GBC Inpire+/Rexel Style A3 Laminator, Laminating Machine with Starter Pack of Pouches, 4 Minute Warm Up Time, White (2104512)

I’m laminating everything! It’s great

I use this so much I'm actually shocked it's not gone. I make all my own resources for school and this is just going all the time and it's brilliant.

I bought the Style (white option) A3 size laminator as I now have and use an A3 printer. The laminator is easy to use despite the minimalist user guide which just shows a series of pictures with no instructions. You plug it in, switch it on and move the switch on the front to the left for cold lamination pouches and to the right for hot lamination pouches (they're different things). The green light comes on immediately for cold lamination and after about 4mins for hot lamination. Once you've positioned the article you want to laminate in the pouch and the green light is on, feed the pouch, closed end first, into the laminator aligning it to the left of the slot (although this doesn't seem to matter too much if you don't get quite right). The laminator will draw the pouch through and drop it out at the end. The spring loaded lever at the back of the laminator is only for freeing jammed pouches should that occur in which case you hold the lever against the tension of the spring and pull the pouch out from the front.Now for the tricky bit ! The laminator box states that it will handle 75-125microns but doesn't state whether that is per laminate (i.e. top or bottom sheet) or per pouch (both sheets). This is important as some pouch manufacturers quote the thickness as per laminate and some per pouch so one offering at 125 can be much thicker than another at 150 because the first was per laminate and therefore a total of 250 per pouch and the other was for the total pouch ! Have you lost the will to live yet ?I have contacted Rexel Customer Support online and they got back to me within minutes (well done Rexel !!) and they have confirmed that their figures refer to the thickness of the entire pouch. Now all you have to do is negotiate the minefield of pouch manufacturer's description of their products. Be aware that some here on Amazon describe their offering as 125 microns but when you look at the image of the packaging it shows 125x2 - in other words each laminate is 125microns and the total pouch is 250microns.I've knocked one star off of "Easy to use" as the user guide is so minimalist as I've said above but once you've worked out what it all means it's very simple to use and good value for money.

it isn't hot enough when the hot light goes off so i usually wait a bit longer before feeding the sheet trough. the first time the sheet can out foggy and not very clear but now that i know to wait a few extra minutes after the light goes off i don't have an issues any more. it is very easy to understand and use despite the no instructions. i am very happy with it. i would give it 4.5 stars but won't give it 5 because of this small issue. i have some tips too. if something that had previously been laminated is old and has been tampers with a lot it can be re fed trough to revamp and revive it. Also things can be re laminated after they have been cut if it came out with bubbles ( because it wasn't fed trough correctly) and it isn;t completely stuck all the way around

Works as expected