GBC AutoFeed+ Home Office Shredder, 100X, Super Cross-Cut, P-4, 100 Sheets

The AutoFeed+ 100X is the value entry to GBC's auto-feed range: load 100 sheets into the hopper, close the lid, and the machine feeds and destroys them without anyone standing over it. It is mechanically the twin of the AutoFeed+ 100M - same 9-gallon bin, same 20-minute run time, same 15 by 17 inch footprint - and differs in exactly one respect, the cutting head. The 100X produces 5/32 x 1 3/16 inch particles, which is DIN 66399 level P-4.

Key Features

• 100-sheet automatic hopper. The reason to buy an auto-feed shredder at all: paper gets destroyed because nobody has to feed it by hand.
• P-4 security, roughly 120 mm2 per particle. P-4 is the standard commercial level for confidential business records, comfortably inside the 160 mm2 the class permits.
• Eight-sheet manual feed slot - two more than the 100M manages - for single sheets, cards and creased paper.
• Accepts staples, paper clips and credit cards, so mail and old cards need no pre-sorting.
• 55 dB operation, quiet enough to run beside a desk while you work.
• Compact 15 x 17 x 21 inch cabinet with a 9-gallon pull-out bin, sized for a home office or a small workspace.
• 20 minutes of run time, matched to the hopper capacity.

Specifications

A note on the term micro-cut. ACCO's own literature describes the 100X as micro-cut while also rating it P-4. Under DIN 66399 a particle of roughly 4 x 30 mm belongs to the cross-cut classes, P-3 and P-4; micro-cut begins at P-5, where particles must be 30 mm2 or smaller. Both statements about this machine are true in their own terms, but if your procurement specification says micro-cut and means P-5, the 100X will not satisfy it - the AutoFeed+ 100M will. We have classified it by the DIN standard rather than the marketing term so it files correctly.

What's in the Box

Shredder with auto-feed hopper, 9-gallon pull-out bin and power cord. Shred bags are not included, and ACCO publishes no bag part number for this bin.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

The 100X is the right pick for a home office or small workspace where the goal is that confidential paper actually gets shredded rather than piling up in a box. P-4 meets the ordinary commercial standard for business records, and at this price the automatic hopper is the feature that changes behaviour. If nobody has specified a security level to you in writing, this is very likely enough.

Do not buy it if a policy, a client contract or a regulator has named P-5 or micro-cut in the strict DIN sense. The AutoFeed+ 100M is the identical machine with a 2 x 15 mm head at P-5 - same hopper, same bin, same footprint - and is the direct answer. Do not buy it for volume either: 100 sheets and a 9-gallon bin is a personal-scale machine, and the 150X, 230X and 300X step up through the same P-4 cut with larger hoppers and bins. And if several people will use it through the day, an auto-feed desktop unit is the wrong category - a continuous-duty cabinet such as the CX22-44 is built for that.