Anyone Use Air-Tite Capsules. Looking For Suggestions.

That is the same issue I have with CAPS.

I have resorted to the same concept, just not CAPS.

Lighthouse makes the exact same thing except it opens, you put the airtites in, then close it and they are all secure. If you need to get one out, you just open it.

The only issue is you have to use stickers for labeling instead of a nice looking pre-printed page.

I found that placing the CAPS page upside down on a short plastic container (hard plastic cylinder)
larger than the coin/capsule, with the coin/capsule over the container, and applying pressure
on the back seems to easily pop the capsule from the page.

Here is what the Lighthouse Airtite caps systems look like.

They work with Air Tites, there is no need to use specific Lighthouse capsules.

The example shown is 40/41 size.

I have found that nearly anything fits in the 38/39 size, which has 20 holes, including 40mm coins. These would have fit in those, I just have too many of the 40/41 pages, so I put them in here.

I like them because they are easy to open and close and I don't have to damage the page in order to get a single one out. So I can rotate all of them if I want to, when I open it.

I am still struggling to find a zip lock bag to contain these. The gallon size are just a hare too small to zip closed. The two gallon are too large. I would imagine the airtite capsule inside the plastic closed page inside a tupperware inside a steel cabinet would be enough...but the zip lock is actually just to protect the plastic Lighthouse page from scratches. The toning you see is how I bought some of them, taken from a Littleton folder.

Also, as indicated before, labeling is not as convenient. I haven't tackled that yet.

Thanks. They look great. I may get a few to try out as a comparison against the CAPS Album pages.
Only problem I see is that I don't see a way to 'label' the coins. You can get the CAPS Albums with the pre-printed pages for your coin sets, or even get custom-printed album pages if you want.
The fact that there is no "labeling system" on the page would mean that it would be tough to make a "good looking" full set album. And printing out individual labels with a labeler and sticking on the page probably just won't look nice enough compared to the CAPS albums. If they had some sort of background sheet to the pages with even spaces for text, that would be a big improvement.

Michael

Agree. I'm still a Newbie, but already have tried out a few different systems...
Dansco Albums, CAPS Albums, just using sheets to store 2x2s, and even some of the "Eagle" storage sheets for storing 2x2s. It is all a trade-off of "flexibility" vs "protection" vs. "display appeal".

I did my first two albums ( State Quarters and ATB Quarters) in the Dansco albums, but just found the albums difficult to work with. Yes, they look good and are good value, but just wasn't happy with the whole process of putting the coins in and out and the sliding plastic sheets. I am now using a CAPS albums and working on a Presidential dollar and Roosevelt dime set. It is a LOT more money and a LOT more space, but it looks real nice and I feel the flexibility and safety will be a good long-term investment.

I may look at one of the Lighthouse albums for "slabbed" coins however if I ever want to collect a set that I will mainly purchase from Slabs - seems like another good option. But I am not up to that level of collecting yet. Still working on the simpler/cheap stuff... good way to learn, not break the bank, and make my mistakes on lower-priced coins!

Regards,

Michael

Looking good, crazyglue.

If all these sizes:




are regulation "H" size Air-Tites, then they should all fit in an "H" size CAPS page.

For instance, I have the 1900s & 2000s Type CAPS album. The first page has 19mm direct fit cent,
21mm direct fit nickel, 18mm direct fit dime and 24mm direct fit quarter which all fit on a
single "A" type CAPS page. The small dollar (26mm) direct fit would also fit on the same page.

The second page is an "H" sized page. The Eisenhower, Peace and Morgan 38mm direct fit Air-Tites
will fit the page. Black or white ring Air-Tites are used to fit "T" 30.6mm half dollar and 26mm "A"
small dollar coins on the same "H" page. The ring determines the coin size and the Air-Tite size
determines the size page it will fit on.

It can be confusing at first (at least it was to me ), but it become second nature after some
investigation and searching the different sellers websites. What you have to be careful is that the ring
fits the coin AND has a corresponding Air-Tite size for the page in question. Not all sellers have
all combinations (but the CAPS website will). For instance, I have trouble finding a cent size ring with
an "H" size Air-Tite.

Hope this makes sense and answers your question.

Thank you to both of you. It makes sense now.