HSM SECURIO P44i 1/32 x 7/16 Cross Cut Document Shredder - HSM1875

Article 1875 is the high-security member of the P44i family: a 0.78 x 11 mm micro cut that meets DIN 66399 P-6, on the same departmental cabinet as its P-2 and P-4 siblings. The distinguishing fact is not the cut alone but the combination - very few machines offer P-6 behind a 400 mm intake and a 54.2-gallon cabinet, which is what makes this a department-scale high-security shredder rather than a desk-side one. The price is throughput: 17 to 19 sheets of 80 g/m² paper per pass.

Every P44i shares the same cabinet and drivetrain: a 15.75-inch (400 mm) intake that swallows letter, legal and A3 sheets without folding, a 54.2-gallon (205 L) pull-out collection cabinet, a 1,900 W IntelligentDrive motor, and a touch display that reports bin status and jams in plain language. Idle noise is quoted at roughly 55 dB(A). The cabinet measures 27.56 x 23.31 x 43.5 inches (700 x 592 x 1105 mm), so it clears a standard 36-inch doorway on its casters but needs a dedicated footprint rather than a corner of a copy room. What changes from article to article is the cutting head - and that is the only thing you actually need to decide.

Key Features

• DIN 66399 P-6 micro cut at 0.78 x 11 mm - 8.58 mm² particles, well inside the 10 mm² P-6 ceiling and under the 1 mm width limit.
• Full E-5, F-3 and T-6 ratings - electronic media, microfilm and other data carriers are rated near the top of their scales, not just paper.
• 2,044-sheet collection capacity - HSM publishes an actual sheet figure for this head, because micro-cut waste packs tightly into the 205 L cabinet.
• 400 mm intake at P-6 - legal and A3 documents feed flat, which is unusual at this security level and removes the folding step that slows high-security shredding.
• Integrated automatic oiler - a micro-cut head is far more sensitive to lubrication than a strip cut. Automating it is the single biggest reliability factor on this machine.
• 1,900 W IntelligentDrive with EcoSmart 0.1 W standby - the same drive as the lower-security models, working harder for each sheet.

Specifications

Collection capacity for this head is quoted by HSM at 2,044 sheets.

One point of vocabulary: this article is listed in US catalogs as a "cross cut". At 0.78 x 11 mm it is properly a micro-cut - DIN 66399 places P-5, P-6 and P-7 in the micro-cut band, and P-6 requires both a particle area of 10 mm² or less and a width of 1 mm or less. A 0.78 x 11 mm particle is 8.58 mm² and 0.78 mm wide, so it meets both tests. This is a common mislabel worth catching: the same cut is frequently and wrongly published as P-5.

What's in the Box

The P44i ships as one assembled unit: shredder head mounted on its collection cabinet, power cord and operating manual. HSM classes the reusable collecting bag and the P44i cardboard collection box as consumables, which means they are ordered separately - no bags or boxes are included with the machine. Budget for a starter supply with the initial order so the cabinet is usable on day one. Freight is curbside on a pallet unless you arrange inside delivery; at over 230 lb this is not a two-person carry up a stairwell.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

Buy it if a written policy names P-6, or if you handle trade secrets, legal privilege, R&D material or government contract paperwork where P-4 will not survive an audit. The value here is getting that level on a shared departmental machine instead of forcing a whole floor through a desk-side high-security unit.

Do not buy it if volume is the real problem. Seventeen sheets per pass is a third of what the P-4 1873 manages and under a quarter of the P-2 1871; a department that shreds thousands of sheets a week will feel it every day. Two other honest caveats: HSM's lifetime cutting-roller warranty covers P-2 to P-5 only, so this machine is a warranty downgrade against its siblings, and it carries no O rating - CDs and DVDs are not approved material. If you need P-6 paper and optical media, buy the 1875 with the separate OMDD cutting unit, which adds an O-6 head.