OFFNOVA Wire Binding Machine, Punch 12 Sheets, 34 - Square Punch Holes, Bind 120 Sheets Book Binder with Adjustable Side Margin, Easy to Punch for Letter Size / A4 / A5

Probably not your fanciest but it gets the job done! I particularly like that the handle comes off easily for storage purposes. It’s easy to use and I’ve been using it for over a year with no problems. I use it to bind our homeschool workbooks as well as making little scrapbook style booklets for my kids. Definitely worth the money. Glad I didn’t spend any more.

Overall this is a good machine and does what I expected it would do, which is to punch heavy paper and single-layer matboard for making sketchbooks, notebooks, etc. I'm giving it four, rather than five stars because it isn't able to punch really heavy stock, like a double layer of matboard or heavy chipboard for book covers. Nevertheless the quality is very good for the price and I'm overall happy with the purchase. Also, be aware that it comes with a large box of fairly small diameter wire binding spines, all one size -- I had to buy another box of assorted sizes to get the bigger ones that are more useful for what I do. It would be nice if they included a box of assorted spines, rather than all one size.

Great machine and an equally great price

I tried punching it, and it made a nice hole.

It was hard to use. I had to return it. When I received it I was very excited to use it. Gave it a try and it punched holes perfectly. When it came to closing the wires that did not work. The presser was off balance and only half closed one side. I bought this for a conference and was not able to use it for that purpose. I will say I had no problem returning it and I am grateful for that. I will not purchase this again and I do not recommend.

It works fine for cutting paper, but I tried to perforate a 8mil PVC cover and it didn't work. Only work on paper and cardboard.

Update: Customer service was crazy fast. They responded so quickly to my emails and they are sending a replacement asap. Just based on customer service I give the company 5/5 stars and honestly I recommend them. It sucks to have a bad machine sent BUT they stand by their product and care about the customers and will make it right. Old Review: I really want this machine and contacted customer service with offnova, and I'll update the review if I hear back, but as of right now I recieved an entirely defective machine. I'm not sure how they let this particular machine get passed on to be shipped to a customer when it wont even punch down at all. Any test would've prevented this. Other than that, it feels nice and heavy and solid, which is what I'd like. I'm hoping I can get a machine that works

I don't know if our unit was a return that was resold to us, was damaged in shipment, or what, but the slide that determines the distance of the holes from the edge of the paper didn't click properly and finally fell apart on the inside. Had to return the unit.

I found this product to be unsuitable. The reason - as the paper to be punched is inserted into the product, there is no firm edge to hold the paper straight. The consequence is that the holes finished up at an angle to the paper.