Will these laminating pouches work in another brand name laminator or just the Apache?
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Yes these pouches work in other brand laminators. I use it with my Scotch brand with great success.
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I use the Purple Cow laminator I bought at Costco for $19.99. It is a great little machine and the pooches are perfect!
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I use them in my Scotch laminator. It has a 5 mil setting, so they work great!
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Yes. I use the amazon brand (basics) which, by the way is a great machine! I have had zero issues and used many other apache and other brands with no problems. My machine will work with 3 and 5 Mil laminating materials.
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Yes they will. I use them with great success in a $20 Scotch brand from Walmart.
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Must use the plastic pouches. The laminating unit provides heat to fuse the pouch around your paper item.
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Any "hot" laminating sheets are supposed to work. I use the "Universal" brand ones that I bought from Amazon and they work great. There are several sizes. The one I use most often is model 84642 which are business card size.
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I have a Scotch laminator that I purchased in the clearance aisle at Target for ~$15. It works fine. The 5 mil pouches are much better than the 3 mil ones. I haven't used a "Your Story" laminator.
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It depends on what you intend to do with them. If you want to laminate flyers and postcards as mementos for safe keeping, like to keep in a memory book or box, then 3 mil is fine. If you intend on using them on a regular basis, posting them up in places where weather can get to them, or in a classroom, you may want to opt for the 5 mil. I purchased the Apache Laminator for use in the classroom and always order the 5 mil pouches for my materials. The 5 mil holds up to the wear and tear of the daily use from my students. I suppose the 3 mil would probably work just as well, but the 5 mil makes them sturdier and stiffer, not easy to bend, and stands up to dry erase markers and erasers. Hope this helps to answer your question.
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Hi Deborah,I only bought my daughter the Fellows brand pouch to give her the best shot at good performance, and they have been great. Other pouch brands might work just as well if the melt point of the adhesives they use in their pouch is the same as the Fellows brand. The only way to find out is try.
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Yes. The pouches appear frosted prior to going through the laminator, but become completely clear once they are fed through and heated.
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Yes! This laminator will laminate card stock extremely well. I did a lot of that in making educational aids for my grandson.
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Follow up question: Would laminating the tile cards work in a way that they still fit in the plastic divider?
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While this product comes with two laminating pouches, I bought a combo laminating pouch set because it really depends on what size paper you are laminating; letter(8.5) or photo size;(5x7) etc; since my wife is doing a lot of arts/crafts projects or laminating something from her Montessori course, the extra pouches in varying sizes do come in handy.
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It comes with some laminating pouches, but you may need to purchase more or different sizes depending on your needs.
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Depends on exactly what you are trying to laminate. The "pouches" are sturdy but flexible plastic. One side has adhesive and the other does not. The adhesive sticks to one side of the material being laminated and seals to the plastic side where it extends beyond material being laminated. The resulting unit can be trimmed as desired as long as a reasonable margin, say 1/8" or more is left beyond the edge of the material laminated. The material to be laminated should be reasonably thin, perhaps not thicker than good construction paper. The resulting laminated unit is quite sturdy. If your letters and projects meet these conditions and are within the specified size limits, the product should work satisfactorily.
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Yes. I have used smaller pouches to laminate recipe cards and have not had any issues.
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My laminator is a no name brand I bought at Aldi's for $19.99 and these pouches work excellent with it!!!
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I ordered pouches from different places. But, Amazon and Staples pretty much gets me any size and thickness I need. You need to specify your thickness for a best answer.
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I just purchased the "Universal" brand of laminator pockets and they work just as well as the Purple Cow brand - much cheaper too!
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Yes, according to the item description on the "More Technical Info": "Accepts Laminating Pouches up 10mil". I wish I could tell you from firsthand experience but I just got my AL9 but haven't had much luck finding 10 mil pouches for ID Badges. I'd better get a move on it though because invariably eveyone's badge will come apart at the same time. I'll post again after I have tried it out on 10 mil.