Neptune 3 125 Laminator with 10 Pouches, 12.5 Inch (5721401), Silver, Black

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

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.

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.

We kept seeing blogs and info that a laminator was a must have for homeschooling. Within the first week we figured out why pretty quick. We ordered this after researching a bit. So far we have used it to laminate a large quantity of cards and even some projects to save. It has done an excellent job. It even smoothed out some blotched laminating we had done at a business. Note to those doing this, if you can make a small cut to or in the air bubble area so it can force the air out. Figured this out pretty quick and works great. The only reason we are not giving this a 5 star is because it needs longer to heat up then the instructions say. It beeps when it is ready. We started after it beeped and it was wavy and had air bubbles. We stopped and waited another couple minutes and it was perfect. No bubbles, waves or anything.

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.

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.

I opened it and plugged it in, it takes like 2 minutes to heat up and it's easy and quick. I did 20 pages and 3 had bubbles in the 5ml pouch. Running it through again didn't get the bubbles out.

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.