Pioneer Photo Albums Magnetic Self-Stick 3-Ring Photo Album 100 Pages (50 Sheets), Navy Blue

Great foto album for saving memorable moments in time.

I needed albums to organize all the accumulated boxes of family photos. There are many different sizes so the pocket style wasn't a good choice. Trying to organize large quantities of photos means a lot of sorting and you always need to adjust where they belong after putting them in albums. These albums make adjustments very easy since they are 3 ring binders you can move pages around. People ask "how many photos per page?" Each page is 8"x10" but with the rings the width is effectively 7 3/4". Photos that are 4"x6" maybe 2 per page with space for notes under each, 3 - 4 per page with overlapping. I have a few 3"x8" landscapes. These had to fit in between the rings so only 2 per page. If I turn them sideways, then 3. I wanted these albums to go in standard bookshelves so this reduces capacity per page a bit. Each page is a sturdy rigid tacky coated pasteboard with a clear film overlay. Peel it back, lay out the photos however you like and smooth the overlay back down over the photos. The pages are white. The overlay is kind of like saran wrap but thick enough to be easy to handle. If you get any wrinkles its easy to lift up and lay it back down smooth. When I first started working with the film I was worried it would tear... I've had no problem. I'd suggest being thoughtful about keeping any dirt or stray hairs off the tacky pages while the film is pulled back since removing them would be difficult. You can pry up photos and move if desired. There are refills available but at this time, Oct 2020, buying another album with 50 pages was more economical. I wanted to store albums in bookcases without them twisting or flopping over. These are a good size to fit shelves and even full of photos are reasonably stable. People often ask about if there's a place to write or put labels. I wouldn't try to write directly on the tacky coating but you are free to arrange the photos to leave space where you can attach any notes you want to make. That's why I like this style of album pages where you're free to arrange everything exactly how you want. The film plus tacky hold let's you put cards, ticket stubs, programs, certificates, etc. as well as photos. The 3 ring style let's you add pocket storage if desired. Any exterior labeling can be done using standard binder products. The overall strength of the albums is decent. I doubt they'd hold up with a lot of constant use but for storage and the price I am very pleased with this purchase. They look nice on the shelves. I bought the dark navy blue and the gold trim makes them rather elegant. I've had this type of album in years past and recently removed pictures from some that were 30+ years old. The pictures remained undamaged. Per the seller these are acid free.

I found this to be a nice-looking and sturdy photo album for transferring photos from an old album into. Here are the two things I think buyers should know before they buy: 1. As others have stated, the usable portion of the page is smaller than expected. There is a pretty large gap between the binder-facing edge (where the holes are punched) and where the adhesive and covering plastic also stops. This means the number of photos per page is somewhere around 3. For old Polaroids, you will have to do some overlapping if you want them side-by-side since they will not fit without going beyond the area covered by plastic. This means I am using a lot more pages when transferring from an old photo book to this one, which meant I had to order a second album to fit them all. 2. This album doesn't really comfortably fit all of the pages it comes with once filled. If you fill all 50 sheets with photos front and back (and only 3 photos per page on average for me), the binder ends up bulging. I don't really like for photo albums to bulge like that and it makes it difficult to flip through since it is over capacity on width, so they really should have used a 3.5" inch binder instead of 2.5". Overall, I would still recommend this product. It's not perfect and if you have very old and/or fragile photos or documents, I would advise seeking out something of a more professional quality. But for family photos, it'll do just fine, and the quality is better than the price would suggest. I'm happy with my purchase.

initially i ordered one of these to put in some extra photos to give to a visiting family member. once i got into our photos though i realized we had a couple hundred, literally, that were lose in boxes, etc. so i then went and looked just for the sheets to put the pictures in as we already had several albums. that is when i discovered the price for sheets alone was a good deal more than what this cost with the album included. the sheets are much better than the old ones used to be. no bubbles, creases or any issue. the plastic just lays down over the photos easily without any trouble at all. it does indeed come with 50 double sided sheets to put photos onto. most ten packs i found here were in the $20 price range or more. so as said i just ordered these with the albums instead of picture sheets alone as it cost much less. as to the albums themselves they are little changed from what we had years ago. they work okay for basic binders. i found no defects in any of the three we ordered. as mentioned we had a couple hundred stray photos lying around and needed a lot of empty pages to put them all into. going this route saved us a lot of money overall. the savings for so many picture sheets was the best price i could find here period and by a lot. the true value here is in the contents, the pages. that is why we purchased three in total. if you need picture sheets i couldn't recommend this more. the album itself is just okay.

Good quality, heavy duty great for my display on my photos

Just as described

I ordered this album because I needed it to hold a lot of photos, I’m talking a couple hundred. I also really wanted the magnetic pages so I could write captions underneath and make the layout my own. That being said I wasn’t in love with this one but it was on sale for $12 so I figured it was worth a shot, maybe I would be pleasantly surprised. The album arrived in a white plastic Amazon bag with zero padding or anything to prevent damage during transit. The corners and edges of the spine were bent, just looked a little banged up. I do really like the size of the album it’s not too big but the pages are smaller than I thought they would be but maybe I wasn’t thinking about the pages being smaller in dimension than the album so that’s on me- you could fit three 4x6 photos on a page which is less than I had hoped, my goal was five. The top page of the album was dirty near the holes for the rings, almost rusty looking in spots but that issue was really only the top page. However, the biggest problem for me was that when I pull back the plastic from the sticky page adhesive comes off on the plastic and is visible. I tried a couple of the pages and they all were the same way. I am assuming i would be able to see it when I lay it over my photos. Honestly it seemed like the pages were old like they had been sitting in a warehouse for a long time and the glue had dried up. All of this being said, had the album come without damage and didn’t have the issue with the adhesive sticking to the film I would say it’s a good buy if you aren’t looking for anything fancy. It gets the job done and seems pretty sturdy as long as you don’t have it being thrown around in the back of a truck. I wouldn’t give this as a gift as it’s really nothing special but if you’re just looking for a place to store window clings or something like that this will work just fine.

wonderful product