This binder is extremely durable. It lasted my daughter an entire school year. Now that my other kids need a binder I bought more. The only drawback is that if you open it incorrectly (by pulling on the rings instead of the push button) the rings won't line up consistently or as securely after that. The solution is to train them how to open it.
I'm taking a writing class and needed a binder that would hold a spiral notebook and all of the handouts. This one does it all is clean and neat and not too big and bulky.
I'm converting my huge genealogy and local history project to Staples Better Binders. They stand on the shelf better hold more papers open flat and the rings open with just my thumb! No more fighting to open a three ring binder!