Polaroid

Polaroid Lab Instant Printer

Polaroid Polaroid Lab Instant Printer

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Sentiment score50% positive
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Last updated: May 25, 2026

Reddit Reviews

Reddit IconBeMancini
6 months ago

Polaroid only makes one “printer” that makes “Polaroid looking” pictures, and that’s the Lab. To use this, you have to buy this product and their Polaroid film. The upside is it will print you little Polaroid pictures on their classic format, the negative is that Polaroid film is a little more expensive. Personally, I’d rather shoot the real deal than just print stuff. https://www.polaroid.com/en_us/printers/lab-printer Instax by Fujifilm is another option, and they have three size formats, Wide, Square, and Mini. They also make two camera-printer hybrids that snap a pic and then print on demand. I own one of these, and it goes both ways. Snap a pic, hit print, send that pic to your phone, or take a pic with your phone, send it to the camera, hit print. I own the Wide Evo. https://instax.com/wide_evo/en/ But they also make the Mini Evo. https://instax.com/mini_evo/en/ Finally, Instax also makes just printers in all three of their formats. https://instax.com/printer/ Instax is usually cheaper. I always prefer shooting with a Polaroid camera though. I own three, so far. Occasionally, I’ll switch it up and use Instax. I own an Instax Wide 210 for analog shooting, and the Instax Evo Wide for parties and printing out funny Internet memes to mail to people. Finally, there are a plethora of 4 x 6 printers that are incredibly economical, Canon Selphy, the Polaroid Hi-Print, the Liene Amber. They’re cost-effective, the prints come in boxes like envelopes, however, these do not have the little borders. These are just photo print makers. Best of luck. Let me know if you have any questions.

Reddit Iconchefjeremy
12 months ago

I like this printer, but if you a looking for something to look like a Polaroid, the Lab is what you would want to get. I have both . In my opinion The Hi-Print is the better printer, but The Lab is more fun to use. So I guess it comes down to, do you want the picture to look exactly like the picture on your phone every time you print, or do you want to have an imperfect picture from your phone that has the nostalgic Polaroid feel?

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