Buying guides

Plain-English guides to choosing business office equipment. Every figure comes from manufacturer documentation or an official standard, linked on the page.

• Digital Address Printers: A Buying Guide
  How to choose digital address printers: the specifications that matter, with a neutral catalog of current models.
• Choosing an Automatic Letter Opener for a Mailroom
  How to choose an automatic letter opener for a mailroom: speed, cutting method, envelope thickness and feed, with sourced specs for every model we list.
• Binding Machines: A Buying Guide
  How to choose binding machines: the specifications that matter, with a neutral catalog of current models.
• Choosing a Binding Machine for 500-Page Manuals
  Binding thick manuals: how binding capacity, punch capacity and binding type limit book size, with sourced figures from our binding machine catalog.
• Bookletmakers & Booklet Finishers: A Buying Guide
  How to choose bookletmakers & booklet finishers: the specifications that matter, with a neutral catalog of current models.
• Creasers & Perforators: A Buying Guide
  How to choose creasers & perforators: the specifications that matter, with a neutral catalog of current models.
• Cross-Cut vs Micro-Cut: Which Security Level Do You Need?
  Cross-cut vs micro-cut shredders: DIN 66399 security levels P-1 to P-7, particle sizes, and which level suits your documents.
• Guillotine Paper Cutters: A Buying Guide
  How to choose guillotine paper cutters: the specifications that matter, with a neutral catalog of current models.
• Guillotine Paper Cutter Maintenance: Blades and Cutting Sticks
  How to keep a guillotine paper cutter cutting cleanly: when to turn or replace the cutting stick, signs of a dull blade, and safe blade changes, from manufacturer manuals.
• Hard Drive & Media Destruction: A Buying Guide
  How to choose hard drive & media destruction: the specifications that matter, with a neutral catalog of current models.
• Hard Drive Shredder vs Degausser: Which Does What
  Degaussers erase magnetic media; shredders, crushers and disintegrators destroy it physically. What NIST SP 800-88 and the NSA/CSS EPLs say, plus catalog models.
• How to Choose a Pressure Sealer
  Choose a pressure sealer by monthly duty cycle, speed, feed capacity, form size and fold, with sourced figures from every model in our catalog.
• Laminators: A Buying Guide
  How to choose laminators: the specifications that matter, with a neutral catalog of current models.
• Letter Openers: A Buying Guide
  How to choose letter openers: the specifications that matter, with a neutral catalog of current models.
• Numbering Machines: A Buying Guide
  How to choose numbering machines: the specifications that matter, with a neutral catalog of current models.
• P-5 vs P-7 Shredders: What the Security Levels Mean
  P-5 vs P-7 explained from DIN 66399 and NSA/CSS sources: particle size limits, when NSA listing matters, and the capacity trade-offs in sourced specs.
• Paper Shredders for Offices & Businesses: A Buying Guide
  How to choose an office or business paper shredder: security levels, sheet capacity, bin size and duty cycle explained in plain English.
• Pressure Sealers: A Buying Guide
  How to choose a pressure sealer: duty cycle, speed, feed capacity, form sizes and folds, with a neutral catalog of current models.
• Choosing a Shredder for a 20-Person Office
  How to size a shared shredder for about 20 people: measure your volume, pick a security level, and check duty cycle, bin and auto-feed against sourced specs.
• What Drives the Running Cost of a Commercial Shredder
  The ongoing costs of a commercial shredder: oil, bags, electrical needs, warranty and service, explained from manufacturer guidance and sourced specs. No invented prices.
• Tabbing Systems: A Buying Guide
  How to choose tabbing systems: the specifications that matter, with a neutral catalog of current models.