text legible and P-2 will not survive any audit written against a modern privacy policy - the usual commercial floor is P-4. The 260 TS C4 AO is the same cabinet with a P-4 cross cut and an automatic oiler; the 260 TS C2 AO takes it to P-5. Within strip cut, the 260 TS S5 uses a coarser 5.8 mm knife for two or three more sheets a pass, and the 260.1 S2 goes the other way with a 1.9 mm strip at P-3.

Ownership and Running Costs

Strip cutting is the cheapest way to destroy paper per sheet, and this machine reflects that: light load on the head, modest power draw, and no automatic oiler to keep supplied. The recurring cost that does surprise people is bags. Strip waste is springy and refuses to settle, so the 22-gallon bin empties more often per sheet destroyed than it would on a cross-cut machine.

Kobra publishes different limited warranty terms for standard office models and for high-security models, and the terms have changed between product generations. We confirm the exact warranty in writing on every quote rather than printing a figure here that may not match the unit you receive.