You won’t have to turn the shredder on and off as you work. If you frequently shred large piles of paper, consider a model like the Swingline EX100-07 Stack and Shred ($225).

Dear Heloise: I was making gift baskets for people. I ran out of tissue paper to put in the bottom, so I used my paper shredder and some old Christmas paper that I had saved from previous years ...