Top Loader or Card Saver I? Comparison of Rigid vs. Semi-Rigid holder for trading card protection 

BCW sells them on their website and you can also find them on Amazon. The boxes with two rows are called shoe boxes and then they make bigger ones with 4 rows called monster boxes.

Yes it is, that's why he didn't answer your question.

i also find thatif you tape the top of the top loader, there is no chance of it falling out and practically no movement.

Yes, especially if you use a thicker sleeve it doesn't matter if you use 75pt top loader to send one card as long as you either tape the top of top loader so that the card wont fall out or use saleable top loader sleeve which adds some extra protection from moisture etc. when you ship cards.

Superior fit innovations has top loader sleeves to protect the toploader from being scratch or the card slipping out. Kinda like putting a graded card sleeve on a psa holder.

Yes, it can also flatten cards with some curvage to them like what happens w/ Topps Chrome.

In my experience a card holder like a top loader or card saver will form to the card rather than the other way around, so I wouldn’t worry about a slight bend in the holder.

The last few orders of top loaders from Amazon have come warped for me. It's usually the last few top loaders in the pack. Very disappointing. But overall, I prefer top loaders to Card Savers.

Wdym is it better?

@@marydunmire6291 I don't think it would fit in one never tried myself

card savers have been around since way before grading. Cards can fall out of top loaders if dropped or during transport

@@9ramthebuffs9 i find that if you tape the top of the top holder tightly there will practically be no movement or chance of it falling out.

Card savers are preferred when shipping to grading because the card saver hugs the card more than a toploader preventing moving or falling our while shipping. If storing for personal top loader with team bag is best imo.

Actually card savers are better for shipping in a pwe cuz they’re more flexible and they’re thinner than a top loader. But I’ve sent cards to both Beckett and psa and used top loaders and never had a problem 🤷‍♂️

They have bend to them so you need to use cardboard or something else hard on both sides if you are shipping them. In my experience cards are safe in a card saver when stored in a box. The benefit to using them for shipping and why grading companies prefer, if not require, them over top loaders is that cards do not move around in a card saver the way they can in a top loader.

Yes as stated in the video, Card savers do not damage cards. I have all my high end cards in them savers #2 actually to fit a box I made. I’ve prepped them to ship out to grade in the future. Im just waiting for someone to invent a box holding 500 graded cards and a way to organize by sport. Im currently using tall dividers which also work.

@@danfredrickson6653 Yes, good storage boxes for a lot of slabs can be hard to find. BCW makes a Graded Card Shoe Box which holds 100 graded cards. I prefer the locking briefcase style boxes for slabs but they are expensive.