Tobacco top loaders

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Do you use the standard or tobacco sized top loader?

Hi Alex, my fellow collector. No matter what the card, I use a standard sleeve and loader that would fit a sixties Topps. and a T or an E does just fine too. Uh, some fifties Topps just over the vertical limit size will stick out over the top of the loader. I don't care. But never ever has a card ever gone south, unless I want it to.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Paul S

Hi Alex, my fellow collector. No matter what the card, I use a standard sleeve and loader that would fit a sixties Topps. and a T or an E does just fine too. Uh, some fifties Topps just over the vertical limit size will stick out over the top of the loader. I don't care. But never ever has a card ever gone south, unless I want it to.

Interesting. I use tobacco top loaders and the cards slide right out.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Interesting. I use tobacco top loaders and the cards slide right out.

Then don't use them. I'm no pro, but the technique I've described works for quite a few board members. In fact, I am in the minority in a recent poll about how people store and display their stuff.

[bsuttonosu]

Alex,

It won't solve your tobacco toploader problem, but to avoid cards sliding out of regular size top loaders, I put the toploader in a team bag (penny slip, toploader, team bag sealed). It has the added benefits of keeping dust out and preventing scratches on the toploaders as you handle them. I hate when you handle them a lot and they get dull. The major issue with this is the extra width it adds prevents storage in regular row boxes. But I use vault boxes anyway and they fit great.

A side comment, my experience is that bcw makes some great supplies and I buy a lot of them. Toploaders and pages are not in that group. I will only buy Ultra Pro toploaders and pages (platinum only).

[thecatspajamas]

I think the problem is the spacer that is used for separation between the front and back panels of these toploaders is the same thickness as those used for larger sizes, but because of the small size of the tobacco toploaders, the front and back panels are not able to flex inward as they do with the larger sizes. Without this inward flex, you lose the friction between the panels and the card that would normally keep a card in place until you knock or jostle it enough to overcome that friction. Using the penny sleeve inside the toploader helps a little, especially if it is wide enough to give you friction on the sides/spacers as well, but I've had the same experience with the tobacco toploaders. I finally just decided there was nothing to be done about it and just switched over to Card Saver I's (which have no spacers, so you always get the friction you need to keep things in place).