HSM SECURIO P40i 1/4 Inch Strip Cut Document Shredder - HSM1881

The SECURIO P40i in 5.8 mm strip cut is the volume workhorse of the P40i range: it swallows 56 to 58 sheets of 80 g/m2 paper in a single pass, more than any other P40i configuration, and it is the only one rated DIN 66399 P-2. That is the trade this machine asks you to make. You are buying throughput and running cost, not confidentiality. If the paper leaving your department is internal correspondence, drafts, print overruns and superseded manuals, this is the cheapest way into HSM's departmental chassis. If it carries names, account numbers or medical detail, buy a different P40i.

Key Features

• 56-58 sheets in one pass. Strip cut removes far less material than a particle cut, so the same 1300 W drive handles roughly a 60 percent thicker stack than the P-4 version. Staff stop splitting reams into small handfuls, which is where most shredding time actually goes.
• 330 mm intake. Letter, legal, A4 and A3 fed short edge all clear the throat without folding. Folding is the single biggest cause of jams in shared machines.
• IntelligentDrive with three operating modes. The drive electronics let you bias the machine towards speed, quietness or energy use rather than running one fixed profile.
• Integrated automatic oiler. The cutting rollers are oiled by the machine. There is no manual oiling schedule to forget, which matters on a strip-cut unit that will see heavy duty.
• 4.3-inch touch display. Multi-language menu with plain status messages instead of a row of coloured LEDs you have to look up.
• EcoSmart standby. Standby draw is 0.1 W, so a machine left switched on overnight and at weekends costs effectively nothing.
• Lifetime cutting-roller warranty. The induction-hardened solid steel rollers carry HSM's lifetime warranty at this security level, on top of the 3-year machine warranty.

Specifications

Sheet capacities are HSM's per-model figures at 80 g/m2 A4. HSM's range brochure quotes capacity at 70 g/m2, which reads roughly 15 percent higher, so figures quoted elsewhere may not match.

What's in the Box

The shredder ships as a floor-standing unit with the 145 litre collection container and the integrated automatic oiler already fitted. Collection bags and cardboard disposal boxes are consumables and are not included; order the reusable collecting bag or the P36i/P40i cardboard box separately. Cutting block special oil for refilling the oiler is also a separate order.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

Buy it if your department destroys large quantities of low-sensitivity paper and the bottleneck is how long someone stands at the machine. At 56 to 58 sheets a pass it is roughly twice as fast to load as the 4.5 x 30 mm version.

Do not buy it if the material is covered by HIPAA, GLBA, FERPA or a state breach-notification statute. P-2 produces strips wide enough that reconstruction is a realistic exercise, and most privacy programmes will not accept it for personal data. The SECURIO P40i 4.5 x 30 mm (HSM1883, P-4) is the usual substitute and still manages 34 to 36 sheets; the P44i 1.9 x 15 mm (HSM1872, P-5) is the step up if you want a rating that survives an audit without argument.