As a former teacher, turned home-school mom, this laminator is likley to be my new best friend! Any teacher knows the value in laminating games, work mats and reusable resource pages. The kids love that they get to have "real" school stuff and I love that this machine is easy to use and helps to keep my documents protected. The machine heats quickly and laminates beautifully. The texture of the laminating is a little different than a large machine, but documents are easy to be seen and we can still use wipe off markers with this.