If you have young kids around, this is a great safety feature.

This shredder is super quiet and goes to sleep to save power (you would not know since using it never seems to take any time), and the smart touch sensor stops if your hands touch the metal around the opening (a nice safety feature).

Can handle heavy duty paper, cardboard boxes <like the ones Amazon uses>, 15+ pages, quiet, excellent safety features, micro-cut is tiny, really tiny, large bin and good price.

To pull the machine out was very simple, Fellowes added a handle slot at the rear so you can pull from there as well as from the waste basket handle to lift this from the box.