Customer Reviews for Staples - 1" 3-Ring Better Binder, D-Ring - Black
Customer Rating
3
Good - enough
on January 16, 2014
Posted by: Paula K.
I use the folder to hold music manuscripts. Using this lets me turn the pages easily. This is particularly useful for duets. I cannot afford to have pauses in the performance which can happen when you are turning pages at the end of a page. I make copies of the original manuscript and slide them into the sleeves. This is great because it means I don't have to mark up my originals. I like how well the folder closes and a little thing the spine labels that let me identify the music. Downside I can't get the binder to accept 250 sheets without spilling them all over the place
I own several of these binders in an assortment of colors. I like the black rubber edges. They contrast well with the colors. The slot for the label is great. There is no chance of them pealing off. And the labels are big enough to be seen from across the room. The single lever to open the rings has little effort to work and has a smooth action. The only demerit is that it should be available in 1/2-inch thickness.
Working at a high school every day I witness the durability of the binders students use and abuse. The Staples binders hold up extremely well under "combat conditions" at intercity schools. Users would have to go out of their way to purposely damage this one. This is a binder that should easily last students throughout the entire four years they spend using it. My personal 1.5" binder has been with me every school day for almost two years and still looks as good as new. I purchased a 1" binder and presented it to a hard-working student as an incentive for others to perform better in school.
This binder was purchased specifically to hold my new SURFACE PRO USER GUIDE. It serves that purpose admirably. The outside label holder works perfectly and is easy to change. It even holds the Surface Profrom getting beat up.
High school sophomore may be putting a lot of pressure on the interior pockets but it is only October and they are ripping after month and a half. Rest of the binder is better than average.
Love these binders as I assemble training manuals for all of my classes and this style allows me to put in multiple pieces of paper and still have the books open cleanly and lie flat when the students go through them during class. We tend to flip from section to section page to page and these books allow for easy access. They are also very durable and allow for a little bit of rough handling without breaking apart and having papers go all ove rhe place! The students can keep these on their cshelves for a long time.