Fellowes Saturn 3i 125 Thermal Laminator

I’ve only used this laminator about 10 times since purchasing; but it’s worked flawlessly with 3 mil pouches each time. It takes about a minute to come up to temperature and a LONG time (30+ minutes) to cool down, but it works perfectly and does a great job sealing things.

I purchased this laminator in May of 2015. It is currently February 2019 and it is still working beautifully! Going on 4 years of use without any problems.

I will note that it does not get used daily, or even weekly. I plug it in and use it when needed – roughly once, maybe twice a month on average.

Also, I have taken great care while using it. It has never been dropped, and (as per the instructions) I always run a clean sheet of paper through it a few times before shutting it off and putting it away (to remove any residue from the rollers.)

*** Instructions actually say to use “cleaning sheets” (purchased separately) but I have always used a few clean sheets of printer paper without any problems.

Overall it has been a wonderful laminator and has done exactly what it claims, without fail. Definitely worth the investment and I would not hesitate to buy it again.

This is a great product. It is out of the box easy to use.

After having a string of bad luck with laminators jamming and breaking completely (new pouches put through would just ‘curl up’ and get trapped in the chassis of the laminator), this one apparently pulls through for our company! We actually had it jam up today, which required me to flip it over and unscrew the screws from the bottom. Once the case was loosed a bit, I was able to pull it up and away enough to pull out a stuck/crumpled laminating page (I suspect the user put the heat setting too high, putting a 3 mil pouch through at a 4 or 5 mil heat setting).

Flipped the laminator back over, re-fastened it with the screws, set it upright again, and turned it on. I ran a ‘laminating cleaning’ sheet through it, and it went through just fine! Looks like I won’t have to return this one. 😊

Very easy to use. Gives excellent results. Includes enough heat activated 3mm (thickness) laminate material to make ten 8.5”x11” laminated sheets. The laminating process takes about 10 to 15 seconds, and can be handled (stacked, trimmed, stored, etc) almost instantly after exiting the laminator out-feed. Worth it. A good product.

I have been laminating ID cards for clients with two machines for several years. One machine has been in service for 25 years and does a remarkable job of laminating if you can stand the smell so I only used it at work. I bought a Scotch machine for home use. It didn’t cost much – but you get what you pay for sometimes in that it took a long time to warm up and frequently had feed issues. I finally purchased this Fellows laminator – love it. It warms up very quickly and the sheets run through perfectly. I’ve only used this laminator for a few weeks so I felt a four-star review was fitting. If it continues to perform well, I’d be willing to give it five stars.

I have used the Fellowes laminator several times since it arrived. It’s extremely simple to set up and use. It heats up quickly. The greatest feature is that it takes sheets from the very smallest to the large poster size, as well as a variety of pouch thicknesses (3 MIL, 5 MIL, etc.) I maintain a velcro display board for our church’s outreach events. I recently printed multiple clip art designs, ran them through the machine in various sized laminating pouches, cut them out and used them on the velcro board for accents. I also did the same with event photos before displaying them. It is a great machine for protecting important documents, instructions, signs, craft projects, and a multitude of home, school, church and office uses. We have the same machine in our church office and it has been serving our needs for several years. Another plus is that it takes up a minimum of space. I’m very pleased.