It is Excessively NOISY compared with other Fellowes shredders I previously owned.

The downfall it is extremely loud compared to other shredders

It's very noisy compared to the Staples MailMate that I used before

Very loud compared to other shredders I have used.

Seems to do its job so far but it is a little noisy compared to my previous shredder (which I would have purchased but it is no longer manufactured).

I noticed it stop taking the paper as fast as it once did, so I took it apart.

Works as I expected.

My replacement showed up a week later and it's died as

I forgot to pay attention to look at how long I should use before break... so after ~ 15 minutes of continuous shredding, my shredder went straight to the e-waste stack right after