Vinyl Sleeves and Jackets


When you purchase new or pre-loved vinyl records do you replace the inner sleeve with something better such as a rice paper sleeve or something similar? For example I have seen options from QRP and MoFi. Thought on rice paper vs. polyethylene?

Also do you have any suggestions outer or resealable outer sleeves to protect the artwork. 

Thanks 
dvddesigner
My apologies for all those that replied. Between work and not feeling so great this week I forgot to check in on my question.

I appreciate all the replies and links. Seems like there are many good options - especially if the inside sleeve is just paper. I had my eye on the. MoFi options but like some of the others suggested here as well.

Thanks again.


I replace plain paper inners with poly/paper, be it MoFi or something else.  I've never understood the upside of MoFi sleeves over regular, decent quality poly/paper sleeves however.
Outer sleeves I've never used.  My oldest records (35+ years) can generally still be comfortably graded NM/NM and in any case I've never sold a record in my life, only given some away.
Outer sleeves should be avoided at all costs. When I buy used albums, which almost always come with outer sleeves, I always throw them out.

They irritate me and are, well, pointless. I have about 1,000 records and have been collecting since I was a kid in the 1970s. I keep my records in good condition and have never seen wear, rings, or other damage on albums I've owned since they were new. Also LPs I've had since the early 1980s and have listened to a lot are still in nearly perfect condition.

Over the last ten years or so, I've been using Ikea shelves in a dry place, don't ram records into these shelves to trigger wear and rings, and have had no problems. I do, however, use MoFi inner sleeves. Those are worth protecting and keeping static at bay.
Japanese resealable outer Mylar sleeves. 
  Dishwasher inners rice paper style. Or the mofi ones, whichever are available when I buy. 
  All my albums are cleaned, stored, and sealed in the Japanese bags. 
   It’s a sickness.  :)  
Ya’ll need to go to the Vinyl Storage Solutions website, and check out Mike’s clever (patented, I’m sure) new double-pocket outer sleeves. He also makes regular single pocket sleeves, fabricated using the best (in terms of vinyl storage) plastic. He even makes a multi-purpose sleeve, which can be used on the middle section of tri-fold LP’s. Brilliant! He also offers various sleeves for both 7" and 10" records.

Mike has also introduced excellent inner sleeves at a great price. Offered in both 2 mil and 3 mil versions, both cheaper than those from MoFi. Lots of Vinyl Community members on YouTube have tried all the sleeves, all now enthusiastically recommending them.

Mike is a Canadian with a background in plastics, and is fantastic to deal with. Free shipping on orders over about 50 bucks. For videos on the sleeves, do a YouTube search for Vinyl Storage Solutions.