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Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2025
This spiral punch and binder is decent for the occassional use. I wouldn't say its going to be a work horse- but for the times I'll be using it for instruction packets for small workshops or camps, it will work fine. It punched well, just need to use a little bit of force. I didn't quite get the hang of using the roller to roll the spiral binding on- but I think that just comes with a bit of practice. The plastic guide that helps keep your paper tight to an end when punching is loose, and it won't tighten correctly- and that's annoying, but its not a deal breaker. I feel like this is the same design and look that's probably been out since the 1970s. Good enough.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2025
This is one of those products which just sells itself to you IF you need it. I use them REGULARLY as part of my work. In my experience binding up thousands of pages using this type of machine they are worth it. This method of binding is just superior if you need to reference your materials frequently because you can fold the materials in half essentially. It's better than binders, better than the disks, better than glue, better than combs, etc.You can get all kinds of use beside just binding prepublished materials. I have made custom planners, notebooks, notecards, flash cards of all varying sizes. For example, I cut a piece of aluminum drilled out holes and made my own custom pocket notebook with a nice leather cover so I would have a hard flat surface to write on instead of the cheap ones you get at the store which are flimsly.Pros:+ The electric coil inserter is a fun add-on feature but doesn't really work so great with bigger coils or thicker bindings. For small coils and smaller bindings it can be a real time-saver.+ The two handed sized handle reduces punching effort. You need that when punching many tiny holes all at one time.+ It's got good heft to it with metal construction. Again, you need this to punch all the little holes;+ The box has a handle so you can store the machine in the box and carry it;+ It has a stop block to make it easier to punch sheets at the same margin;+ Comes with some coils (bonus);+ Comes with the crimping pliers (bonus);Cons:- My previous binders like this all broke in the electric rotor mechanism. The motor worked fine it was the plastic housing holding the rotor in place that broke and couldn't be repaired (by me). I hope this one lasts.Really happy with this purchase.
jessirae
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2025
I was really excited to get one of these to print out manuals/cookbooks (previously had been folding and trying to staple or taking them to a office supply store or using a 3-ring binder). I was mildly let down by this "machine" that's really just a glorified hole punch.Pros:+ Adjustable guide+ Came with 100 combs+ Came with Binding Pliers/Cutters+ Pretty blue cover+ Nice box to keep it in+ Heavy (feels solid/well-made)Cons:- Instructions were awful. I found a video online that helped a little, but I still didn't understand that you have to PULL and PUSH (not slide) the margin adjuster.- The electronic portion that is supposed to insert the comb is more trouble than it's worth. It was easier to just spin it in by hand.- No instructions for the pliers. I'm not an idiot, but I've never had a spiral binder before and the instructions defenitley assume you know the basics.- Only can fit 15 pages at a time (if that). Even then, it's VERY hard to push down and sticks on the way up. It's much happier with 10 or less pages.I was able to put together a manual for my son's new dirt bike, but it took about 30 minutes to get the thing figured out, and I had to break the 46 pages in to 4 different groups to punch them (thank goodness there is a guide). I finally had to watch a youtube video on how to use the pliers. I'm going to say that this is an average, light-duty, home-use spiral binder with terrible instructions. It will do the job for me.
Roy 55
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2025
Does a nice job, once you learn how to use the machine. The motorized wheel rotates the binding coils into the holes punched in the paper. I found it quite fidgety at first, ruining one binding coil and ripping some of the pages when a corner got too close to the wheel and pulled into the machine. After about 10 minutes and quite a few tries at feeding and unfeeding a coil into a set of pages, I began to get the knack. A light touch seems to work best. I wish there were guides or mechanisms to assist, but this just takes patience and practice (though I don't expect to use this often enough to get really good at working it). It does produce a nice, bound document that can lie flat or fold back on itself for convenient reading in a size-restricted space.
C. David
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2025
The real usefulness of this is as a really powerful hole punch; it punches a ton of small holes very easily, and without requiring power. Great! Awesome!It's the binding thing that goes nuts. Seemingly, you can only use the pre-formed plastic bindings that come with this, or if you buy spares. You get 100. The sizing on this is so specific and unchangeable that I don't think you'd be able to find perfect replacements. Reasonably, it takes a few seconds to twist the binding through the holes... but this machine maxes it out. The only powered object on this is a rotating rubber drum on top that ROCKETS the binding through the holes; it saves a few seconds and this might come in handy if you're binding thousands of things. If you're just doing light work, this is extreme overkill.I was hoping that the bindings would be wired, or this churning machine would spiral-ize a wire and create a binding, but nah. It just does a thing a little faster, and takes up a butt ton of space, and is very heavy... it's overkill. it works great for what it is... but does it need to be so much?
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