<p>Pros and cons of comb vs spiral binding? I want to use it for personal documents, reports, presentations, and sheet music. I don’t like the look of wire binding (looks too much like grade school notebooks), and I need the pages to stay open flat, so no velo binding. Also, It should allow pages to be flipped quickly. Comb binding seems more elegant looking to me, but spiral binding allows for the pages to be turned over 360 degrees (so they lie against the back). Thoughts?</p>
<p>Spiral. Comb bindings fall apart over time, as the plastic gets brittle and ages badly.</p>
<p>I second what dmd said.</p>
<p>I agree with dmd77 that spiral is better. The kind I am familiar with is plastic, not metal (or at least plastic covered).</p>
<p>However, for sheet music, you may want to try out an example before binding. The pages may not flip as quickly as you want, and sometimes they make a faint scraping noise. The combs would not be any better.</p>
<p>I use comb binding in my work and have a binding machine. Is there a cost difference?</p>
<p>Much depends on the page to binding size ratio. We had lots of the dragon girl’s music rebound by Kinkos. Get the rings much bigger than you think you need.
Spiral over comb.</p>
<p>A lot of times I will put sheet music in a 1/2" three ring binder. I find it easier to turn the pages, the hard cover provides a lot of protection (even if the pages are oversize), and sometimes it is convenient to be able to easily take out a few pages.</p>