If you were a fan of blister packing welding machine the old Ibico combination plastic comb / wire-o binding machines, then you will probably want to take a look at the Akiles Megabind 2. The Magabind 2 appears to fit in well with the rest of their line of solid desktop binders. This machine features both durability and all metal quality construction.

If you were a fan of the old Ibico combination plastic comb / wire-o

binding machines, then you will probably want to take a look at the

Akiles Megabind 2. This machine features both durability and all metal

quality construction. The Magabind 2 appears to fit in well with the

rest of their line of solid desktop binders. Here we will take a closer

look at the machine, and give you what we consider to be the pros and

cons of the Akiles Megabind 2.

Pros:

As

we mentioned in the intro, the MB2 is an all metal, heavy duty machine.

With its disengageable dies, the machine has the ability to punch

different lengths, and odd sized documents. It can punch documents up

to fourteen inches in length in a single step and longer documents with

multiple steps. We also liked the feature that allows you to control

the depth of the margin (the distance of the holes from the sheet's

edge).The Megabind 2 offers a fourteen inch punch and the

plastic comb opener that can be used on pages up to fourteen inches.

This makes it an excellent choice for offices that need to bind legal

sized documents.The MB2's biggest unique feature is probably

the one that puts it above the rest of its class on the market, and

that is the fact that it includes a wire closing feature that lets the

machine become a 19 loop spiral-o binding machine. This means that you

can bind documents with both plastic combs or with 19-loop wire

depending on the look that you want to achieve. The MB2 has

a handy size selector included. Using the size selector will help you

to choose the right size of comb for all of your documents.

Cons:

Though

the machine has the capacity to bind documents up to two inches thick

with plastic binding combs, if you are using the spiral-o method, you

will only be able to bind documents that are one inch in thickness.In

order for the spiral-o function to work properly, you will need to find

the right size wire. Spiral-o binding supplies are a little harder to

find than the normal 3:1 pitch wire-o binding supplies.Though

a nice and flexible machine, the MB2 is still a manual binding system.

It is best suited for light to medium use. Higher volume projects can

get a bit tedious with manual machines, so if your office will be using

its binding machine on a daily or regular basis, you might want to look

at a machine with an electric punch.The wire closing device

is situated horizontally (rather than vertically as on most other

Akiles machines), and it took us a little bit longer to figure out the

best way to use it. Still the design should work well for light to

medium volume users.