Heat seal laminators offer advantages over cold seal laminators and is one factor you should consider when you plan on buying a home lamination machine.
 This article explains what to look for when buying a laminator and when to consider a heat seal laminator.
The first decision that needs to be made is what will you use the laminator for? Are you going to be using it for documents, pictures, badges, luggage tags, large items or crafts? Once you decide on what size objects and what width the objects are then you need to decide how often you will use the machine.
 If you are using this for occasional use then you can use a low end home model, but if many people will be using the machine during the day or you will use it a great deal then you will need a heavy duty or commercial model.
One of the major differences in laminators is if they use heat or not.
 Heat seal laminators can get very hot.
 If you are going to use the laminator often during the day you should consider buying a machine that has extra insulation.
 This will prevent the room from getting too hot and the surrounding items.
 The other consideration is that some of the moving parts will get extremely hot and you could burn yourself if they are not protected.
  Heat seal laminators require power source and will cost more money over time.
 The alternative is a cold seal version, but they to have there good and bad points.