Avery® Style Edge™ Insertable Plastic Dividers, 8-Tab

Almost, but not quite

I love the concept of these dividers. I use many different binders to help stay organized, and the curved-tab design featured in this particular set seemed like a great change from the ordinary side-insert ...Read complete review

I love the concept of these dividers. I use many different binders to help stay organized, and the curved-tab design featured in this particular set seemed like a great change from the ordinary side-insert square-tab dividers. The vivid colors are fantastic. And these are certainly more durable than most other divider sets I've used in the past. I used the online design-and-print option to create my labels because the downloadable software from Avery did not include a template for this set, and I did have some trouble with labels printing differently than they appeared online (this actually seemed random, so it wasn't an overall alignment problem). The labels DO appear to stay in place much better than the side-insert square tab variety. Unfortunately, my opinion of the product went downhill from there. As others have mentioned, it was time-consuming to separate the tabs from the sheet after printing. Even though the paper was scored, having to tear along the curved design was a bit tricky. Centering the text on the labels turned out to be a mistake as well, since most of the words were partially blocked by other dividers in the notebook (the back side of the labels are virtually unreadable, so printing on both sides was a complete waste of time). And when actually inserting the tabs into the dividers, I had to go back and trim all the labels with scissors to make them fit completely in the tab. I'll go ahead and use the 3 divider sets I have, but I won't be purchasing any more of these. I'll be keeping my eyes open for a product that mixes visual design with functionality, but these fell short of my expectations.