Swingline Light Duty 8 Sheet Capacity Paper Punch (A7074114K)

by Swingline

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 2.4 x 1.9 inches ; 1.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IBKF
• Item model number: A7074114K
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,100 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 29, 2002

Product Description

Amazon. com Product Description

Providing reliable precision cutting whenever you need it, the Swingline A7074114K Light Duty Punch comes in an easy to use, space saving design. With the ability to punch 8 sheets of 20-pound paper at once, the hole punch features durable, all-metal construction, and comes with patented pin technology for superior cutting of 9/32-inch holes. Other great features include five semi-adjustable stops for flexible, multi-purpose punching, and a fully adjustable calibrated paper guide for flexibility. With a convenient removable chip holder, this punch comes backed by a manufacturer's limited 90-day warranty.

Product Description

Swingline Light Duty Punch - Swingline 74114K.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive But Flimsy, September 19, 2004

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Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swingline Light Duty 8 Sheet Capacity Paper Punch (A7074114K) (Office Product)

As a graduate student doing research for my thesis, I have a lot of paper to punch and put in binders. I bought this punch mostly because it was inexpensive and fit in my desk drawer. While it isn't totally useless, it is flimsy and prone to jams. It will routinely take only about four or five pages at a time without jamming (it depends on paper thickness), and once jammed it is sometimes hard to get the paper out of the punch without ripping. A second problem is that of chads. Until the 2000 election, I didn't know what the little partially detached pieces of paper not cut by the punch were called, but now I am unhappy to report that, thanks to this punch, I too have problems with hanging chads!

Swingline makes a lot of great office products, but if I had to do it over again, I would buy a better grade of punch. Unless you only have one page to punch here and there, this punch is not really up to the job.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Writers do a lot of hole punching, too, July 13, 2007

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Rosemary Thornton "Niece of Addie Hoyt Fargo ... (Norfolk, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swingline Light Duty 8 Sheet Capacity Paper Punch (A7074114K) (Office Product)

I have three of these hole punchers (long story, but has to do with misplacing the *&^% things). The Swingline is, as the other reviewer stated, not the best one of the bunch. The hole-cutters aren't sharp and it takes an unreasonable amount of effort to punch holes in bundles of five pages or more.

The other problem I've had is that the punched-hole-catcher (that plastic base that holds all the cut holes) has a nasty habit of falling off the bottom and then you have the tedious chore of picking up 5,391 tiny dots of white paper from the floor.

Another small note: It wasn't until I'd owned this puncher for some time that I inadvertantly discovered that the three cutters have a thumbscrew on their underside, to hold them in place. When these cutters wiggle loose, you have to stop and tighten those thumbscrews. I nearly threw the thing out one day after a paper jam, when I noticed that one of the three cutters was wobbly and loose (and hence, no longer working correctly). Once it was tightened up, it worked much better.

Like the other reviewer said, Swingline has many good products but this isn't one of their best. I also have the Office Depot version of this product (which is cheaper) and in my opinion, better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, March 27, 2008

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Susan Palmer (Woodruff, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swingline Light Duty 8 Sheet Capacity Paper Punch (A7074114K) (Office Product)

This is perfect for what I'll use it for. Not very heavy and punches great holes in the sheets.