An honest comparison framework

Degausser Brands in India — How to Compare

Proton, local assemblers, European imports and unbranded machines all compete for the same Indian buyers. Here is the framework we would use — and the honest reason we only supply one brand.

Our position, stated plainly. We are a single-brand authorised partner for Proton Data Security and we do not sell other makes. That is a deliberate choice: it means every machine we supply has a real warranty, India-held spares, a datasheet and an evaluation reference. It also means if you need a model we do not carry, we will tell you rather than substitute something.

The framework

Eight questions to ask any degausser supplier

#	Question	Why it matters	What a good answer looks like
1	What is the model designation and the field strength?	Everything downstream depends on the specification being real	A named model with a published field strength and a datasheet
2	Is the machine independently evaluated?	An evaluation is evidence a third party verified performance	NSA/CSS Evaluated Products List reference, or a stated equivalent
3	How is field strength verified per cycle?	A cycle counter is not a strength measurement	A field reading on each cycle, or a pre-cycle interlock that refuses weak pulses
4	What is the cycle time, and what is my real throughput?	Drives cost per drive, not per machine	Cycle time plus an honest drives-per-shift figure including handling
5	What is the warranty, and who services it?	A degausser with no service path is a liability	Manufacturer warranty, routed through an authorised channel partner
6	Which spares are held in India?	Downtime is the real cost of a failure	A named India-held spares list
7	What documentation do I get?	This is the actual product you are buying alongside the machine	Datasheet, compliance statement, authorisation letter, verification certificate, register template
8	Are you the authorised distributor?	It is the one question whose answer is binary	A letter, and it checks out

Brand types

The categories you will find in the Indian market

Proton (USA)

Proton Data Security

The range we supply. US manufacturer, T-4 and T-5 on the NSA/CSS Evaluated Products List, per-cycle field verification on four models, digital cycle counter on the T-5, and internal Gaussmeter on the T-4.

Independent third-party evaluation
Per-cycle verification options
India warranty and spares through us
Full bid documentation

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Locally assembled

Indian and Asian manufacturers

Common in the market, usually cheaper, and appropriate for non-audited or low-risk media. The questions to ask are about verification evidence, certification, and whether the field strength claim is substantiated rather than asserted.

Often significantly lower capital cost
Availability of field verification certificates varies
Independent evaluation usually absent
Spares and service are locally available

Grey import

Unbranded / imported without channel

We would not recommend this for anything you will have to evidence. No India warranty, no India spares, no local documentation, and no way to independently verify the machine delivers the field it claims.

Lowest purchase price
No India warranty or spares
Unverifiable performance claims
No bid documentation

Why we do not carry more brands

Carrying several brands lets a supplier say yes to more enquiries. It also means carrying several service paths, several spares inventories, several documentation sets and several quality levels — and the machine that fails is usually the one where the supplier is least expert.

For a product whose entire purpose is to produce trustworthy evidence of destruction, we would rather be the specialist in one range than a generalist in three. Practically, that means:

We know the field strengths, cycle times and failure modes of these machines well enough to advise you against a model you do not need.
We hold the spares that actually fail, in India, because we see the machines every day.
We can produce a complete bid pack for a tender without a delay while somebody chases a manufacturer.
We can be honest that a cheaper machine would do, and we will say so when that is the case.

Proton range at a glance

Model	Type	Field / force	Listing
Proton T-1	Degausser	1 Tesla (10,000 Gauss) minimum per cycle	US DoD unclassified sanitisation, DSS, NIST 800-88 media sanitisation
Proton T-1.2	Degausser	1.2 Tesla effective	US DoD requirements for sanitising unclassified data
Proton T-1.5	Degausser	1.5 Tesla effective — sanitises the highes	NIST 800-88 media sanitisation, US DoD unclassified sanitisation
Proton T-4	Degausser	Listed in the NSA/CSS Evaluated Products L	Listed in the NSA/CSS Evaluated Products List (NSA EPL-Degausser) for hard disk drive degaussing
Proton T-5	Degausser	NSA/CSS Evaluated Products List (NSA EPL-D	NSA/CSS Evaluated Products List (NSA EPL-Degausser)
Proton 1100 Wand	Degausser	Disk drives, diskpacks, drum-type memories	—
PDS-30	Destroyer	Up to 3 tons (6,000 lbs.)	—
PDS-75	Destroyer	NSA listed hard drive crusher	NSA listed hard drive crusher
PDS-100	Destroyer	NSA/CSS Evaluated and Listed for destructi	NSA/CSS Evaluated and Listed for destruction
PDS-88	Shredder	Solid-state drives, smartphones, mobile ph	—

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers to the questions Indian buyers ask most often. Cannot find yours? Call us — we answer technical questions on the phone.

Which degausser brands are available in India?

Proton Data Security (USA) is the range we supply as an authorised partner. The Indian market also sees machines from Verbatim, DoD-style and regional suppliers, plus grey imports of European and Chinese units. We are deliberately narrow: one manufacturer, done properly, rather than several brands with patchy service.

How do I compare different degausser brands fairly?

Compare on published field strength, cycle time, whether the machine is independently evaluated (NSA EPL), whether it verifies field strength per cycle, warranty and India spares, and the documentation supplied. Ignore the marketing claims about "military grade" and ask for the datasheet.

Is a locally assembled degausser cheaper?

Often yes, and for non-audited, low-risk media that can be a reasonable choice. The trade-offs are usually verification evidence, certification and after-sales support. Where your records will be audited, the machine's ability to prove it worked is worth paying for.

Should I buy an unbranded or grey-import machine?

We would not recommend it for anything you will have to evidence. A grey import typically carries no India warranty, no India-held spares and no local documentation, and the field strength cannot be independently verified. For a machine whose entire purpose is to produce evidence of destruction, that is the wrong trade.

Can you quote a competitor's model if I ask?

We will tell you honestly what we can and cannot supply. We are a single-brand authorised partner, so if you need a specific other model we will say so rather than sell you a substitute you did not ask for.

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