My 3 year old is just beginning to learn to spell and this has been a great and very fun thing to give her. She loves stickers so we found that her being able to use it to spell words and stick it on things has been very encouraging. The pink color is right up her alley as it's ehr favorite color. Anyway the embossing labler works perfectly, very clear letters and super easy to use. I am very pleased. I think though the one thing I wish it had was the ability to advance the tape without having to go to a specific space character, like the older vintage models do.

I needed a label maker for my kitchen spices. I didn't want a thermal based one have it's labels turning black in the kitchen heat, or an ink based one that needs expensive ink refills, and I definitely didn't want to wait on charging times or have more charging cords crammed in my house. This retro embossing label maker fit the bill perfectly.My mother used to have a Dymo embossing label maker way back in the day, so I was used to using this kind anyway. Yes it takes a bit to spin the disk, select the letters, emboss them, then spin the disk more, but I have gotten pretty fast with it over the years, so it's really not an issue for me.I need this mostly for seeing what spices are what in the kitchen. When all you can do is stare at the tops of the bottles in the middle of the lazy Susan or else remove the outer spices just to look at the inner ones, then labels on the lids are the way to go.So far this embossing label maker is working well. You have to make sure you're adding some upward pressure when you want to feed the label tape in at the beginning, and for this label maker you also want to press the space symbol once before going to the first letter of each label. Otherwise the label embosses on the very edge, and cuts off a bit of the first letter. Mine came already aligned, so I didn't need to adjust it, but they have instructions on what to do if the label maker comes or becomes misaligned. Just be sure to check that those side vertical bars are aligned on both the top and bottom side of the cutting section on the disk, or the label maker will emboss garbled nonsense.I didn't need my labels looking fancy or perfectly veritically aligned. I remember even the old one my mom had some letters that always looked a bit off on alignment, same goes for this one. I think it add to the retro label feel. If you want totally perfect labels or you will go nuts, then a digital one might be better for you.So far this label maker has embossed a lot of labels for all the spices I needed to see easily from the tops. It has definitely made things easier and has been working well so far. I have almost used all the black label tape that comes with it, and it's still aligned, embossing well, and feeding the tape predictably. I have to make sure to press the cutting section down all the way and hold it for a second, or it may not cut the label throughly, but I really like that it gives you a tab to pull the backing off after you get it cut.There is a limit to what you can emboss size wise. 2/1 letter words will need to have some extra spaces either before or after to keep the cut label from falling back into the disk and getting lost, but the excess can be cut off after the fact. 3 letter words are pushing it, so maybe click two spaces at the beginning, just in case, I almost lost BAY in there.The label tape is where it needs some work. The old embosser used a really thick label tape. This new stuff is thinner, which means it's more flexible and easier to mar up with accedental bends or small imperfections below the tape surface. It also doesn't stick to any kind of uneven surface. It has to be placed on a totally flat, clean, oil and dirt free surface, with absolutely no texture if you want these to stick. I needed to use super glue on the tops with textured or raised surfaces to keep the labels from poking back up. The older style tapes would stick to anything for all eternity, so that's a big difference there.Over all very happy with the label maker so far. The label tape seems to be just the newnormal and seems generally universal for these type of label makers. If anything breaks or stops working I'll update the review.

This couldn’t be more simple and effective. I am old-school and so is this. It’s a retro (even the color) embosser label gun like we used to have before all the electronics. No batteries, no ink, you click a letter at a time, print, and adhere. It comes with instructions and even an attention sticker but it couldn’t be more easy to use.I did initially find the dial a little hard to turn, but it loosens up. One tip I’ve found is to add an extra space at the beginning and end of each label.This uses standard 3/8” label-maker embossing tape that so many of the major brands use, and that plastic tape is readily available. This comes with three short rolls—blue, black, red.It’s great for kids but, honestly, also great for anyone who doesn’t want to always be messing around with electronics. It has a million uses around the house and is small and easy to carry, use, and store.

I had one of these in high school, back in the 70s. In fact, I have items in my house that still have those labels on them because once stuck down, you are never going to get that label back off. This label maker and its accompanying tapes are old-school perfect. They are super easy to use and convenient. You don't need batteries or power, just your own two hands. And they last literally forever. You can buy tapes for it on Amazon or any big box store carries them. I have about 8 remotes in my house and at least 5 of them are the same brand, so I labeled all my remotes and now I can tell which one goes to which. I love this thing. I would 100% recommend this to a friend.

This is your standard embossing label maker. If you've used one before, everything works pretty much the same way. After installing the tape, select each letter/symbol then squeeze all the way, repeat until you're finished, select the scissor symbol, squeeze all the way to make a clean cut, remove the finished label, bend the end of the label to peel off the backing, and stick the label. The print quality is the same as a name brand labeler although mine did leave two, barely noticeable white lines at the end of each label (too small to be noticeable in the pictures, I think); I don't know if it's just my copy but either way, I do not consider it an issue since it's not something you'd notice during everyday use. One more thing to note is that, unlike my brand name labeler which automatically inserts a space at the start of each label, this one does not. That means those who like a bit of space at each end of their labels will need to remember to insert a space before and after each cut to maintain that spacing. But for those who don't mind, this could be a good thing since it means you save a bit of label tape for each label you make. The labeler comes with 3 tapes, black, blue, and transparent red. If you run out of tape, any standard embossing tape refill will do. The labeler will stand up by itself although unlike the brand name, it's a bit precarious and an accidental bump can easily knock it over. One final note: the issue regarding aligning the top and bottom halves of the embossing wheel is not something you should need to worry about unless you're abusive to the labeler or prone to dropping it; it will not move out of alignment under normal use.