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Your cart is empty.GBC Inspire Plus Laminator is perfect for any home, school or small office. The compact and stylish machine is great for photos, handouts or any creative laminating needs. Get started on projects right away. The laminator warms up in as little as 4 minutes for quick and easy use and has a ready indicator light. Laminate at 9" per minute. The 9" document width allows for a variety of projects, while smooth rollers help items stay wrinkle-free. Compatible with any 3 and 5 mil laminating pouches. Lamination is simple with the single power setting, which lets you switch pouch thickness without changing settings. The jam release lever quickly clears jammed pouches. Comes with a 90 day warranty and 5 letter size, standard thickness thermal lamination pouches, which provide a clear, glossy finish. A cold lamination setting provides more laminating options. Cold lamination works with pressure-sensitive adhesive pouches including GBC SelfSeal pouches, sold separately.
Cynthia D.
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2025
I have used this laminator since 2016 and think it is great! I combine it with the Scotch 3mil thermal pouches and I am able to cut out images without leaving any space around the edges. I’ve used up to 110lb cardstock with no issues (it could probably go thicker, but I haven’t needed to). It also doesn’t take up much space and isn’t particularly delicate (I stuff it in a kallax cube squished between a few other things on its side). Considering I bought this for ~$25 9 years ago and it still works and looks like it did out of the box, I’d consider it to still be great value for the money for the longevity and quality.
James and Tamara Finlen
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024
Reliable and easy to use. This is the 3rd one I have purchased. One for me, one for my employer, and one for a friend. Simply the BEST!
Selene
Reviewed in Mexico on February 17, 2024
Útil, práctico, fácil de utilizar. Ya tengo tiempo con el, y me sigue funcionando perfectamente.
M
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024
Laminates a lot slower than my previous laminator, but overall good quality and suits its purpose.
Dawn Murphy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 20, 2023
The fact that it cannot be used at all in the UK. Waste of money and seller is breaching all regulations!! So Amazon, are you going to replace the item as it's gone past the refund stage due to the fact I wanted to buy a transformer in order to make it work but was told it was the wrong voltage and not compatible with UK voltage/wiring.
Ricardo Garcia
Reviewed in Mexico on January 20, 2022
Me gusta prácticamente todo, es muy fácil de usar y el resultado me encanta.
S. Morgan
Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2021
This laminator works like a charm. I did over 400 copies over a few days, using it for several hours at a time with no problem. No jamming, no overheating. Easy to enter the document within the side guides. Its not fast but I didn't except that for the price. I just watched Netflix while doing my laminating! I highly recommend this over similar products at this price level.
Sylvie
Reviewed in Canada on May 24, 2020
I love this. I purchased this to do foiling for card making. After reading reviews upon reviews upon reviews for laminators, I decided to purchase this one.It has both cold laminating and hot laminating (not warm, but hot). Easy set up (just plug it in and turn it on), easy to operate and super quiet. It also comes 4 or 5 pouches.Very pleased with this purchase. I’d definitely recommend this.
Shontae
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2016
I am very pleased with my purchase of the Swingline Thermal Laminator, Inspire Plus- it is so easy to use and does not take long to warm up. I appreciate the indicator light that lets me know when the laminator is ready to process my projects. I also appreciate that the machine has a cool lamination function for products that are heat-sensitive. The machine also has a button that allows you to manually pull the laminating paper through the machine in the event that it jams. (I have not experienced any jamming while using my machine.) This laminator is efficient- it does not take long for the machine to process your project and the best part is that you only have to put it through the laminator once. Disclaimer: Please make sure that you are processing your projects at the right thickness- move the slider that corresponds to the type of project that you're working on and read your user manual so that you can ensure that the materials in your project will not cause the machine to malfunction! I have a four year old son and being able to preserve some of his projects and achievements is very important to me. I am also in the process of laminating worksheets for my son to use dry erase markers on to help him continue to learn concepts when he is on break from pre-school and to work on after-school.
baseballteacher
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2016
Edited July 2022: I was able to, relatively easily, unjam the laminator and it is continuing to work great for me. I don’t use it as often as in the past, but it has been very reliable for me minus the one time it jammed up.I really wanted to love this laminator. I bought it August 2015 and used it often as I am a teacher and was preparing for another year of school. It worked fine when I first used it. I didn't use it consistently as I had a boatload of laminating in the beginning of the year and less as the school year went on. I pulled it back out when I found more things to laminate in the dead of winter, and again, worked well. Occasionally I'd get some bent corners, but nothing terrible. However, when I brought it out today to try, it laminated a few pages great, and then the third page jammed it up. In fact the page is currently inside the turned-off machine because I can't get it out. It was a bummer as I bought it mega-on sale and will probably never see that price again. I know you get what you pay for, but I feel like I didn't even get that much use out of it. Disappointing!
BigBlueFish
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2015
I spent a long time researching on the perfect laminator to buy. I did not want to spend more than $50 yet I wanted something that was compact, lightweight and would give me great results consistently. My main use of the laminator is to make flash cards for my young child who manages to fold, bend and rip regular paper flash cards. I spent hours reading reviews for the Scotch Thermal Laminator (TL901C-T), Scotch Thermal Laminator 2 Roller System (TL901), AmazonBasics Thermal Laminator, and the Purple Cows (3016c). I narrowed it down to the Scotch (TL901C-T), AmazonBasics and Swingline. The AmazonBasics, while the most compact and cheapest, seemed to be least consistent in results. I read too many reviews about jams. The Scotch is a best seller on Amazon but it's also about $10 more than the Swingline. Ultimately, I went with the Swingline because it was cheaper, smaller and seemed to yield good results per other reviewers.I am happy to report that this laminator has lived up to my expectations. I have laminated my child's artwork, photos and heavy cardstock for flash cards. I am thrilled with the performance of this laminator. It takes about 3 minutes to heat up. It sounds long but it takes me about that amount of time (maybe more) to lay out everything I want to laminate and put them in their pouches. A green light will light up to let you know the laminator is ready. I have experienced absolutely no wait time between laminates. I have laminated up to 14 pouches in a row with no issues whatsoever. It takes about 45-60 seconds to laminate an 8"x11" pouch. There is a cold laminate option which I haven't used and don't think I really will need to use at all. The only thing I wish this had was some sort of guide for the pouch so that it would be fed in perfectly each time. There had been a few times where I fed in the pouch slightly crooked and made me nervous that it would come out warped but it has not happened at all.All in all, I'm super happy with this purchase.
sherwilson @ Simply Sherryl
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2015
I was a little concerned about ordering this laminator based on the mixed reviews but we have use this brand before and have always loved their products. This laminator was no different. It did take a little bit of user adjustment to get it to work perfectly every time but once we figured it out it was smooth sailing.I love the convenience of being able to laminate things at home. My little one is in to making place mats right now. Everyone he knows gets a place mat with a picture and their name on it.The unit is not a commercial grade and it doesn't claim to be, but it does handle most home usage without any problems. Again the only issues we have had with it were when we were not following the directions.Overall this is a nice unit at a great price. Just the convenience of being able to laminate things at home makes it a nice purchase.
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