DVD/CD Shredder $34.99

[jclark]

Originally posted by: SharkyTM
its fairly fun to watch them Tesla in the microwave... but they do use a Cyanide-based dye... so air out the m-wave before the next meal...

'Cyanine' dye means it's blue, or more specifically, cyan. It has nothing to do with the poison cyanide. (Although cyanide the poison is extracted from a dye called Russian Blue.)

For more on composition of CD-Rs, and what happens when you microwave them, see cdrfaq.org's FAQ - How do CD-R's behave when microwaved?

 

[vfrjim]

I have a 3/4 Horsepower(yep I said 3/4 HP) shredder that shreds anything I stick in it Full junkmail envelopes, cardboard, cd's, credit cards, hands, fingers

Jim

 

[Banana]

Originally posted by: Souka
Like anyone would ever find information on a CD? I mean, is someone going to buy a pallet of computer HW for a $1, find a CD in a drive, and actually look at the contents?!?! That will never happen........

I'm very organized. My CDs have various labels such as "Top Secret," "Embarrassing Medical Records," "Fetish Favorites Volume 24.11c," etc. I'd better buy this shredder . . .

1YP

 

[billtmore]

I throw mine into my wood heater.....yes I have suffered brain damage from the fumes

 

[jurzdevil]

never had to do this but if i had a bunch of cds to get rid of i've got a 8hp brush/branch chipper in my tool shed. i could dump 10 or 20 in at a time. anybody think it would make good mulch???

 

[Kipper]

Try sticking a burned CD into the microwave and letting it run for less than 2 seconds. You get a cool pattern on the dye that way.

 

[TheDon]

I've been looking for a good price on one of these, thanks.

 

[rcraig]

We just use them as targets at the rifle range. Whenever we need more targets, we just grab a handful of free AOL cd's from a local store. There is something satisfying about watching an AOL cd shatter to bits.

RCraig

 

[G19]

That will never happen........

Yeah, Sure... Especially not in the Seattle area..

 

[johto]

BTW people this doesn't actually shred a CD. It's still in one piece afterwards. This imprints a small checkerboard pattern on both sides of the cd.

 

[slikk]

I wonder why they call it a "shredder" if it doesn't actually shreds. Oh well, but I found one on their site that does actually shreds.

ROYAL MD100 Media Destroyer 100 Paper Shredder

Shreds CD and Floppy Disc media
Shreds old credit and ATM cards
Shreds receipts, folded papers, bills and more - up to 7 in a single pass

 

[AUMM]

Originally posted by: hawkeye81x
I agree with FrugalGuy,
The microwave has great mysterious powers...
creates the nice aroma of plastic

careful, that "aroma" is toxic i believe

 

[TurtleMan]

Fresssibe

 

[Bomex]

YOU are all dorks.

 

[Oakenfold]

Originally posted by: Bomex
YOU are all dorks.

Duh!
No once cool would hang out a tech website would they?



Cool product, guess I like nuke'm better, more fun..pretty colors!

 

[Scubadiver]

Can't you guys just find a 5 year old to make them unreadable for you?

 

[Carl Uman]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: nickdigger
there's gotta be much more entertaining (and energy-efficient) ways to dispose of CDs. for instance:

PULL !!!

you have to tape a few together for that to work. trust me

LOL... thanks for the tip. Thought of doing this but just never tried. I suppose I should do it somewhere I can at least attempt to clean up the mess.

 

[Dsorgnzd]

A quick and simple way to dispose of a CD: put it inside a thick magazine (to contain the pieces), then bend it until it snaps. If it won't break, turn it 90 degrees and try again (they seem to be very flexible in one direction, and brittle in the other). This will break the CD into several, if not dozens, of irregular pieces.

 

[vfrjim]

I still think it is cool to stick it into my shredder and 2 seconds later it is in all little pieces

 

[Souka]

really? That's kinda cool.

 

[ww4397]

Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
microwave it..it's cheap and it's free

it's what....?

 

[DrPizza]

Hmmmmmm... how about just superglueing a bunch of cd's together? Keep the pile growing. Eventually when it's large enough, you may be able to attach it to a lathe, and make something neat out of it. Hmmm.... 600 CD's firmly glued to each other would make a thick walled tube... perhaps use the tube for a "high tech" potato gun?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Hmmmmmm... how about just superglueing a bunch of cd's together? Keep the pile growing. Eventually when it's large enough, you may be able to attach it to a lathe, and make something neat out of it. Hmmm.... 600 CD's firmly glued to each other would make a thick walled tube... perhaps use the tube for a "high tech" potato gun?

Sure . . . you could make CD "bricks" and eventually you could build that plastic house . . .

Seriously, IF you have data that is "critical enough" - even tiny CD "pieces" can be "read".

 

[Souka]

Heh...good idea.

I'm going to put a 6ft dowel into a board, stand it up, and toss my CD's on it. I'll just use some thick super-glue on the top layer CD before dropping another ontop of it.

wonder how long it'll take me to make a 6ft CD tube...heheheh (I'm guesstimating it will take about 1200 CD's at 100per/6in

 

[deramon]

A shredder has to be a total waste of money, deal or no deal.