Garden shredders are highly useful for just anyone who loves gardening as a job or as a hobby. It can easily make small branches, twigs, and leaves into mulch or into small shreds that will compost rapidly. Garden Shredders are also efficient to use since it cuts time, effort and trips to the landfill. However, before even thinking of buying a shredder there are a couple of things you should consider.

Types of blades and noise levels: Quiet shredders, also called, as silent garden shredders are the most recent models. It uses a different cutting mechanism that usually feeds automatically as their turning cogs pull the material into the shredded to be crushed and the cut as opposed to the noisy garden shredders. These types of shredders are the cheaper models; it works by using a spinning blade to do the chopping.

Electric Shredders or Petrol Shredders? If you prefer a more cost efficient shredder then you might want an electric garden shredder, as it does not require the use of petrol saving you more money. However, it is classified as a medium power range of garden shredders, you also need to be certain that the cable is long enough to reach the area where you would be doing your shredding. Petrol shredders allows you to move freely around your garden at the same time one of the most powerful shredders available in the market. Most petrol shredders are costly but it surely worth buying because of the quality of the cuttings it can produce. The only disadvantage of a petrol garden shredder is maintenance, it needs more attention in cleaning and constant refilling of petrol.

Types and sizes of garden waste: There are several types of garden wastes branches from hedges, leaves, twigs and even kitchen wastes like vegetables which can be shredded. When looking for a garden shredder the blurb will typically indicate what size of twigs or branches you are allowed to feed into the shredder.

Purpose of the garden shredder: Is it for compost making? You must realize that a garden shredder will not make compost but it will increase efficiency when chopping your garden wastes into smaller bits that can lead to faster decomposition. You must carefully read the description of the model you are planning to purchase since some quiet garden shredder models can yield larger shreds than which takes longer composting time.