I myself have purchased many products for school including several binders for my daughter. She uses them daily and we have had to buy new binders every year because the ones we purchase do not hold up and cannot be reused the following year. Since our first purchase of the better binder from Staples the only new binders I buy are to add to the ones she already has for additional subjects that require an additional binder. The better binders hold up so well that we do not have to replace them.