PLUS Japan, Guard-Your-ID Camouflage Roller Stamp in Black, 1er Pack (1x 1 Stamp)

Excellent. It does the job really well. As an aside - if you have noticed how in recent years even mid to high priced office shredding machines have increased the width of their shredding cut, meaning that, if you insert paper into a shredder with the print parallel to the cutters, the shredded strip can neatly contain a full line of readable print! (say, your name and address?) so making data-security more difficult just at a time when the reverse is needed.This small camouflage roller stamp is not designed for - and doesn't make any claims - in dealing with bulk erasure, but it is excellent at quickly blanking out a 26mm wide strip of text at one pass. This makes quick work of letterheads and address labels etc. One reviewer complains that it does not come with a cover. It does. You click the top and the cover slides back, revealing the inked roller. Click it again and it covers the roller. It's integral to the machine.The ink is a dense black and well up to the job, however, another reviewer notes that you can occasionally see the underlying text through the ink. In some circumstances this will always be true; if the text is either embossed or glossy then holding the paper at an angle that catches the light will reveal the difference in the paper's surface texture and thus the underlying text. Short of slapping on a coat of gloss paint, you are stuck with this problem, which is beyond the scope and price of this handy little devise. It's at this belt-and-braces moment that you need to call on the additional help of a shredder! I use and recommend both.

I'll be honest, it is a piece of plastic that probably cost pennies to produce but I paid £6 for. But it works very well and the first thing I did was to obliterate the address details on the parcel it arrived in. Any reduction in identity fraud risk is worth £6 I reluctantly have to conclude. I've knocked a star off for the inky fingers caused by removing and reinserting the ink unit to see how refills work. It is not difficult to insert the cartridge incorrectly which results in a mechanical fault and ink where it shouldn't be to try and fix the problem. Note the position of the ink cartridge precisely when replacing and reinsert exactly as it came out. Operation is simple. Press the button on the top to retract the guard and expose and lock the inked wheel. Roll it across the text to be obscured. Press the button on the top to retract the inked wheel and drop the guard across it. I've got a DIN 3 shredder but there are things like jiffy bags and so on you can't shred where this will be invaluable. No regrets, wish it was cheaper.

Bought to replace an identical one that broke after a couple of years' use. The ink was still good after all that time, but the mechanism just stopped working properly. It's pretty successful at covering most text. However, I've found that some text just shows through no matter what you do, and covering it more strongly can make the text stand out more. I've found this particularly with letters that are printed on low-quality paper with a laser printer. Still a good product though, and saves a lot of time messing about with the shredder.

For those that either don't have a shredder, this little self-inking stamp is absolutely brilliant to remove all the ability to read your private details. Thoroughly recommend.

Have used one of these for years also bought a few for Birthday’s & Christmas’s, last one I broke by dropping it on the floor! & can’t be without one!! Brilliant!!!

Simple to use. If done on a flat surface and slowly... Won't cover everything on the first pass, but that depends entirely on how it's used. If however you do a stroke one way and then perpendicular it covers well.

Simple and easy to use! Have a few of these now and can't fault them.

Easy to use. Better than using a shredder - easier and faster.