Garden Shredder

Do you have a garden shredder/composter, I am looking for one for branches up to 40mm?
Any ideas please to which one I should buy?

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We have a Draper, and they are supposed to cut up to 40mm but hubby is a bit dubious about that size. 25mm or 30mm easily
They are brilliant for making mulch for spreading on the borders.

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We have a Bosch and it's given good service for years, but like Jan said, 40mm is a tough ask for a domestic sized machine so it may be worth taking professional advice at a specialist garden machinery outlet....

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There are two types of machine. The first I will call the Bosch type, these mince the branches and stems using intermeshing cutters , rather like the old fashioned mincing machine. They are not noisy and last a long time. The other type I will call the DIY store cheapie ( Virtually all other than Bosch) These have a fast spinning cutter inside to smash the wood to shreds, they are horribly noisy and do not last very long.

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Hello and welcome Eric, thank you for your input, it is very hard to choose a shredder without seeing them working.
I am obviously looking for one that minces rather than chips, I believe they are the ones with the roller cutters, I have tried to find out which ones to look at, I shall probably go to somewhere like B & Q to see them first, then try and find someone who has one I could see working.

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I can advise that I have a Bosch one I bought a good few years back and have abused it mercilessly , when I was making paper logs for the wood burning stove I rolled up several hundred newspapers and pushed them through to shred them together with shrub branches. Took it all in it's stride.

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I have ordered the Bosch 2200 like you and Barry, should get it on Thursday from down South.
Takes some beating this Internet, no delivery charge, and cheapest I could find.

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Mine's a Bosch AXT 220 Arthur, one of the quietest ones as it rotates slowly but very powerfully and can shred material up to around 40mm....

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Shredder arrived yesterday along with the Garotta, today should be the incinerator and the agitator, then all I am waiting for is the composters, then Wrinklys Garden Composters Ltd. can be launched.

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What no update on the new toy ???