DYMO Office Mate II Embossing Label Maker (154000)

Last time I had a Dymo label clicker is about 20~30 yrs ago. This one works fine, almost the same as the old one. The trick is to hold down a bit firm as you click for each letter/number, do NOT release too fast, do stay and hold down for half a second before release. If you add a space at the end before cutting, your label will come out better looking as well. However, I do wish it comes with a different font.
UPDATE: I first bought the xPress Pro, it works well, now I have the Office Mate II, it also works just fine, but with larger more square font!! See attatched photo, the real difference between the two models are $$ and font size. The one on the top “CELINE” is from office mate II, bottom label “dymo” is from exPress Pro. Because Office Mate has a tape advancing feed knob, so there is no “space” on the wheel.

I used this pretty regularly for approximately 3 weeks. It wasn’t perfect – letters would change position (a little bit up or down) for no apparent reason, putting them out of alignment with other letters in a word – but it was no biggie. When I went back to using it after a couple weeks, I found that it suddenly couldn’t punch out any letters. I went online and found some videos showing that the arrows where the scissors icon is has to be aligned (no mention of this in the product packaging). I tried that and it seemed to work…until I reached certain letters (especially E, F & G). I tried to adjust the alignment slightly and tighten the screws in the back, but nothing worked. At least Amazon was extremely responsive and refunded me on the same day I sent a message complaining about the issue (it was several months past the refund window at this stage).

I love this little label maker. The labels are just freaking adorable.

The bad reviews are in my opinion mostly user error. Except of course for the ones where the machine is broken.

Once I select the character I want, I use both hands to squeeze the trigger and hold for a couple of seconds before releasing and the embossing comes out very nicely.

-The labels are definitely on the smaller side, smaller than I thought but they still work great for labeling smaller items. If you’re labeling larger things you might want to spring for the larger model. Or even if you’re just more spendy than me, the larger seemed too expensive for me.

-The labels have really good stickiness. It takes me forever to take the back off but that’s because I have very short nails and very bad coordination.

-It doesn’t feel sturdy. The label maker is very lightweight and feels cheap. If I dropped it on hard flooring I think it might break altogether or maybe that the back cover where the tape loads might pop off for good since it feels delicate. For the price I don’t mind, I don’t expect it to last forever and when it does break I will buy another one.

If you look at my SAMPLE 1 in my pictures you can see that you should definitely put a space AFTER your last character or the label gets cut too short.

If you look at SAMPLE 2 you can see that white shadow on the upper left corner. If you don’t want that marking on your label, put a space BEFORE your first character and AFTER your last character.

If you look at SAMPLE 3, you can see it’s not as clearly embossed as when I use two hands to squeeze the trigger.

 I AM OBSESSED with this labeler!!! I think I have labeled almost everything there is to label in my home 😅 The trick with this gadget is to press hard or else the letters won’t imprint. As you can see in the video I am going pretty fast but I’ve been using this for a while now and have gotten the hang of it. Even refilling the label is not very difficult once you’ve done it once or twice. A little tip (as this happened to me): if the label is not imprinting it’s because you have to make sure the black arrows are aligned with each other (see picture for reference). Overall I definitely recommend this little gadget, especially if you DIY. I don’t often write reviews unless the product really impresses me, so this says a lot. One of the best purchases I’ve made on Amazon, and the price is right!

Essa etiquetadora é muito prática para rotular diversos materiais. Usei em potes de vidro e em pastas de papel e a fita colou perfeitamente. Pra usar é preciso prestar atenção ao soletrar as palavras porque é preciso colocar letra por letra. Usei a fita preta e ficou bem bonitinho, um detalhe importante é que é necessário colocar um pouco de força no gatilho dela para marcar a letra de maneira visível e, principalmente na hora do corte. Se for com a mão muito fraca ele marca a fita e não corta.