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Curious that there are two replies here calling it a three ring binder explicitly, while if I think about it I have only seen them with two or four rings. Acco
by cdirkx 5y ago
Curious that there are two replies here calling it a three ring binder explicitly, while if I think about it I have only seen them with two or four rings.
According to the wiki article: "A few years later three-ring binders became the standard in the United States"
- Symbiote 5y agoIt's just a ring binder in Britain, which like most of the world has ISO paper sizes and either 2 or 4 rings on binders. (4 rings for durability, 2 for convenience.)
- boomboomsubban 5y agoIn US school, we were generally required to have a three ring binder every year for class. Like with #2 pencils, we're vaguely aware other types exist but virtually never encounter them.
- ethbr0 5y agoAnd I'd assume they're called "X ring" binders, as opposed to just binders, because "binder" is a fairly generic term. As for the number of rings: first mover advantage and network effects. Paper is produced with three rings. Teachers buy three ring hole punches. Soon binder manufacturers target the most common standard. All other standards die off. I have seen and used four ring binders in America. But three ring was the phrase that jumped out in my head.
- spoonjim 5y agoThe highest form of the art is found in Japan with 20 and 26 ring binders.
- ethbr0 5y agohttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41sow2N%2BipS._AC_SY580_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41sow2N%2Bi... The mind boggles. 3 rings: provides redundancy over 2 ring 4 ring: additional stability and redundancy ... 26 ring? At that point, you almost have more hole than paper. Is there a reason?
- spoonjim 5y agoYou have to try it. It is such a joy. The pages turn like butter and never tear out. You can lift the entire binder by a single page. The paper size feels much more human-scale. I exclusively use J-Binders for my notes.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoI'd love to try one of those. Three-ring binders are a chore because the holes are so easy to tear with daily use. Sure, they sell stickers that you put over the teared holes to repair them, but why not redesign the binders in the first place?
- spoonjim 5y agoExactly. The fact that “reinforcements” exist proves that the manufacturers know that the product design is bogus.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoI think rings are kept to a minimum as evenly punching twenty holes in twenty sheets of paper at once would be difficult.
- roywashere 5y agoIn The Netherlands, in schools 23-ring-binders are quite heavily used. In office environments it is mostly 2- or 4. The nice thing is that they are compatible: if you have 23-ring-paper or 4-ring it will fit in 2 or 4 ring binders. This does not work the other way around for obvious reasons.
- reaperducer 5y agoWhere I grew up, there were two-ring binders, three-ring binders, and four-ring binders. Two-ring binders clamped at the top of the sheet. Three-ring binders clamped at the left side of the sheet. Four-ring binders were plastic instead of metal, and were a geared mechanical slider. One brand was the Trapper Keeper. ("Trappers" being the folders that matched them.) At some point, the plastic four-ring binders switched to three rings to match the holes pre-punched in the loose leaf paper. But you could still get paper with 2+4 and 3+4 holes pre-punched in the left side that would fit multiple binder configurations.