Swordfish A4 Streamline Paper/Document Laminator

I'm really happy with this laminator which I've had for a few weeks now. I use it in an office setting so it probably gets used more than one at home would, but still not overly regularly. We laminate maybe 1-2 times per week, 5-10 sheets at a time.The laminator is very quick to heat up (compared to our old one anyway) and due to its compact size the pages curl up less as they don't have as far to drop to the surface of the table on the way out. It's also faster than our last laminator.It has a hot and cold setting (not sure who uses the cold one but it's there!) and I use it with 150micron pouches and it does the job first time every time.

Excellent value for money, I have laminated everything that cannot walk, talk or breath. Had 100's of my own pockets and did not use the ones that came free with the product and so didn't experience problems. The free ones did look kind of cheap. In saying that, I have had good use and the product is very good and small if you have a problem with space.

I purchased this laminator as I needed to laminate some A3 mechanical schematics I had drawn for displaying in a plant room of a building. As I had several to do, the cost of out-sourcing to do the same job worked out more expensive than purchasing the laminator and a pack of pouches, plus of course you have the machine for future use.It arrived quickly and set up was as easy as plugging it in and switching it to the hot setting. This machine will also cold laminate.The A3 pouches I purchased were also by swordfish and once the laminator was ready it was very easy to feed the pouch through.Overall a very good product and worked very well for me.

A perfectly capable machine for its purpose.

Not impressed at all with this laminator, seems very hit and miss as to how well it works. First sheet got stuck and folded up on itself, second sheet worked fine and then third got caught again. Was fed in straight, it just seems to get caught in the corner and gets stuck. Very annoying.

I am surprised by the number of bad reviews for this product. I have used the laminator several times now with no problems at all. It worked well with both 150 and 250 micron pouches. I have not tried it for A3 sizes yet, but can't see why it would not work just as well. It is a smart compact design and for a cheap laminator I would suggest it is fine for occasional use.

I was wary of buying office equipment for home as I've had items that don't meet expectations.This laminator has been one of my better buys.It takes A3 and A4 size sheets which I'd recommend buying as it's useful to have the option.I doesn't takes long to heat up,you just feed the laminating pouches straight in.No need for a cardboard sleeve.The sheets come out smooth and glossy,it does a nice job.Good for home and office,I'm pleased with this item.

I can only award the minimum stars based on my experience here and if the fault has been mine, I'll re-visit and update.Although I bought this laminator back in December 2020, I have only used it three times. The first was back in June where 2 A4 sheets were processed successfully, then a few days ago 2 more A4 sheets worked fine.Today however an A4 thin card recipe was half way into the machine and veered off centre and became caught up inside, it was ruined when I reversed it out. I tried a 90 gsm A4 sheet to see if the card had defeated the laminator but that too did exactly the same. A further test using just an A4 pouch has left it jammed inside and has proven unejectable when using the hopeless unjamming lever.This levernon the back of the device looks totally unlike that featured in the manual which is described as a Reverse Feature, so I presume it does just that but it is not a switch as such and has to be held in position which is somewhat inconvenient if you are holding the exposed part of a jammed sheet with your free hand.I followed all of the usual procedures. I note that there is a 2 year warranty from Amazon so I'll see if I can get it sorted.