Ring Binders With A Very Small Size Rings?

[Boston Brian]

I am looking for a A5 size ring binder which has small size rings, making the spine pretty thin and so the binder is not very bulky.

Any one know of any on the market?

[Anne-Sophie]

I think your best bet would be to search in scrapbook stores.

 

They might have small format photo books for graduations, engagements, weddings, new babies... which are given as gifts/party favors to family members/guests attending the celebration.

 

Old fashioned address books might meet your needs.

 

Some organizers from Filofax, Franklin Covey, Day Runner, Day Timer might also have small rings. Check their website.

 

The album photos usually have 3 rings but the organizers have multiple ones, necessitating the purchase of a speciality punch.

 

 

If you do not find what you are looking for, I know that scrapbook stores sell different size and color of binder rings.

 

 

You might want to check Atoma, Circa, Arc disk binding. You can buy or make very thin notebooks with small disks.

 

Punching your own paper also requires the purchase of a speciality punch which make indentation similar to Rolodex cards which enables the pages to be removed and replaced in the notebook.

 

Good luck with your search!

[LuckyKate]

This one is B5 but it's pretty neat. They may have A5 too.

 

http://www.nanamipaper.com/products/ultimate-japanese-binder-b5.html

[LuckyKate]

or this one.

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/horiman/item/752426/

[alarickc]

I just got the one from Nanami Paper. It's fantastic. I recommend picking up some of the L!fe paper for it while your at it, it's some of the best paper on earth.

[ac12]

On problem to be aware of, when the ring size drops down below a certain point, it becomes difficult to turn pages in the binder, because the distance from the edge of the paper to the hole x2, is greater than the diameter of the ring. So the pages on the left and the right overlap inside the ring.

On standard US paper, I don't go below 1 inch rings anymore, as the smallest ring size has that problem, and it becomes a hassle to use.

[sharon888]

The Container Store has a three-hole A5 binder with 1/2 inch rings.

 

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/office/calendarsNotebooksPlanners?productId=10017478

[Bookman]

I'm using a 26-ring binder like this for my journal, although mine is a B5 not A5. It is incredibly lightweight. So far (it's been 2 weeks), I like it. For writing, the small rings are much less bothersome than the larger ones.

[Bookman]

On problem to be aware of, when the ring size drops down below a certain point, it becomes difficult to turn pages in the binder, because the distance from the edge of the paper to the hole x2, is greater than the diameter of the ring. So the pages on the left and the right overlap inside the ring.

On standard US paper, I don't go below 1 inch rings anymore, as the smallest ring size has that problem, and it becomes a hassle to use.

 

The problem with turning pages in my own case seems to be related to how many sheets are in the binder. My B5 Kokuyo Campus 26-hole Smart-Ring Binder came with 10 sheets of paper, and when I first began using it the pages turned freely. When my 100-sheet package of Kokuyo filler paper arrived, however, I put about 40 sheets in there even though the recommended maximum was 25. The pages were indeed difficult to turn after that. I pared the number of sheets down to about 20, and now the pages turn freely again.