Tyvek sleeve wallet holder?

[DcK]

Does anyone have a link to a good wallet or other storage devices that will easily accept dvd within a tyvek sleeve? All the cases I seem to find in the stores makes a miserably TIGHT fit with the dvd inserted into the tyvek sleeves.

Thanks!

[lordsmurf]

Storing DVDs in sleeves is bad.
Use cases for best storage.

[DcK]

Takes too much space, plus popping in and out of cases can damage the center ring. I've heard arguments on both sides. I've never had a problem in years storing in tyvek... I just need an organize folder to put them all in?!

[steve2713]

Storing DVDs in sleeves is not bad.

[lordsmurf]

Damaging the center ring is far less likely than outright scratching the disc surface. Spindles are also a good alternative, as the discs rest on the hub, not the surface.

I've never seen wallets like that. A friend used to keep discs in sleeves in a large 5¼ floppy case, held like 200+ discs each. He quit doing it. Why? Scratches ruined some discs.

[smearbrick1]

Usually I don't question Lordsmurf, but in this case I'm going to make an exception. I store all of my dvds in a binder and have never had any issues with any dvds including DVD-/+R.

[DcK]

Hmmm.... well, I've reconsidered, mostly because I can't find suitable storage. Maybe jewel cases....

I like these Jewel cases, the TRIMPAK II CD/DVD Case
http://www.tapeandmedia.com/detail.asp?product_id=TRIM-II-CLR

But, there's about 20 cents each, a little pricey.




Pro's ... Con's...

Thanks

[henry_nettles]

Hmmm.... well, I've reconsidered, mostly because I can't find suitable storage. Maybe jewel cases....

I like these Jewel cases, the TRIMPAK II CD/DVD Case
http://www.tapeandmedia.com/detail.asp?product_id=TRIM-II-CLR

But, there's about 20 cents each, a little pricey.

It's a little worse than that. You have to buy 200 to get the price down to 20 cents each, and ground shipping on 200 (to Texas) is $14.73, grand total $54.73, about 27.5 cents each. Last time I looked, I could get the regular DVD cases delivered for 25 cents each in quantity 100.

[axolotls]

I used binders. Forget cases. Just take care of them and you should be ok.

Haven't any problems yet.

[krupted]

binders work great for me, after about 30 discs, jewel cases become a pain. Not to mention you need to print a case label as well, major pain.

[DcK]

what's a binder? Is it like a wallet?

[krupted]

well, i mean binder meaning a book-type wallet. i dont care for the notebook kind with the metal snap rings, the pages fall out.

Best buy has pleather caselogics that hold 96 for twenty bucks, it has plastic bands that hold the pages, and it works extremely well. The pages can fully move over to stay laying flat, makes for much nicer use than compared to the pages just being bined together

[spiffy]

Pardon my ignorance, but how exactly are tyvek sleeves different from regular sleeves? I am not sure if I am familiar with what the tyvek material is... I store mine in these CaseLogic binder sleeves, 8 disc per page total (4 on either side). The white material that is against the playing side of the discs seem to be non-scratchy. Although now I am starting to experiment with printable discs, I wonder if the plastic that is against the label side is going to lift off the prints?

Spiffy

[krupted]

it can over time, i have a couple old printed discs that stayed in the case forever, and they eventually got a little stuck to the plastic sleeve. It did leave a part of the label image on it.

Im pretty sure this was due to moisture, sittin in the truck on humid days and stuff.

Overall not a big deal, rarely happens...

Tyvek is like a plasticy cloth paper fabric. thats about the best i can describe, its very tough, waterproof, yet it lets air in, whatever is inside can breathe. It creates an optimal enviroment for disc storage. they use it to wrap houses in, so the house can stay dry and also let it breathe to keep out mold. Its pretty incredible stuff, the 100% tyvek that is....

[spiffy]

Is there any support to whether these tyvek sleeves are archival quality? (Won't lift prints, since they let air in?)

I am beginning to think that maybe my multi-disc binder sleeves may not be such a good idea, not so much whether they are archival quality, but simply the logistics of when trying to organize them alphabetically, but every time new titles are introduced, some of the discs have to be re-shuffled...

But personally I still would like to find a solution which I can store as many discs in as little real estate as I can -- short of stacking them in cake boxes, of course.

A quick search on Google for archival quality DVD sleeves only come up with one result, a 2-sided, 4 disc total polypropylene binder sleeve made by Avery. (Yet interestingly, Avery's own web site does not contain this product.)

http://www.business-supply.com/dept/2041539/avery-cd-dvd-storage-pages.html

But to me it's pretty pricey, and getting away from the original topic...

What about one of those generic media storage boxes? I had one that could hold floppies and CD jewel cases. I imagine with just the tyvek sleeves, it should be nice and roomy...

Spiffy

[DcK]

I've had zero problems w/my tyvek sleeves... the front printed from my epson has never once stuck to the sleeve. I get the clear front tyvek's so I can see my titles. I remember buying mine for like .9 cents each, only had to buy 100. MY PROBLEM is that I currently have them all in a shoe box. I just think there would be a product out there, better than my shoe box, in order to store them?! Looks like there's not from the result of the replies, huh?!

[spiffy]

Dck, where do you buy your tyvek sleeves?

I think you are probably looking for what I've been looking for myself -- a box with just wide enough to fit the diameters of the discs. (To be honest, I misunderstood your original question -- i thought you were having fit issues with your tyvek sleeves.)

Although I haven't gone to the stores to see them in person, but wouldn't any regular CD organizer boxes work? They are all designed to fit jewel cases -- some of them even for the slim jewel cases-- and you're only using tyvek sleeves, that should give you plenty of room and able to fit many discs into a small box...

Something like this, perhaps?

http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml?CATID=225&PRODID=70437

Let me know what you've found -- I think I may go this route as well.

Spiffy

[DcK]

Spiffy, THANKS for the link, that's a perfect solution... that's really all I was looking for!!! YEAH!!!

Here's a couple links for $9.00 at 100 tyvek... I can't remember exactly where I ordered mine from, it was a while back.

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/yesbuy/tyvsleevwitw.html

or

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/compcdr/tyvsleevwitw.html


Shipping costs would probably determine which place is better.

[spiffy]

Cool. Please let me know when you do get them, how many discs you are able to fit into one of those boxes -- I imagine a lot!

What is the material of the window for those tyvek sleeves? Glassine? I've used those ultra-clear page protectors before, but they lifted the prints after a while...

Spiffy

[DcK]

That's a good question, I don't know what the clear is??

Anyone know?

[DcK]

Actually, both my above links cost almost $11 for shipping.

Ridiculous.

I found it on ebay for much cheaper overall, only $4 shipping for media mail.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41799&item=4132559047&rd=1

[spiffy]

Seems like there are several different materials that can make the window part of a tyvek sleeve -- glassine (which from some of my Google search is often used to hold photos and negatives), poly (polypropylene? this is from the ebay listing you provided, Cdk) and even Mylar. Some form of polypropylene is supposed to not lift prints; but I have not been able to get any words on whether glassine and Mylar have the same properties.

It's interesting though, that most sites I've seen are selling tyvek sleeves as a shipping method, not for archival purposes... Difficult to find tyvek sleeves without flaps either.

Spiffy

[steve2713]

I saw sleeves without flaps for sale on Ebay. Also, if you bought a bunch with flaps, you could cut them off very quickly with a large paper cutter, the type used in schools, etc. You could probably easily cut the flaps off of 20 or more at a time stacking them and cutting them on a paper cutter. Just a thought.

[spiffy]

Thanks for the info, steve2713. I am not as concerned with flaps as finding the right material for the sleeve window -- as I am now venturing into printable discs, I need to make sure nothing will happen to the prints during long-term storage.

(I'm probably going to spray the label anyway, but that's an entirely different topic...)

Spiffy

[lordsmurf]

Fry's sells the sleeves REALLY cheap (I use them for shipping sometime), and you can get CD/FLOPPY boxes on the same aisle. It works. Not suggested, but it would be the best method suggested here so far, aside from outright plastic cases.