I've used this product for several hours over a couple weeks now and it does a good job shredding/mulching dried leaves and small twigs and branches. I wanted an electric shredder because I'm tired of the maintenance and smell of gas engine equipment (yes, I also have an EV...) The motor and blades are strong - I read reviews that complained about the "weed whip" systems in other products and am glad i got this.I had to order the product twice; for some reason my first order was never delivered by Amazon, who noticed and credited me without me asking - but strange and not so great experience.Here's how I used it - I collect the leaves and whatever else is still on the lawn with my yard tractor (Husqvarna) that has three large collection bags on the back, 9 cu ft, I think. I drive over to the shredder and slowly empty each bag - you need to avoid going too quickly or it will stall. Since the leaf matter that I am putting into the shredder has already been through my lawn mower attachment, I only mulch leaves, a bit of grass and small twigs and branches. The out slot for this is a metal grate that is made to avoid someone putting their hands into it as that is where the blades are. It's easy to image that if the leaves are wet, the "grate" will clog despite the strong wind generated by the blades to blow out the stuff after shredding . I've seen complaints about certain types of leaves, but our yard has Maple, Oak, Tulip, Hickory, Magnolia, and Beech leaves, all of which shred just fine as long as they are dry. If you have a lot of White Pine needles, I can imagine they may at least partially clog the out feed; presumably the stems of some leaves may do the same, but it has not been my experience so far. I check it each time I empty the bag and remove anything that may be stuck in the grate.I have seen various comments about people using different methods to collect what comes out after shredding (e.g., garbage cans, recycling bins, etc.) and I've tried those but nothing really works too well. The legs prevent installing anything that will reach under the shredder and the wind velocity created by the blades is like a strong fan so I have not been able to find anything that can properly catch the output; I've gone back to the bag that is supplied. As long as it's not too full, it works reasonably well but be ready to have a pile of mulched material flying about the base of the shredder.This is why I gave it 4 stars because otherwise, it works as advertised though I have not checked the claim that it reduces 13:1 but three yard tractor collection bags are significantly reduced in volume and will fit in the one bag supplied with the shredder . We use the shredded leaves that come out as mulch for the winter around our garden plants; they are fine enough that I expect them to compost almost completely before next spring, which does not happen in my compost bin with unshredded leaves.

I ordered this mulcher in July but didn't have occasion to use it until October. It worked fine for about 15 minutes. Then it started shutting off. I read you should let it "rest" after 20 minutes of use. I did that. From that point on it runs for about 15 seconds then shuts off, whether it has leaf material in it or not. I've followed all the guidelines in the manual and on Amazon troubleshooting. I called the manufacturer help number(which is on a sticker on the machine)twice, had to leave messages, with no response. I sent a message to the manufacturer via Amazon and received a reply that they were busy moving warehouses and would contact me using the phone number I provided. This is the message I received from the manufacturer:Oct 5, 2023 12:15 PMHello,Thank you for reaching out to us. I do apologize for the delay as well. We have been in the middle of a warehouse move so we have been quite busy! If you would like to leave a good number to reach you at however, I would be happy to give you a call to get this situated.Best regards,BlakeI received no further communication from the manufacturer. Now I have a 50 pound orange piece of metal that doesn't work. SuperHandy they are not!

I use this to shred all the ornamental grasses I have in my landscape and I have lots of it. It does the job really well. It's best when the material is nice and dry. Wet material, even a little amount, bogs it down and clogs the wide mouth screen at the discharge port. Over 2 days, this machine never stalled on me once. Not once. And I got 4 bags of awesome mulch for free, using the bag that came with it which is probably the size of 2 bags store-bought mulch. I grab a sheaf of 6 foot tall switchgrass in one hand, so maybe 3-4 inches in diameter, and feed it slowly into the blades, holding it until there's only about a foot and a half of the length left, then let the rest get sucked into the blades. This avoids the possibility of the grass wrapping around the blades. Shorter grasses, like prairie dropseed and autumn moor grass, I sprinkle in and it gets shredded without any trouble. I had about 15 stands of switchgrass piled up. Some of it was wet in the middle after being rained on. I spread it out and let the sun dry it out quick. There were some wet leaves mixed in which bogged the motor down a bit but I don't think that's a dealbreaker by any means. Feed it slowly and steadily and reap free mulch. I stopped at one point to clear the discharge screen after it got clogged with the little bit of wet material I did attempt to send through. I also used it for a plant called amsonia hubricthii that shreds into a fibrous cottony material, but it gets stuck in the blade bin corners. I opted to burn the rest of that plant material. Also shredded dead annual and perennial flowers. It didn't come with a push tool like it says it does. It's sturdy and lightweight enough to move around easily and fits in a corner of my garage. Assembly wasn't too bad but I had to figure out which size wrench I needed to tighten the bolts (5/16th) and those nuts that have plastic in the center (10mm). The picture for attaching the wheels is misleading, the sequence of pin, washer, wheel, washer and cap is wrong. Took me 10 minutes to sort that out but I think I got it right. It should be washer, wheel, washer, pin, cap. I have 3 tools now that I use to make my wildlife friendly gardening chores a breeze: a B&D leaf vac/mulcher with backpack collection bag for oak leaves (you gotta get the backpack style), and it does shred wet material fairly easily. A Ryobi cordless battery grass shear that works on everything but woody plants (I love this one, cuts through plants like butter and the battery lasts forever), and now this shredder mulcher. Right tool for the job is key. Everything gets recycled and stays on the property. I feel efficient, capable and proud of a job well-done. I don't have to move huge piles of plant debris into heaps on the curb and wait for it to be collected. I don't have to buy heavy, expensive, unsustainable plastic bags of mulch or have mountains of it dropped in my driveway for shoveling. Ugh (been there, done that). For reference, I'm a 65 year-old female and capable of some relatively heavy chores (5'6', 145 pounds) but prefer to make these chores something I don't dread.