GBC AutoFeed Plus 150M Shredder

Half a step up from the 100M, the AutoFeed+ 150M keeps the same P-5 micro-cut head and the same narrow 15-inch footprint but adds fifty sheets to the hopper, two and a half gallons to the bin and ten minutes to the run time. It is the model to choose when one hopper load per session is not quite enough - a small practice, a two- or three-person office, or a home worker who lets paperwork accumulate for a week before dealing with it.

Key Features

• 150-sheet auto-feed hopper. Fifty percent more per load than the 100M, which in practice is the difference between one loading and two.
• P-5 micro-cut, 2 x 15 mm. Thirty square millimetres per particle - the DIN 66399 P-5 ceiling, and a genuine step above the P-4 that most office shredders offer.
• 30 minutes of continuous run time, matched to the larger hopper so a full load runs through in one go.
• 11.6-gallon bin without widening the cabinet - the 150M is 15 by 17 inches like the 100M, just four inches taller.
• Six-sheet manual slot, 9 inches wide, for one-offs that do not justify opening the hopper.
• Takes staples, paper clips and credit cards without pre-sorting.
• 55 dB, quiet enough to run in an occupied room.

Specifications

ACCO does not publish a basis weight for the auto-feed and manual-feed sheet figures, a shipping weight, or a motor wattage for this model, so those rows are omitted rather than estimated. Sheet ratings in this category are normally quoted on lighter paper than US 20 lb bond.

What's in the Box

Shredder with auto-feed hopper, 11.6-gallon pull-out bin and power cord. Shred bags are not supplied and no bag part number is published for this bin.

Setting It Up and Living With It

The 150M is the same 15 by 17 inch footprint as the 100M but four inches taller, at 25 inches, which is worth checking if it is going under a shelf or a desk return. Leave clearance behind and to the sides for airflow, and keep the front clear so the bin pulls out cleanly.

Day to day, two habits make the most difference. Flatten creased paper before it goes into the hopper, since folds are the single most common cause of misfeeds in any auto-feed shredder. And compress the waste in the bin occasionally - P-5 micro-cut output is fine and slow to settle, so a bin that looks full often is not. Bin liners are the only consumable ACCO expects you to buy, and they are not included with the machine.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

Buy the 150M if you have identified P-5 as your requirement and you shred in weekly batches rather than daily handfuls. The extra hopper capacity and the 30-minute run time mean a week's accumulated paper generally goes in as one load, which is the behaviour that makes an auto-feed shredder worth owning. The taller-but-not-wider cabinet also fits the same desk-side gap as the 100M.

Do not buy it if you only shred a few sheets at a time - the AutoFeed+ 100M is the same machine, same cut, in a shorter cabinet for less money. Do not buy it if your batches are really document-box sized; the 230M and 300M move to a 16-gallon bin and, in the 300M's case, a 60-minute run time, which is a different class of session. And if P-5 is not actually required, the X-series equivalents deliver more sheets per dollar at P-4. Finally, this is not a machine for a shared office floor: no auto-feed desktop shredder is rated for continuous multi-user duty, and a commercial cabinet such as the CX22-44 is the right tool for that.