Customer Reviews for Staples - Thermal Laminating Pouches, Letter Size, 3 Mil, 50/Pack - Clear
Customer Rating
3
Average quality doesn't laminate fully
on November 16, 2010
Posted by: Paula K.
Using a Royal lamination machine these sheets produce adequate results. There are some bubbles and opaque areas where it does not seal completely. The resulting lamination is not very strong and tears easily. I would recommend the 5mil sheets for any hard usage.
I used this product with my Seal 210M drymount press set at about 200°F for 1 1/2 minutes. All of my documents photos and cards came out very professional looking. I am very satisfied with my results.
I make laminated bookmarks and have found the size of your pouches is now smaller than they used to be. It is obvious that you are trying to save on materials. However the smaller dimensions mean I can only laminate three bookmarks on a page instead of four.
I have been using a nice GBC laminator for a half-dozen years generally buying GBC laminating pouches. [...] I've carefully avoided the Fellows pouches because Fellows does not provide a carrier with their pouches. This time not finding the GBC pouches I carefully scanned for an acceptable pouch product and thought I had located one when I saw that the Staples brand pouch proudly proclaims on the front of the box that their hot laminate pouch works with all hot laminators. But Staples does not provide any carriers with their pouches.Calling the Staples support number on the pouch package I was told that if the laminating machine required a carrier then certainly I should use a carrier. My efforts to have them identify how to acquire carriers if they were not provided with the pouches resulted only in them telling me that I shoiuld contavt the manufacturer of the laminating machine.Unless you have one of the high-end Fellows machine that indeed do not require a carrier or you have an inventory of carriers you will need to look for a different brand of pouch. Using this pouch without a carrier in a machine that requires a carrier could result in the pouch being melted to the heated pressure rollers ensuring that it will never run again...
I love to use this product in my classroom! Great for name tags photos and anything little hands touch. I can use things over and over again. Saves paper and money. I have even discovered that once something is covered I can write with dry erase markers wipe off and use again!
We use these for documents that are used over and over again such as phone lists conversion charts etc. Protects from liquid spills and can be written on with a dry erase marker and washed off!