Best Inner Sleeves to Protect Vinyl

joerand posted:

R.K posted:

joerand posted:

When I buy a Mofi album I chuck their inner sleeve and replace it with the Diskeeper Ultimate.

Why?

Because the Mofi sleeves are flimsy and slightly undersized making them bothersome to insert back into the LP jacket without racking and crinkling. The Diskeeper Ultimates are cut to true size with far more sturdy paper making them easier to insert.

I will say that for sake of provenance, I've retained (not chucked) the original Mofi sleeves with my "Beatles The Collection" LP set while using the Diskeeper Ultimates to house those albums.

Ok. Will give them a go. Tx

Another option are the Goldring Inner Sleeves.  My local vinyl dealer/pusher used to supply these back in the '90s and they were pretty inexpensive I recall.  Only downside was that they had the Goldring logo as a pattern on one side.  However, if you want a poly-lined paper inner they're a good bet.  I see they are still available to buy from the usual places.

I had some of these given by a Naim dealer in Leicester 20 yrs ago when he cleaned some records for me. They're a thick black woven paper and are antistatic and really easy to put the record into and put back in the outer sleeve. They've lasted well but I have no idea where to source them or even if they're still available. 

I've used the Nagaoka 102 inners for years. They allow you to retain all the original inners as they fit inside pretty much anything. Oddly, the last batch I bought seemed to be full of static and resisted the record being inserted. Had to take a resistance is futile approach to these. Assume it's just a one off bad batch.

I've used the Goldring paper with fixed poly inners and they're good. The Mofi inners are OK, but they're so time awkward when they pucker up.

Peter

Tonar 5311 doing it for me.  Quite thick so you will probably need to remove original inner, but very easy to get record in and out of record sleeve and vinyl out of inner.

Regards

Nic