HSM SECURIO P36i 1/8 Inch Strip Cut Document Shredder - HSM1850

The SECURIO P36i in 3.9 mm strip cut is the volume workhorse of the P36i range: it takes 34 to 36 sheets in a single pass and empties into a 145-litre bin, but it only reaches security level P-2. What separates it from its 5.8 mm sibling (article 1851121) is a narrower strip — same P-2 rating, slightly finer waste, nine fewer sheets per pass. Buy it when throughput and running cost matter more than the destruction standard.

Key Features

• 34–36 sheets per pass through a 330 mm throat, so a stack of A4 or letter-size paper goes in without splitting it into handfuls.
• 145-litre bin on a wheeled cabinet — the whole machine rolls to the point of use rather than living next to a desk.
• Automatic start/stop. The rollers engage when paper is fed and stop when the throat clears; EcoSmart standby drops draw to 0.1 W.
• Paper-jam prevention. The control electronics detect an over-thick feed and back the sheets out before the head stalls.
• Induction-hardened solid steel cutting rollers that take staples and paper clips in their stride, covered for the life of the machine.
• Safety element across the intake that halts the feed under light pressure.
• Quiet enough for an open-plan floor: HSM measures approximately 55 dB(A) at idle.

Specifications

What's in the Box

The shredder arrives fully assembled on its wheeled cabinet with the reusable collection insert already fitted in the 145-litre bin, plus the mains lead and operating manual. Disposable plastic shredder sacks are not included, and the P36i is not designed around them — HSM's bin uses a reusable corrugated insert, sold separately as a replacement under part HSM1850BOX (it also fits the P40i and the 940 series).

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

Buy the 3.9 mm P36i if you shred high volumes of routine internal paperwork — delivery notes, drafts, duplicate print runs — and your retention policy does not specify a DIN class above P-2. It is the cheapest way to move a lot of paper through a departmental machine.

Do not buy it for personal data. P-2 leaves 3.9 mm strips that carry whole lines of text, and most GDPR-style and HIPAA-adjacent internal policies call for P-4 or finer. If that is your situation, step up to the P36i 4.5 x 30 mm (article 1853121, P-4), which still handles 27–29 sheets per pass. If you need micro-cut, the P40i 1.9 x 15 mm (1882121) is the closest sibling at P-5. And if you simply want the largest bite per pass and do not care about strip width, the 5.8 mm P36i (1851121) does 43–45 sheets for the same security level.