[dougscats]

Welcome to the club.
I love to flip through my binder to peruse my collection.
My slabbed cards stay in a box and rarely get looked at.

I use the 15 count pages myself, but I started out putting only nine on a page, three rows of three. I liked that format for a couple of reasons, and it gave me room to expand on my basic 518 collection, which I have subsequently done (now over 800).

The one drawback of a binder is the potential of damaging a card when inserting it or removing it.
To prevent damage, I use a utility knife and a straight-edge to cut a penny sleeve in half, lengthwise. Then I insert the card into the sleeve and use a 6” flexible ruler to push the sleeve into the pocket. To remove the card, just pull the sleeve out of the pocket.
I’d show you scans but I’m not at home.

I do use reprint cards to represent slabbed cards. It’s not ideal but I can’t think of anything better.
I’ve probably cracked a hundred slabs in the past, but I don’t anymore. It’s too much of a money loss these days.

The Vario binder is the best.

Enjoy your quest!