One, I'm a penny sleeve/toploader guy... I bought a ton of each a while back. I went with Ultra Pro Premium for both. The price difference between Regular and Premium for the toploaders wasn't all that much... seemed like a no-brainer to go with the Premiums... and I have been very happy I did. They seem much more sturdy/rigid than the Regulars.
Different story altogether for the penny sleeves. The price difference was substantial... the Premiums were more than 2X the cost of the Regulars. I went with the Premiums and have been a little disappointed. I find them difficult to place my cards into without being a little rough with the bottom edge and whichever bottom corner is the last to go in. Sometimes a card will slide right in, but usually not. The Regular sleeves seem to always allow the card to slide right in. I'm almost wishing I had gone with Regulars.
So, what do you all think? Do you do Premiums or not? And if you do, what's the big advantage, especially for the price difference? I know they are more sturdy, but is that it? And do you find that the sturdiness makes it harder to slide your card in?
Two, I've got one of those big 4 row Monsters cardboard boxes. I've got all my cards in there lined up by player. I'd like to have some sort of divider between the players that indicates which player is up next. Something like a sideways index card with the players name across the top that shows just above the toploaders. I'm looking for something nice, maybe something even made for this type of thing, maybe even something I could print to, something that wouldn't get too smushed when I put the top on the box.
So drop any ideas you may have for this.
Thanks!
Different story altogether for the penny sleeves. The price difference was substantial... the Premiums were more than 2X the cost of the Regulars. I went with the Premiums and have been a little disappointed. I find them difficult to place my cards into without being a little rough with the bottom edge and whichever bottom corner is the last to go in. Sometimes a card will slide right in, but usually not. The Regular sleeves seem to always allow the card to slide right in. I'm almost wishing I had gone with Regulars.
So, what do you all think? Do you do Premiums or not? And if you do, what's the big advantage, especially for the price difference? I know they are more sturdy, but is that it? And do you find that the sturdiness makes it harder to slide your card in?
Two, I've got one of those big 4 row Monsters cardboard boxes. I've got all my cards in there lined up by player. I'd like to have some sort of divider between the players that indicates which player is up next. Something like a sideways index card with the players name across the top that shows just above the toploaders. I'm looking for something nice, maybe something even made for this type of thing, maybe even something I could print to, something that wouldn't get too smushed when I put the top on the box.
So drop any ideas you may have for this.
Thanks!