Texet(LMA4-V) A4 Laminator, Black

I had one of these for 7 years - a bit noisy and slow, but very reliable quality, until I fed in a split laminating pouch and broke it. I use a laminating machine regularly at home for my small business, and I thought I would spend a bit more for a replacement, read lots of Amazon reviews, and bought a different model (different brand) - this new one consistently created slight bumps on the sealed edge of each laminated page, affecting the quality of the pictures, so I sent it back and ordered a different brand, a bit more expensive again, but the same thing happened. I then bought this exact same Texet model, and the laminating is perfectly flat. Highly recommend - didn’t know what I had until I tried the others.

As a teacher, I make a lot of resources both for decorating my classroom and for students to use, and this laminator has literally saved me hours of work. It's so quick and easy to use, and at such a reasonable price, has allowed me to laminate all of my classroom display materials with no impact on the school's budget (and not much on mine).The machine heats up really quickly, has a little light pop on to let you know when it's ready, and gives a high quality finish - I've not yet been disappointed and I've sent about 100 items through it over the last few weeks. The items that are being laminated are easily gripped by the rollers inside, travel through the machine steadily and stop at the other side - just make sure you keep an eye on it so you remove them when they finish. It's also provided my cats with endless hours of entertainment as they watch the laminating pouches travel through the machine - they've never been so quiet...I bought this and the Fellowes ImageLast A4 80 Micron Laminating pouches and they work really well together. You just pop whatever you need into the pouch, make sure you have got it aligned with a decent border of plastic around it (make sure no paper is sticking out, the machine gets very hot), and then pop it in, making sure you keep it straight as you push it into the machine. It then takes only a few seconds to work it's magic and everything comes out all shiny and laminated on the other side.One of the great things about laminating is that it makes everything look so much more vivid, and this was no exception - my classroom displays now pop with colour, to the point where even my most unobservant Year 11's have commented on how colourful my room looks - hurrah! Overall I'm really pleased with the product and can't think of any faults, and I've used it pretty heavily since I received it. It's also not very heavy, so it's easy to carry backwards and forward to work if needed.

I bought this to replace the well known make that I returned because it didn't work.This product arrived on time, comes in a very good box with proper written instructions and some free pouches.I plugged it in, waited for the green light to come on and, hey presto, it sealed some A5 and then some A4 pouches perfectly. No fuss.But be careful - don't expect it to sort out your lack of care because, despite what I read in one review, this machine does not have a lever to sort out pouch jams. Those levers seem to be built into other makes, but not in this one. Nor did the instructions claim to have one.But the first machine I ever had didn't have one either. And I used that for many years without getting a jam - shame I dropped it onto a hard floor and broke it.So having done a dozen pouches easily with no fuss I'd say buy this machine - it does what the makers say it will.

A basic laminator for basic home needs, this is probably as simple as you can get with such a device.However I was surprised to find a European 2 pin plug on the power lead, nowhere on the information given on Amazon did it mention this. In fact an answered question regarding this product states it comes with a standard UK plug. Whether this was a mix-up in dispatch, a manufacturing fault, or someone confused the Isle of Wight for France I'll never know.Luckily I had an adapter for just such an occasion and was able to use it straight away.Operation was easy, plug in, turn it on and a few minutes later a green light comes to life to show it is ready.The supplied starter pack of 5 pouches are a good quality and were easy to work with. I couldn't find any information on the thickness of these pouches but I suspect they're 80 microns.Feeding in the pouches you'll need to line it up by eye as best you can as there is no guide (like you would find on a printer) to keep it straight. Sealed end first, once you feed it in far enough it will grab the pouch and slowly (about 1cm a second) go to work laminating it.I was really happy with the end result, but I would be wary of putting too many pouches through one after the other. The description does state that this machine is for 'occasional' use and I agree, if you want something that can take some punishment you'll want to splash out on a more expensive model.

I've finally used this to laminate some affirmations and I LOVE this gadget. Very easy to use and laminates perfectly