Powershred LX200 Cross-Cut Shredder (White)

This is the white version of the Fellowes LX200, mechanically identical to the black 5015001 and offered for rooms where a black box beside the desk looks like equipment rather than furniture. Twelve sheets a pass, a 6-gallon bin, ten minutes of running.

The specification that justifies the LX200 over a budget shredder is the cut: 5/32 by 1/2 inch, about 4 by 12 mm or 48 mm². That is roughly a third the fragment area a conventional P-4 cross-cut leaves behind, on a machine sized for a single desk.

Key Features

• White finish — the same machine as the black 5015001, for rooms where the shredder is visible.
• Twelve sheets per pass on 20 lb paper at DIN 66399 P-4.
• Fine 5/32 x 1/2 in cut (4 x 12 mm, about 48 mm² per particle).
• Nine-inch (230 mm) paper entry for legal and A4 unfolded.
• Shreds paper, credit cards, staples and paper clips.
• Ten minutes on, 15-minute cool-down.
• Six-gallon pull-out bin, 20.69 x 14.50 x 10.25 in, 20.7 lb.
• 120 V, 60 Hz, 4.0 A.

A word on the term micro-cut. Fellowes markets the LX200, LX210 and LX220 as micro-cut shredders, and the cut is genuinely fine at 4 by 12 mm. Under DIN 66399, though, micro-cut begins at P-5 and a particle ceiling of 30 mm²; 4 by 12 mm is about 48 mm², which is P-4. Both statements are true in their own terms, but if a policy names micro-cut and means P-5, none of the LX models will satisfy it. We classify by the standard so the machine files correctly.

It will not shred CDs or DVDs. Fellowes' manual for the LX200, LX210 and LX220 excludes optical media explicitly, along with adhesive labels, continuous form paper, transparencies, newspaper, cardboard, laminates, file folders, X-rays and plastics other than credit cards. That is a real limitation of the LX range and it is worth checking against your waste stream before you buy: several cheaper cross-cut machines do take discs, and none of these three do.

Specifications

Sheet ratings are Fellowes' figures for 8.5 x 11 in, 20 lb paper at rated voltage. Fellowes describes the acoustic design as quiet operation but publishes no decibel value for the LX range, so no noise row is shown.

What's in the Box

Shredder with 6-gallon pull-out bin and power cord. Fellowes specifies its own non-aerosol vegetable-based shredder oil, part 35250, applied each time the waste bin is emptied. Aerosol lubricants must never be used in a shredder.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

Buy the white LX200 for a home office, a consulting room or any space where the shredder sits in view and a black cabinet would read as an appliance. It is the same machine as the black version in every functional respect, so the decision is purely about the room.

Do not buy it if you have a backlog. Ten minutes of run time and a 6-gallon bin are sized for routine post, not for clearing a cabinet; the LX210 in white (5015301) doubles the run time and adds four sheets a pass, and the LX220 in white (5015501) manages thirty minutes and twenty sheets. Do not buy it if optical media is part of your waste stream, because no LX model takes discs. And if a specification names P-5, this is not that machine.