I'm pretty happy with mine, which is now about 10 months old. It is called a Sovereign Silent Shredder, it came from Homebase. It is made in Germany, which is what attracted me to it (none of this PRC or Eastern Europe nonsense).
It has a 2000W motor, claims to take material up to 40mm. But this merely means the jaws are capable of taking it - mine jammed with oak twigs of around 25mm, but I'm had thicker lumps of apple-tree through it.
It will take soft stuff - laurel stalks complete with leaves, for example. There's a nack to avoiding it gumming up when you put soft stuff through.
Paid about �120 for it.