Circa 1-2-3 Portable Discbound Hole Punch, Heavy-Duty Mini Paper Puncher for Disc Notebooks, Business Home Office Supplies

This punch is so under appreciated! It is a portable type that is nice and compact but does a great job on almost any size sheet up to 11”. One or two pages at a time. Simple and truly portable if needed. The great price over the outrageously priced punch at the office store makes it that much more perfect. Complainers who whine about the need to punch multiple sheets clearly need to pay for the big desk punch. If you genuinely just need to add some of your own pages, not just trying to stop paying for branded pages buy punching all of your own paper, then you will be very happy with this great punch. The photo shows it works for any size page, from micro pda to letter.

This hole punch works beautifully with my Staples Arc junior-sized notebook! There is a slider at the bottom that you adjust for paper size (Letter, Junior (8.5 x 5.5), Compact, CARD, PDA, or MicroPDA), then you just insert 1-2 sheets of paper aligned against the slider, press the 1-2-3 levers, and voila, it's perfectly punched and ready to snap into your discbound notebook or planner (Levenger, Staples Arc, or Martha Stewart). I don't know how I worked without it; I'll be printing and punching my own custom weekly planner pages from now on.The only drawback is that it can only handle 2 sheets of paper at a maximum. I tried a single piece folded in half, and even that didn't work. If you're punching things en masse, this may not work for you, but if you're just adding a few more months to your planner, it's perfect.I punched several dozen pages today, and only once did once of the individual punchers get stuck. It was easily remedied by popping the tray off the bottom and tapping the puncher from beneath--it immediately popped back into place and released the jammed paper.With this punch, I am geeking out over the organizational possibilities with discbound notebooks! :)

As other reviewers mentioned, it punches only 1 or 2 sheets at a time. Perfect to have with you in class when you have to insert your notes or a hand-out. I have purchased portable paper punches before - they tend to be flimsy and of obvious lower quality. Not so for the Levenger Circa 1-2-3 punch. It is sturdy and well built. It takes a moment to get the hang of the three lever action, but once you get the hang of it, it is easy to use. And it punches perfectly shaped, crisp, and precisely positioned holes. It also captures the punched pieces for later disposal - no mess.I don't understand why the three levers lock down - another reviewer said it is to reduce size, but in truth, it barely makes a difference. The lever throw is less than half an inch anyway.Perfect for a student or casual home use.

This punch is working well for my Martha Stewart discbound notebook that I purchased from Staples. I can punch 2 sheets at a time without issue, but any more than that and I wind up having a few missed holes and having to re-do them. As long as I do 1-2 at a time, the punches are clean and perfect every time. The three separate sections are nice if I want to add a bookmark, tab, or something else that's less than a whole sheet. I'm really enjoying using the discbound system, and I anticipate that I'll get another notebook in the future, but I didn't want to shell out $50 for the big punch. This small one suits my needs and fits into my laptop bag along with my notebook and laptop easily.

I love this little portable punch. It works great for use at work and also at home and I can transport with no problems. Its very lightweight without feeling like its cheap.You can only punch a few pages at a time, but that isn't an issue for me as I don't have large groupings of pages to punch. Its really easy to use.The only real draw back I see is the 3 levers used to make the punches. There are 3 for use of multiple size pages, but they only lock (individually) when not in use. It would be handy if they locked together to use when punching letter size pages. Otherwise you have to press each lever down separately to make punches for one letter page.

I read reviews on using this for the Arc system. It works great. I also have a happy planner and it works with them a's well.I think it would work with many diSC planners.It's so thin I can put it in my purse and bring it with me. It's strong and easy to use. It has options to do a full page for mini page.It's perfect for making my pages, adding covers, laminated papers. It allows me to customize my planner to me.A must have.

I have used the Circa system for many years and love the concept. Typically, I make my own pages out of thick gauge paper that will withstand heavy use and fountain pen ink. For these pages I use the larger and heavier Levenger punch, which works great. Recently I found that I needed a way to add pages while on the road. For this application, this punch works fine. It is, however, made of cheap-feeling plastic, the chad catcher is difficult to keep attached and it it is really only good for one, maybe two sheet at a time. So far, it is working fine and fits nicely in my briefcase. Clever design.I doubt this will have the longevity of its bigger brother. I would have paid more for more robust construction.

I really love this little punch. It does better than I thought it would based on other reviews I read, so I took a video of how well mine works.In the video I just used some scrap pieces of regular printer paper and purposefully fill it to it's max capacity of what will physically fit in it. You can see I have to put a lot of pressure on it to punch that many pieces of paper at a time, but it was doable.My tips for punching multiple pages at a time and not ruining your paper:-Make sure all of your paper is fully into the punch otherwise you're going to (obviously) end up with crooked punches.-Make sure it punches all the way through. You can hear as soon as it "clicks" all the way through. If you didn't "click" then try again, as long as you didn't move your paper it will still be aligned perfectly.-Once you are done punching, jiggle the handle like you see me do in the video. When you punch that many pages at a time, the punches like to get stuck down where your paper is. When you jiggle the handle, you can feel and hear them pop back up to their start position. If you can't get it by jiggling the handle, gently jiggle the paper and between the two motions they have popped up for me every time. If you don't do this and just pull your paper straight out, you will probably rip the paper when you're pulling it out of the punch.Hopefully all that was clear and helpful!

I bought this for my staples arc notebook and it works perfectly, a really good cheap alternative to the staple arc hole punch which is far too expensive for a uni student. Other reviews have said they can only punch one page at a time but I've manged to punch 3 with ease,It's lightweight and slim enough to carry around in my backpack so I always have it on hand. Highly recommend.

Tuve que regresar la perforadora porque no hacía bien las funciones, no perforó bien ni siquiera una hoja, mejor adquirí otro producto de la misma marca pero de mejor calidad

Works perfectly! Perfect for my Arc notebook.

Works well. Its light portable and easy to manage. I love disc binding , since I can do this at home. You also need to get the circa discs separately, this is a special punch and is not for the regular ring binders

Does its job well.