What's the best KMC sleeves?
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Posted on June 4, 2014, 11:53 p.m. by MattTheNinja
So I'm looking to buy some KMC sleeves to double sleeve a deck of mine and realized there were three different types: Mat, Hyper Mat, and Super. Which are the best overall to get? I've heard good things about the Super variant, but was wondering if anyone else has used any of them and could share their opinion of them. Thanks!
Hyper Matte are the best ones to get, as their backs are stippled and are very easy to shuffle. These sleeves' cut is also a little smaller and tighter fit, and perfect with their line of perfect fit.
They do retain the usual KMC splitting tendencies.
June 5, 2014 12:32 a.m.
JakeHarlow says... #5
I have never had splitting problems with any of my KMC Hyper Mat (they actually spell it that way on their packs) sleeves. If you want to double sleeve with KMC perfect sizes, these are what you want. The fit is perfect. Getting the double sleeve to remain in the Hyper Mat is a little tricky; if you have trouble, you can use a card like an advertisement insert as a sort of shoe horn. Once you have your card snug at the bottom, slip your finger in and pull the insert out. It won't stretch out the sleeve; these things are quite durable and can flex without stretching out or breaking. One thing you'll notice about your double sleeved cards is that they will be a bit "bloated." They will have air pockets that will gradually empty. What I like to do is to stack the newly double sleeved deck and place a flat, smooth object on top (such as a top loader). Then, gently press down on the cards and very carefully massage the air pockets out of the stack. Then place the cards In a tight-fitting deck box. If you put 75 in, the fit should be snug but not damagingly tight. The close quarters will encourage the cards to hug nice and flush against their sleeves. After a couple,days like this, you'll have a beautiful tightly and double-sleeved deck!
They just came out with new colors: in addition to black and clear, they have blue, red, and white. More colors are in production. I think they're the best sleeves on the market.
June 5, 2014 2:10 a.m.
When it comes to wanting to double sleeve, I recommend Super. I have double sleeved with all of these and also with Dragon shields, if you want protection (hence the double sleeves) go with super, if you want the luxury of how they "feel" then get the mattes.I already know I'm outnumbered in the argument so whatever.
June 5, 2014 4:57 a.m.
JakeHarlow says... #7
I've actually never used Supers, ReaperOfTheWilds. Could you tell me what they are like and how they compare to Hyper-Mat sleeves?
June 6, 2014 10:27 a.m.
My America deck uses the blue supers doubled sleeved, and although it mashes really well, it does get a little hard to mash them together back into a neat stack; a problem that the hyper mat sleeves do not have. My Naya deck uses single sleeved orange supers and has the same issue. Though it doesn't bother me, it's just a bit more difficult to mash them together back into the stack than the hypers.
No splits and as easy to mash (for me) like the hypers. I've only had their normal mat series split on me.
June 6, 2014 11:10 a.m.
Just when double sleeving they just feel snug and i've had some double sleeved and they last, they fit nicely into a monster or ultra-pro binder. Maybe I'm bias, but it just feels right when they're double sleeved in supers. outside of double sleeving I think all sleeves just turn out to be preference, I use and like most everything but just specifically for double sleeves I prefer that, but I don't really double sleeve decks and play with them over and over, so I guess if you're going to play with it over and over Osang may have made the point.
MattTheNinja says... #2
June 5, 2014 12:17 a.m.