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This topic has 13 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 10 months ago by Carla.

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June 15, 2017 at 11:47 am
Regan
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I have digital copies of multiple resources and would like to bind my own resources for my kids. I have looked at the GBC ProClick P50 and the Easy edit spines. Some reviews say they come apart easily. Do any of you ladies use this or any other binding system? I have also read that you can use regular spiral binding with the ProClickP50. Have any of you done this? With 6 kids 9 and under, it will get a lot of use and would be a great investment for our family, but I want to be happy with my choice? Any feedback would be much appreciated on any binding systems you recommend. Thank you in advance.
Regan
June 15, 2017 at 2:26 pm
MelissaB
Participant
I love my Proclick (learned about it here) and haven’t ever had the spines comes apart. They are easy to take apart if you need to add more pages, but stay together greatly. I’ve only ever used the Proclick spines.
June 15, 2017 at 6:46 pm
Monica
Participant
I also love my ProClick. As long as it is not overloaded, the spines stay together very well. I’ve had mine for about 5 years and I’d highly recommend it!
June 15, 2017 at 9:44 pm
Karen
Participant
Are these binder things you’re talking about like a comb binding? Or like a spiral binding?
June 16, 2017 at 6:40 am
missceegee
Participant
I like be my proclick, too. I often bind with plasticoil spirals for the proclick, too. You have to get the right hole ratio.
June 16, 2017 at 6:40 am
missceegee
Participant
Proclick spines are more like spiral than comb binding.
June 16, 2017 at 8:58 am
HollyS
Participant
I bought a Proclick this winter. So far, so good! We haven’t used anything heavily, but I don’t see the spines coming apart unintentionally.
June 16, 2017 at 9:42 am
Regan
Participant
Okay, it’s so good to know that everyone likes the ProClick. Does everyone use the Easy Edit binding (the binding that comes apart)?

June 16, 2017 at 2:44 pm
Steph3433
Participant
So which ProClick do most of you have? I’d also like one, but there is more than one ProClick to choose from.
June 16, 2017 at 3:23 pm
MelissaB
Participant
Mine is the P50 (I got it at Office Depot/Office Max) and use the ProClick bindings that snap together.
June 17, 2017 at 7:01 am
Tristan
Participant
I’ve had a ProClick P50 for years and like it. We buy spiral coil at MyBinding.com that is 3:1 pitch to fit the holes the ProClick punches. (Traditional coil is a 4:1 pitch, 4 holes per inch, but the Proclick needs 3 per inch or 3:1).
The coil is SO much cheaper! For 100 of the 16mm/ 5/8″ spiral coil it costs $29. To get the same 100 spines in the Proclick’s click shut spines it costs $49. That’s $20 more!
The click closed spines come in just 3 sizes, coil has many more options and colors for a lot less.
To figure out what size coil to get (how many pages it holds) – they have a coil sizing guide in one of the tabs on the page description for the 3:1 coil. For example they suggest that a 6mm spine will hold 30 sheets of regular copy paper – that would be a 60 page double sided document. The 16mm coil holds 135 sheets of regular paper, a 270 page document. I prefer to put slightly fewer pages in than they recommend for ease of turning.
One other thing I like about the spiral coil is you can cut it to any size. So if my 5 year old wants to make a small book with paper only 3 inches wide it is no problem. 7 inches? Done. 12 inches? Yep. They can make their own nature notebooks or other things any time they want and any size from 12 inches on down.
June 17, 2017 at 7:33 am
missceegee
Participant
What Tristan said. 😊
June 17, 2017 at 11:07 am
Regan
Participant
Awesome! Just the details I needed! Thanks so much Tristan! 🙂

June 17, 2017 at 5:39 pm
Carla
Participant
Another ProClick fan here!