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Cel Book/Binder Review (for those interested in cel storage options) (Wed Apr 11 04:11:45 2001 )
Lady Brick
http://www.mindeclipse.com/cels/
lady_brick@yahoo.com

There has been a lot of discussion about cel 
storage, so I thought this review of the new 
binder I got might be of interest to some 
people.  Pictures are below ^_^

I've been using the standard 11" x 14" Itoya book 
to store my cels in, and I wasn't completely 
happy with it.  The pages seemed a little flimsy 
and my cels were sliding around horribly.  I 
decided to look around for something that the 
cels fit in a bit better but wasn't too 
expensive.  I ended up at IconUSA under 
the oversize albums and got a ring binder and 
pages, which I will review below.

Turbo Folio - $10: This binder measures about 12" 
x 13 5/8", making it slightly shorter and squarer 
than the Itoya.  It is about 1 1/2" and is said 
to be able to hold 20 - 25 pages (I have 20 in 
there right now and I think at least 10 more 
would squeeze in fine).  The cover has a rubbery 
feel to it and is a series of gray raised circles 
over black.  It is kind of hard to describe, and 
slightly odd-looking, but as a person who likes 
to fiddle with things, I like how the little 
circles are squishy ^_^  The inside is black, 
with three black o-rings.  It is VERY sturdy, the 
inside of the cover fells almost like it is made 
of that board Taro uses to ship.  The down side 
to this is that the binder is rather heavy (think 
textbook-heavy), but the nice sold feel makes you 
feel safer about how protected your cels are.  It 
is definitely not for everyone, but I like it a 
lot.

Clearfile Portfolio pages (9" x 12") - $10 per 10-
pack: I really like these pages and am glad I got 
two packs of them ^_^  They are made of heavy but 
crystal-clear polypropylene, and have a black 
acid-free card inside, so they are two-sided, 
much like the Itoya pages.  These are mach 
sturdier though, and hold the cel securely.  
Despite the given measurements, they are actually 
a bit larger; the pockets (not counting the part 
with the holes for rings) measure more like 9 
3/4" by 12 1/2".  They display standard-size cels 
very nicely and securely, and would hold very 
slightly oversize cels, but not larger pans or 
standard backgrounds.  There are different holes 
that would seem to fit several different style 
binders.  The only downside I have noticed so far 
is that the pages are highly reflective, which 
might be a problem for some people who are 
bothered by glare.

All in all, I am very satisfied with my new 
storage system.  For $30, I got a binder and 
pages with similar capacity to the Itoya I had, 
but which I feel both stores and displays my cels 
I feel much, much better.  I'll keep my Itoya for 
larger things, but my standard cels (pretty much 
all of them at this point, will go in the binder 
^_^





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