Customer Reviews for Staples - Hanging File Pockets, 3.5" Expansion, Staight Cut, Letter Size, 4/Box - Green
Customer Rating
4
Expensive but worth it.
on March 1, 2014
Posted by: Paula K.
Disappointed there were only 4 folders in package for $18+ but these gussets are a really big help in filing household bills. These bills come in different lengths widths etc. and spill out of the open ended folders. I will buy more hopefully when on sale.
This opens well stands well on its own. I was looking for an inexpensive expanding folder with a covering flap but they only expand at the top not all the way down. This works well just wish it was available as a separate flapped folder.
The materials from my medicare provider amounts to several booklets a large book of medical practitioners of every sort and many individual papers. A regular hanging file was not up to the task. I kept pulling the material out of the bottom of the file drawer. I saw these file pockets while looking for 'heavy duty' hanging files and although they were rather expensive they have been up to the task. No more fishing in the bottom of the drawer for these materials.
This product has taken my filing cabinet to a new level of organization. I used to have to sort through hundreds of folder often missfiled and bulging at the bottom with so many papers they were spilling out the sides of the folders. With these wide bottom hanging files I can keep everything I need for a project or a category of materials in one place and the papers are neatly contained. They also fit nicely in a portable file box. I can just lift the folder out of the cabinet and slide it into the portable box to take with me. Then I just lift it out of the box and back into the file cabinet when I return. If I had any complaint which is minor sometimes the sides of the folders become stretched out and I have to hold them in with my hands to remove the file from the cabinet. I thank you and my file cabinet thanks you.
I was looking for an open-topped accordion file but this purchase met my space requirements better. I simply used post-its as divider tabs within the folder. The accordion-style creases along the bottom help the papers stay in place.