HSM SECURIO P44i 1/4 Inch Strip Cut Department Document Shredder - HSM1871

Article 1871 is the fastest P44i HSM builds. Its 5.8 mm strip head clears 77 to 79 sheets of 80 g/m² paper in a single pass - roughly a quarter more than the 3.9 mm 1870 and nearly double the P-4 cross-cut 1873. That speed comes from a deliberately coarse cut, and the trade-off is stated plainly below: at DIN 66399 P-2 this machine is a bulk paper reducer, not a data-protection control.

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

• 77-79 sheets per pass at 80 g/m² - the highest published capacity in the P44i range. A full ream goes through in about seven passes.
• 5.8 mm strip head - wide strips mean low motor load, so the machine runs cool and quietly at high volume rather than labouring.
• 400 mm intake with no folding required - drawings, ledger sheets and A3 printouts go in flat.
• Rated for staples, clips, credit cards, CDs/DVDs, USB sticks and floppy disks - HSM assigns O-2 and T-2 alongside the P-2 paper rating.
• 54.2-gallon cabinet on casters - roll it to the recycling point rather than carrying sacks.
• Lifetime cutting-roller warranty - in force for this P-2 machine.

Specifications

A note on the model name: this article is widely listed as a "1/4 inch" strip cut. One quarter inch is 6.35 mm; HSM's own figure is 5.8 mm (0.23 in). Use 5.8 mm if you are documenting the machine against a written retention or destruction policy.

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 your problem is measured in banker's boxes. Warehouse pick tickets, expired catalogs, misprinted stock, superseded drawings, end-of-term coursework - material where the requirement is "destroy it and recover the fibre", not "make it unreadable to a determined party". The 1871 clears that work faster per dollar of electricity than anything else in the family.

Do not buy it if a compliance officer will ever ask what security level you shred at. P-2 permits particles up to 800 mm²; whole lines of text survive on a 5.8 mm strip. For any personal, financial or health information, the SECURIO P44i 1873 (P-4, 43-45 sheets) is the minimum sensible choice and the 1875 (P-6, 17-19 sheets) is the high-security option. If you want P-2 speed with a slightly narrower strip, the 1870 gives 3.9 mm at 61-63 sheets.