HP OneShred 8CC shredder at EUR 60.28: 8 sheets at a time into P-4 particles, and tax year plus 5 tells you what can go

After a few years in the Netherlands the drawer fills up: Belastingdienst tax letters, bank statements, insurance and DUO post, nearly all of it printed with your BSN, address and account numbers. Dumping a full bag in the paper bin feels risky and keeping everything takes space, so the real question is which of it can already go.

The HP OneShred range is not made by HP itself: it is built and sold under an official HP licence by GO Europe in Germany, in models from 8 to 24 sheets. The 8CC is the home entry model. It takes up to 8 sheets of 80 g A4 at a time, plus credit cards, staples and paper clips, and cuts them into 5 by 18 mm particles, security level P-4 under DIN 66399, which the listing presents as suitable for documents with personal data. After 4 minutes of continuous running it needs 50 minutes to cool down; the bin holds 15 litres and has a viewing window, and it runs at 68 dB. On the day of checking it is EUR 60.28 on Amazon.nl, sold and shipped by Amazon, in stock, rated 4.3 from 1,102 ratings.

On the last evening before moving out, with a whole box of old paperwork to clear, the cooling time becomes the real limit: you cannot do it in one go and have to work in rounds. Nor is it built for an office that shreds heavily every day. Eight sheets per pass and four-minute rounds suit a household that clears a drawer now and then, and its particles are larger than those of P-5 or P-6 micro-cut machines; if you handle more sensitive material, the same page offers a Micro Cut version.

• First work out which years can go: earliest year you can shred = tax year plus 5. The Belastingdienst says an additional assessment (navorderingsaanslag) must normally be issued within 5 years after the end of the tax year; if you had an extension for that year's return, add the extension period; for income or assets abroad the term is 12 years. If you hold savings in China or another country, keep the papers for those years until the tax year plus 12.
• Then work out how much one round handles: sheets per round is about 4 minutes times 1.8 metres per minute divided by 0.297 metres times 8 sheets. Using the official speed and feeding A4 portrait, that is roughly 190 sheets before a 50-minute pause. Divide the sheets in your box by that figure to see how many rounds, and hours, to plan.
• Compare it with the 12-sheet 12CC: the OneShred 12CC on the same page is EUR 104.99, EUR 44.71 more for 4 extra sheets per pass. For a household that clears a drawer once or twice a year the 8CC is enough; only a small office shredding a stack of bills every week needs the bigger one.
• Take out anything other than staples first: the maker lists paper, credit cards, paper clips and staples; plastic sleeves and discs are not on the list.

Price

EUR 60.28

Rating

4.3 from 1,102 ratings on the product page

Specs

8 sheets A4・P-4 cross cut 5 × 18 mm・4 min run, 50 min cooling・15 L bin・68 dB・4.3 kg

Platform

Amazon.nl, sold and shipped by Amazon, returnable within 30 days

Checked

Product page, the GO Europe product page and the Belastingdienst rule read on the same day

Hokimi tip: sort the letters into two piles by year before you start. Put the years with a foreign account or foreign income aside and keep them on the 12-year term, and treat the rest on 5 years; that way you decide the whole box once instead of opening every envelope again. Price, rating and specifications checked on Amazon.nl, the GO Europe site and the Belastingdienst site on 28 September 2026. This article uses an affiliate link; your price stays the same. Sources: source 1, source 2, source 3.