Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Update October 2019: I've used this thing on and off (I never throw away trimmed branches - it's free mulch!), finally the blades got dull. It was very easy to unscrew them, lazily drag it back and forth on a coarse sharpening stone for about 5 min, put them back, and the chipper works as good as new. I didn't realize it at first, but blades are double sided, so I could have simply flipped them and used the other side ... But I wanted to see how long my sharpening job will last)). When the blades were dull, it started jamming a bit due to last thick but short chunks getting caught in the blade, but not too much (with the cross "thingy" gone - see below - jamming isn't an issue at all, really. And that collection bin is still the best. Happy chipping!.. January 2016 original review: I have used this thing for a day, and so far I am extatic. I hope it’s going to be reliable; just in case I purchased a 2-year warranty. Honestly, I don't know why other two brands of wood chippers out there sell so much better than this one. They look awkward and don’t have a receiver container. I was a bit apprehensive to get it for the lack of reviews, but there were 2 things going for it: very similar “chinese wonder” had excellent reviews on youtube and seemed so easy to "unjam" (one knob), and the container to collect the output (which works out beautifully and is a good size). This chipper seemed very "logical" to me, it has all that a chipper needs to have in my mind, larger acceptable diameter than other brands on Amazon, and it seems to be well-made. I guess, the time will tell how well. In a few hours that I used it, the pile in the picture diminished by 2/3, and it jammed on me ONCE (my fault, I put a wedge-shaped chunk of wood in it, that was thin, but wider than recommended diameter), took me less than 1 minute to get it out and keep going. You gotta love that! I didn’t put sticks over 1 1/2” into it (as many people report that electric chippers don’t really live up to the max diameter promise. (I don’t have much of thick ones anyway). The chipper didn’t do all that well with thin brush, it processed it, but the length of the sticks coming out was 2-3”. Nor a major defect in my eyes. It didn’t do well with a clump of weeds either. It milled it into pulp, but I had to open it and clear the chamber. I don’t consider it a true jam (the blade was still spinning), because at that point the receiving container was full and might have prevented the stuff from coming out, I didn’t have another clump to give it a second shot. Either way, I’m fine with it. My main goal was wood chipping, and wood chipping it does. Also, I must say that it is rather quit. I have sensitive ears, and always put on ear muffs when using my table saw. With this chipper I was perfectly fine without ear protection. It looks like perfect gadjet for a weekend warrior. It definitely will not see much of heavy use with me. Some sticks and twigs from our trees (this load is an exception, we got rid of a large bush that was overtaking our patio). If I don’t have enough, now and then I might collect some branches in the surrounding woods to make more bedding for my bird cage (I find that grass or wood chips blend in bird you-know-what better than paper or newspaper:). This way I know for sure that it’s clean wood and it’s safe for my birds to chew on if they want to. I also had an idea to try this wood mulch for growing mushrooms. It appears that all “regular” straw that you get at feed stores is hosed with either herbicides, or pesticids or the conbination of the two. Mushrooms have a tendency to accumulate all kinds of junk, so I’d rather have something ecologically clean to grow them on. I am not sure how well this will work out, but I’ll see in a few weeks… Happy chipping!