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O**P
Vault-X 9 pocket side loading pages a good alternative to the new shortened UG 18 pocket pages
Thanks to Vault-x I can continue storing cards that are sleeved in the oversized FFG grey sleeves or in Ultra Pro penny sleeves.I store cards from Arkham LCG, LOTR LCG, and magic the gathering in an UP penny sleeves and then in a “Sideloader - 9-Pocket (doubled sided 18) A4 Trading Card Binder Page”. For Arkham LCG I put 2 player cards in a UG penny sleeve and the investigators I put in an FFG grey sleeve and then in a binder page. For LOTR LCG I put three player cards in a UP penny sleeve and the hero’s in a FFG sleeve, then these go in a binder page. For MTG all rares and mythics are sleeved with a tight-fit UP sleeve and then stored in a penny sleeve in a binder pocket.Storing cards in a penny sleeve and then in a pocket of a binder page keeps the card in the pocket because the penny sleeves keep the cards from sliding partly out.Until now (end of 2021/early 2022) I was using Ultimate Guard 18 pocket side loading pages for this. Then Ultimate guard (probably somewhere 2020/2021) decided to shorten their pages by almost 1 cm. After that size change the UG pages no longer fit Ultra Pro Penny or FFG grey sleeves.Why UG would shorten their pages by almost 1 cm beats me. It is inconsistent, it also looks ugly having a mix of two sizes pages in a binder, not to mention that this also means that when you stand your binders up straight, the weight of the pages is on the longer binder pages because those stick out at the bottom about 0.5 cm and I assume there is a risk of the cards in the bottom row of the pages folding a bit. Bottom line to change the size of a succesful product to me sounds like a pretty stupid move from UG.Note that even cards in Dragon shields sleeves no longer fit easily in the new sized UG pages, in particular in the middle row of the new UG pages, which is the smallest of the three rows.I included a picture with a Vault-x page on the bottom, old size UG purple page in the middle and new size UG page on top. The difference between the new and old UG page is almost 1 cm. The old UG purple page is (almost) exactly the same size as the Vault X page.Last year when I found out that UG had changed the size of their 18 pocket pages because I bought a new batch with the smalle size. I returned all of them and I went looking for alternatives. First I tried the Gamegenic 18 pocket pages, thinking since this is the brand that replaced the original FFG sleeves their pages would fit FFG sleeves. But the Gamegenic pages were also smaller then the original UG binder pages. This is probably because the gamegenic Gray sleeves that replaced FFG grey sleeves are also shorter (about 2-3 mms) then the original FFG grey sleeves.Then I searched for information “which side loading binder pocket pages would fit FFG grey sleeves”. I found, based on stories of others that ran into the same joke from UG, that Dragon Shield and Ultra Pro pages didn’t fit UP penny sleeves either (weird that UP pages don’t fit their own UP penny sleeves).I also noticed that most brands do not include the exact size of the pages or the pocket size in their product descriptions. What use to me is the size of the box they come in, to me ? Really annoying having to go buy, try and return a product.Luckily I also found the Vault-X pages based on this search. The Vault-X pages are almost exactly the same size as the original UG pages. The Vault-X pages do fit FFG grey and UP penny sleeves in all three rows with a little wiggle room.If at all I was to have one comment about the Vault-X pages is that they should make all three rows exactly the same height. The bottom row is the largest and the middle row the shortest. The difference is a bit over 1 mm and the middle row is the tightest fit as a result. So for consistency purposes Vault-X should really consider moving about 0.5 mm from the bottom to the middle row. But regardless of that all three rows do today fit FFG grey sleeves and UP penny sleeves.The Vault-X 50 pages packs each came in a plastic bag inside an Amazon paper envelope. I ordered four 50 page packs and received for separate packages from Amazon (in one same delivery moment). Weird but maybe this is cheaper because it didn’t have to come in a box ?I am in the Netherlands but ordered from Amazon.co.Uk because the Vault X pages where not available locally and amazon.de or amazon.fr either didn’t have them or they were not in stock.Durability I don’t know yet but they feel and look and feel good.Value for money is good. Cost wise the Vault-X pages were better then the UG ones. I bought 4 packs of 50 pages for roughly £68 and £5 delivery (roughly 88 Euro). This was including VAT and not sure why but I did not have to pay any additional import fees (which would still have been fine ).Sturdiness is good, they have a similar sturdiness as the old UG pages.
A**E
Fantastic for D&D - Brilliant Customer Service
This product is of a very high quality and is just perfect to hold my D&D spell cards. So if you are making your own character folio or journal and you need a sturdy and stylish way to protect those spells cards I highly recommend this. Also I reached out to Vault X for some further support and they were beyond helpful with my enquiry and so I can confidently recommend both the product and the brand!
D**E
Recommended (and a great replacement for Ultimate Guard)
For a while I'd been looking for a replacement for the Ultimate Guard 18 pocket side loaders. Unfortunately, the sheets had changed and the pockets had become noticeably smaller with inconsistent sizes (like their coloured sheets) - the product no longer matched, so sleeved cards using the larger sleeves (DragonShield, old FFG) no longer fit. For someone trying to keep consistent binders, this was a disaster. Their customer service tried to help, but at the end of the day they just didn't seem to be manufacturing to the same dimensions any more.Well, after some false starts I ordered the VaultX. The quality and feel is easily at least equivalent, and dimensions almost identical to the old larger Ultimate Guard with its generous pocket size, and with a slightly longer edge giving more standoff from the binder rings. I'm very happy. Old FFG sleeved cards fit. DragonShield sleeves fit. You can even get 3-4 sleeved cards in one pocket (although I guess that might make the pocket loose, so not recommended if you're swapping cards out and using it for transport)One difference is that the middle pocket opening is outward, not inward. There are pros (easier access) and cons (greater anxiety about which cards able to fall out) to this -- not that I've ever seen any come free.Two minor complaints may be the size of the order, I'd have preferred to have been able to order them in smaller amounts; and that one sheet had scoring on one pocket front it where it looks like the plastic had folded upon itself inside the pack, but those would be the only criticisms. All in all, an excellent product.
D**N
Best I have found outside of prebuilt folders
I paint miniatures, all game card size, these folders are perfect for storage, as new category expassion pages can be added at will, unlike prebuilt folders, the sleeves are as good quality as the ones in the prebuilt UltraPro Binders,
S**B
You need this for your card binder
The media could not be loaded. I spent ages looking for the perfect binder and card loader pages for my Pokemon collection and after alot of procrastination (and my toddler nearly destroying my cards) I finally purchased a binder (highly recommended the Ultra Pro UPRRPJ8-2 Album Card Collector) and card loader pages to protect and conserve my cards.Of course with Amazon if you want something it'll arrive the next day and it did with both items.The pages look rich and classy and really gives a prestigious feel to your prized cards. The pages are sturdy with pockets on both sides of the page, so one page holds 18 cards.The folder is firm with a nice leather feel to it. Nothing too fancy, perfect and simple.So if you want to protect your cards and keep them safe buy these products and you won't regret it!
C**F
Really good binder sheets
I bought these to replace my Ultra Pro top loading sheets as I prefer side loading my cards. These are perfect for Pokémon TCG and fits well with deck sleeves too. Will probably buy more to organise my binders better.
D**L
Quality
The quality of the pages is amazing, however i recieved one page with a small rip on the bottom and many pages had creases in the pockets. Otherwise im very happy with the product!
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