Extremely simple to use and by far the most popular type of garden shredder purchased in the U.K., the electric garden shredder is no more difficult to use than a kitchen blender with user friendly on/off controls dispensing with any operating nightmares. Ideally suited to small and medium sized gardens where a mains power supply is close to hand, they will make light work of vegetation ranging from hedge clippings through to lopped tree branches, even fresh green growth if you choose the correct machine. It is worth knowing that the quiet or drum style shredders are crushing machines that work perfectly when processing woody material but do not shred green growth, whereas an impact style shredder will cope with both woody and green material, thanks to its spinning cutting cassette with fixed blades.