Fellowes Galaxy E Electric Plastic Comb Binding Machine Review
The Galaxy E is the largest and most heavy duty
electric plastic comb binding machine offered by Fellowes. It is
designed for frequent use in medium to large office environments. This machine offers a sleek, ergonomic design that is intended to blend in with other equipment inside of your office.
Overview:
- The
Galaxy E is the largest and most heavy duty electric plastic comb
binding machine offered by Fellowes. It is designed for frequent use in
medium to large office environments. - This machine offers a sleek, ergonomic design that is intended to blend in with other equipment inside of your office.
- This machine is the electric version of the Fellowes
Galaxy manual plastic comb binding machine. It includes a high quality
button activated electric punch and a heavy duty modular plastic comb
opener.
Strengths / Features:
- The
Fellowes Galaxy-E offers an electric punch that can punch up to twenty
five sheets of 20lb paper per lift. The electric punching mechanism is
activated by a push button control on the right side of the machine and
is exceptionally easy to use. With a punching capacity of 25 sheets,
this machine is comparable to far more expensive electric binding
punches on the market. - Like the entire line of Fellowes plastic comb binding
machines, this machine offers a sleek ergonomic design. It is designed
to fold closed when not in use providing a neat and tidy appearance for
your office. Most other electric plastic comb binding machines on the
market have an industrial look that tends to stick out in a
contemporary office environment. - The plastic comb opener included on this machine is
modular. You can use the comb opener while it is attached to the
machine. Alternatively, the comb opener can be removed and used by a
second operator to help increase productivity. One user can punch
documents while another uses the comb opener to insert the pages onto
the combs. - The Galaxy-E is designed primarily for users who are
looking to bind letter sized (8.5″ x 11″) documents. However, it also
includes three disengageable punching pins for binding custom length
sheets. The Galaxy-E can be used to punch half letter sized documents,
letter sized documents, oversized covers and A4 length sheets. - This machine also has a slide out storage tray on the
right hand side of the machine. The storage tray provides room to store
a variety of plastic comb binding spines. However, it also provides a
document sizing guide that allows users to select the correct size of
spine for their documents.
Weaknesses / Limitations:
- Although
the Galaxy E has a great punching capacity and an electric punch it is
not an industrial grade machine. This machine is designed for use
within an office environment. Users who need a production quality
machine should consider a larger all metal machine such as the GBC
CombBind C800pro, Akiles CombMac 24E or DFG E Titan Comb. The larger
alternatives offer metal construction, foot pedal operation and
industrial grade punching pins. - Although this machine has three disengageable punching
pins, it is still limited in its ability to punch custom length
documents and legal sized sheets. Users who need to bind document sizes
other than 8.5″ x 5.5″, 8.5″ x 11″ or A4 size should really consider a
machine with fully disengageable punching pins. - Although the storage feature on this machine seems like it
should be incredibly useful, it is actually far too small. The document
sizing feature included on the slide out tray is useful. However, most
users will probably find that they will not use the storage tray since
it is only large enough to hold a handful of combs. Considering the
capacity of this machine, it would probably have been better for
Fellowes to simply leave this feature off when they designed this
machine.
Recommendation:
- The
Fellowes Galaxy E electric comb binding machine is an excellent choice
for organizations that are looking for a high quality electric comb
binding machine for their office. - This machine has a selling price of around $500 and
includes a competitive set of features that make it an appealing choice
in its class. - Extremely large offices, print shops, mail rooms and
schools who do a lot of binding will probably find that this machine is
too small for their needs. Instead, they should really consider a heavy
duty, all metal, commercial grade comb binding machine. However, these
machines come with a pricetag starting at about $1400 and are obviously
a big step up in terms of cost. - Still , this is one of our favorite electric desktop comb
binding machines for the money and is definitely a good choice for many
users.
About the author
If you need more information or would like to purchase the Fellowes Galaxy E Electric Plastic Comb Binding Machine or any of the other Plastic Comb Binding Machines that we carry please feel to visit our site or contact us with your questions.
This review was written by Jeff McRitchie who is the director of marketing for Mybinding.com.
Jeff has written more than three hundred articles and more than two
hundred reviews on Binding Machines, Binding Supplies, Report Covers,
3-Ring
Shredders and Paper Handling Equipment.
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