Swordfish Super Slim A4 Paper/Document Laminator with 4 Rollers - Red Ref: 40186

This is my first laminator. First time on, it gave off the usual "new hot thing" smell that is a bit worrying until you get used to it. But second time it was a lot cleaner. The instructions are straightforward, and the controls clearly marked. It sat neatly on my desk and the underside didn't get warm so no worries about placing it on top of something delicate. Ping the "ready" light comes on and I simply fed my items in through the front. It does seem to take forever to disgorge the finished product, but they come out reasonably cool so once again they don't damage anything on the desk. It comes with 5 A4 laminating envelopes, thin (75micron). I also bought the swordfish Starter Pack which includes more A4 laminating envelopes, also A5, A6 and business card sized. Why did I choose this one? My office is full of stuff. I needed something that was small in operation, and easy to put away when not in use. This neat item in a neat box fits at the bottom of the pile because it is nice and flat. It takes a variety of thicknesses of laminator pouches. I don't know whether I'll use different thicknesses, but I'd rather be prepared. Once it arrived, I realised just how well designed it is. I can see it will give years of service. I like the way it doesn't get hot underneath, and when something exits from the laminator, it isn't too hot. That saves damaging my cluttered desk.

Brilliant Design. Laminators are not what you would call 'cool'. However this one comes close. It does its job brilliantly. Can fit on a shelf or under a pile of books so does not add to clutter, and unlike perhaps every laminator I have seen in the past is not an eye saw. The huge heated rollers and genius, and lower the likelyhood of paper jams ten fold. As suggested by others, I suggest you wait about 10mins for it to heat up 'properly'. The built in thermostat has a status light which will change color after about 3min; however for best results I suggest waiting 7-12min. Then the laminate will be truly heated and pressed by it. I've used it with 3rd party laminates and the Swordfish laminates. It works well with both. the swordfish laminates are pricey but hight quality. If you run a small business and need to laminate menus or something they are up to the job.

I laminate flashcards for children (on average 2 - 3 pages a week) and so far the results have been great. I even used multiple smaller cut out items inside one pouch (although it is not recommend it) and they have been laminated really well. The quality of the finished product is much better than that of the popular £10 laminators. I would not hesitate to recommend Swordfish to any 'medium' user.

Last year I was offered a photography exhibition in Zippos Circus on Twickenham Green. The boss told me that my photos would have to be covered in plastic to keep the water off them. I bought this laminator in red and started laminating about 80 images. It was heartbreaking to put nice photos through the machine but I chose professional laminating pouches which were nice and glossy with rounded corners. When I started putting the photos up on boards in the circus tent, a big pool of water ran down all over my exhibition. Thank goodness I laminated them was my first thought. I also used the laminator on A4 posters which I put up around town. When the exhibition was over, I wondered what I would do with all these plastic covered photos but I have used them again in another exhibition and also given them to the circus performers. I am having another 'tent' exhibition when the circus comes to town this year so I will be laminating again. Very pleased with the Swordfish. All I would say is that a couple of my photos had a special finish on them and the laminating pouches did not like this at all and bubbled dramatically. I learned a lesson to only use a standard printing finish and this works absolutely fine.

I've had my Swordfish about 3 months now. This is a nice looking slimline unit which laminates very well. No need to use the jam release, the sleeves never jam. The unit gets to operating temperature very quickly. The ON LED expired the third time I used the machine, however it just isn't worth returning it to Amazon for an exchange or repair as the unit is otherwise working as it should. The HOT LED still functions, as I now commence laminating another 12 certificates for a project I run.... I would buy another.

I purchased this after my old laminator decided to eat what I was laminating and then started to catch fire! As I work at a school, I am constantly making resources for lessons at home, as I do not always have time at school. I normally do a large quantity of laminating, which can take quite a bit of time. This laminator is quick to heat up and works very well. It hasn't let me down and I would definitely recommend this product to others.

This was purchased to replace a long hated Tesco version !! I paid little or no money for the Tesco Laminator and it produced what I paid for, rubbish.... It eventually jammed with a laminating pouch inside which eventually melted itself to the rollers. I looked on Amazon for a replacement and this one seemed to have good reviews, so I plumped for the red one. It's been a really good buy up to now. It's small, dead easy to use and has a latch so that in the even of anything getting stuck thare's an easy way round it. Happily this hasn't happened. I'm well impressed.......

I am delighted with my purchase! It is so light and compact, which makes a huge difference! Laminates my resources perfectly and so quickly. This product does come with several pouches, however I would recommend the 250 micron pouches. They are much thicker and will last longer.

Mala calidad , llego rota , no pesa nada, parece de juguete. nada recomendable, compre una follower mucho mejor por poquito mas

riecht sehr stark, ist sehr langsam, macht Geräusche und die Laminate sind auch nicht gut. Kann ich nicht empfehlen !