Laminator Venus 2 125, Rapid 30-60 Second Warm-up Laminating Machine, with Laminating Pouches Kit (5734801), Black, Silver, 5.1" x 21.3" x 8.2"

Have used it very little but works great when i do!!

Great

We haven't had this item that long, but the laminating we've done has come out perfect. It heats up fast and pulls items through reasonably quickly. Cons: Every so often, when laminating in bulk, it will pull one of the projects through a little too quickly and that one will be completed with slightly lower quality than the others. However, that might be user error - maybe we're feeding one through before the previous is completely finished. Not sure. Also, I scoured the instructions and couldn't find anywhere a note on using a carrier for heated laminating - I wish it said whether you need one or not. Those two points aside, this laminator is quick and efficient. Update - 5/2/19: We've had this laminator almost a year, now, and have really put it through its paces. We send out 11" x 17" marketing materials and have made about 300 of them since we bought this laminator. Even the issue I mentioned earlier about it intermittently pulling an item through too quickly has stopped, so that must have been user error. Some people dislike the cool-down time, but it's not a con for us. We just switch the unit off and walk away. Also, we've been feeding items through on the hot setting without a carrier and have had no issues. Very pleased with this purchase.

This laminator is effective at laminating everything except thick paper. The machine heats up quickly, is safe to the touch, and laminates quickly. The auto pouch thickness detection has worked flawlessly for me. This model with it's 6 heat rollers has proven itself to be far superior to that of the lower fellowes models that have less rollers and less features. The machine has about a 2ft (maybe little more) footprint so make sure you are prepared to clear off a pretty large section of table on either side of the machine in order to use it properly. The one design flaw that I feel this machine has that I wish would be solved (hence the 4 stars) is the fact that there is a plastic platform that you can attach for items coming out of the laminator but no such attachable platform included for feeding items into the laminator. This baffles me. My boss asked me to laminate 500 pieces using this machine and after a while I found that there were times where the laminator would pull the pouch in in such a way that it created waves, bubbles, or just shifted the papers within the pouch in such a way that it wasted a pouch every so often. I eventually stacked a bunch of paper to create a platform in front of the machine which eliminated the problems. This machine is best used for smaller jobs.

This is a terrible laminator!! As a teacher, I laminate A LOT of materials. I have never had a laminator completely ruin more items than this one. It is NOT worth the money! DO NOT buy this laminator. It is a horrible product.

We use this for business and laminate probably 75+ sheets daily. We use the Menu size (11x17), Business card size, and regular stock paper size lamination pouches. It usually lasts about 1.5 years with that heavy/ constant use. It is easy to set-up and easy to use. I would highly recommend it as it does better then the other 2 brands of laminator machines we bought previously.

Like the headline says, my laminator was used heavily by multiple teachers on my hall over the last 8 years. The heating element has finally gone out. I am going to see if my husband can fix it, but in the meantime, the department is purchasing another one of these! The reverse feature on these comes in really handy. So does the automatic sensor for the pouch thickness. It allows for even lamination of those construction paper creations. The little platform on the back is great for preventing curling.

Bought this to laminate 11x17 restaurant menus. It's much more expensive than your standard laminator, but it's essentially the only large format laminator that is capable of handling card stock in 10mil pouches, so we bit the bullet. What we weren't expecting was just how easy this thing is to use and how ridiculously quick it heats up. No buttons, settings, etc. Just plug it in, turn it on, wait a few seconds, and you're ready to feed product through. 10mil pouches, 3mil pouches, everything, paper width, it adjusts to everything automatically. It's simple enough for just about anybody to operate. The only real downsides are that it's got a relatively large footprint and it takes a good 15mins to completely cool down after use. But other than that, no complaints at all. Highly recommended.