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Best disc storage?

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SugarTooth

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Any opinions about what is the best CD/DVD storage wallet/case - for holding multiple discs? I'm specfically looking for something that will not scratch AT ALL (if it exists) and is easy to open & flip through.

Thanks.
 
Yeah, you're right. I guess I mean 'the least likely to.' I seem to remember (a few years ago) some company touting a new sleeve design that was 'best' for protecting discs.
 
caselogic all the way, when you're carefull (not opening em around a bag of chips or in your on the beach 😉) then there should be minimal risk of scratching, and they're easy to use and very sturdy, especyally the hard nylon ones and the (fake ?) leather ones.
 
If you don't plan on opening the case up and using it all the time
(Ie. Backups or movies, etc), then just get something big and cheap.

If you do plan on using the case often, then get a good quality case
such as a Case Logic case.
 
My brother has had about 500 CD's destroyed by keeping them in Case Logic cases. The label side ends up sticking to the sleeve just a little bit, and the label is directly attached to the media. The label gets slightly damaged and the aluminum starts to oxidize or whatever. Eventually you can see thousands of tiny holes in your CD's.

*edit* I am talking about CD's that have been in a couple leather Case Logic flippy sleeve files for between 8 and 15 years, and we didn't notice most of them were disintegrating until about 2 years ago.

I don't really have a good answer of how to keep them, though. I make LAME MP3's out of everything and keep my CD's in jewel cases and keep them stored. So I just have a hard drive full of MP3's that are backed up on DVD-R's. Then I can just burn what I want on a CD-R and throw it across the room if I feel like it.

But everything plays MP3's, now. You can get a decent JVC 200W car MP3 player for $120 and never have to worry about a disc changer again.
 
If not used very frequently, individual paper sleeves are good. They take up less space than even slim plastic cases, are cheaper, and protect better from airborne filth too. Non-permanent "Magic Tape" makes them re-sealable. Unlike wallets, they are easy to alphabetize.
 
Originally posted by: Auric
If not used very frequently, individual paper sleeves are good. They take up less space than even slim plastic cases, are cheaper, and protect better from airborne filth too. Non-permanent "Magic Tape" makes them re-sealable. Unlike wallets, they are easy to alphabetize.
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I *strongly* recommend Tyvek rather than paper sleeves. Paper is made from wood fibers, after all, and those have a far stronger tendency to cause microscopic surface scratches than the synthetic tyvek fibers. Plus, Tyvek is a lot more durable, especially should it ever get wet. They will cost you about double what paper sleeves cost, but they are well worth it, IMHO.

My most recent personal solution, for keeping discs both dust-free, and easily-sortable/accessable, is using a bunch of older "Flip 'N File" 5.25in/3.5in media cases, which have removable/positional dividers to re-organize your layout. I then use various CD sleeves to store the CDs in, and put them in these cases.
I've taken a likeing to "UniKeep CD Safety-Sleeves". You can get a 100-pack (holds 200 CDs) for $10-20 at Microcenter and other places. I figure that using those sleeves, I can probably store nearly 500 CDs in one of those cases, maybe more. I don't have any long-term data on those sleeves, but they seem pretty safe so far.

I used to just keep CDs in jewel cases, and then keep those in a cardboard box, but the dust seems to accumulate inside the jewel cases somehow.

Another option would be to keep your CDs in jewel cases, but store those jewel cases in a padded, sealed (zipper) carrying case. I have a few Case Logic units that hold 30 CDs that I used for some of my really special CDs. That way, nothing touches the surface, and no dust can just "float in". Takes a bit of room though.
 
I'm getting some good suggestions here.

Those discgear things look cool but they are expensive. sunase - can you point me towards the knockoffs?

VLarry - I like the idea of just having individual sleeves in a flip-case. Do you think those Unikeep Safety Sleeves are better than these Prosleeve II things?

I also like the two-tiered solution - i.e., better protection for the 'special' discs. I'm thinking slimline jewel cases or these wacky things in storage boxes. At work a client supplied a CD in one of those recently and I couldn't stop playing with it. The cool thing is that only the edges are touched (while its in the case).
 
I keep all my "revolving door" CDs in a binder like the "Case Logic" binders and have never destroyed any CDs. I think it depends on how you take them out and/or put them back in the sleeves. We even keep our car CDs in a case like that and we pull them out and put them back in all the time.
 
Originally posted by: SugarTooth
I'm getting some good suggestions here.
Those discgear things look cool but they are expensive. sunase - can you point me towards the knockoffs?
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I've seen products like those at WalMart, not sure if they are authentic ones or knockoffs.

Originally posted by: SugarTooth
VLarry - I like the idea of just having individual sleeves in a flip-case. Do you think those Unikeep Safety Sleeves are better than these Prosleeve II things?
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I actually used to use ProSleeves, those individual dual-sided ones, but they seemed quite expensive to me, at the time they were like $0.40 - $0.50 / each, I think. That price listed on Buy.com is a lot better, and more in line with the price of those UniKeep sleeves. However, I've also gotten some ProSleeves that were of questionable quality. I haven't seen any problems thus far with the UniKeep sleeves. So my observation is that they work just as well, and are generally cheaper, which works for me.

Originally posted by: SugarTooth
I also like the two-tiered solution - i.e., better protection for the 'special' discs. I'm thinking slimline jewel cases or these wacky things in storage boxes. At work a client supplied a CD in one of those recently and I couldn't stop playing with it. The cool thing is that only the edges are touched (while its in the case).
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That's really neat, thanks for the link. I may have to look into some of those. Plus, I like this quote - "The ejector cases are made from the recently developed material metallocene polypropylene, which is highly progressive from an ecological point of view as the material is 100% recyclable."

That's cool too, if true. I have a pile of smashed-up old jewel case bits here, not sure what to do with them. Not sure what to do with my Pile 'O Coasters too, in terms of environmental friendlyness.

The one question I have is, is the end of those cases just completely open? I would fear dust getting in there, even moreso than with slimline jewel cases.

PS. Here's a
picture of that Flip 'N File case that I was talking about. Look at the "All Media Case" (lockable) model. (Btw, that site looks old, don't try to order one from there - prices last updated in 2001.) I find it funny for them to be labeled as "new" in 2001 too, since I know that I've had my cases for years and years and years now, and they're still in decent shape. Those things were built like tanks, nice thick plastic. I used to use them for storing 5.25 floppies. 😛
 
They make some storage options where you can put the CDROMs in and they have a slide that moves back and forth and then a button to press to make the CD pop up. I have used one before and it was kind of nice. It is like juke box selector.
 
Yeah, those 'ejector' cases are open on the end, which isn't good. Plus, they're soft vinyl, so if you had them packed tight (or if you squeezed them), the sides WOULD actually touch the disc surface. I have thos Fellowes cases for floppies & Zips - looks good for CDs too.
 
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