MBM DSH0070 2465 cross-cut 3/16" x 1 1/2" (4 x 40 mm)

The Destroyit 2465 P-4 is the best-balanced machine in this batch. It meets the security level most retention policies actually require, takes 13 to 15 sheets at a time, runs at 27 ft/min, handles staples and credit cards, and rolls on castors in a cabinet no bigger than a bedside table. If someone asks which shredder to put in a small office without knowing anything else about their paperwork, this is the defensible answer.

P-4 cross-cut is the level most commercial destruction policies converge on, and for good reason. It is fine enough that reconstruction is not a realistic threat for ordinary business records, and coarse enough that the machine remains fast and the bin does not fill with low-density confetti. Everything above it costs throughput, and everything below it starts to look indefensible if a record containing personal data ever goes missing.

Key Features

• P-4 cross-cut at 4 x 40 mm, meeting DIN 66399 P-4 at 160 mm².
• 13–15 sheets per pass, the highest cross-cut capacity of any machine in the 2445 and 2465 families.
• 0.75 HP motor at 27 ft/min, which is what separates this from the similarly-rated 2445 P-4 and its 11–13 sheets at 14 ft/min.
• Staples, paper clips and credit cards rated by MBM — no de-stapling, and expired payment cards go in the same machine.
• Castor-mounted wooden cabinet with a removable 9-gallon bin, fill-level cut-off and door-open cut-off.
• Lifetime limited warranty on cutting shafts and wheels; hardened steel shafts milled at MBM's Balingen factory.

Specifications

What's in the Box

Assembled wooden cabinet on castors, 9-gallon removable shred bin, operating instructions. Shred bags are not included.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

Buy this for a small to mid-size office where several people destroy documents through the day and the policy asks for P-4. It is fast enough that nobody waits, secure enough for personal and financial records, and mobile enough to reposition. For most buyers comparing the 2445 and 2465 on price, the extra motor and speed here is the better value.

Do not buy it if your obligations name P-5 or higher — take the DSH0069 version of this identical cabinet, which drops to 9–11 sheets in exchange for 2 x 15 mm particles. Do not buy it if you need CDs or DVDs destroyed, which only the strip-cut 2465 handles. And if the machine will serve a whole floor, the constraint will be the 9-gallon bin, not the cutting head: the Destroyit 2503 P-4 (DSH0302L) offers the same particle size with a 20-gallon bin, and the 2604 P-2 goes further again on volume if security requirements allow.

Running Costs and Care

Plan for shredder oil at the interval MBM specifies in the operating instructions, and for shred bags, which are not included with the machine. Neither is expensive and both are the difference between a shredder that stays fast and one that gradually starts rejecting stacks it used to take. The castors mean the cabinet can be rolled to the recycling point for emptying rather than the bin being carried, which is a small thing that gets used every week.