Kobra vs Ideal Paper ShredderÂ
Buying a paper shredder or any other piece of office equipment shouldn’t be treated as if it were a matter of life and death. It seems easy enough: find a machine that fits your budget, buy it, and you’re ready to start shredding. However, things aren’t quite that simple.
You should know your available choices. What functions are most useful, and how to determine them in advance based on the materials you plan to shred.
Here, we look at two popular types of paper shredders: the Kobra and the Ideal.
Kobra
Kobra shredders are the best option for securing all of your sensitive paper documents. Designed and built in Italy, these shredders are renowned all over the globe for their superior craftsmanship, exceptional longevity, and cutting-edge features. Kobra Shredders can be used to destroy information stored on paper, credit cards, hard drives, film, and optical media.
The company provides various shredders to meet the needs of its customers, including those for personal use, small, medium, and large offices, as well as for industrial use and for digital media.
Kobra’s three cutting-edge product lines—the Classic Line, the Industrial Line, and the Touch Screen Line of Shredders—are all game-changers in their respective industries. To meet the needs of a wide range of customers, each product line offers a unique set of features and benefits, including simplified shredding.
Some of the advanced features of these machines include motors that can run nonstop for 24 hours, energy efficiency, touch screens, smart control panels, jam reversing, self-oiling mechanisms, and metal detectors.
Kobra Cyclone Shredder
Kobra Cyclone is an excellent industrial shredder that integrates a number of different methods of security into a single unit. Kobra Cyclone has four distinct shred sizes that correspond to Security Levels P-2, P-3, P-4, and P-5 thanks to its alternating cutting screens. Screens like these can be stored neatly in the shredder’s motor housing. You can adjust the level of protection by changing the screens and selecting a different shred size if necessary.
Paper, credit cards, optical media discs, plastic bottles, carton boxes, and aluminium cans are no match for the high-power rotating blades and turbine power. In addition, a built-in hoover system makes for a less dusty and dirtier experience overall.
The high volume shredder can process up to 190 kilogrammes of paper per hour and has a cutting capacity of up to 500 sheets per cycle. In addition, the cutting shafts are kept well-lubricated by the automatic oiler that is integrated into the design.
Ideal
The document shredders from IDEAL are high-quality imports from Germany. All of the paper cutters in the line are exceptionally well-made, dependable, and durable. They are user-friendly and incredibly secure. The IDEAL paper shredders are durable and easy to use because they were made with the user’s experience in mind at every stage of development. Features such as the safety protection system and the Easy Switch have revolutionised workplace safety and user friendliness.Â
When it comes to confidential information, Ideal has more than 40 different document shredder models to choose from. The Ideal line of shredders includes models for desktop, office, and industrial use.
The most ideal document shredders are small enough to fit on a desk, yet effective enough to protect sensitive information  —  be it at home, behind your own desk or in your office. These gadgets are low-noise, simple to operate, and flexible enough to fit in any office, no matter how compact.
Because of their convenience and ease of use, the office shredder line models are best placed in a central location in large offices, open floor plans, or on each floor of the building, such as by the copier. When multiple people in an office need to use the document shredder, its obvious that it needs to be user-friendly. Another deciding factor for a central shredder that can meet the needs of everyone is a generous shredding width of up to 400 mm.
All the high capacity industrial shredders in the Ideal range can be run nonstop, and even the most basic model can handle the daily paper shredding needs of an entire office. In fact, even crumpled paper can be shredded by these high-powered machines with convenient feeders. With guaranteed high security, the best document shredder can process up to 700 pages at once and destroy entire ring binders, including their clips.
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Ideal 5009-2CC
Perfect for complete lever arch files and extremely large quantities.
The shredder’s feeding area features an electronic safety guard and a large feeding table with a conveyor belt. Conveyor belts allow the shredder’s output to be increased by a factor of two without requiring the removal of the full plastic bag.
The conveniently located control panel features forward/stop/reverse push buttons as well as optical indicators for the shredder’s current status. The high-quality, tempered steel cutters allow for the complete destruction of lever arch files, metal parts and all. The cutting tools are guaranteed for two years at an extra cost.
This high-capacity shredder comes standard with a centralised oiler for effortless lubrication of the cutting head. The electronic lock on the shredder’s back door ensures that the shred trolley can be removed from the machine without incident.
To find out more about our range of shredders for sale, get in touch with a consultant online. We also offer SME finance options to assist small and medium companies to operate efficiently. If you’re in need of shredder rentals or shredding services, we will gladly advise and give you a free quote.
