The Best Shredders Come From Whitaker Brothers
Whitaker Brothers has been providing data destruction and graphic design equipment for over sixty-five years. With this longevity comes a breadth of knowledge that makes our company one of the leaders in its industry and a reliable source when trying to find the best shredders. We are very familiar with shredding and finishing equipment and refuse to provide anything less than the best to our customers. All of the products we offer are personally tested by our trained staff and guaranteed to meet the needs of our customers.
Our Choice For the Best Auto Feed Shredder
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n a sea of shredders equipped with automatic feed systems, several companies boast the claim of having the best system available. Here at Whitaker Brothers, we’ve come to find that many of these stack and feed machines are troublesome, prone to paper jams and numerous other malfunctions. These shredders also generally feature a low throughput capacity, resulting in a constant need to reload your shredder. However, there is one auto feed paper shredder that is proven most effective and unproblematic. The Formax FD 8500 AutoFeed blows the competition out of the water thanks to its high sheet capacity, valuable shredding features, and of course the simple and efficient auto feed system.
How to make your shredder last forever
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eems like a trick question, doesn’t it? Many have tried to preserve their shredder and make it virtually indestructible, but to no avail.
While we know there’s not a sure fire way to make your shredder last forever, we here at Whitaker Brothers can offer several tips and tricks of how to maintain your shredder and guarantee optimal performance for many years.
Cross Cut vs. Strip Cut – Is One Really Better?
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n general, yes. There is a reason that cross cut shredders are the norm in a variety of offices, businesses, and even government agencies. A typical cross-cut shredder provides level 3 security of shredded documents. Level 3 is defined as having shred that is no larger than 3/16” x 3,” which the NSA has determined to adequately destroy documents containing personally identifiable information (PII). This PII is present on bank and billing statements, credit card records, and even on any document containing a person’s full name. If this information got into the wrong hands, a person’s identity could be stolen, or worse.
Shredder ABCs
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t used to be an easy choice – simply put your sensitive document through the office shredder and your liability ended there. Or did it? We’ve all heard the countless stories of shred residue being reconstructed with a wealth of information gleaned from strips of spaghetti like particles. 
The most infamous example may be from 1979 at the American embassy in Tehran. After the Iranian Revolution, the embassy was raided and hundreds of civilians were able to reassemble classified documents after a high security disintegrator (large knifemill) jammed and a less secure strip cut shredder was engaged. That episode led to the reevaluation of the classified destruction standard and the beginning of a shredding revolution that continues to this day.
Shadow or No Shadow: Get 10% Off Certain Shredder Supplies!
The report is in: Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow, which historically means 6 more weeks of winter. Those longing for a speedy spring may be disappointed with a possible grueling winter. Although an enduring winter may be in the forecast, we here at Whitaker Brothers refuse to let that slow us down.
To celebrate Groundhog Day
, we are offering a 7 day promotional on certain shredder supplies! Whether you are looking to stock up on shredder bags or oil, enjoy an incredible 10% of your purchase!
Strip Cut Shredders: Which Models Are Most Popular?
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hen purchasing a paper shredder, it’s safe to say that sheet capacity, capability, and price are three vital components you consider. On the surface, cross cut shredders may seem more appealing to the average buyer. But what really is the difference? For an in-depth analysis, check out our previous blog post.
With higher security levels, cross cut shredders produce minuscule particles, which are more difficult to piece back together. Although lower in security level, strip cut shredders offer a higher throughput, accepting more sheets per pass. In addition, strip cut shredders are generally less expensive than their cross cut or super micro cut counterparts. Other than a difference in security and sheet capacity levels, strip cut shredders provide the same functions, features, and perks as cross cut shredders. Here at Whitaker Brothers, we’ve reviewed countless strip cut shredders to determine which models undoubtedly provide superior capacity and capability for a low price. Backed by MBM’s confidence and security, the Destroyit 3104 and 3804 models are proven to be two of our most popular strip cut shredders.
The future of Hard Drives and Degausser requirements
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agnetic tape and older-generation hard disks can be erased by relatively low-power degaussers, whereas modern hard disks require extremely powerful degaussers. The reason is that modern hard disks are designed with special alloys that have very strong resistance to magnetic change, which enables manufacturers to decrease the size of magnetic regions on the disk to allow for higher data densities.
Brand New Formax 6150 Folder-Inserter Changes the Market
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f you’re putting out over 500 pieces of mail in a month, you’re probably already using a folder-inserter. For quite a while now Whitaker Brothers has used the Formax model 6202 as our go-to machine for any inserting job that is 3,000 to 12,000 pieces per month. The problem was, that’s a huge spectrum of inserting volume to cover with one machine!
The Formax FD 6150 was released less than one month ago and is already impressing customers as a lower cost alternative to the model FD 6202. It’s duty cycle is supposed to cap out at 5,000 pieces per month however we’ve had fantastic success at volumes all the way up to 8,000 per month. For about 30% less money you can accomplish many of the same jobs.
Mobile Shredding vs. Shredders
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e frequently have people calling up and asking if we provide a shredding service. When we respond with “no, we only sell the shredders themselves,” people start to wonder why. Since we already have the shredders, why not use a few of them and start a mobile shredding branch of the company? The quick and easy answer is that we specialize in providing secure destruction of your data and pride ourselves on customer service. Mobile shredding simply is not secure enough for us, nor should it be secure enough for you.
