HSM Pure 830 3/16 x 1 1/8 Cross Cut Document Shredder - HSM2383

If there is one machine in the Pure range that resolves the usual trade-off between security and speed, it is this one. Thirty-three to thirty-five sheets a pass at DIN 66399 P-4 is a strip-cut sheet rating with a particle-cut output, and the 1,920 W motor is what makes it possible.

For comparison within its own family: the Pure 630 and Pure 740 produce identical 4.5 x 30 mm particles and manage 20 to 22 sheets on 700 W. The Pure 830 does the same job at roughly 60 percent higher throughput. What you give up for it is a narrower 330 mm throat than the 740's 400 mm, about 5 dB(A) more noise, and a demanding electrical supply.

Key Features

• 33 to 35 sheets at 80 g/m2, at P-4. The highest particle-cut sheet rating in the Pure range by a wide margin.
• 1,920 W motor. Nearly three times the power of the 700 W Pure 630 and 740, which is the entire reason the sheet count is what it is.
• 4.5 x 30 mm particles, 135 mm2. Inside the 160 mm2 DIN 66399 sets as the P-4 ceiling, classified E-3|F-1|O-3|P-4|T-4.
• 150 litre bin, about 1,860 shredded sheets. Comparable collection to the Pure 740's bin, in a cabinet 40 mm narrower.
• Rated for cards, discs, film and magnetic media. Staples and paper clips pass through the induction-hardened rollers without preparation.
• Continuous-duty design with full-bin cut-out. Automatic start/stop, standby, overload protection on the feed and a wide cabinet door for bag changes.

Specifications

What's in the Box

Floor cabinet with wooden base on castors, removable collecting bag frame, wide door opening, power lead. Waste bags are not included; the bin takes a 150 litre liner. There is no automatic oiler option on the Pure 830, so manual lubrication of the particle-cut head needs to be somebody's named responsibility - order shredder oil or oil sheets at the same time.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

This is the machine for a department that has standardised on P-4 and shreds enough that the 20-sheet ceiling on the Pure 630 and 740 has become annoying. Fifteen to thirty people can share it comfortably. It is also the sensible central machine for a floor that wants one shredder rather than three.

Three reasons to choose something else. Electrical supply: 1,920 W at 120 V is about 16 A, which needs a dedicated circuit - if you cannot provide one, the 700 W Pure 740 is the pragmatic answer at 21 to 22 sheets. Throat width: at 330 mm this is 70 mm narrower than the Pure 740, so if oversized or folded documents are routine, the 740 is easier to live with. Lubrication: with no oiler option here, a shared 830 depends on someone remembering, whereas the Pure 740 with external automatic oiler does not. If your policy specifies P-5 rather than P-4, the Pure 830 1.9 x 15 mm is this same chassis at 19 to 21 sheets.