The Scotch TL901 thermal laminator features a two-roller system with two temperature settings and will laminate items up to five millimeters thick. It laminates letter-size, legal-size, business-card-size, photo-size, and other papers up to nine inches wide, as well as photographs and other projects and crafts. This Deal of the Day may not be combined with other offers (such as rebates or promotional certificates).
Excellent price! I paid $17.99 in a Gold Box Deal in September of 2010.
This laminator isn't a speed demon (it is slow to come up to temp.) but if you have casual need for a laminator this is your product. It is easy to use and there are great deals on the pouches if you watch for the Amazon deals and frequent rebates.
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I bought this machine 2 years ago and for the casual user this is a great machine. It is slow to heat for the first job but once in use it is quick and does a first class job. Over the 2 years or so I have had the machine I have had zero problems. When buying sheets for it I discovered the OEM sheets are actually better and just marginally more expensive. Over all if you laminate now and then and not hundreds of sheets a day this machine is well worth the money.
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I bought one of these to laminate ID cards for my customers during a gold box event last year. It still works great. One interesting note, generic laminating card sheets work much better than the Scotch branded ones. Great price - you can't go wrong. :)
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I've had this same laminator for two years and have given a couple of them for gifts. Like the other commenters have said, it isn't going to set any speed records but who cares for low-volume home use. I've had no problems from it and found it to be a very handy item to have around the home.
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I've been looking at this for some time here on Amazon and I must say that this is a great price, so I went ahead and ordered. I have a few ideas of what I plan on using this for, but maybe some people can give their "laminated projects" that they used this for.
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@J Actually I cannot think of anything you would want to encapsulate between two sheets of plastic. This basically destroys what you squeeze with the heat and rollers. If you want to keep something visually then take a picture or scan it. If you want to preserve it then find a proper storage medium, place it in that and store in a cool dry humidity controlled place. Good old ^A^ has been hawking this thing for years, if the the WoOt!s and Viners haven't disposed of them yet why should you pay for the privilege?
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@ M Schools are different today compared to the 50s where I grew up. I read that now classes are all done using laptops and individual training for each student. No more papers or books. ID cards are used to pay for stuff like lunches and trips, notes home go via email. It's a much different world today, laminators are history!
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laminate EVERYTHING! lol not really, but I used to work at a Kinkos and people would laminate some interesting stuff. Art projects, school awards or certificates, obits, newspapaer articles, scrapbooking stuff. Once a teacher came in an laminated some different games (tic tac toe, word finds, hidden pictures) to use in class with dry erase markers. At a price like this, for any crafty kinda person, someone who works with young kids, or even a person who would use it a few times a year, it's a good deal.
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It's a great laminator. We've used it for many art projects as well as paper rewards cards and important business cards.
I, too, bought this during a gold box deal. It was $17.99 on 9/25/10 and 9/25/11. It was $16.99 on 12/9/11 as it is today. Soooo, sell in May, buy in December?
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I love my laminator. Perfect for my small business. Takes about 5 minutes to warm up which is not really long at all. It makes everyday things in my preschool last longer!
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I have this laminator and paid around 25 at Walmart for it. I was a preschool teacher and this was honestly the best thing I could have ever bought myself.
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You are so funny! Schools are SO NOT paperless! You obviously have no school aged kids. And I can think of lots of reasons to laminate something...because YOU can't, doesn't mean others can't. Sometimes you need something protected from moisture, constant use, etc.
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@P Perhaps some of the older schools have not gotten up to speed but it is the way of the future. All you need is a flash drive in your pocket to carry all you books and stuff. It is far cheaper to not have anything that needs protection then to have it and spend $ to protect it. A may have some great5 grand kids in a few years and their schools will be on-line only. Perhaps some will "school-from-home" if appropriate.
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I used it to laminate the word cards I make for my kids. I have practically everything labeled in my house, including tile, soap, sink, shower curtain, table and stove. Needless to say the un-laminated cards I used didn't last long on those things. I also laminated the multiplication table, the periodic table and the chore list so it can be used over and over again.
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I really wanted to buy this. I'd seen it available on Amazon,quite some time ago. It has good reviews and you can't beat the price. However, I doubt it could ship and arrive by 12/21. Obviously, I won't need to laminate anything after that. :(
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