Best Paper Shredders of 2025

The records you accumulate can contain sensitive data like your Social Security number, credit card and bank account details, and private medical information. A high-quality paper shredder will speedily cut through those stacks of paper, turning them into illegible strips.

It’s also nice if your shredder doesn’t take up too much space and works quietly enough to avoid waking everyone in the house.

We put 14 popular paper shredders to the test in Consumer Reports’ independent labs, feeding paper into models by brands like Amazon Basics, Fellowes, and Wolverine to determine which have the power and features needed to shred the most paper in the most secure way.