I really liked that the laminator was compact and portable. This allowed me to take work home and laminate and bring it back and work at the school too.. The handle on the side very clever and made carrying it easy. The cord stores nicely under the machine when not in use and is easy to get out as well as put away. I love the release it worked fairly as expected.  I liked that there was a separate heat setting for the different thicknesses. The one thing that made it a little difficult to use was that when I plug it in to allow it to warm up it smelt like there was something burning. Over all I would say that as long as you aren't using it with students in the room it should be fine. My coworkers loved it they all came and laminated something and we all liked that the lamination was sturdy.