Fellowes LX50 vs LX201 vs LX221

The Fellowes LX50 is suitable for at home or your home office. You can put in 9 sheets of paper at the same time. After shredding for 5 minutes in a row, the shredder needs to cool down for 30 minutes. That makes this paper shredder mostly useful if you want to occasionally shred a document or card. With a 40cm height, the shredder has a compact size. So you can easily store it at home.

With the Fellowes LX201, you get a paper shredder for a small office. You can insert 12 sheets in 1 go. If you shred for 10 minutes in a row, the shredder has to cool down for 15 minutes. With a 53cm height, the shredder is pretty large. This makes it difficult to place on your desk, but you can place it on the floor. And thanks to the wheels on the bottom, you can easily move the shredder.

Are you looking for a paper shredder for a small or medium-sized office? The Fellowes LX221 is a good choice. The LX221 shreds 25 minutes in a row before it needs to cool down. The cooling period is 15 minutes. You can insert up to 20 sheets at the same time. This allows you to shred documents in a productive way. The shredder is 59cm high, so you have to place it on the ground. This shredder also has wheels, which makes it easy to move.

The LX50 shreds 1 A4 sheet into 421 shreds. This means that the paper shredder complies with the DIN P-4 safety level. DIN P-4 is the minimum safety level a paper shredder should comply with according to the General Personal Data Regulation, or GDPR. So when you're working with sensitive personal information of others, you need a paper shredder with at least the DIN P-4 safety level.

With the LX201, your paper shredder meets the DIN P-5 safety level. Your A4 sheet is shredded into over 2000 shreds. This makes your documents irreparable. A paper shredder with at least the DIN P-5 safety level is the safest. Want to safely destroy privacy-sensitive data of your organization or customers? Choose a paper shredder with a DIN P-5 safety level.

The LX221 also has the DIN P-5 safety level. This means you can destroy your documents into irreparable shreds. This shredder also turns A4 sheets into 2000 shreds. This makes this paper shredder suitable for a medium-sized office that deals with a lot of sensitive information. Paper shredders with this safety level are often used by the government or Ministry of Defense. So with this shredder, you can safely destroy documents.

The LX50 is a fairly simple model, but this paper shredder does have some extra functions. The Fellowes LX50 has a useful window in the waste paper basket, so you can easily see how full it is. For extra safety, you can switch on the safety lock when you're not using the shredder. The blades are turned off that way, so you can prevent accidents.

The LX201 has various extra functions. The shredder automatically switches of when you haven't used it for a while, for example. The shredder also has an anti-jam technology to prevent paper jams. The LX201 also has a useful window, so you can see how full the container is. The shredder automatically counts the number of sheets you insert and gives an error when you insert too many sheets at the same time. This also prevents jams. Did your your fingers get too close to the input tray? The shredder automatically stops shredding.

Save energy costs with the energy-saving functions of the LX221. This paper shredder has a standby mode, for example. And if you don't use the shredder for 2 minutes, it automatically switches off. Thanks to the safety function, the blades stop right away if you get too close with your fingers. The anti-jam technology ensures that you don't have to worry about paper jams. This paper shredder also indicates when you've inserted too many sheets of paper into the shredder.