This product is awesome for many uses here in our office. We've used them to laminate signs in our building for activities or area directions. Our teachers use them to laminate class rules or other papers that need to be preserved. Our legal documents are all laminated with these pouches and some have been done quite a while ago. There is no color distoration either. For smaller sized items they bind together just right so you can cut the excess off without a problem. Wouldn't see a need to use any other!
I like these laminating pouches but I wish that Staples would carry mils thicker than 3. There are times when I would like something a little thicker when I am laminating.
These are great. I bought them when I ran out of another name brand. I had to make durable parking passes for a large event. I was nervous about the continuity between the two brands since I had completed about half of the passes already; however they turned out beautifully. These laminating pouches were actually easier to cut with my paper cutter...even with a dull blade. The parking passes are still holding up fine as mine is still on the dash of my car in the Florida sun every day.
I buy this to protect important documents that are displayed around our studios. Example: Monthly specials hand washing techniques opening and closing duties.