Binder Thickness

[syo_astro]

In fairness, my Astro binder is only about 25 pages double-sided on this year's material, but the size is inflated because of sheet protectors and because I keep past years' DSO stuff in the back.

(chances are our Hovercraft team's binder is no more than a few pages)

Why binders in astro? I cant think of any benefit theyd have over laptops.

Some people find binders easier to organize or are able to locate pages faster with a binder. Also, some states, like Georgia, don't allow laptops for Astronomy so I'd imagine teams from states like those would invest in having good binders

Indeed, I typically found it easier to use binders, though I never referred to my notes much in the actual event. It was my favorite event, so it was fun to just print a news article, stuff it in the binder, read it, and highlight it...I'm a bit weird maybe. I do know, though, that when I competed, whether it was with a 3" or a 5", nobody could navigate their laptop faster than I could with a binder (we actually timed this once). Don't get me wrong, it's definitely possible to use laptops with *equal* success, but having more information with worse organization is ultimately worse.

[4Head]

Why binders in astro? I cant think of any benefit theyd have over laptops.

Some people find binders easier to organize or are able to locate pages faster with a binder. Also, some states, like Georgia, don't allow laptops for Astronomy so I'd imagine teams from states like those would invest in having good binders

Indeed, I typically found it easier to use binders, though I never referred to my notes much in the actual event. It was my favorite event, so it was fun to just print a news article, stuff it in the binder, read it, and highlight it...I'm a bit weird maybe. I do know, though, that when I competed, whether it was with a 3" or a 5", nobody could navigate their laptop faster than I could with a binder (we actually timed this once). Don't get me wrong, it's definitely possible to use laptops with *equal* success, but having more information with worse organization is ultimately worse.

I see, thanks

[eddpmett]

with the two binder events i've done, road scholar was a two inch that had barely anything in it, and thermo is (i believe) one inch but is almost completely full.

[Almandine]

God has entered the game.

[Unome]

God has entered the game.

gets 21st place

[Anomaly]

My Road Scholar binder was an inch and a half, but only one inch of that was actually used. My old Wind Power Binder was an inch and a half binder stuffed to the brim (for the record, I hated that event), and Parasitology when I did it as a trial for some invitationals (that was fun), was an inch that was stuffed to max capacity.

[birdylayaduck08]

I used to have a 4" binder for Invasives, but I found that it's way more effective and easy to navigate to just cut it down. I just use a smaller font size now and keep the thickness at 2" max

[windu34]

I used to have a 4" binder for Invasives, but I found that it's way more effective and easy to navigate to just cut it down. I just use a smaller font size now and keep the thickness at 2" max

I agree with this and also used a 2" binder for invasives and found it very effective. Smaller font is a fair price to pay for quick navigation. My partner liked it and found a way to keep it to 2" with her herpetology binder (manual condensing)

[emmalasagna]

I do both Rocks and Minerals and Herpetology, and both are pretty thick. Probably like 2.5 inches thick each? We’ve had to reprint ours several times though, because the pages get ripped out so easily. Quite annoying, and we’ve jammed our printers at least twice.

[pb5754]

My rocks binder is about 1.5 inches i think??