# Fellowes Powershred LX22M

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/fellowes-powershred-lx22m
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/paper-shredders
- Placement: #7 of 18 in Paper Shredders, C tier
- Brand: Fellowes
- LP on this board: 466
- Last researched: 2026-09-10T13:18:39.678Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

Same LX-series durability story in micro-cut, backed by its presence in Consumer Reports' current testing, though the detailed long-term verdicts were not retrievable from the evidence in front of me.

## For

- Appears in Consumer Reports' current five-best shredder testing
- Featured in Popular Mechanics' shredder spec guide
- LX-series build quality in a micro-cut machine
- In Consumer Reports' current test set, scored on security, speed, sheet capacity, convenience, and noise
- In CNN Underscored's tested roundup

## Against

- Visibly superseded within Fellowes' own line by the LX220
- Less multi-year field data than the Ci series

## Evidence

Consolidated from 8 cited sources across 7 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Home Gadgets | Home Gadgets | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCHfcUVCDbM | fetched and confirmed |
| Top Tech Selections | Top Tech Selections | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQcf0aMtrng | fetched and confirmed |
| MitGreen TV | MitGreen TV | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ6za4OoToo | fetched and confirmed |
| Smart Shop | Smart Shop | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz_z2tkpms4 | fetched and confirmed |
| MitGreen TV | MitGreen TV | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zeVFe21ao | fetched and confirmed |
| Consumer Reports | - | - | https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/paper-shredders/best-paper-shredders-of-the-year-a5667416392/ | fetched and confirmed |
| CNN Underscored | - | - | https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-paper-shredder | fetched and confirmed |
| Popular Mechanics | - | - | https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a70496004/paper-shredder-specs-you-need/ | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Staples 12-Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder (ST62153) | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/staples-12-sheet-micro-cut-shredder-st62153 |
| 3 | Fellowes Powershred LX220 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/fellowes-powershred-lx220 |
| 4 | Aurora AU120MA | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/aurora-au120ma-120-sheet-auto-feed-micro-cut-shredder |
| 5 | Aurora AU1230XA | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/aurora-au1230xa-anti-jam-12-sheet-cross-cut-shredder |
| 6 | Amazon Basics 8-Sheet Micro-Cut Shredder | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/amazon-basics-8-sheet-micro-cut-shredder |
| 8 | Bonsaii C233-B | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/bonsaii-c233-b |
| 9 | Fellowes Powershred LX70 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/fellowes-powershred-lx70 |
| 10 | Aurora AU1060MA | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/aurora-au1060ma-10-sheet-micro-cut-shredder |
| 11 | Bonsaii C234-A | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/bonsaii-c234-a |
| 12 | Amazon Basics 12-Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/amazon-basics-12-sheet-cross-cut-shredder |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/paper-shredders.

## What this tier means

- C: Fair. Acceptable in the right situation, outclassed at its price.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

https://stspimgdevmfyk46r5vwkay.blob.core.windows.net/images/products/fellowes-powershred-lx22m.webp

Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.