Master Adjustable 40-Sheet 3-Hole Punches with Power Handle, Black (MAT1340PB)

by Master Products

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 11.2 x 3.9 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000789CDQ
• Item model number: MAT1340PB
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,133 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 18, 2006

Product Description

Master Adjustable 40-Sheet 3-Hole Punches with Power Handle, Black

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 3-hole Master Punch, February 24, 2010

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M. Holmboe (Modesto, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Master Adjustable 40-Sheet 3-Hole Punches with Power Handle, Black (MAT1340PB) (Office Product)

We needed a heavy-duty 3-hole punch that would allow for punching holes larger than the standard 9/32" diameter hole. Punches with larger punch heads are hard to find. But Amazon came through for us and had this one available. It is working just fine for our needs. My husband works with some very larger binders, and having a punch that can provide these extra large punch holes made all the difference.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great hole punch. Actually, the best!, February 2, 2011

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sprigget - See all my reviews

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This is the one to get if you are looking for a life-time, quality hole punch that can punch huge numbers of papers and get it right. I have one of these at work, one at home. Every now and then someone "steals" the thing, but I've been lucky because they've been returned.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Soviet-Era Catastrophe, November 23, 2010

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Bishop - See all my reviews

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It was like Christmas morning when my hole punch arrived at my office. I had visions of punching through reams of paper with the greatest of ease - no more jams, no more awkward ergonomics, just pure punching delight.

My elation slowly turned to confusion when I unboxed the punch. In front of me sat what looked like a cheap Soviet-bloc era stamped metal hole punch. I quickly loaded in a sheet of paper and depressed the lever. Flip! The action of pushing down the lever flipped the unit on its side. I inspected the newly punched sheet only to discover that the piston did not cleanly separate the "chad" from the hole. "Clearly, I must not have done this right." I thought to myself. I loaded up another sheet, and then another, only to discover that each time I depressed the lever, the unit would flip on its side and would leave the "chad" on the sheet.

Undaunted, I will continue my search for the elusive grand daddy of hole punchers.

I believe the inherent problem with the unit is it is unbalanced (the position of the lever in relation to the width of the base) and the piston does not depress far enough into the hole to get a clean cutting action. Fondly, I recall my father having a similar unit which was produced in the 70s that has lasted to this day. The build was wonderful and made of quality parts - it did not flip. Despite its weight and size, it feels cheap and because of its obvious design flaws was returned.

As an aside, please note that while some people were excited about the oversized holes the punch makes, I found the nearly dime sized holes are ginormous. But that is not a problem with the unit, just a potential problem not visualizing how big the oversize holes were going to be.