I recently did a "Deal or Dud" segment with Elliot

I compared the hand shredders to an actual paper shredder, and I have to say that I would buy a paper shredder any day!  I found that it was very difficult cutting through several sheets of paper, and a credit card was a challenge.  If you cut through one piece at a time, and mainly focus on the information that you want destroyed it does work.  Don't waste time shredding an entire letter if you only need to destroy a certain name or number.   It is nice to just pop it in a drawer, and the price is right!