EasyIDea Premium ID Card and Badge Laminator | ML450 Mini Lam for ID Cards | Temperature Controlled |

Easy to use and strong

I have used this to laminate various club cards and it works well. The warmup to operating temp seems a little slow.

Don't waste your time or money! Ordered this to replace the one we used to make Student ID tags at my school district. It was very small and would not have taken up too much counter space. However, the product just did not do the job. some of the IDs were laminated with no problem. Others did not seal and the edges lifted up. One ID even got stuck in the machine and we had to pry it out. The price tag is great compared to some of the others, but it does not work efficiently. Returned this and spent the extra money on a better product.

As described on line. Compact size. Works as advertised. Very quiet when running.

We needed a card/badge laminator. This worked perfectly. The only negative comment I received was "this device heats up slowly".

I purchased this product to donate to my local clubs that require membership. They needed a laminating machine for membership cards.

It was a replacement unit from one I bought from an ID card vendor. Same thing for 30 dollars less

This laminator is attractively priced at $52.99. While it is more than adequate to laminate 100 or fewer ID Cards, for quantities greater than that spend the extra money and buy the Pro-Lam 100 4" Laminator by Akiles. It can be found for less than $190. If I were reviewing the Akiles I would give it 5 stars without a doubt. The easyIDea ML450 I purchased was used exclusively for laminating Customer Rewards Cards (credit card size). I used Artisyn synthetic paper (10 mil) sandwiched by a 10 mil matte/matte butterfly pouch. I successfully laminated almost 500 cards before purchasing the Akiles Pro-Lam 100 4" Laminator. But wait, you said 100 or fewer cards above you're thinking. You are correct. Although all the cards required a minimum of two passes through the ML450 Laminator to successfully bond the three layers, the first 100 or so cards were otherwise trouble-free. After that I began getting blemishes, blisters and cards that wouldn't bond no matter how many times I passed them through the laminator. I averaged about a 10% failure rate over the last 350 or so cards. Artisyn paper ain't cheap!! Neither are the pouches!! Every reject costs, and it adds up. So for light duty I give it 4 stars since it gets the job done and has a great price. However for medium or heavy duty it only receives 2 stars because this laminator just doesn't cut the mustard. Average: 3 stars. For anything more than 100 cards I'd spend the extra $135 and get the Akiles.