GBC TAA Compliant Commercial Shredder, CX34-44, Cross-Cut, 34 Sheets

The CX34-44 is the high-throughput version of GBC's 44-gallon commercial cabinet. Cabinet, 400 mm feed opening, 165-litre bin and P-4 cross-cut security are all identical to the CX22-44 that sits below it; what you are paying for is the pass rate, rated at up to 34 sheets against 22. If a shared shredder in your building has become a queue, that difference is the whole argument for this model.

Key Features

• Up to 34 sheets per pass, roughly half again what the CX22-44 manages on the same footprint. On a machine that several dozen people share, pass rate is what determines whether the shredder gets used or worked around.
• 400 mm feed opening takes letter, legal and A4 flat, and is wide enough to feed unsorted handfuls straight from a document box.
• DIN 66399 P-4 cross-cut. The model is designated CX34-44/P4 in ACCO's own operating manual - the commercial standard for confidential business records.
• Handles staples, paper clips, credit cards and discs, so nothing has to be pre-sorted and expired cards or old media can be destroyed on the same machine.
• 165-litre pull-out bin (about 44 US gallons), taking ACCO shred bags part 1145482 - the same liner as the CX22-44.
• ECC+ capacity control and automatic standby. The LED indicator warns before an overload, and the machine drops to under 1 Wh after 15 idle minutes.
• Two-year warranty on cutters and other parts, per the manufacturer's manual.

Specifications

Two figures are deliberately absent from this table. ACCO does not publish a separate particle dimension for the CX34-44 in the documentation we can verify - the model is designated P-4, which caps particles at 160 mm2 under DIN 66399, but we will not quote an exact cut size we cannot source. The same applies to shipping weight; the CX22-44 on this cabinet is 84 kg, and the CX34-44 will be in that region, but we have no published figure for this model. We would rather leave a row blank than print a number we cannot stand behind.

What's in the Box

Shredder on castered cabinet, pull-out bin and power cord. Shred bags are not included; order ACCO part 1145482. Shredder oil is part 1760049 and is also sold separately.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

This is the right machine for a busy shared floor - twenty-five people and upward - or for a records room where someone periodically works through boxes rather than a day's paperwork. Because the cabinet, bin and bags are identical to the CX22-44, a site already running that model can add or swap in a CX34-44 without changing consumables or rearranging the space.

Do not buy it if the honest volume is a handful of documents a day. The CX22-44 is mechanically the same machine at a lower pass rate and lower price, and paying for 34-sheet capacity you never use is money spent on nothing. Do not buy it if your policy specifies P-5 or higher; P-4 is the commercial baseline, and the CM15-30 at P-5 or the CHS10-30 at P-7 are the machines for that requirement, both with narrower 260 mm throats and much lower pass rates. And if the shredder must live in an open-plan area, under 75 dB will be noticed - the CX40-59 is published at 55 dB with a 59-gallon bin, though it steps down to P-3.