It lasted about 5 minutes of forward shredding thick cardboard and about 10 to 12 sheets of paper and then would not run forwards anymore. It was only made for 5 sheets max. Then I could only run it in reverse but the paper jam would not come out. Then I took it apart and got all of the jammed paper out of it. I tried shredding in reverse again and then the engine sounded like it was not hitting the gears right. So I then took it out behind my giant zipline in the woods and chucked it over the fence. Then I went down my zipline and on half of my slides at my playground! No more 4.50 dollar shredder anymore!!
I have shredded old sunglasses lenses, a balsawood airplane, a piece of rubber, plastic, cardboard, eyeglasses lenses, tons of paper, thin metal, straws, a paintbrush, and foam.
I just was finishing shredding another sunglasses lens in my Royal paper shredder! The paper shredder was struggling so hard and making a lot of crunching and popping noises! So far the paper shredder has not died yet! Yay!
Today I have two chincy lanyards in the shredder now and it was making some loud pops and crunches!
Today i shredded some paper backed bubble wrap! It popped as it was shredded. Yes my royal shredder has still not died yet. It has seen massive abuse and torture. It still keep on shredding!