1" binder from staples. Why waste money on a status item. It will be twenty years before I have bought enough cheap binders from staples to equal the cost of a jepp leather item.

My current trip binder is an old 1" eastern airlines pilot benefits handbook which was given to me because it was no longer of use to him. I even kept the old dividers that say things like "income for your retirement years" and put new tabs on them for the various airports. 8 months and still going strong. How much abuse does a binder really get from taking it carefully out of my flight case for the flight and putting it back at the end of the day?