BCSSHOP
Silver Member
The change over to Del Morino happened early 2012. The Caravaggi models got unsatisfactory when the manufacture was moved from the main plant to one I believe was run by the son of the owner of the Caravaggi plant. The Del Morino unit looks for all practical purposes the same as the square hopper BIO 100. I've sold four of the DelMorino units which seem more solid. The chipper knives are the same on both makes.
I'm not fan of knives in the shredding chamber as most of my customers are grinding leaves and old plant material for compost. The knives on the BIO 80's I sold dulled up too quick where as the hammers in the BIO 100 last a lifetime if you rotate them.
I saw the BIO 150 and it is useless for short people or for someone who wants to feed in bushels of leaves. We live deep in the woods and chip or shred everything that comes down and isn't burned in the wood stove. I found sharpening the chipped knife by sharpening services ground off to much material so where the knife can only be sharpened 2 or maybe three time. Doing it by hand and watching what you are doing you can get about 6 sharpenings before the knife is too short. I just use a $50 grinder I got at Home Depot. I ain't rocket science!
I'm not fan of knives in the shredding chamber as most of my customers are grinding leaves and old plant material for compost. The knives on the BIO 80's I sold dulled up too quick where as the hammers in the BIO 100 last a lifetime if you rotate them.
I saw the BIO 150 and it is useless for short people or for someone who wants to feed in bushels of leaves. We live deep in the woods and chip or shred everything that comes down and isn't burned in the wood stove. I found sharpening the chipped knife by sharpening services ground off to much material so where the knife can only be sharpened 2 or maybe three time. Doing it by hand and watching what you are doing you can get about 6 sharpenings before the knife is too short. I just use a $50 grinder I got at Home Depot. I ain't rocket science!