Amazon Basics 12 inch Thermal Laminator Machine, 1 Min Warm-Up, Home/Office/School Use, 20 Pouches Included, White

This laminator gave me the results I expected from the similar 3M machine. The 3M 5 mil pouches are great, but I'd frequently get bubbles with the 3M laminator. So I ordered this, and I'm glad I did. It's basically the same machine, but after seven letter-sized, 5 mil laminations, I've got seven perfectly laminated documents and no bubbles—not even on the edges. The 3M manual tells you that it may be necessary to put 5 mill sheets through the machine twice, but I've never had the need with the Amazon Basics version. My machine heats up in almost exactly one minute and is easy to use as any other machine—just feed it in. But your attention can be on aligning the document in the pouch, and not on bubbles.

This laminator is a great value for the money. I have used it to laminate a ton of stuff as a homeschooling mom and it has held up so well. It is very easy to use and I’ve never had an issue with it, it works great! I’ve used it with the laminating pouches it came with and with others I have purchased since then and it’s always gotten the job done! I highly recommend this!

Very smooth...no problems

This has probably been one of my favorite classroom purchases EVER. It heats up very quickly. I've had it for about a year and haven't noticed any changes in the overall quality or in its ability to work well. You choose between two different thicknesses or lamination and it goes through at a pretty slow pace. I like that it came with a few different pieces of different size lamination sheets, and they had a little grip or stickiness to them to help material stay put until it went through the laminator. Again if you've ever wanted one, just get one!!

Safety hazard. Fire hazard. Malfunctioning. Do not use on anything important or of sentimental value. Not only did this ruin my project, but it’s a fire hazard and a safety hazard. It burned me and it’s seriously destroyed what I was trying to save forever. The machine ate my project! The entire laminated piece somehow wound up completely entangled to the machine. Then it started melting, and I was really worried it was going to catch fire. This is the most disappointed I have ever been in any thing I’ve ever purchased from Amazon. Even after I unplugged it it was still smoking so I had no choice but to try my best to get it out of there.

I have one at school and another at home. Really great price for a quality machine. Heats up quickly. Seals well. I use it all the time.

Love this! Got this so that I can laminate decorations to reuse! Works great! Tried to laminate stickers and doesn't not work well. Got stuck and had to take apart to get jam fixed. Relatively easy, hard to find the right sized screwdriver. Definitely easier to laminate things with structure! Stickers offer no support and are more likely to get stuck on the roller! I had a feeling this would be the case, but I just laminated with caution!

LOVE IT!