Name: Dahle 20390 Level P-2 Strip Cut High Capacity Paper Shredder
Brand: Dahle
SKU: DA20390

Product Description

In today's society there's nothing more critical than the accumulation of large volumes of confidential waste. A company's financial records, health information or personnel records can be seen by all if not shredded immediately. This Dahle High Capacity Shredder is just the tool to destroy large quantities of paper in a short amount of time. The Dahle 20390 has a 16" feed opening and can shred up to 55/60 sheets of paper at a time. This machine is driven by a powerful 2?/2 horsepower motor and is designed to shred between 12,000 and 28,000 sheets of paper per day. It features full electronic capabilities including such safety features as automatic shutoff when the door is open and auto reverse to prevent an overfeed. Housed in a wooden cabinet with casters, this rather stout machine is easy to move and position in its place of operation. This machine fits nicely in company mail rooms or any other centralized location where large amounts of shredded material is taken. Expensive shredding services are no longer needed with the ability to hold 50 gallons of shredded confidential waste. Not to mention the confidence in knowing your documents are immediately destroyed and can no longer be seen by others.

Product Details

Actual Machine Dimensions (L x W x H): 24.5" x 27.5" x 46.75"
Actual Machine Weight: 337 lb
Shipping Length: 33.5"
Shipping Length: 35.5"
Shipping Height: 35.5"
Shipping (Web) Weight: 530 lb

Specifications

Chain driven providing slip free power
Fully Automatic Operation
Shred Size: 1/4" Strip Cut - Security P-2 (Old Level 2)
Feed Width: 16"
Capacity (#20 / #16 Paper ): 55 Sheet Capacity
Speed: 22 ft/min
Motor: 2 1/2 Hp 115V
Waste Bin: 50 Gal
Waste Bag: 706
Shred Box: 739
Weight: 323 lbs
Dimensions: 46 1/2" x 27 1/2" x 24"
Manufacturer's Warranty: Lifetime Manufacturer's Warranty on Cutting Cylinders, 2 Year on Parts, and Labor

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Feed Width	16"	16"	16"	16"	17"	17"
Capacity #20 / #16	55 / 60	25 / 30	38 / 43	Up to 18	85 / 100	65 / 85
Security Level	P-2	P-5	P-4	P-7	P-2	P-3
Shred Type	Strip-Cut	Micro-Cut	Cross-Cut	Cross-Cut	Strip-Cut	Cross-Cut
Shred Size	1/4"	1/13" x 9/16"	1/8" x 1 9/16"	1mm x 4.7mm	1/4"	1/8" x 3 1/8"
Waste Volume	50 gal	50 gal	50 gal	50 gal	50 gal	50 gal
Speed feet/min	22 f/m	22 f/m	22 f/m	35 f/m	41 f/m	42 f/m
Decibel Level	60 dB	60 dB	64 dB	56 dB	67 dB	67 dB
Dimensions	46 1/2" x 27 1/2" x 24"	46 1/2" x 27 1/2" x 24"	46 1/2" x 27 1/2" x 24"	46 1/2" x 27 1/2" x 24"	63 5/8" x 28 3/4" x 29 3/4"	63 5/8" x 28 3/4" x 29 3/4"
Weight	323 lbs	328 lbs	328 lbs	228 lbs	717 lbs	717 lbs
Special Features
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Clean TEC®
Safe tech
ESP
Auto Oiler		✔	✔	✔
Oil Free

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Dahle 20390 High Capacity Shredder Review

The Dahle 20390 is a high capacity shredder designed for use in the busiest offices and mail rooms, and anywhere else that large volumes of documents need to be destroyed on a regular basis. In the following review, we take a close look at this machine and present you with a list of what we consider to be its strengths and weaknesses.

Strengths:

The 20390 comes promised as a high capacity shredder, and it certainly is that. This machine can shred an astounding 60 sheets of paper at one time, and an equally impressive 28,000 sheets a day, thanks to the high volume, continuous use 2 ½ HP motor. There are few, if any, machines on the market with that kind of capability.
The 20390 features a nice wide 16" feed opening. This will get you through not only the vast majority of shred jobs (letter and legal size sheets), but can reasonably accommodate any if not all irregular sized documents as well, including computer printouts that contain sensitive data.
The operation of the 20390 is fully automatic, and gives you three options for mode of operation: auto on/off, continuous run, and reverse. The control panel is easy to use, and it is always easy to tell what mode the machine is in at any given time.
This machine includes some nice safety features. If the door to the shred bin is opened, for instance, the machine will shut off automatically. Also, there is an auto reverse function in the unlikely event there is an over feed.
This appears to us to be an extraordinarily well-built machine, and should provide you with years of service. The cutting heads are made of high-quality German steel and are guaranteed for the life of the machine. This is a fairly large machine, but the footprint isn't unreasonably high, and it should fit nicely into a larger business' mail room or wherever you take your shredding material. We also really appreciated that the 20390 comes on wheels, so you can move it around if need be. Pretty handy for a machine that weighs in at a hefty 400 lbs.

Weaknesses:

The one glaring weakness of the 20390 is that it is a mere quarter-inch strip cut shredder, and thus does not offer you what could be considered a terribly high level of security. It would be best suited for shredding sensitive (as opposed to confidential or secret) documents. This is, however, the same level of security that is offered by many outside shredding services, and you can do just as well, and save a great deal of money over a relatively short period of time, by doing your own in house shredding with a machine like the 20390.
Though the footprint, as we said, is pretty reasonable for such a high capacity machine, you will need to make sure that you have the room to keep the 20390 in a dedicated location. Though, as previously mentioned, it does come with wheels, you will not want to be put in the position of having to move this machine around too often, if you can help it. You will also want to make sure that you have the appropriate electrical power installed before this machine arrives.
You may want to consider placing this shredder in its own room or in an industrial location. This is an industrial shredder and as such is not going to be as quiet as most of the Dahle office series shredders. You will need to keep that in mind before placing a shredder like this in the middle of your quiet office environment.

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