how do u guys decide what cards go in One Touch Mags vs. Top Loaders?

kcroyalsfan8515 · 03-03-2019, 11:06 PM

do u use a value cutoff? just curious

Josh611 · 03-03-2019, 11:10 PM

Whatever I have displayed is in a 1 touch. Have a bunch of others with one touches as well but not all. I would say over half of my collection has Mags but some cheaper ones have them over others.

CC_123 · 03-03-2019, 11:31 PM

Anything thats shiny (Prizm, Select, Optic) I keep out of one touches because I have heard horror stories of one touches causing surface damage. So I particularly keep those out, especially if its something worthy of grading.

kcroyalsfan8515 · 03-04-2019, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by CC_123

Anything thats shiny (Prizm, Select, Optic) I keep out of one touches because I have heard horror stories of one touches causing surface damage. So I particularly keep those out, especially if its something worthy of grading.

Is this a real thing? Have never heard this but have several chrome type cards in one touch's.... She i use a perfect fit individuall card sleevevthan go one touch?

goodole13 · 03-04-2019, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by kcroyalsfan8515

Is this a real thing? Have never heard this but have several chrome type cards in one touch's.... She i use a perfect fit individuall card sleevevthan go one touch?

You wouldn't necessarily put the card into the sleeve, but you can put the sleeve over the card as a barrier between the card and case. However, you'll get different advice, perspectives, and stories from different sellers. No one is more correct than the other, it's all personal preference.

LC2nine10 · 03-04-2019, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by goodole13

You wouldn't necessarily put the card into the sleeve, but you can put the sleeve over the card as a barrier between the card and case. However, you'll get different advice, perspectives, and stories from different sellers. No one is more correct than the other, it's all personal preference.

That's what I do, seems to be working pretty well.
I read somewhere about cutting the corners off sleeves and then putting the cards in them 1st but have not tried.

matpat21 · 03-04-2019, 07:48 AM

Have cards worth anywhere from a few hundred to a few grand and I don’t use magnetics at all....either top loader or graded for me

LC2nine10 · 03-04-2019, 07:55 AM

I have a sort of related question. What's the difference between a top loader and card saver? Are they just different brands? I thought psa wanted cards sent in with a card saver but don't know.

kcroyalsfan8515 · 03-04-2019, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by LC2nine10

I have a sort of related question. What's the difference between a top loader and card saver? Are they just different brands? I thought psa wanted cards sent in with a card saver but don't know.

Card savers hold card in place so they dont move around. I do sometimes feel like im gonna bend card getting into a CS tho

crazy4kinsler · 03-04-2019, 08:12 AM

I'm in the non one touch family (although I have tons of them I used to use that are just sitting in a box waiting to be tossed out some day). I used to do both one touches and toploaders, but I started hearing stories about one touch damage.

Plus, I just like everything to be the same. So I went with toploaders for everything no matter the BV. My $5 card are in the same type of holders (toploaders) as my $50-$100 BV cards.

Cardsavers are more flimsy holders. They're also taller and wider than toploaders. But the biggest thing is they're more flimsy. Lots of vintage guys use CS for whatever reason.

Bassplayah101 · 03-04-2019, 09:42 AM

I dont use one-touch at all anymore.
In the past, theyve been too tall for my 4 row storage boxes and they just stuck out.

I only use top loaders, and that of necessary varying sizes.
Standard ones for standard cards, 55pt for refractors, and for anything thicker, I get the applicable size to accommodate so I'm not stuffing the card in and crushing corners.
After that, they all go into team bags, so they're completely sealed.

Works well, looks neat and I can thumb through cards without putting finger prints on top loaders and pulling them open to allow dust, etc.. to fall in through the top.

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matpat21 · 03-04-2019, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Bassplayah101

I dont use one-touch at all anymore.
In the past, theyve been too tall for my 4 row storage boxes and they just stuck out.

I only use top loaders, and that of necessary varying sizes.
Standard ones for standard cards, 55pt for refractors, and for anything thicker, I get the applicable size to accommodate so I'm not stuffing the card in and crushing corners.
After that, they all go into team bags, so they're completely sealed.

Works well, looks neat and I can thumb through cards without putting finger prints on top loaders and pulling them open to allow dust, etc.. to fall in through the top.

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

100% what I do as well

Misk53 · 03-04-2019, 11:20 AM

I put most of my PC cards in one touch magnetics regardless of value. I also put a penny sleeve between the card and the one-touch to protect the surface. I then put the one touch in a resealable bag to protect the mag from getting scratched up.

I might be one of the only people that don't like the look of grade cards, and prefer the look in a one-touch magnetic.

Scottish Punk · 03-04-2019, 11:46 AM

For those that do top loader/team bag. Are you doing one team bag per top loader? I have done this on a few and there is so much extra room in each bag that it wraps around the card from the sides and bottom. Put a bunch in a 4-row monster box and it looks like a pile of baggies stuffed together. Hideous and sloppy. For non-graded, I put top loaders for the cheap stuff and autos and more expensive cards go in one touches. They all get put in 4 or 5 row monster boxes. Some of the one touches have the team bag sized for one touches and they fit snugly enough where it still looks clean.

The issue with one touches in the monster boxes is that the box gets real heavy when filled up. I have been contemplating on putting cards in card savers/4 pocket binder pages. What to do with thicker cards is the only real question.

rittdk01 · 03-04-2019, 12:02 PM

Every vintage card is PSA graded, all my new stuff Has been moved into one touch holders. I only collect singles, so I don’t have any clutter that isn’t worthy of a one touch. The only sports I buy these days are usually signed Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck cards, the rest is mid to higher end non sport.

geomon · 03-04-2019, 12:22 PM

Autos go into one touches. SP/SSP's go into sleeves, top loader, then team bags. Those one touches can get heavy though, especially if you have a lot of them.

twisty571 · 03-04-2019, 12:47 PM

I have had cards in one touches for 20 years with no damage. I have had cards in top loaders for just as long and when you pull the card out it's stuck to the penny sleeve. So one could say the same about top loaders as they do about possibly getting extra damage from one touches. The key is buying the right size. Don't use a one touch that barely fits the card in it so when you close it, it rests on the surface as you will run into the sticking to the card thing I have run into with penny sleeves being compressed in a top loader.

BravesFan4Life · 03-04-2019, 02:14 PM

Majority in loader and team bag, some nicer stuff that display well in magnetics stay in them. I have had zero issue with damage in a magnetic not sure where those stories come from or if people are using undersized mags.

Stifle · 03-04-2019, 02:27 PM

I utilize both, and then some, snap ons, screw down, flimsy loaders, etc. they all have a purpose.

CANDANEDO · 03-04-2019, 03:56 PM

All my cards over $30 goes to magnetic or screw down, under $30 goes to Top Loaders.

kcroyalsfan8515 · 03-04-2019, 09:25 PM

ive been using one touch with perfect fit innovation sleeves...and top loaders with perfect fit over card and perfect fit over top loader.....the perfect fit sleeves are money.

AUfanatic · 03-05-2019, 07:02 AM

I am not an animal, so I don't use 1 touch or screw downs for ANYTHING. I trow them into the trash as soon as I get one in the mail. Awful and destructive products.

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Originally Posted by kcroyalsfan8515

do u use a value cutoff? just curious

fitefanSHO · 03-05-2019, 08:59 AM

Penny sleeve, top loader.

Or graded, or into the pocket of a 9 (or 4) slot page.

Never cared for those big clunky magnetic jobbers.

goodole13 · 03-05-2019, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by fitefanSHO

Penny sleeve, top loader.

Or graded, or into the pocket of a 9 (or 4) slot page.

Never cared for those big clunky magnetic jobbers.

Yeah, I mean, graded cases aren’t big or clunky “jobbers.”

jrnelson · 03-05-2019, 09:26 AM

Top Loaders and sleeves only. reasons same as stated above and other reason for me is space, I like that the top loader takes up less space.

03-03-2019, 11:06 PM	#1
kcroyalsfan8515 Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 1,528	how do u guys decide what cards go in One Touch Mags vs. Top Loaders? do u use a value cutoff? just curious

03-03-2019, 11:10 PM	#2
Josh611 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 10,118	Whatever I have displayed is in a 1 touch. Have a bunch of others with one touches as well but not all. I would say over half of my collection has Mags but some cheaper ones have them over others. __________________

03-03-2019, 11:31 PM	#3
CC_123 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: United States Posts: 21,387 CC_123	Anything thats shiny (Prizm, Select, Optic) I keep out of one touches because I have heard horror stories of one touches causing surface damage. So I particularly keep those out, especially if its something worthy of grading. __________________ ALWAYS LOOKING FOR RARE ERIC DECKER (NFL), BOBBY JACKSON (NBA), AMIR COFFEY (NBA). ALSO VIKINGS CONTENDERS AUTOS! CARDS FT/FS https://www.flickr.com/photos/150768054@N07/albums/with/72157680856431204

03-05-2019, 09:26 AM	#25
jrnelson Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: North Texas Posts: 2,277 jrnelson2	Top Loaders and sleeves only. reasons same as stated above and other reason for me is space, I like that the top loader takes up less space. __________________ Collect: 2025 Chrome Marvel Auto's, NFL Panini HOF 50th Anniversary Signatures, LF:2001 Donruss Classics Significant Signature Auto Reggie Jackson!!! https://www.flickr.com/photos/59383471@N08/albums/72157712493927823/

03-04-2019, 07:48 AM	#7
matpat21 Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,605 matpat21 matpat21	Have cards worth anywhere from a few hundred to a few grand and I don’t use magnetics at all....either top loader or graded for me

03-04-2019, 07:55 AM	#8
LC2nine10 Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Fayetteville Posts: 2,835	I have a sort of related question. What's the difference between a top loader and card saver? Are they just different brands? I thought psa wanted cards sent in with a card saver but don't know.

03-04-2019, 08:12 AM	#10
crazy4kinsler Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 16,723	I'm in the non one touch family (although I have tons of them I used to use that are just sitting in a box waiting to be tossed out some day). I used to do both one touches and toploaders, but I started hearing stories about one touch damage. Plus, I just like everything to be the same. So I went with toploaders for everything no matter the BV. My $5 card are in the same type of holders (toploaders) as my $50-$100 BV cards. Cardsavers are more flimsy holders. They're also taller and wider than toploaders. But the biggest thing is they're more flimsy. Lots of vintage guys use CS for whatever reason.

03-04-2019, 09:42 AM	#11
Bassplayah101 Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: 1 Patriot Place Posts: 7,993	I dont use one-touch at all anymore. In the past, theyve been too tall for my 4 row storage boxes and they just stuck out. I only use top loaders, and that of necessary varying sizes. Standard ones for standard cards, 55pt for refractors, and for anything thicker, I get the applicable size to accommodate so I'm not stuffing the card in and crushing corners. After that, they all go into team bags, so they're completely sealed. Works well, looks neat and I can thumb through cards without putting finger prints on top loaders and pulling them open to allow dust, etc.. to fall in through the top. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

03-04-2019, 11:20 AM	#13
Misk53 Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 141 miskowicz62	I put most of my PC cards in one touch magnetics regardless of value. I also put a penny sleeve between the card and the one-touch to protect the surface. I then put the one touch in a resealable bag to protect the mag from getting scratched up. I might be one of the only people that don't like the look of grade cards, and prefer the look in a one-touch magnetic.

03-04-2019, 11:46 AM	#14
Scottish Punk Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 10,474 scottishpunk	For those that do top loader/team bag. Are you doing one team bag per top loader? I have done this on a few and there is so much extra room in each bag that it wraps around the card from the sides and bottom. Put a bunch in a 4-row monster box and it looks like a pile of baggies stuffed together. Hideous and sloppy. For non-graded, I put top loaders for the cheap stuff and autos and more expensive cards go in one touches. They all get put in 4 or 5 row monster boxes. Some of the one touches have the team bag sized for one touches and they fit snugly enough where it still looks clean. The issue with one touches in the monster boxes is that the box gets real heavy when filled up. I have been contemplating on putting cards in card savers/4 pocket binder pages. What to do with thicker cards is the only real question.

03-04-2019, 12:02 PM	#15
rittdk01 Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,416	Every vintage card is PSA graded, all my new stuff Has been moved into one touch holders. I only collect singles, so I don’t have any clutter that isn’t worthy of a one touch. The only sports I buy these days are usually signed Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck cards, the rest is mid to higher end non sport.

03-04-2019, 12:22 PM	#16
geomon Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 132 geomon19 geomon	Autos go into one touches. SP/SSP's go into sleeves, top loader, then team bags. Those one touches can get heavy though, especially if you have a lot of them.

03-04-2019, 12:47 PM	#17
twisty571 Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 8,814	I have had cards in one touches for 20 years with no damage. I have had cards in top loaders for just as long and when you pull the card out it's stuck to the penny sleeve. So one could say the same about top loaders as they do about possibly getting extra damage from one touches. The key is buying the right size. Don't use a one touch that barely fits the card in it so when you close it, it rests on the surface as you will run into the sticking to the card thing I have run into with penny sleeves being compressed in a top loader.

03-04-2019, 02:14 PM	#18
BravesFan4Life Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Broomfield, CO(Its Really just a Suburb of Denver) Posts: 1,440 atlbravesfan4life BravesFan4Life	Majority in loader and team bag, some nicer stuff that display well in magnetics stay in them. I have had zero issue with damage in a magnetic not sure where those stories come from or if people are using undersized mags.

03-04-2019, 02:27 PM	#19
Stifle Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: I've met great collectors throughout MI and N. Indiana / CHI. Posts: 9,683 Stifle	I utilize both, and then some, snap ons, screw down, flimsy loaders, etc. they all have a purpose.

03-04-2019, 03:56 PM	#20
CANDANEDO Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 191	All my cards over $30 goes to magnetic or screw down, under $30 goes to Top Loaders.

03-04-2019, 09:25 PM	#21
kcroyalsfan8515 Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 1,528	ive been using one touch with perfect fit innovation sleeves...and top loaders with perfect fit over card and perfect fit over top loader.....the perfect fit sleeves are money.

03-05-2019, 08:59 AM	#23
fitefanSHO Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 826	Penny sleeve, top loader. Or graded, or into the pocket of a 9 (or 4) slot page. Never cared for those big clunky magnetic jobbers.