1000 pcs White CD DVD Paper Sleeves Envelopes with Flap and Clear Window

I read all the reviews about these disc envelops. Several people indicated they were much more cheaply made than the Columbian brand envelops I used to buy from Sam's Club. I will not dispute the envelops are much thinner than the Columbian envelops and they also appear to wrinkle depending on the room's humidity, however, they perform just as well as the thicker, much more expensive Columbian brand.First off, the wrinkling issue disappeared within 20 minutes of leaving the envelops in the room to give them a chance to reach the relative humidity of the room. I noticed the wrinkling occurred whenever I bought a new batch up from my cool 50% humid basement to my dry and warmer 35% humid office. As soon as the envelops reached room temperature (and humidity) the wrinkles vanished. While I agree the Columbians did not show any signs of being affected by relative humidity, I assume this is the result of the thinner paper. I no longer consider this an issue since I've experienced copy paper do the same when I'd bring up a new ream from the basement.Although the envelops are thinner, I don't find them any weaker to tears or rips. While handling, they do feel a bit flimsy, but if you are using them to store discs over a period of time and the discs are not going to be handled regularly (ex. they will hold archive archived or stored backup disks) then these envelops are fine. If you are going to regularly handle the discs, then either use a jewel case or a more durable media holder.A couple of positive notes about the thinner envelops:1.) They cause fewer paper jams in my inkjet printer than the Columbian brand envelops did. I suffer about a 2% failure rate when printing on these thinner envelops, vs. the 5-7% failure rate with the Columbians. This will save me around 50 envelops per 1000, a small but noteworthy savings.(I agree there are many factors that influence failure rates, but so far, in my situation, I'm jamming on around 2 envelops per 100, vs. 5-7 envelops per 100 when I use the Columbians.)2.)The envelops take up less space than the Columbians. If 250 Columbian envelops takes up 10-inches and 250 of these envelops take up 5-inches, I am getting an additional 5-inches of storage space occupying the same footprint! (5-inches is around another 60 discs I can store in the same footprint.)Another note about printing - I am experiencing no bleed-through or ink bleed with these thinner envelops. (I use the automatic/regular paper print setting on my printer.)The window on these envelops is indistinguishable from the window on the Columbians. It appears to be made of the exact same material w/ the same toughness.The flaps appear to be 1-2mm shorter than the columbians. I had to make a 1-time minor adjustment in my print project to account for the shorter flap.The little tongue or notch that the flap folds into is about 2mm longer and more pronounced than on the Columbian envelop, but this design difference has no impact on performance.The paper folds and glue points are on the outside of these envelops, vs. the inside of the Columbian envelops. I've always wondered about this being a problem over the long haul since if the glue bleeds due to dampness or wetness, the glue on the Columbian would be more likely to bleed on the disk surface since its on the inside of the envelop. I doubt this is a real concern, but I thought I would mention it since these envelops have all their glue points at least a layer of paper between the glue and the written surface of the disk. (Printing over the glue points has been no issue and no envelop has failed, to-date, due to poor gluing.Lastly, someone said the flap folds are not pronounced enough and it caused uneven creases when folding the flap over. While I agree the flap fold is less pronounced, It has not caused any problems for me, like those described by the other reviewer(s) that mentioned it.In summary, I HIGHLY recommend these envelops since they come out to be around 1.5 cents each ($15 per 1000 envelops), instead of the 10 cents per envelop cost of the Columbians ($25 per 250 envelops). Also, if I consider failure rates, the per unit cost of the Columbians experience an additional, but slight, increase, due to higher failure rate I experience when using them.I go through about 2000 envelops per year so the savings is substantial to me. Around $30/yr for these vs. $180-200/yr. for the Columbians.One final thought...I can't believe I've spent so much time writing a review for an envelop! I hope my information helps! My recommendation is to go ahead and order a box. My order was fulfilled by amazon, so if you are not happy with them, you should be able to return them with little or no hassle. Good luck and Happy Savings!

I am a technofile, and tend to make digital copies of all of my movies and CD's to enjoy them. I hold onto the discs for safety (in case my hard drives crash), but don't need regular access to them. I got these sleeves to archive my collection.Pro:+ thin, they don't add much size to CD's and DVD's+ the clear window is the right size, so I can actually read my DVD / CD labels+ tiny little flap to tuck the main flap into keeps it closed.Con:- the sleeves are thin paper, and I suspect wouldn't hold up to long-term handling. In fact, some don't hold up to short-term handling.I am using these for archival purposes, and they're perfect for that. If you intend to use these to move disks around lots you might want to consider fabric or plastic covers instead. Even for my one-time use, I've occasionally gotten the tab that holds the little flap closed snagged, and ripped it. Also, perhaps 5% of the envelopes have small cosmetic defects, such as paper not trimmed correctly around the plastic window, or a little extra glue that has to be separated before a disc can go in.Despite the problems, I still feel like I got a good deal at less than two cents per sleeve.If you want to see how they were shipped, check out the picture I added to the product display showing box they're shipped in, and what the ones I got look like with a DVD in them.

When push comes to shove, and you know you can't accommodate room for any more CD/DVD cases, this is the perfect solution for reducing the load. Quite a number of CD/DVDs can fit into a small plastic crate using these sleeves. You can print out little address labels listing what is on each disk (Star Trek: NG Season 1 disk 3 of 5); put those in the upper corner, and keeping your collection alphabetized is simple. Or, hand-print the info directly to the envelope which is what my friend does.Foolishly, I thought when I bought the 1,000 pack that I'd never use them all up. I've since ordered a few thousand more. Yes, you'll be the envy of everyone battling their CD/DVD collections - not having room - and not finding what they want for all the mess!Do remember, when you are writing on CD/DVD disks, use pens made for it, like the Sharpie CD/DVD Twin Tip Permanent Markers, which will not "eat through" your disk and/or damage it over time.

I use a lot of envelopes of this type and have in the past. They typically hold up much better than these. It's good that you get many of them in bulk for cheap because I've had to replace them multiple times.I would suggest this particular set if you don't intend to use them repeatedly.I use them in a pretty variable temperature environment using them in the car and then back inside, so that may be part of the problem. As I've said though, typically they last much longer than these have.With these the glue that attaches the plastic window to the envelope keeps coming undone so the window falls out. I've had some success by reinforcing the window with scotch tape but I shouldn't have to do that and haven't had to for other similar envelopes.Edit: One quick note, since I read that the quality can vary by seller, this is a review for the ones sold by MymorExpress. The quality of the paper and plastic is fine, it's just poor adhesive.