We accumulate a fairly typical amount of yard waste for a "suburban-ish" single family house (in the city, but decent-sized lot - 7500 ft^2). Large oak tree in the front yard, large magnolia in the back, both of which seem to drop a 2-3" branch each season, in addition to a lot of leaves and smaller branches. The leaves are exceeding my ability to compost them without shredding, and the small branches are annoying.
Anyone have suggestions for a reasonable electric chipper/shredder that can run on 110v? I don't want a beast, but I also don't want something that's going to jam every 3 minutes on small sticks -- I borrowed a cheapie from a friend a few years ago, and it was horrid. I don't care if it can handle that 2-3" branch as long as it can handle the more common, say, 1.5"ers, and doing well on vines would be a huge plus. Double bonus for things that are likely to show up on craigslist. :)
Also accepting face-whacks about better ways to deal with the leaves. We've been letting them compost solo in some large used cardboard boxes for a year before moving them into the real compost.
(edited to add: My lawnmower is a push-mower, and I tried using it to shred the leaves once. Not gonna happen.)
Thanks!