YourStory Book Binder and Laminator 375000

This is the best machine for binding, I hate the fact they went out of business. They had the best machine.

I thought I would be able to do so much more with this product, turns out, I cannot.If you buy YourStory's products, binders and laminators, then it works the way it was intended. If you try to make your own covers/binders, then they must be pretty thick (like the ones you have to buy) or it won't bind very well, or poorly. I guess I'm happy I bought this at half price because all its good for is laminating. My kitchen sealer works better at binding.

I was introduced to this product by a former intern. Wow! Love it! After testing it for business needs, this is the laminator we chose to purchase for office use at our small business. This thing is a workhorse - we've certainly put it to the test! I also purchased one for my husband (an elementary school teacher) as a Christmas present and he loves it as much as I do. Works for business, works for educational settings, works for personal use - great product!

I bought this to replace one I had purchased years ago. I used it to laminate key rings, photos, flash cards, souvenirs, and teaching aids- I hope to get the same service from this one. one advice: Do not overheat it when using better to let run then cool when doing large projects.

As pretty much every review below has noted, the main knock on the YourStory machine is not the machine itself. The main knock is that the product range is very limited. It only works with their brand of covers. However, thermobinding.com has developed an adaptor which allows you to use UniBind products with the YourStory machine. This really opens up a whole new world of soft and hard covers. You can find more info about the adaptor on their website under the "resources" menu on the left hand side.I think that owners of this machine will find this very helpful.

Plugged it in and it heated up. A few minutes later it turned off and never started back up. I returned it.

I've never used the binding feature but I've used the laminator for 7 years. I homeschool my kids so I have many uses for it. It works well. Seals well and accepts any brand of laminator pages.

I love the laminator. I have used it several times for laminating school games and projects. Have not used the binder yet. I would highly recommend this item.