The McCulloch MB241 W is 1400 watt top end shredder of all garden waste including small branches up to pen or pencil (cigar) thickness. Made from reinforced plastics and metal this powerful machine makes light work of all the sort of bushes and brambles that you are likely to come across. It has never jammed and when finished can be unplugged and dismantled for cleaning. Stubborn bits can be pushed through with a long plastic blade that will never touch the actually cutter. It is noisy but it soon goes through most garden rubbish so it is not a prolonged noise to annoy the neighbours. Mine actually wanted to borrow it! It is happy to sit outside with a bag over it's head and really requires little or no maintenance.