Product Description
The GBC KomboCoil 200 Spiral Coil Binding machine is a manual coil binding punch with an electric spiral coil inserter. The GBC Ibico KomboCoil 200 can punch up to 20 sheets per lift and is designed to bind coils between 6mm and 18mm but can be used for larger sized coils as well. The GBC KomboCoil 200 is the perfect coil binding machine for a home business or small office. Produce stunning documents using plastic coil with the NEW Ibico KomboCoil200. Manually punch up to 20 sheets of 20 lb paper and then electrically wind the plastic coil into the pre-punched document, finish the process with crimping pliers (A $60.00 Value Included FREE!). The affordable Ibico... More KomboCoil200 is perfect for the home business or small office.
Product Details
- Also known as the Ibico KomboCoil 200
- Manual Punching with Electric Single Roller Coil Inserter
- Maximum paper width of 11"
- Maximum punch capacity: 20 sheets
- Punch Pattern: 4:1 Pitch C4 Coil
- Machine Weight: 40 lbs.
- Machine Dimensions: 20.25" W x 7.5" H x 6" D
- Includes Free Pair of Coil Crimping Pliers
- List Price: $895.00
- GBC Part Number 7705530 , G7705530
Staff Review
GBC KomboCoil 200 Color Coil Binding Machine Product Review
Overview:
- The GBC KomboCoil 200 is a manual desktop color coil binding machine with an electric spiral coil inserter.
- Formerly known as the Ibico Kombocoil 200, this machine is designed for a home business or small office that is looking to create their own high quality professional documents using spiral coil.
- This sleek and stylish machine utilizes the same great design as many of the other pieces of GBC binding equipment that are available on the market.
Strengths / Features:
- The GBC KomboCoil 200 includes a heavy duty manual 4:1 pitch spiral coil binding punch that is capable of punching up to twenty sheets of 20lb paper at a time. This machine punches the GBC 0.2475 hole pattern which uses 44-hole round holes that are evenly spaced along the binding edge of the document. Generally, this hole-pattern is only available on large modular binding punches. The GBC Kombocoil is the only desktop binding punch on the market that utilizes a 44 hole-pattern.
- This machine comes with a pair of GBC premium spiral coil crimping pliers. These pliers are incredibly useful for cutting and crimping the ends of your coil elements so that they do not spin back off your bound books. These premium coil crimpers have a retail value of almost $60.
- The KomboCoil 200 is designed for use with standard 4:1 pitch spiral coil binding supplies. This means that it can be used for binding documents with a wide variety of sizes and colors. Four to one pitch coils are available in sizes ranging from 6mm (1/4″) up to 50mm (2″) and in over sixty different colors. Although it is possible to bind books with any of these sizes or colors of coil, the inserter on this machine is designed for use with coils between 6mm and 18mm. Larger coils may need to be inserted by hand.
- The Kombo Coil 200 is a sleek and stylish binding machine that uses the same form factor as the WireBind W400 and the CombBind C400e. This design is compact, stylish and makes binding easy.
Weaknesses / Limitations:
- The primary weakness of the KomboCoil 200 has to do with its coil inserter. At first glance the coil inserter seems to be excellent. It has a large rubber roller that should make spinning the coils onto your books simple. However, there is a design flaw in the coil inserter. The large rubber roller is driven by a smaller roller inside the machine. After six months or a year of use this smaller roller will tend to wear a groove in the large rubber roller and it will no longer spin. The roller can be flipped with a little bit of work but eventually a groove will wear into the other side of the roller and the coil inserter will no longer operate.
- The maximum binding width of the Kombocoil 200 is eleven inches. It does not have any disengageable dies which means that it cannot be used to bind smaller document lengths. This means that this machine is only designed for punching letter sized sheets. If you need to punch legal, A4, half size or landscape documents then the KomboCoil 200 is not a great fit for your needs.
Recommendation:
- Although the GBC KomboCoil 200 includes several great features, it has a major design flaw in its coil inserter. Over time, the inserter will almost definitely stop working.
- With this in mind, it is difficult to recommend the Kombo Coil 200 for users who bind more than a few documents per week.
- The only exception would be for users who are looking for a binding machine with a 44 hole 0.2475 punching pattern. However, if that is the case you may need to live with the limitations of the spiral coil inserter.
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 Binders, Index Tabs, Laminators, Laminating Supplies, Paper Shredders and Paper Handling Equipment.
