Shredders turn branches, shrubs and twigs into mulch or valuable raw material for compost. However, only 7 of the 18 appliances tested in the Stiftung Warentest shredder test are good. At least some of them are inexpensive models. Three roller shredders did not pass the durability test...

You get the feeling that a jet plane is taking off when you start up the shredder. On the other hand, the Einhell shredder shreds just about everything that comes under its blade and does so very well. In terms of price, this shredder is a real value-for-money buy.

This model stands out above all because it can process all materials very effectively. At the end of the shredding process, only chips with sizes of 10-145 millimetres remain, so that the processed material can be used, for example, as mulch to protect parts of the garden from winter temperatures...