Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought both the adhesive as well as this Thermal Laminating pouches to laminate our Covid Vaccine cards and I’m hear to tell you, it works great with a Cricut Heat Press! I know - I know! Why not just get a laminating machine? One reason: while they are cheap it is one more piece of equipment to store because how often will I need it? Since I already had a Heat Press and it’s always in use, I thought I was going to try it before buying a laminator. What I did: Heat the Heat press to 230°. Put your laminating pouch between two pieces of parchment paper. This is mainly to protect your Heat press in case the plastic melts to your Heat press! Heat press it for 5 seconds. Flip it over, still between the parchment papers and Heat press for 5 seconds. Flip it over again and if it looks not quite sealed, Heat press for 5 more seconds. The outside boarders will be kind of wavy. Let it cool and trim it down, rounding the corners a bit. Then place the laminating pouch between the parchment paper again and Heat press once again for 5 seconds each side. This will ensure the edges are sealed. Let it cool and your project is complete! And one less piece of equipment to store!! Loving this! Looking for more items to laminate!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I laminate a lot. I previously was using some other brand. I do not even remember the name because I bought it at the store and I bought what was cheapest. It seemed fine. I always buy several packs at a time so it took a long time to use up. Over time, I have almost stopped shopping at the store and buy everything online. This looked like a good price so I bought several of the 3mm thickness and one 5mm. I opened the 3mm and it turned out so thick and perfect that I checked the package to make sure that I had not inadvertently opened the 5mm. It was the 3mm! The quality is so much better than I have ever used before. Even my husband noticed the difference in quality! This is easy to use and turns out perfectly for me. I am super pleased. I will only use Scotch brand from now on. This was a good price for a superior product. I can’t wait to try the 5mm!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I love these pouches. I use them with the Scotch laminator. They are very easy to use, and I never have air bubbles. The directions say you can send the pouch through the laminator a second time if it did not fully seal, but that has never been a problem for me. I teach, so I laminate a lot. It is so convenient to have a laminator and laminating pouches at home. I laminate regular size papers, and I laminate construction paper and card stock. All of these laminate well in these pouches. The pouches look a little cloudy out of the box. Do not let that worry you -- they come out clear after laminating.\n\nBecause I like to be able to scan quickly for the pros/cons, here you go...\nPros:\n-easy to use\n-fully seals a variety of papers despite thickness (regular copy paper, construction paper, card stock)\n-you can use dry erase markers on laminated papers and they erase easily (this is great for the classroom)\n-preserves papers / documents / child's art work / recipes, etc.\n\nCons:\n-none other than the pouches appear cloudy straight from the box, and that can be worrisome (they laminate clear though!)\n\nI have bought multiple packs of these laminating pouches, and I will continue to purchase them...no worries because they always come out perfect."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "These did an ok job. I'm a teacher so I do a lot of laminating, I have to say though, that I prefer the Apache brand sheets found here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NBCHTXK/ref=mp_s_a_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1497626492&sr=8-10&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=laminating+sheets&dpPl=1&dpID=51DBm%2BVDzHL&ref=plSrch\nYou can see in my picture one of my classroom items I laminated and how it almost looks frosted in the corner, that's because you can actually open that edge up, many of my laminations happened this way but only with the Scotch brand. I got these when they had a lightening deal but would not purchase at full price"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I\'ve used these laminating pouches with the Scotch Thermal Laminating machine and they work perfectly with them! One of the short edges is sealed so you can slide whatever you need in the pouch, feed it into the machine without a sleeve or any type of extra cover, and it comes out the other side, laminated! No wrinkles, no bubbles, just perfect! It easily fits an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper, with a nice border around it, or you can load as many smaller things into the sheet that can fit.\n\nI have laminated photos, cardstock, paper and other various things using this and have been pleased with the results each time. You can even laminate something as a whole sheet and cut it up after, and the lamination won\'t unravel, peel or come off.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2015', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'These 3 mil-thick laminating pouches are FANTASTIC. Though they will only accommodate items up to the size of a piece of legal paper, they are still absolutely WONDERFUL.\n\n~~ They are nice and THICK! The laminate available on many commercial laminating machines (such as those at schools or office supply stores) is thin, so even a laminated piece of paper is floppy. These pouches, however, are 3 mil thick, which makes for a much more substantial item once it is laminated. Therefore, they can stand up to abuse! I laminated papers I needed to stay legible when thrown in a camping backpack and when exposed to sweat and water. These pouches are thick enough that my back-to-back papers laminated in the pouches were able to withstand such abuse.\n\n~~ They can be used with dry-erase markers. I laminated bingo boards for kids to use with dry-erase markers, and they are able to be used, erase, used, erase, used, erased, and so on. They still look new!\n\n~~ They can be used with poster-board-thick paper. I have laminated business cards, thick fliers, brochures, and other papers that are thicker than standard printer paper. I ran into no issues whatsoever!\n\n~~ They are easy to use! One end is sealed, but the other three sides are open. That allows you to arrange items as you need them to be arranged before sending them through the machine.\n\n~~ The price is VERY reasonable here on Amazon. I\'ve paid as much as 0.48/each for a box of 50 of these pouches, which is outrageous. The prices here are much more reasonable! Of course it usually works out best to purchase in "bulk." :)'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Worth paying the money for the name brand vs generic. These stay sealed along the edges and are crisp and clear when run through the laminating machine. Buying this large pack less $ than going to two big box stores near my home and getting half the sheets. Big savings.\nI\'ve added three photos to show what the size is for the actual laminating sheet my tape measure comes out to be 11.5" x 9". The last photo shows a standard piece of printer paper which is 8.5" x 11". As you can see there will be an edge around the paper once laminated. Depending on the product being laminated we sometimes trim any excess away and have had no problem with the item not staying sealed in the laminating pouch.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': " These laminating sheets from SCOTCH really do the job well. They make preserving your documents a snap.\n\nAll you have to do is follow the instructions with the sheets and for your laminating machine, and you'll be good to go. Affordable and just what you need to get the laminating job done well."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I love these Scotch Thermal pouches. I've been using them for years mainly for crafts that I either sell or make as gifts. I use both the 3mm and 5mm and they are both great. I've tried store brand laminating sheets before when I've been in a bind and really needed pouches and nothing can really compare to the quality of these thermal pouches. I really like these larger size pouches and didn't realize until very recently that they also come in legal paper size and now I definitely want to try those as well. If you purchase these for use with your laminating machine you won't be sorry!\n\nOne of the best qualities that I like about these pouches when compared to other cheaper brand or store brand pouches is that the things I put inside the pouch to laminate (for example, handmade tags) don't shift when I go to put the pouch into the machine. I've had others where you fit everything (I'm usually laminating a bunch of small little pieces of paper) in the pouch and you go to lift it up to put in the machine and things start falling out or shifting and landing on top of each other. That is a real pain because it wastes time and it's just frustrating - that doesn't happen with these Scotch pouches. They almost have a sort of cling to them which I really, really like.\n\nIf you are a paper crafter, you definitely need to try these pouches for your laminating machine!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This laminating machine is such a joy to use. I don’t know why I waited so long to get one. It is so easy to use. It does hot & cold laminating. It heats up pretty quickly. I laminate my color charts for my paints & I love how great they come out. It doesn’t take up a lot of space. A bonus was the little corner trimmer that came with it. It rounds off all the corners after you’ve laminated. Really a nice finish. I would recommend this laminating machine to anyone. It’s AWESOME!'}]