Laminator for sale

[Peter Normington]

its only a good price if it does what you need.
you should be able to work it out if you have looked around the show.

Not enough info to cast an opinion on what you were offered though

Peter

[Soyeb Ravat]

Hi Peter,

I,ve looked around for a while and have found that laminators do go from £1200 to £3300 for the same width!!! so i am a little confused as to why this is when a laminator just laminates. of course quality is always a key factor but the pricing is quite an extreme! Ive looked on ebay and they all seem to be £1200+. I’m strongly thinking of going for the machine and will probably pick it up tommorow but thought i would ask people who have experience and more knowledge then myself with laminators to cast an experienced opinion.

Thank you 😀 😀 😀

[Peter Normington]

Soyat
as I said, look around the show, see what is available and how much new, ask the suppliers what are the advantages of their machine, etc. etc.
then ask yourself if the machine for £700 is a good buy?
It could well be, but you need to be aware that good machines are not cheap. I have a bottom of the range cold laminator, new they cost £2500, (look on signmaster’s stand) it does what I want, and does it right without wasting materials.

Peter

[Steve McAdie]

I’ve got a chinese laminator it has foot pedal and forward/reverse, no take up roller though but could be similar machine. It does the job but the build/engineering quality leaves a lot to be desired. I intend to replace it with a better quality hot laminator sometime in the future when finances allow. Like I said it does the job but I wouldn’t recommend it,that said yours might be totally different and be of decent build quality.

Steve

[Soyeb Ravat]

thanks for the advice guys. will certainly let you know what i decide with the machine. 😀

[Unknown Member]

I would stay clear of any form of laminator made in China… We purchased one when we first started out…Ended up causing us more problems then profit….In the end i couldn’t even give it away!

[Soyeb Ravat]

Thanks for the advice Harpreet I will do a bit of investigating to find out where its made. what problems did you have exactley??

Also is this Harpreet from Ilford??

[David Rogers]

quote Harpreet Sahota:

I would stay clear of any form of laminator made in China… We purchased one when we first started out…Ended up causing us more problems then profit….In the end i couldn’t even give it away!

To be fair – the Chinese stuff may be cheap, it may be poor build quality…but very often it works well if used within its limitations.

I use a set of Chinese ‘rollers’ – to be fair, calling it a laminator is an insult. BUT, it’s laminated many, many hundreds of metres of print at 1350mm, rolled on vinyl onto anything from 3 to 10mm thick and works a treat.

Dave

[Justin Williams]

quote Harpreet Sahota:

I would stay clear of any form of laminator made in China… We purchased one when we first started out…Ended up causing us more problems then profit….In the end i couldn’t even give it away!

Same here harpreet, Soyeb i would stay clear mate, i think i no who its from as well and it may be the same firm we got ours from, which is now in pieces under one of our benches.

Like Pete says invest that little bit more and you’ll get a better machine that wont cause you problems.

Jus

[Neil Speirs]

quote Soyeb Ravat:

Sign show was great and was hoping to see people I know from here but i didnt!! gong again on thurday so may be i will see a few familiar faces 😀 😀 😀

Why don’t you put your picture up Soyeb & people may have a chance of recognising you? Were you with your wife by any chance?

[Soyeb Ravat]

Hi Neil,

Yeah always mean to do that. gonna put my pic up and want to be a proper member is well so 2 things yet for me to do!! i was there Wednesday and today (Thursday) but could have done with 3 days over there! I went alone. were you there Neil??

[Neil Speirs]

Managed to get there tuesday afternoon after a long 5 hour drive learning about laser quest (yes u know who you are :wink:) and also spent most of wednesday at the show.

Don’t think I could manage the full 3 days though, well thats unless I did it like Rob *drink* :lol1:

[Soyeb Ravat]

Sorry that was Tuesday and Thursday. Laser quest Neil?? 😀 I bought that laminator in the end as it came with a 12 month warranty and seemed to have a pretty good build quality. I put a deposit down but some were trying to buy it for a little more. will certainly post pics of it when I get it.