Prepunched holes don't slide easily over binder rings.
on August 27, 2017
Posted by: Paula K.
I've experienced that the prepunched holes in these sheets don't quite line up correctly with the metal rings of many binders -- D-rings in particular -- and don't slide over easily. They have to be babied and forced and they often snag and hangup on the junctures where the two ring halves close even when they're closed evenly and smooth when rubbing my fingers over them. The design flaw isn't in the binder rings it's in the prepunched holes. These need to be punched so they line up correctly with three-ring binder rings. I've often had to take a hand punch and make those holes bigger before they would work. Very frustrating! Also these page protectors don't open easily and it's hard to slide sheets down into them. Their design and manufacture needs to be improved.
I've tried submitting this review before but it didn't show up. I'm trying again. The problem with these heavy duty plastic page protectors is that the pre-punched holes keep snagging or hanging up on metal binder rings when turning the pages from one side of the binder to the other. This happens even though the two halves of the metal binder rings seat solidly evenly and smoothly when closed at the top. I suspect the design flaw is in the pre-punched holes which don't always line up properly with the binder rings. Sometimes it's very hard to slide these page protector over the rings because the bottom of the pre-punched holes rub tightly against the metal. If they were properly punched these pages would swing right on over no problem. Also it's very hard to open these sheet protectors from the top. They stick together and one has to insert one's hand all the way down inside to separate front from back so that a paper sheet can slide through easily. These are poorly designed so I'm only giving them 3 stars -- and that's being generous.