Trodat 5558 Professional Manual Numberer Stamp – 8 Digits, Self-Inking, 3/16" (5 mm) Characters, Black Ink

Muy bueno

AS Advertised !! Easy to change the numbers. Great Sturdy stamp.

The stamp works as intended, however there are the noted complaints: Ink will get all over your fingers when actually inserting the ink pad initially. Ink will get all over your fingers as the tiny gears to switch numbers get coated in the ink. Said tiny gears make it difficult to maneuver each number without moving the obe next to it. Additionally it's difficult to get the numbers exactly lined up and even. However it does print will when used correctly, and the little clear box undneath to ensure centering is helpful.

Dealing with stamps like these one should expect some ink to get onto your hands initially especially while still figuring it out. Once I figured out what I need to do I don't get ink on my hands. The adjustment wheel is a bit narrow and sharp. This is to be expected. No getting around it. You don't want it to be too wide or not have teeth. Adjustment wheel is tight enough. The combination of the narrow wheel, teeth, and tightness could hurt fingers with fragile skin. This is to be expected to have all the stuff it needs to do.To me it is fine. Other people are just complaining about limitations of the product.

This is my 2nd in about 8 months. My last one used to stick a lot and then it just broke apart. So here is my 2nd the wheels to turn the numbers are very tight and hurt my fingers to move.

I bought this because all the other 'date' stamps only went to a certain year. This one is just numbers and symbols so you can set a date of 12/31/9999 if you want. I prefer the date format of yyyy-mmdd[] - the only thing is the last column doesn't have a blank. So I just use the '#' symbol.

Very clear stamping and nice action but the ink got all over my finger tips no matter what I did and the ink is extremely difficult to remove- couldn't remove it all.Wore gloves to attempt to stamp cases but the tines on the cogs used to select the numbers cut through the finger top of the heavy gloves I used resulting in me getting more ink on my hands and kept the tines from cutting my fingers. The cogs are simply too difficult to turn- took 3-4 minutes to get a new 7 digit number set. You of course have to depress the mechanism to better actuate the cogs and that too becomes an opportunity to spead ink. And the ink that spreads to the body of the unit from your hands stays fresh and will then transfer to hands you tried to clean or other items. I don't believe the action will losen up as a couple people here claimed. Also, in turning the cogs there was slippage. Just a nightmare to use and seems like if you couldn't wait you might tear up your hands trying to get the ink out and even the best cleaning I could give my hands left my finger tips looking dirty. It could be that the unit I received was defective, but a unit like this needs to be easy to use and only transfer indelible ink where you expect.

Well-made and easy to use. Good purchase.