Zero Ink (Polaroid PoGo ZINK Photo Paper)

Member Name: oioiyou

Product:	Polaroid PoGo ZINK Photo Paper
Date:	05/08/09 (157 review reads)
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Advantages: smudge-proof, water-resistant, fade-resistant and tear-proof

Disadvantages: curling action

I was really surprised when I opened my birthday present from my other half and found it was a Polaroid Pogo. I had never heard of it before. He got me the Pogo itself, a travel cover/carrier and a pack of photo paper.

The paper pack has 70 sheets (yes I know the product on Dooyoo shows the 30 sheet pack but oh well) in it and retails roughly at £12. The paper is 2x3" (5x7.6cm) so good for a borderless wallet picture. My son has printed a few photos of him and his friends and put them inside his closet door. They work like big stickers if you fancy that as the back peels off. When I first got the Pogo I printed a bunch of photos of the kids and put them in our family album. The photos come out of the printer dry and can immediately be attacked by monster children who can't seem to wait two seconds for something.

The Pogo can only fit 10 pieces of paper at a time and the pack of 70 has 7 individually wrapped packs inside the box so no need to sit there counting out sheets. Each pack has a blue sheet that needs to be placed at the bottom when loading and once the lid has been shut this blue sheet will feed through the Pogo to help align the photo paper and get it all ready for printing.

These funky sized photos were perfect for a baby-shower game as we could put all the baby bump photos onto the poster and still have tons of room for the wording and game rules.

The zink photo paper reminds me of a little camera that was around when I was in college that was flat and once you'd taken the photo you could pull out the picture from the side. The photo was minuscule and you would have to cut the extra paper off the side. I still thought that was kinda nifty at the time but it has been left in the dust of the Pogo and its photo paper.

No ink! This is what makes the photo dry to the touch the moment it comes out of the Pogo printer. The photo paper is heat-activated, smudge-proof, water-resistant, fade-resistant and tear-proof. I've not tested the tear proof as I like my photos but the baby got hold of one and it got a bit bent but that's it. Speaking of bent ... I left a few of the printed photos on the table over night and in the morning the sides had curled up a bit. I sat there for a bit holding the photos curling the other way and that did the trick but I have a feeling since they are heat-activated the hot to cold might have caused this curling response.

Sticky piccy fun for all!

© oioiyou 2009

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