I don't know that there is any perfect solution to storing your CD collection absent their original jewel cases, but this is a good choice at a good price. I wanted to reduce the volume of my collection, and retain as best as possible the liner notes and back cover notes which often provide the songs, song lengths, and performers. I haven't found a solution that does this, so I'll describe what I did here. The cases come in either a 128 or 400 CD offering. The larger of the two will be very heavy and bulky when fully loaded, so I chose instead to divide my collection into Jazz, Rock, Country, etc. and use multiple smaller cases. One of my cases has two smaller collections in it. These cases remind me of a case for a laptop computer, using the same materials and construction. The zipper around three sides protects the CDs from dust and dirt. A number of folks are concerned about scratches from this type of storage system. To this I would say 1) CDs were designed to withstand a certain amount of light scratching without skipping and 2) if you keep the disks clean they are unlikely to be scratched when they are inserted or removed. If the idea of a scratch keeps you up at night, you probably are better off leaving your CDs in the jewel cases. Now to the actual storage. The 128 CD case consists of 16 double sided sleeve pages, each sleeve page with 4 pockets on the front and 4 pockets on the back. The sleeve pages are permanently fixed in the case, so they cannot be rearranged or removed, and no new pages can be inserted. At first I thought this was a limitation, but I don't now, because I don't see how rearranging pages would be an actual benefit, especially if you are trying to keep your CD's in alphabetical order. I did arrange mine alphabetically by artist, since I don't purchase CDs much anymore. I'll just put any that I do buy at the end, until I feel like doing a complete re-shuffle, which could be never. Some CDs are by multiple artists and I put those at the end, alphabetical by title. On to the liner notes and back cover notes. I don't think any product provides a solution for this, and the reasons became clear. You'll find that your liner notes (what's in the front jewel case cover) can be of several types: stapled booklet - either thin or thick, single sheet, tri-fold, six-fold, twelve-fold. You might have no jewel case at all - just a folded cardboard CD case. You'll be tempted to stuff the notes into the pockets with the CD, and this will work about half the time. I found about half of mine needed special treatment, including trimming on the right side with a sharp pair of scissors, in order to squeeze them in with the CD. Whether you can do this depends on the thickness of the booklet and even whether there is something thick in the pocket on the opposite side. Sometimes I gave up and granted the notes a separate pocket of their own. If your priority is ease of use, and you don't mind the extra volume, you can decide to use one pocket for the notes and one for the CD. Multiple CD albums will require an extra pocket for each extra CD, of course. A tri-fold booklet is a problem because if you were to trim the right side, you would cut off one of the folds, leaving you with separate pages. That might work, but I chose to turn those books vertically, and trim the top so they would fit with the CD and remain intact. About the rear cover notes. With a small flat screwdriver you can pry the jewel case apart without damage, and remove those notes. You'll become expert at this after a few. I stacked them all together, and then put about 20 per pocket at the rear of the case.
