Toploaders?

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

I have to disagree. 95% of the cards I buy, including 100% of the cards from comc.com, are in top loaders. I have purchased about 400 cards from various sources over the last three years, and have not received a one in a card saver. Not a one. Penny sleeve, top loader, and team bag.

So card savers are hardly the "standard", at least for modern cards. They don't offer enough protection for cards. Now, for shipping to a tpg? Yes, that's what they want. But the card(s) and card savers are taped in between pieces of cardboard, then placed in a box with bubble wrap or peanuts. I would never store my cards in card savers.

I have to agree with Bill, but certainly none of the current methods of storing are perfect. I have had better luck using penny sleeves & top loaders though.

[glynparson]

Way better and less possible damage than top loaders, heck the vast majority of cards get slightly damaged when put in a penny sleeve. Way to much side to side movement in top loaders way to easy to slide out the top as well. This should not even be a question.

[Leon]

I use toploader and penny sleeves for all of my raw regular sized cards....I also use 4 x 6 toploaders, 5 x 7 toploaders and 8 x 10 toploaders...all with sleeves.. and then for even larger items I have huge toploaders with no sleeves. Just my preference.....

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by glynparson

Way better and less possible damage than top loaders, heck the vast majority of cards get slightly damaged when put in a penny sleeve. Way to much side to side movement in top loaders way to easy to slide out the top as well. This should not even be a question.

Sure there should be a question.

Side to side movement in a top loader...the penny sleeve protects it. And if the toploader is in a team bag, there's zero chance the card slides out.

A card saver has zero rigidity. Far too easy for a card to get bent. And sliding a card in to a card saver is like spinning a gun's cylinder, sticking it to your head, and pulling the trigger. If anything goes wrong, your card is borked.