Fellowes 52209 Home/Office Mid-Size Hot and Cold Laminating System

List Price: $169.00

Features:

• Hot and cold laminating device for documents up to 9 inches wide
• Maximum pouch thickness of 5 millimeters
• For use with hot and self-adhesive pouches
• Dual support arms to prevent document from bending
• Starter kit includes pouches and carrier (carrier required)

Customer Reviews:

great product [Posted on 1999-12-25]
I would give 5 stars to this product, but the lacking part is the instruction manual. This machine can both cold and hot laminate, but I dodn't know what was the difference between them, and there was nothing about it in the manual. They should improve their manual so that people can understand.

Don't waste your money [Posted on 2001-04-17]
I have prior experience with the Royal PL2000 laminator. I use them mostly for digital photograph prints (8x10). The Royal wasn't that great but worked okay... until the motor burned out. I tried this Fellowes Laminator, but it does a *terrible* job laminating! I tried 4 different test prints (using the required carrier) but every single one had bubbles, poor lamination on the edges, warping of the print, and even cracking & bubbling of some of the ink! There really aren't any different temp. settings, though I tried to adjust the knob a few times. I also tried different carriers. But it's not worth it. The Royal wasn't that great, but at least it laminated well.

I'm returning this Fellowes laminator (which seems pretty cheaply made btw), and will try to find a better heat/pouch laminator elsewhere. I'm not planning on buying the Royal again either. Don't waste your money! (P.S. the other reviewers are correct in that the manual is a waste of time. You have to figure it out on your own... I still don't know what cold lamination is!)

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