GBCCombBind C12 Binding Machine, 12 Sheet Punch Capacity, 200 Sheet Binding Capacity, Black (7706171)

In addition to the fact that arrived in the time it was supposed to, it added that little touch to my writings that I now give to my friends with a plus. This is a very good product.

I like the binding feature, much quicker than my old one. The handle on the side for punching leaves room for upgrade, seems cheap and I'm afraid to put more than 4 sheets of paper in afraid it will break.

The GBC CombBind is easy to use. It is a very well built and sturdy binder. The long engage cutter arm make binding a snap. I do reccomend the binding machine to all that have need of a binding solution.

Not a very good product. Could only punch about 3 sheets at a time had to press extremely hard to punch successfully. Edges have to be very careful or they won't line up properly.

Item I received was damaged, however I was able to try it out before returning the item. Seemed to be well made but the paper was difficult to insert in the punching slot and tended to crease the top sheets. Only worked well in my opinion when punching less than 5 sheets at a time. Not acceptable for my purposes. I returned it in favor of the larger C20 unit. Would probably work for home type occasional users binding smaller documents of 29 sheets or less. I would not recommend this unit for any type of volume or larger documents due to the inability to accurately punch more than 5 sheets at a time.

I love this thing, I use it mainly to bind materials for school and for the price I bought it at I really can't complain.It does, however, have one major flaw that I imagine a lot of people will have trouble with. The slot to insert paper for punching is quite poorly designed and if your paper is not absolutely flat (curled a little at the edges) it will catch on the edges of the puncher and not insert fully underneath it. It'll also crease the top pages. It's a pain when this happens, because it won't punch evenly or will only punch the very edges making your paper useless.What I've done to work around this is to lay a length of tape down on the front of the machine that will correspond to the edge of the paper when it's inserted properly. That way I can tell if it's fully inserted and will punch fully. If I can't get the paper to correspond with that line because a sheet has caught on somewhere I slide a bookmark (should be relatively stiff) across the top sheet while pushing it in. This presses down the paper so it can slide under the puncher. It works like a charm, and is very easy to do. Using the bookmark trick also helps me insert 12-15 pages at a go.There's no guide for punching A5 paper, but I've found that using the USA over-sized setting and aligning my paper completely to the left works quite well.

Works great! Arrived super fast and had extra combs with! Easy transaction

all was great

The unit jams, sometimes even with two sheets, and the paper is also difficult to align. On my second and last binding project with this unit, I had to bind a report of 12 pages. A dozen times or more, my original was destroyed and I had to photocopy it and punch it again. I tried to have the unit replaced but, unfortunately, I received a thank you/regrets email pointing out that my request to return was done more than 30 days after the purchase. I am now shopping around for a more reliable unit. The GBC CombBind C12 unit is destine for the scrap heap.

for say 10-50 pages it's okay but more than that no