I wrote a family cookbook to give as gifts at Christmas. When I researched having it printed and bound I found the price was outrageous just for personal use. I started researching binding it myself and found this product on Amazon. I have to admit I was skeptical at first but once I used it I was impressed. It was extremely easy to use and worked just as advertised. The price was reasonable also. If you need to or just want to print out a book or manual and want it to have a professional appearance this is the product. This is exactly what I needed when I needed it! Thank you. I hope this helps!

Works well. Low price is an added incentive to buy. I wish it were a little heavier to nullify any movement or lifting when punching and binding. Keep that in mind to keep steady and punch about six 24 lb. or 20 lb. sheets of paper at a time and should work well and not have punch/chad jams. I've run a couple thousand pages through and am happy with the performance.

I bought this machine to use for binding my children's homeschool curriculum. It worked great and was easy to use. If your a first time binder this would be a great option as its not overly complicated but even a pro would find this a nice machine to do projects with.

It doesn't feel flimsy to use or cheap in its making. It's easy to store back in the box if needed by simply removing a screw and tucking the handle back in the box just as it came out.

TLDR: I've had never used one of these things and it works just fine.

Setup: easy, comes with an extra stippled thumb screw for the handle. I recommend taping it to the bottom so you don't lose it. Screw on the handle. Punch some holes into the provided cardboard to remove oil from manufacturing and you're good to go.

Hole punch: It cut through one sheet of poly back cover fine. It cut through one sheet of PVC cover just fine. I didnt even try it with multiple sheets of those. For paper, it says it can cut up to 12 at a time, I did like 6 to 8 because it was easier to manage. The more sheets you use the more chances of mistakes (misalignment) which means more printing.

Binding: can be frustrating, but I found that setting the Binding ring to the far left is best. I made five-35pg booklets. Use something like the styrofoam that came in the package to create a more level surface for the papers. Open the rings. Set your back cover into the rings and lay it down on the foam, I tried inserting all pages and couldn't do it right away so I started inserting 10 pages at a time, it was difficult to maintain what I already had set when I tried to add more. I got it eventually but this way was most frustrating. I went back to inserting all the pages at once and I found the technique that worked for me. Open the binder rings wide, put the pages at a 90* angle to the binder rings and close the rings so they insert into the holes then lay the papers down and reopen the rings a bit and add the front cover.

I definitely got faster with each booklet.

Su funcionamiento es bueno, sin embargo sería más funcional si se pudiese observar cuando ya ha perforado, ya que es muy complicado extraer las hojas de acetato y quedan atrapadas, entonces se debe "adivinar" cuando ya quedó perforada