The biggest issue with sleeves and cases, is debris! If theres debris on the card or in the plastic that is invisible to the naked eye, it will damage the card when theres no movement in the thing your holding it in 😅
It is also worth mentioning that slab cases from PSA, CGC, and BGS provide minimal UV protection. See my videos testing them. I do still need to test the UV on One Touch cases, but I haven't had time to yet. Plus, I'd have to buy them. 😅
Have you tried cardboard gold toploader fit sleeves? I've been using them on my gemloader toploaders and they are fantastic! It really adds an additional sense of protection and security and honestly just physically feels better. With pull-tab sleeves, it pretty much makes it so the card doesn't move at all due to the toploader sleeve covering the top. It's also nice that I can preserve the crystal clear toploader forever. I always hated how toploaders naturally collect dust/debris/scratches, so definitely recommend if you haven't tried yet!
I will have my full review video up in a few days and I’m also giving one away for my 1000 subscriber giveaway! Google brokenrealmz if you want to check them out though
You left out a very big risk to your cards,... or anything you are trying to preserve... temperature stability. A large temperature swing causes items to expand/contact at a molecular level and when this occurs over and over, it weakens the bonds and thus, the item can become weak/fragile. If you've every picked up an antique item and it just seemed to start shedding "layers" or deteriorate anywhere you touched it... that was most likely from being stored in a non-stable temperature environment. Obviously, your cards will be fine over the short term, even with daily 30* temperature swings, but over the long term, your cards are going to look like garbage regardless of if they are in a penny sleeve/toploader. Thanks for the video!
@@sleevenocardbehind Have you tried using them before? They are rigid around the edges, so you have to make sure you slide the cards in and out perfectly so the card does not scrape the edges. And even if you do that, you really have to force the card into the ETB sleeve for the last 5-10%. I know some other sleeves are still rigid like the ETB ones, but they don't have the issue of the last 5-10% having resistance. Hopefully that makes sense!
Yea actually I did a video specifically on ETB sleeves, I just wanted to hear your opinion! And I agree with you 100%. The ETB sleeves I think are designed that way for the tcg. A tighter fit is necessary for shuffling and handling a deck, and that’s also why they have a matte finish now. Personally, I don’t use ETB sleeves for any valuable cards.
The biggest issue with sleeves and cases, is debris! If theres debris on the card or in the plastic that is invisible to the naked eye, it will damage the card when theres no movement in the thing your holding it in 😅
This guy gets it! Great tip
The beast binder looks insane!
Very comprehensive guide, thank you! I subscribed!
Thanks for the sub!
I love your base set display man
Thank you!
It is also worth mentioning that slab cases from PSA, CGC, and BGS provide minimal UV protection. See my videos testing them. I do still need to test the UV on One Touch cases, but I haven't had time to yet. Plus, I'd have to buy them. 😅
I just watched your video, super interesting, thank you.
My mom intentionally made me burn all of my 1st edition pokemon cards when I was a child =_= that was a very sad day.
My late father cut them with scissors one by one, in front of me. I still buy them in my adulthood and I forgave him 😂
Do you have graded cards and how do you store those? I am thinking about a suitcase, but am curious what other people are using
I have a glass cabinet and display mine with plastic stands
Have you tried cardboard gold toploader fit sleeves? I've been using them on my gemloader toploaders and they are fantastic! It really adds an additional sense of protection and security and honestly just physically feels better. With pull-tab sleeves, it pretty much makes it so the card doesn't move at all due to the toploader sleeve covering the top. It's also nice that I can preserve the crystal clear toploader forever. I always hated how toploaders naturally collect dust/debris/scratches, so definitely recommend if you haven't tried yet!
I’ve gotten a couple from cards in the mail and I think they’re pretty cool
It looked like you weren't able to use sleeves with the magnetic & screw down.
Never seen anything like that 20 page binder. Kind want one of those and the binder for oversized cards 😅 you have the links to those?
I will have my full review video up in a few days and I’m also giving one away for my 1000 subscriber giveaway! Google brokenrealmz if you want to check them out though
I added a link in the description
You left out a very big risk to your cards,... or anything you are trying to preserve... temperature stability. A large temperature swing causes items to expand/contact at a molecular level and when this occurs over and over, it weakens the bonds and thus, the item can become weak/fragile. If you've every picked up an antique item and it just seemed to start shedding "layers" or deteriorate anywhere you touched it... that was most likely from being stored in a non-stable temperature environment.
Obviously, your cards will be fine over the short term, even with daily 30* temperature swings, but over the long term, your cards are going to look like garbage regardless of if they are in a penny sleeve/toploader.
Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching! Great point. I actually should have mentioned temperature regulation!
I'd probably say using the ETB sleeves should be avoided. Pretty much any other sleeve should be fine.
Why’s that?
@@sleevenocardbehind Have you tried using them before? They are rigid around the edges, so you have to make sure you slide the cards in and out perfectly so the card does not scrape the edges. And even if you do that, you really have to force the card into the ETB sleeve for the last 5-10%. I know some other sleeves are still rigid like the ETB ones, but they don't have the issue of the last 5-10% having resistance. Hopefully that makes sense!
Yea actually I did a video specifically on ETB sleeves, I just wanted to hear your opinion! And I agree with you 100%. The ETB sleeves I think are designed that way for the tcg. A tighter fit is necessary for shuffling and handling a deck, and that’s also why they have a matte finish now.
Personally, I don’t use ETB sleeves for any valuable cards.