Side by Side Comparison of: Laminationers vs Scotch

These worked just as well as the name-brand thermal laminating sheets I have used! Because they are one piece to do the front and back (folded in the middle), it is very easy to get a document or photo all situated to put through the laminator. I have used these in multiple laminators and never had a problem. I have also used them on photos, regular weight computer paper, colored paper, and cardstock, and they have performed well with each type. The 5 Mil weight has been perfect for anything that I need to be a little more durable/stiff. I have used them to laminate dot-to-dot sheets so my children could use a dry-erase marker and reuse them again and again. They have also been great for laminating some quiet book pages I made, as well as the pieces that needed to withstand the frequent velcro-ing. I am very pleased with them! I would definitely recommend these to anyone with an at-home laminator who needs an inexpensive, but quality product for their laminating needs.If you found this review helpful, I would very much appreciate you giving me a "thumbs up". And if you have any questions, I'd be more than willing to answer them to the best of my ability!

Adore these sheets! I purchased them for use on Print and Play games from Kickstarter and general use in both of my libraries. These are nice and thin before use, and harden right up when run through the machine. Some of the items I've laminated, like bathroom/locker passes take heavy use daily and typically last 4-6 months before needing to be replaced. For items that I've laminated that are lower usage, like signs or wipe off boards, they are still going strong. I would definitely recommend these for your medium-usage projects. With heavy usage projects, just be aware that they will need to be replaced every few months.

My wife goes through this paper like wild fire. She laminates everything for her class and has used this paper for 1000's of things for her class with no complaints.

This product works great with the Swingline GBC Laminator. I read a few bad reviews about it. 100 sheets for around $10 is definitely a good deal. It makes laminating affordable.

I'm a Speech Language Pathologist in Manhattan, which means I can't carry around bulky materials. This means a ton of file-folder games, laminated card sets, and other stuff to "bulk up" what clients have in their homes to use. I bought a cheap laminator (Purple Cow) a few months back and needed a cheap set of sheets that would help me churn out volume. Was pleasantly surprised by the quality of these for the price! Purchasing another set now-- never saw a bubble; never had a sheet "kink up" on me while running it through the laminator. They work perfectly and are SO MUCH cheaper than any other sheets this size I've seen in brick-and-mortar stores. Highly recommended for at-home projects.

I bought 1 box and tested the quality. It was good. Then I bought another 2 more few months ago and then another 2 about weeks ago.It always comes out good from the laminator, flat, attached well, no bubbles. I am happy with it, cheaper and affordable. That is why I purchased from the same seller again for 3 times.

They have worked perfectly for every project I've used them for. I've mainly been using them for photo projects and I can easily fit 3 4x6 photos in one sleeve and the photo seems to come out even brighter and crisper than before.

Keeps papers tear free for years in my classroom! I use them with my scotch laminator, and they allow my center materials to stay nice and neat for several years! Makes it worth it for me to put together colorful, fun centers!

These laminating pouches are the perfect thickness to laminate bookmarks that fit comfortably between pages. I just re-ordered a pack of 200 sheets and will definitely be getting use out of them! I use them with the Scotch Thermal Laminator 2 roller system and got really great results. They're thick enough to handle easily when feeding into the laminator machine. I've laminated both 100lb coverstock as well as 80lb, so I laminate paper on the thicker side and they work amazingly well. There is a good seal and when the paper is fed correctly, no crinkling of any sort. I've never had an issue with the laminate bubbling or warping. I found the best way to feed into the machine is setting the document in the laminating pouch on top of something that is on level with the opening feed. (I use the box that the 200 pouches came in or a stack of books). This ensures a straight feed for good results everytime. The laminating pouches may be a bit opaque but once it heat sets and is fed through the machine, it comes out crystal clear. I've recently started using these to make little ID badges as well. A great product that I would recommend and will definitely be purchasing again.Over time, I will update my review for longevity and quality of the product. If you found my review helpful, please vote with a YES/LIKE. It would be greatly appreciated!

I love these laminating pouches! I am an elementary teacher and I hate how the school lamination is thin and comes off easily, even when it hasn't been trimmed too close. I used my Scotch Thermal Laminator Combo Pack, Includes 20 Letter-Size Laminating Pouches, Holds Sheets up to 8.5" x 11(TL902VP) for 2 and a half years before a rogue off-brand laminating pouch got stuck in it and essentially took it out of commission. My hubby was able to disassemble it and get it out, but the sticky residue remained. I keep it now as a backup for my Scotch Thermal Laminator, 2 Roller System, Fast Warm-up, Quick Laminating Speed (TL901C-T), and have vowed to NEVER buy off brand pouches again. Haven't had a problem since, and the cost is well worth it!

These are awesome. They are crystal clear and you can cut right down the middle of a single laminated sheets without it coming apart (it will come apart if you laminate two sheets back-to-back and cut too close to the papers with lamination sticking to one side of each page). WARNING: Make sure you insert the page closed-side first. If you insert the open side then you will break your laminator. True story! Happened to me because I was trying to do too many things at once and wasn't paying attention. It melted all around the rolling bar inside my laminator. Had to get a new one. BESIDES the point. But just wanted to give warning when I can. Great sheets. Great price. Love them!

My wife loves crafting and making all sorts of things. She needed to laminate some stuff and I decided we should just buy one. This unit does a really good job. I was really impressed how some items she made for a party she was planning turned out. The lamination was nice and thick and looked professional. It wasn't flimsy like some of the home laminating I have seen. The unit heats up fast, and auto feeds the pouch in. It couldn't be any simpler. It is so easy, that I have even laminated some things for my football coaching and a little mothers day project for the wife.Also, make sure to order the pouches online as well, they are much cheaper.

Good deal! not hesitate to buy it quickly. this is actually a great product I am ordering more Perfect condition, easy to use This made my life this week awesome!!!

Could have been a bit thicker but fine for what we needed

I did not have any problems with the lamination. All of my cardstock pieces went through my Scotch home lamination machine and came out looking beautiful. It was set to the 3 mil setting. I always leave 2-3 millimeters of plastic edge around each items when I cut out it because it prevents any separation.My only issues was that occasionally, the top corner of the laminating pouch might turn under and come out the other side that way or the plastic between pieces might be a tad stretched looking, but since I am cutting out all the pieces this did not effect anything for me.WARNING! DO NOT use this pouch with a 5 mil setting on the Scotch home lamination machine! I tried this once because I thought some really thick cardboard would need the higher setting, but I was wrong The pouch melted too much and get jammed then ruined what I was laminating. As long as you are using 3 mil plastic pouches, then you need to use the 3 mil setting. 3 mil can handle thicker cardstock. I have used almost 100 pouches so far and would definitely buy it again.

As a homeschooler, I might be a little obsessed with laminating things. I use my laminator to make reusable dry erase activities, as well as preserve artwork, or make paper crafts more durable. Because of the sheer volume of laminating that I do at home, I do tend to "go cheap" with laminating pouches. These fit the price category I was willing to pay, and so far they have worked just fine. I do have the occasional bubbling, or a sheet that doesn't want to melt onto the paper fully, but those are few and far between. These sheets are thinner than some others I've used, which I like. Overall, these are a good value.

I have gotten into the home binder making. I purchased this set of thermal laminating sheets and a laminator and the day they showed up I whipped them out and fired it up! After utilizing about 15 sheets I can say these are a good investment. I didn't have any problems running them thru a laminator or getting a good seal. Once heated the sheets are completely clear. I will definitely purchase another pack one I have laminated everything in my house, HAHA!

For the price you can't beat the amount of laminating sheets. I use these sheets for projects and activities in my preschool classroom. The quality is average. If you see bubbles in sheets just run it through laminator again! When it comes to extremely important documents I would not use these laminating sheets. I recommend the scotch laminating sheets for important documents.

Super convenient and easy to use! My only complaint is that sometimes when I have finished a sheet, there is still a cloudy looking effect on the paper. Not a big deal and will not hinder my continued use!

These laminating sheets worked well and were easy to use. Note, these sheets require a laminating machine as they are not the sticky type of laminating sheets.

I like it, but need to try some 5 mil stuff. I should have looked deeper and got the 5 mil, but that is no fault of Scotch or 3M. These work well. I used them with the AmazonBasics Thermal Laminator. Both worked quite well.

Works great for laminating for a classroom. Or school seems to never have any laminating film when I need to laminate items for the class.I have bought this several times, the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because it is really hard to erase if the students use a dry erase marker on it (even Expo). I had laminated papers for small group and it was almost impossible for the students to erase after writing on it. The thinner school laminating film works much better for that.

The results on my laminations come out clear, but with noticeable warping. I don't know if it is the laminate material or the inexpensive Scotch Thermal Laminator I use (I use it so infrequently that I couldn't see spending the big bucks on an expensive laminator). I wonder if a thicker laminate would prevent the warping. Perhaps when I need another package, I will look for the next thckness up.

I purchased Scotch Thermal Pouches 8.9 x 11.4 Inches, 100-Pack (TP3854-100) to use with my Provocraft book binding/laminating machine. I made a book for my niece with the pouches and it came out pretty well (if I do say so myself!) The laminated pages were much more rigid than I was anticipating (guess i"m used to the cheaper lamination the schooloffers) so I was a little worried my niece might cut herself on the edges - thankfully she hasn't.The only real complaint I have so far is that a few of the pages I have encountered had little holes or something in the plastic and while they laminated ok (I used them for practice) they didn't look that great. So you really have to pay attention and look the pouch over before you ruin any items!.FYI, I noticed it is very easy to cut the seal when trimming around the laminated items. I used a cutter to trim my pages but didn't notice the seal wasn't always a "perfect" line around the object so I ended up cutting the seal. Luckily I was able to put the page back through the machine and seal it again. With more practice, I'm sure it will get easier.So far I'm happy with this product :)

These are decent for the price, but ours curl after lamination and do not naturally sit flat.

Worked ok with my laminators but sometimes the sheets would stick in the laminators because they would get soft

Not as expected. I would not use them for laminating photos or artwork, but they work okay in a pinch for things you need to keep but not look at too much. Very cloudy, not glossy and not clear, pouch doesn't stick to paper thoroughly, the "border" around the document is very pronounced.. Tested on both Amazon Basics laminator and two different Scotch machines with smooth bristol, regular copy paper and Neenah cardstock.

Good thickness, not the best lamination. Not always close enough to edge of paper and gets a bit bumpy.

Works well, but it's not as good as the sheets that came with my Fellowes Laminator I bought from Costco. It does the job, but for whatever reason, this laminating clear sheets have a ton of static. It's always a challenge opening it and inserting the papers because everything sticks.

I don't know if it is my laminator or if these are not the same quality as the Scotch laminate pouches. They seem to get more wrinkles and bubbles in them than the previous Scotch product. Wish I had purchased a smaller quantity to try first. They work, but ........ like the old saying, you get what you pay for. These might be fine in smaller size.

as expected.

Well, these were the cheaper option. They kind of bubble up a bit in my (admittedly) non-Scotch brand laminator. Running papers through twice helps.

There ok. My first use has a discoloration and I'm not sure why

A little thin compared to what you would get at Kinko's.

The thermal film is extremely difficult to separate in order to prepare the document for laminating. Some sort of a tab would be helpful

Maybe I just got a bad batch or something. The inside of each pouch isn't tacky at all. It's almost impossible to keep pieces of cardstock or paper from sliding around inside when inserting into the laminator. Then when that happens, the pouch and the items being laminated get ruined. The pouches I bought before were sticky enough inside to keep stuff from slipping around.

Paper curled on top ends, ruined projects worked on.

As a pre-k teacher I laminate a lot of items. These sheets are not sticking the the items and are peeling off the cardstock once cut. Now I have to not only re-print and remake center items I have to buy more laminating pouches. If you plan on using them as whole sheets you might be ok.

Pages a little too thin compared to other 3mil. Seems to not melt as well or something so leaves some silvering.

I was so excited for these, not only for the price, but that when I first laminated everything, they all looked great. I made about 40 file folder games for my kids. Then, when I cut out the pieces, they started to peel, so I had to use an iron to reseal them because the pieces were too little to get resealed in the machine. Within the first use of each file folder, this has either peeled off of the pieces or the actual file folder. My daughter was even able to tear a piece in half. I will try and reseal them again, but I may just have to re laminate them with a different brand of pouches. If you are using them for things that won't get a lot of hands on use, these would work okay. But, for the reason I got them, they were very disappointing.

These laminating sheets were cheap in price, but cheap in quality too. I am a kindergarten teacher and I am constantly using my personal thermal laminator to laminate everything from copy paper, card stock, construction paper, you name it. From the very first time we used these laminating pouches, we could tell they were much more flimsy than other brands we have used in the past. Every time we use them, the leading edge of the lamination curls up and messes up whatever is in the pouch. I would instead recommend the amazon basics brand laminating pouches for a good value price and much higher quality product.

I find these pouches too flimsy and they pick up hair, lint etc. like a magnet. For a few more cents, I would rather buy the Scotch pouches.

Unfortunately, I didn't use until after my return window was closed. But the box I got was cloudy. The free couple of laminating pouches that came with my Scotch thermal laminator were fine - so it's probably a fine product. I'm disappointed in the box I got though.

Have not worked as well as last batch I ordered. Keep wrinkling. Disappointed with quality.

My package came opened- The Scotch box was damaged and had been opened and re closed and the plastic casing around the laminating pouches was opened as well. I did not take the time to count out 100 sheets to make sure they were all there but some could have easily been missing. I didn't want to bother with the hassle of sending the package back. The laminating sheets themselves seem to work fine.

These are knockoff laminating sheets! Too thin and staticky. Lower quality. The sheets also wrinkle when laminating. Right away they felt different than the usual scotch laminating sheets previously purchased on Amazon or stores. Buyer beware.... it's a hit or miss with ordering on Amazon.

Too thin at 3mil...I'm used to thicker ones like 5 or 6 mil. So I had to double bag these - first seal in a single pouch, then put the sealed pouch in a second and laminate a second time. But I'm going to get a pack of thicker ones. These are too light & flimsy.

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but the corners curl up almost every time I use it. The instruction manual doesn't have anything about that problem.

Terrible product! All the sheets I run through my laminator don't fully laminate on the edges and they open and they look terrible!! Very disappointed.

This is a terrible product. The lamination does not stick together.

They leave a thick bubble around the things I laminated and then they peel apart.

Only use if you don't care about the way the paper looks. Leaves tiny but noticeable little dot like areas on sheet once laminated. I tired side by side with the overpriced GBC® HeatSeal® UltraClear and the difference is night and day. I will chuck these and go buy the overpriced ones cause they are notably better. Packaging is better too on GBC. These just come with a basic box that is too thin and can dent or ding easily for something this hefty. You get what you pay for I guess :(

I have nothing but complaints of these laminating sheets . They consistently curl up on the edges & ruin the documents I am trying to make durable. Completely contradicting the point of laminating them! I just had one roll all the way around & around the rollers in my laminating machine. Luckily it did not break it.

I purchased these laminating pouches after using another brand (Universal) and they were AWFUL! They had little to no "static cling", as it were, for the item you're laminating to stick to the plastic...so it won't slide as you put it in the machine. As a result, they bubbled easily. And even on the items I was successful in getting in the machine without slippage and no bubbles, when I cut out my pieces, the plastic came apart and peeled easily off the items. Total product failure! Waste of time and money.

A lot of pouches are falling apart while some don't want to come apart at all. Instructions about handling, opening pouches is needed for newbies,

Unfortunately, all of the sheets that I have gotten from this pack do not remain "sealed" once laminated. I thought it was my laminator, so I had that looked at. Then, I bought a different brand/package of laminating pouches and tested them out throughout this month. Every single Scotch sheet that I used fell apart, whereas the other brand remained in tact. I tested this with regular paper along with cardstock. I am very displeased with this product and I will not be purchasing it again.

Worked once, then never again.

the pouch's glue is not strong, my sheet could not be laminated well

I am so upset with this purchase. I ordered the 3mm due to the price. When I used it, it the pages waved at me. I decided to spend the extra money and get the 5mm. When I went searching for 5mm, I ran across an off brand at 1/3 of the price. I read the reviews and decided to order it. Wow! I can't believe how much Scotch rips you off for their name. Never ever again will I buy their sheets. Do your research people. I wish I had.

These are the worse laminating pouches and I'm really surprised since they are Scotch. I had a package of Gordon laminating pouches that I had been using but cannot find on Amazon at all. They worked great! They were clear and did not pucker or bubble at all... however, these Scotch brand sheets pucker and bubble a lot. They arrived with some creases in the first several sheets, but I dug down and got ones out that were smooth and looked good. However, putting them through my laminating machine proved to be terrible. They puckered, they bubbled, they are not smooth and certainly not clear where there are ripples and bubbles. There are even some strange whitish marks appearing in between the top and bottom sheets. I am really unhappy with this purchase and will not be buying any more from this company. I thought they would be as good, if not better, than the last brand I purchased since it was not a top-notch company brand, but I am really disappointed with these. I'm trying to use them as I need them badly, but they are really not good quality at all. I will not be buying these ever again.