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a perfect machine
I love this little machine. It’s tiny, taking no space at all to store, and you can easily carry it from room-to-room-to-garage-to-attic-to-basement to label all the stuff you’re trying to get organized. The labels make a huge difference in household efficiency, and the process of getting things labeled suddenly becomes efficient itself once you’ve got this machine. (My one caveat: I, too, find the labels difficult to peel off from the tape, especially on days with high humidity. I’ll try the tape-on-table process another reviewer recommended.) I might add that because I carry this machine everywhere with me, I’ve now dropped it several times and my kids have knocked it off bookshelves and tables. The extremely rough handling we’ve given it has had no effect on the machine’s operation whatsoever. You just pick up the scattered batteries, stick them back inside, and voila. Keeps on ticking.Like other reviewers, I specifically chose this machine in preference to the more expensive ones. With something you’re going to be carrying around a lot, the smaller the better as far as I’m concerned. And as other reviewers have already pointed out, the tapes are far less costly. This matters because you’ll find you go through them fast. I’ve adopted a number of frugality measures in the kitchen, all of which involve cooking foods ahead of time in bulk and refrigerating or freezing them, and that means labeling. **Lots** of labeling. The labels are easy to remove from plastic containers even after containers have been run through the dishwasher several times with the label left on. If you **want** the label to survive dishwashing, you can count on that, too. I’m also using the machine to label boxes of children’s toys and cards, boxes of office supplies, items to be taken to garage sales, etc. (Good for file folders, too, though I prefer to use my printer for that.) I use it constantly.Since you’re looking at labelers you might want to read David Allen’s book Stress-Free Productivity. He is a labeler obsessive; one of his main pieces of advice is to buy a labeler. His clients actually pay him money to come to their offices and tell them to buy a labeler. He’s right. Having a tiny, portable, easy-to-use labeler instantly at hand is pretty close to being a life-changing experience. If I had to choose between, say, my microwave oven and my labeler . . . I’d probably take the labeler. OK, that may be pushing it, but the labeler beats the blender hands down.