Customer Reviews for Staples - Heavy Duty 3" 3-Ring View Binder, D-Ring - Black
Customer Rating
5
Well made
on November 28, 2014
Posted by: Paula K.
The mechanism for opening and closing the binder is very smooth and precise. I am constantly opening and closing it to add and retrieve sheets of music. I would buy this item again.
I was looking for a 3 inch binder when I came across these Staples Heavy-Duty View Binder with D-Rings. After doing additional research with Wal-Mart Sam's Amazon and Office Depot. These were the best value. I did not find any other 3 inch D-Ring binder that was in stock with a lower price. After placing my order these were shipped the next day. They were exactly what I needed. They are easy to open but don't open by themselves. They also have a pocket which is helpful for the project I am using them for. I would definitely buy these binders again.
I have been using binders for over fifty years. First was the "O-ring" binder. The pages at the beginning and at the end would curl up and things were a mess. Pages had a tendency to tear around each of the holes and then it was necessary to purchase "O-stickers" to reinforce the holes. The opener was at the bottom of the binder and had to be pressed with force to get the binder to open. And then when closing the binder two potential problems had to be avoided. First the o-ring would snap shut and one had best have fingers out of the way. A pinched finger did not produce a pleasant experience. Second since the o-ring would snap shut pages especially with a full binder often would get pinched in the o-ring and tear. The larger three and four inch binders were especially lethal. After a while binders came with openers at both the bottom and top of the binder which made opening a binder a little bit easier. And then sheet lifters were introduced and were placed at both the beginning and the end of insert pages which greatly assisted in keeping pages from curling. Great strides were made with the introduction of the slant-ring or d-ring binder. The d-ring was no longer attached to the spine but to the back cover which allowed the cover and spine to be opened flat. Pages can be easily turned and viewed with no more curling pages at the beginning and the end of inserted pages. O-ring binders became binder dinosaurs! The new Staples heavy duty d-ring binders are the ultimate in binder convenience. First it is a d-ring binder allowing for the maximizing of page content. The opener is the easiest to use of any binder that I have ever owned. Both opening and closing is with the greatest of ease. The variety of colors allows helps me to coordinate binders for various projects. Similar topics can have the same color binder – it gives a great appearance on my book shelves. Also I can coordinate with a single color and have binders of different sizes two inch three inch or other sizes all on the same shelf. The clear-view binder allows for creativity for inserts for both the front cover and the spine. Whenever I desire to change the use of the binder or simply want to alter the cover and spine design the change can be made quickly and with ease. The binders are great please continue to produce them! They are surely worth paying a few dollars more than for a "plain" binder. Thank you.
I purchased this binder to act as storage for all the documents and photos for one family. I am currently working with four of these binders each for a separate family. They are the perfect size for all the printed pages the documents in protective sleeves and photos album inserts. It is sturdy with a heavy duty feel to it. The rings are easily opened and closed even when the binder is full.
This binder is high-quality. It was one-touch easy-to-use D-rings and the color is truly red. It has two "pockets" in both the front and the back flaps for those items you might not want to hole-punch and put into the binder.
This binder is a very nice quality and should last for years. It has two inside plastic pockets on both the front and back which makes it easy to store additional paper items. We use this for the office and it works well.