Lighthouse Albums Vs Dansco Albums

I have a dansco indian head album,whitman classic type set album,littleton Ike dollar album and a lighthouse ATB album...my favorite is the lighthouse by far and least favorite is the dansco.

I also looked at the Lighthouse VISTA albums, which look really nice. Here is a link:

http://www.lighthouse.us/epages/lig...ts/STATEHOOD

It is $30 for a 4-ring binder system with a slipcover.. and its a very nice rich blue look.

The other "set-up" I found is by Eagle. Here is the link:

http://www.eaglecoinholders.com/new...ducts_id=119

They have an album where it looks like you can keep all your coins in 2x2 holders, which can make it very easy to update the albums. But is is EXPENSIVE at $99, and that doesn't even cover the slip-case. Hard to justify that kind of money for an album. I could probably just put 2x2 flip pages in a 3-ring binder for a fraction of that cost.


Thoughts on any of these as well?

Regards,

Michael

All of the coin albums have pros and cons. I like Dansco the best of the ones I own and use (Whitman and Littleton). That said, I've looked at Lighthouse albums from time to time, but admittedly have never owned one. Again, there's pros and cons from what I see. Trying to keep an inventory of the encap holder things could be challenging. Size might be a concern for some. I do think Lighthouse albums provide a secure environment for your coins.

Thanks all.. I'm going to get a few different coin albums and check them out.

I have a few "Dansco" albums already, and here are my comments as a "newbie" using them..


Pros:
Good size, compact, lay "flat" when closed, look nice, good selection of albums/pages, hold coins securely once they are inserted, protect coins fully once they are inserted, have available "slipcases" with silverguard, nice way to display my collection, fairly economical (although not "cheap" if you add in a slipcase and possible an extra page or two).

Cons:
"Brown" color doesn't really seem to show silver coins as nicely as a "blue" or "green" pages used by some other albums, brown seems as if it would be a bad color choice for a penny album (or any brown colored coin), very hard to slide open the plastic covers.. no idea why they didn't put a "cut-out" on the pages to make grabbing the slides easier.. pure stupidity on part of the manufacturer, they seem to collect a lot of "lint, hair, and dust" both inside and on top of the coin holders - I have tried using an "air bulb" to blow them out, but still not great, adding additional pages with the screw-posts is a pain, worried about how many times you can take a coin "in and out" of the album before the coin slots become deformed - they are just cardboard pages!, slides can potentially scratch coins if coins are not seated "perfectly" in the album, still must push coins fairly forcefully into the album - some risk of damage (I am wearing white cotton gloves to try to limit damage), no easy way to "modify" the album by adding in a few extra pages that hold "slabbed coins", if I want to have a few "key dates" coins for my collection stay in their "slabs".


I have a "lighthouse" album on order, and am looking at getting a few others to try as well, so will post my comments when I get those as well.

Regards,

Michael