Prinz Vs Vario Stock Pages

I am getting ready to order some additional stock pages. I have been using the Hagner pages (cardboard with a plasic falp -sides not secured))

In looking a prior threads, the Prinz pages are supposedly stiffer than Vario. All my Varios have sealed side flaps. Is this true for 5 or 6 row pockets? Is Prinz difference?

The Prinz seem a little more expensive but not sure of any other advantages or disadvantages.

Al

All the Varios have strips with sealed sides.

I like the Varios. I am likely in the minority here, but I don't like my stockpages to be too stiff (heavy). I find it easier to remove/insert stamps when pages are less stiff, although I have seen auction lots where Varios had lots of "finger" creases due to rough handling.

When I first started using these types of stockpages, I wanted to get the super-stiff ones. But they are significantly heavier. Once you start getting past several hundred, make sure you have a very solid bookcase, as well as thinner and more rugged binders. If you use 3-ring-binders, make sure they are lockable rings -- you'll find out why if you ever accidentally drop a full one!

Thanks. I have 8+ binders full of varios but wanted to check if there is something better after seeing comments of Prinz. It is heavier than I will stay with Vario.

I have been known create crazing that you reported by "rough" handling. I purchased them before they enlarged the holes so I did that on many of them.

Al

I have never used Prinz stockpages. But in my experience, stiffer = heavier.

There are at least two types of Vario pages. "Vario Plus" pages are stiffer/sturdier than the other and costs a bit more:

http://www.lighthouse.us/epages/lig...2203/US_2207

I used to use GK single sided Black, but over time they become brittle and the flaps come free causing the stamps to fall out of the binders.

Once I switched to Vario I never had any issues, even after numerous years, they remain pliable and fresh.

As for Prinz, I have never utilized them, so I cannot say whether they are good for the long haul or not.

Regards,
Stampalotapus

Just order few Prinz and judge by yourself. What is good for one may not be good for you .

Indeed, that is why there are different brands and even different stiffness within a brand. If I'm not mistaken, the Vario plus is probably more like the thickness/stiffness they started out with in the early days. I remember noticing (in the 1990s?) the Vario pages suddenly became "thinner".

I could see that bending a less-stiff backing would make it easier to get at your stamps than clawing away at a clear protective/mounting strip that is flush to a stiff back.

I am sure the "thinner" change was related to cost savings. For singles, I have preferred the flap style stock sheet.

Who makes the best flap type. My Hagner (spelling) pages are old and some flaps have detached if used too much or just get old.

Just got back into collecting, sorting, segregating, grading, researching, check listing, and, well everyone knows the drill. My question here though is about what "quality" standards exist for today's stock sheets compared to a "few" years ago. I just mail ordered a few new Hagners and what I received is trash. The "card stock" is only as thick as a file-folder for one. (What I currently have (for many years) is very ridged.) And most disappointingly, where they score the plastic to create the flap opening.....it's scored deeply into the card stock. The page could easily be torn apart - like a perforated bill or coupon. All three models (B44, B66 and B88) have the same problem although the 44's much less so. The cards are stamped as "Hagner - Made in England"

Q/ Is this the quality Hagner now finds acceptable?