REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green Reviews

Review score: 9.3 / 10 – Updated May, 2024

Latest Price: £869

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Overall Customer Rating

Overall rating

9.3

9.3 average based on 7 reviews.

How customers rate REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green

Ease of use

9.6

Speed

9.3

Cleaning/maintenance

8.9

Value for money

7.6

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Brand – Rexel
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Summary
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REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green features

	REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green
Bin capacity	115 litres
Feed width	260 mm
Max paper size	A4
Number of sheets in one shred	20 sheets
Other shedding materials	– CDs
Digital display	Yes
Shredding style	Cross cut
Cut size	4 x 40 mm
Duty cycle	Continuous
Shred speed	6.3 metres per minute
Automatic start/stop	Yes
Reverse function	Yes
Easy waste disposal	Yes
Noise level	55 dB
Security level	Medium
Finger safe	Yes
Anti-jam technology	Yes
Other features	– Self clean
Colour	Black
Box contents	– Rexel Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder
Dimensions	890 x 540 x 540 mm (H x W x D)
Weight	70.4 kg
Manufacturer’s guarantee	2 years
Price	£869
Number of Reviews	7
Review Score	9.3 / 10 Average score in category: 8.0 / 10
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Quality

As with any electrical items, it’s particularly important to study the quality of a product before you buy it. This is especially important for Shredders. But when we’re buying online, what can be done to get an idea of a product’s quality?

Our first area to study is normally the features. We’ve given a full list of features for REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green above. This should give you a good idea of how good the product is in terms of features and functionality.

You’re also going to want to know how durable the product is, so here we’d advise taking a look at the materials that the Shredders are made from.

There is also a lot of benefit in checking out the brand of the Shredders. Some brands are known for manufacturing much better quality products. As I’m sure you’re aware, brands like Rexel are really well respected for making great Shredders.

It’s also important to have a good idea of your expectations in terms of quality too. You may not actually be looking for the best quality product if your main goal is to get cheap Shredders. So spend some time considering what’s important to you and think about the areas that you’d be happy to compromise or not.

Comparing Prices

That leads us nicely into price, where we’re going to spend some time looking at the price of REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green and seeing how that compares to other Shredders and also looking at the sort of price you can expect to pay for products from Rexel.

It’s really good at this stage to spend some time just getting an idea of the sort of price you can expect to pay for your Shredders. When you’re spent a bit of time looking at the prices, consider setting yourself a budget.

Setting yourself a budget will really help you to narrow down your search. It can also help you to avoid the slippery slope of buying a really expensive product that perhaps had advanced specifications that you didn’t need or couldn’t actually afford.

The price that we found REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green cheapest in our most recent search was at Currys and cost just £869.

Customers are obviously impressed with the value of REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green as they’ve rated it in terms of value for money at: 7.6 out of 10.

How much do Shredders cost on average?

We searched for all of the Shredders that we could find at Currys. In total we found 29 different products available.

The average price of Shredders was £461.47, which makes REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green above average in terms of price.

We also thought it would be useful for you to know how much the price of Shredders can vary. Of the 29 products we found, the lowest cost that we found was £12.99 and the highest price we saw was £1909.00.

In the Shredders category, 5 products cost more than REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green and 23 cost less.

How much are Rexel Shredders?

Next up we thought it would be useful to narrow down our search a bit more and only look at Shredders made by Rexel. We managed to find 22 options at Currys.

The average price of these 22 products was £553.99. With the cheapest coming in at £12.99 and most expensive currently showing as £1909.00. Based on this price analysis it shows that REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green is above average against other Rexel Shredders.

REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green Reviews

Reviews are without question your best piece of information when researching a product to buy online. We love customer reviews especially, as they’re not incentivised and just written by genuine customers.

We also love customer reviews because many of them will be from customers who have been using the product for some time. We found 7 reviews for . So we’d strongly recommend you head over there and take the time to read plenty of the reviews to get a real feel for whether REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green is just what you’re after.

REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green has a customer review score of 9.6 and our review score is 8.8 out of 10. The average review score in the Shredders category is 8.0 with an average of 106 reviews for each product. The average customer review score for products from Rexel is 7.9 based on an average of 82 reviews per product. So you’re definitely going to be in safe hands if you do choose to buy REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green

The other useful source of reviews is expert reviews. Whilst these won’t give you as much user feedback as the customer reviews, it does mean that you’re getting some expert opinions on the Shredders. Companies like TechRadar are really well known for providing great reviews.

It’s also worth exploring other product options and reading their reviews. Just some of the products that we liked are REXEL Auto+ 600X Cross Cut Paper Shredder reviews, REXEL Auto+ 300M Micro Cut Paper Shredder reviews or REXEL Auto+ 300X Cross Cut Shredder reviews. Or something a little different could be a product like REXEL Mercury RDX1850 Cross Cut Paper Shredder reviews or even REXEL Momentum M515 Micro Cut Paper Shredder reviews.

Buying Rexel branded products

Brand, as mentioned earlier, is another really important factor to consider for buying Shredders.

It looks like you’ve already got some idea of the sort of product you’re inserted in, as you’ve landed on this REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green review. However, if you do want to consider other brands just make sure you spend some time reading lots of reviews. If you decide to stick to Rexel then you’ll not be disappointed, judging by the customer reviews.

YouTube Video of REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green

Another fantastic source of information and great for reviews is video content. Below we’ve run a search for REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green on YouTube if you wanted to check out some of the video reviews that may have been created by customers or expert reviewers.

Summary

Based on the amazing reviews shown at the top of this review, we’re really impressed with REXEL Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder, Green and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it as one of the top options if you’re looking to buy Shredders. This is only highlighted by the great customer reviews and our review score of 8.8/10 overall.

All that’s left now is for you to head over to Currys to check out the 7 customer reviews. Simply hit the green button at the bottom of your screen to start.

Further product details

- Product ID 1: 22788020033

- Product ID 2: 10182592

- Brand: Rexel

- Model number: RLX20

- Description: Top features: – Huge bin capacity means less trips to the recycling bin – Jam free technology keeps your appliance running smoothly – Powerful shredding makes disposing documents simple Huge bin capacity The Rexel Mercury RLX20 Cross Cut Paper Shredder comes with a giant 115 litre bin to make life easier. The bin holds up to 1200 shredded pieces of A4 paper, so you don’t have to constantly empty everything into the recycling. The controls are intuitive and easy to use, so you can get rid of confidential files and folders easily.Jam free technologyIt’s easy to forget how long you have to wait before adding more to the shredder, which can cause a jam. Luckily, the Mercury RLX20 is built with jam free technology, which will show a green light when it’s ready for more paper. So you won’t find yourself picking pieces of paper out of the shredder when you need to get on with things.Powerful shreddingWith the ability to shred through CDs, credit cards, staples and paper clips, the RLX20 is powerful enough to get through whole documents easily. And because you can shred up to 20 pages in one go, you can power through a backlog without standing at the shredder all afternoon.