GBC CombBind BindMate Personal Binding and 3-Hole Punch System, 8 Sheet Punch Capacity, 125 Sheet Binding Capacity, Gray (7706170)

by GBC

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 15.8 x 10.5 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002QKCD52
• Item model number: 7706170
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,377 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
  • #6 in Office Products > Office Supplies > Binders & Binding Systems > Binding Machines
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 26, 2009

Product Description

GBC CombBind BindMate Personal Binding and 3-Hole Punch System, 8 Sheet Punch Capacity, 125 Sheet Binding Capacity, Gray (7706170)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good personal binder, December 3, 2010

By 

Raymond J. Becker (Ebensburg, PA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: GBC CombBind BindMate Personal Binding and 3-Hole Punch System, 8 Sheet Punch Capacity, 125 Sheet Binding Capacity, Gray (7706170) (Office Product)

This is a good personal binding system that works as advertised. The only issue I noted was it will punch 8 sheets at once, but you really have to work to get them in. I settled on 5-6 sheets per punch-action because of the difficulty putting more than 6 sheets in the puncher and I didn't feel like pushing so hard on the punch -- 6 punch just fine.

The day after I receive it, I punched and bound 10 80-page booklets with no real problem.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Total Piece of Junk, April 30, 2011

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J. Mason (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GBC CombBind BindMate Personal Binding and 3-Hole Punch System, 8 Sheet Punch Capacity, 125 Sheet Binding Capacity, Gray (7706170) (Office Product)

I've had and used the machine for 2 months; so I wanted to revise my original review.

This machine is a total PIECE OF JUNK.

I bought it for light personal use, intending to create a few photo albums of my digital photos. After only 2 months, it just went in the trash can.

From day one, two of the dies that punch the holes tended to stuck. Sometimes, they would rip the page as I tried to remove the paper. Finally, they got to the point that those dies wouldn't punch the holes at all.

I paid very careful attention to inserting the paper; but I still about a 30% rate of mispunched pages. I finally broke down and bought prepunched paper ($12.99 for 500 sheets from Staples); but that was cheaper than the cost of reprinting dozens of pages of photos.

The machine is rated for 8 pages per punch. Don't believe it ... 4 pages is a more realistic figure. Even when it was brand new, it struggled to punch through 2 sheets of card stock (which I was using for my photo album covers).

Save your money and buy another system. I sure wish I had done so!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Quality just not there, December 29, 2010

By 

R Dodson - See all my reviews

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This review is from: GBC CombBind BindMate Personal Binding and 3-Hole Punch System, 8 Sheet Punch Capacity, 125 Sheet Binding Capacity, Gray (7706170) (Office Product)

This has not turned out to be a very quality product. It says up to 8 sheets of paper may be punched at once, but really only about 4-5 is the limit. Even then it is difficult to get them inserted and lined up properly. Once the punching is completed, the lock to hold the combs open broke after only about 5 bindings. All in all, we found the quality of this product to be poor.