HSM Pure 320 1/8 x 1 1/8 Cross Cut Shredder - HSM2333

The cross-cut HSM Pure 320 puts DIN 66399 P-4 security into a floor-standing cabinet with a 360 W motor and a pull-out bin. It cuts 3.9 x 30 mm particles - 117 mm², inside the 160 mm² ceiling DIN sets for P-4 - and takes 8 to 9 sheets a pass. Against the desktop Pure 220 cross-cut, that is roughly a third more paper per pass and, more usefully, a bin that holds around 350 shredded sheets instead of 230.

One thing to check before you order: unlike its strip-cut stablemate, this model carries no optical-media class. The Pure 320 strip cut is rated O-2 for CDs; the cross-cut is rated E-3, F-1, P-4 and T-4 only. Paper, film, cards yes; discs no. If you need P-4 paper security and disc destruction from one machine, the Pure 420 cross-cut is the smallest model that does both.

Key Features

• 3.9 x 30 mm particle cut at P-4. A 117 mm² particle - meaningfully below the DIN limit rather than scraping it.
• 350-sheet bin capacity. Particle cut packs tightly, so the same 25 litre container that holds 165 strip-cut sheets holds more than twice as many here.
• 360 W motor with overload-protected feed. The feed backs off before it stalls, which is what keeps a P-4 machine usable when someone pushes a slightly-too-thick stack in.
• Pull-out container. Slides out of the cabinet on its own rather than requiring the housing to be lifted.
• 230 mm throat. Letter and legal feed flat and unfolded.
• Feed-activated start, automatic stop, stand-by. Nothing to switch on, nothing left running.
• Safety element at the intake. Contact stops the paper feed immediately.
• Approximately 55 dB(A) at idle. One of the quieter machines in its size class.
• Lifetime warranty on the steel cutting rollers, which handle staples and paper clips without pre-sorting.

Specifications

Sheet capacity is HSM's own figure at 80 g/m². Standard US 20 lb copier paper is about 75 g/m², slightly lighter, so the published figure is a conservative one for a typical American office. Any shredder quoted against lighter paper will look better on paper than it performs.

What's in the Box

Shredder, 25 litre pull-out container, operating instructions. Bags, oil and accessories are separate. Particle-cut cutting heads do benefit from periodic lubrication with proper shredder oil - if you are going to run this machine hard, buy a bottle at the same time and check the interval in the manual.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

Buy it when a small office needs real confidentiality without a departmental machine's footprint or price: a two-to-five person professional practice, a school office handling pupil records, a clinic's front desk, a finance team in a small business. Eight to nine sheets a pass is honest office capacity, and the 350-sheet bin means emptying is a weekly rather than daily chore for most users.

Do not buy it if discs are part of the destruction list - it has no optical rating, and the HSM Pure 420 cross-cut (P-4 with an O-3 class) is the smallest Pure that covers both. Do not buy it if you need speed above security: the HSM Pure 320 strip-cut does 17 to 19 sheets in the identical cabinet, at P-2. And if your policy calls for P-5 or higher, no Pure 320 variant reaches it; the Pure 420 and 530 offer a 1.9 x 15 mm P-5 head in Europe and the HSM SECURIO range covers high-security work properly. Tabloid and A3 do not fit a 230 mm throat - that needs the Pure 530.