Am passionate about this laminator. Of course, it takes a few minutes to warm up, but then it pulls the foil quickly, and it is immediately clear, and finished. Previously I had a no-name product, as I had to give several times all films and it was still not welded properly. Of course, the film breaks up when the paper what has been laminated cuts. Who, like me makes, wild cards, or small communication cards for teaching, must first cut the paper, then place the pieces with spacing in the film, so that a sufficient distance remains for the weld and the average, lamination, and finally trim. It will not happen because the laminator but the two films welded to one another not the foil and paper. That's always handmade.