We had a 3-hole "puncher" that was probably 15 years old. Replacing it FINALLY with your up-to- date one has been was a GOOD decision! We are SO glad to have the quality and ease of use in this new one! Thank you Staples for your good quality! We will be using it for both personal and business papers.
I got this to put binder holes in my daughters' school packets. It works great. The description says up to 30 pgs but it's actually done 40 without any problems.
I had originally written a fairly long negative review along the same lines as the few reviews with less than 5 stars because it appeared that this hole punch was about an inch off in standard spacing of holes. I'm a fairly bright guy who can usually figure things out without instructions so I normally just throw them away. It is possible that instructions were included with this product that would have told me how to fix the alignment but I can't say for sure since I didn't pay any attention to them. For those of you like myself who thought this unit might be defective let me give you a quick primer on how to adjust the unit so that the holes are aligned correctly. If the handle of the unit is facing you on the right side of the unit is a little black paper guide. Pull that paper guide out until you see a little line that says 11. That's it. Pretty simple. I'm really glad I figured that out before I took it back to the store and told them this unit was defective. That would have been embarrassing.
Works like a charm. Never had any problems with this product. I've used this product for about two years and recently bought one for my mom who is a music teacher.