KOBRA 400 HS-6 COMBI

The KOBRA 400 HS-6 COMBI does in one cabinet what most secure sites need two machines for: it destroys paper at 0.8 × 5 mm (DIN 66399 P-7) through one opening and optical media, cards and SIMs at 1.5 × 2 mm (O-6) through a second, each with its own cutting head and its own collection bin. Units manufactured on or after November 2019 appear on the NSA/CSS Evaluated Products List as "Kobra 400 HS-6 Combi". If your destruction policy covers both paper and discs and you have one room to put a machine in, this is the model that resolves it.

Key Features

• Two independent high-security cutting heads. Paper runs through a 0.8 x 5 mm P-7 head; CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, EMV and magnetic-stripe cards, CAC IDs and SIM cards run through a separate 1.5 x 2 mm O-6 head. Neither shares knives or waste with the other.
• Separate bins for paper and plastic. A 29-gallon (110 litre) bag for paper shreds and a 22-gallon (80 litre) fabric bag for optical media debris, so the waste streams stay separated for disposal and audit.
• NSA/CSS EPL listing. Units manufactured on or after November 2019 are listed on the NSA/CSS EPL as "Kobra 400 HS-6 Combi". Date of manufacture is part of the listing — confirm it for the specific unit you are buying.
• Kobra Shred Guard metal detection. Kobra fits a metal detection system, which is what stops a forgotten binder clip from reaching a 0.8 mm cutting head.
• Special integrated automatic oiling system. A dedicated oiler lubricates the high-security knives during operation rather than relying on a maintenance schedule.
• 2.9 HP, 24-hour continuous-duty motor. No published duty cycle or cool-down interval.
• Automatic reverse and electronic-eye control. Sensor-based start/stop with automatic jam reversal and auto-stop when a bag fills.
• NPSA approved, exceeds ASIO T-4 for optical media. Kobra lists UK government approval and states the optical destruction output exceeds the Australian ASIO T-4 standard.

Specifications

What's in the Box

Both waste bags are supplied with the machine according to Kobra's datasheet, which lists dual waste bags as part of the specification. Replacements are ordered separately: plastic paper bags art. 99.206 (100 per box) and fabric optical media bags art. 51.072. Oil for the automatic oiler is art. 51.086. Kobra publishes no warranty term for this model. Because the NSA/CSS EPL entry is qualified by date of manufacture, ask us to confirm both the current EPL revision and the build date of the specific unit before the purchase order is raised.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

Buy the COMBI if you hold classified or highly sensitive material on both paper and optical media and you want one audited destruction point instead of two machines, two service arrangements and two waste streams to supervise. The separation is real — two heads, two bins — so paper waste and plastic waste can be disposed of under different procedures.

Do not buy it purely for paper. The COMBI gives up throat width to make room for the optical unit: 9.5 inches against the 16 inches of the KOBRA 400 HS-6 AUTO-OILER, and 29 gallons of paper bin against 53. If discs are not part of your problem, the straight HS-6 is the better paper machine in the same cabinet at the same P-7 rating. Conversely, if you only destroy optical media and no classified paper, the KOBRA 400 HS OM is a dedicated optical machine with a 22-gallon bin and a higher disc throughput. And if the requirement is commercial rather than classified, nothing here justifies the cost — a Kobra 400 C2 AUTO OILER at P-5 will do the paper far faster.