Aldi is Selling a Pembrook 9″ Portable Laminator

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated for December of 2025. 

Many years ago, I spent some time working as a teacher’s aide. Besides helping to supervise and educate children, my duties included assisting the teacher by cutting out laminating projects. Lots of laminating projects. Mostly for games or art projects. If you work in education, you know what I mean.

Laminating isn’t just for school projects, though, and Aldi has sold various laminators for home office use over the years. This winter, Aldi is once again selling a laminator under its Pembrook private label, which includes office and school supplies such as planners, paper shredders, and greeting cards. The grocer is also separately selling laminating pouches in letter size or in a mixed size pack.

Even if you aren’t an educator, it can be useful to have the ability to laminate certain items:

• luggage tags
• calendars
• chore charts
• instructions for babysitters or house sitters
• weekly meal planners
• weekly cleaning schedules
• goal trackers
• restaurant menus
• anything made of paper or cardstock that you want to protect

What We Know:

The Pembrook 9″ Portable Laminator cost $19.99 at Aldi in December of 2025. I found laminators on Amazon starting in the $20 range and going up substantially from there.

The Pembrook Laminating Pouches are $7.99 per set.

The Aldi laminator and laminating pouches are Aldi Finds, which means they’re only in stores for a short time. Each store should get one shipment, and after that sells out, they’re gone until next time. Aldi won’t ship these to you after they’re sold out at your local store.

The laminator and pouches are scheduled to arrive in stores December 24th, 2025.

The laminator comes in either blue (shown above) or white.

Here’s more info on the laminator, according to Aldi:

• Easy to use and features ready-to-go indicator
• Compatible with laminating pouches from 70 to 120 microns
• Fast lamination speed: approximately 8.33 inches per minute

And here’s info on the pouches:

• 120-Pouch Mixed Pack — Contains 80 4.3″ x 6.3″ pouches and 40 5.3″ x 7.3″ pouches. Protects and preserves documents with a clear, durable finish. Suitable for photos.
• 40-Pouch Full Size Pack — Pouches measure 9″ x 11.5″. Protects and preserves documents with a clear, durable finish. Suitable for photos.

What We Don’t Know:

We haven’t yet used the Pembrook 9″ Portable Laminator, so we don’t know how well it works or how long it lasts. In the meantime, we write open threads so readers can ask questions and share about their experiences with products.

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