Outer sleeves should be avoided at all costs. When I buy used albums, which almost always come with outer sleeves, I always throw them out.
They irritate me and are, well, pointless. I have about 1,000 records and have been collecting since I was a kid in the 1970s. I keep my records in good condition and have never seen wear, rings, or other damage on albums I've owned since they were new. Also LPs I've had since the early 1980s and have listened to a lot are still in nearly perfect condition.
Over the last ten years or so, I've been using Ikea shelves in a dry place, don't ram records into these shelves to trigger wear and rings, and have had no problems. I do, however, use MoFi inner sleeves. Those are worth protecting and keeping static at bay.
They irritate me and are, well, pointless. I have about 1,000 records and have been collecting since I was a kid in the 1970s. I keep my records in good condition and have never seen wear, rings, or other damage on albums I've owned since they were new. Also LPs I've had since the early 1980s and have listened to a lot are still in nearly perfect condition.
Over the last ten years or so, I've been using Ikea shelves in a dry place, don't ram records into these shelves to trigger wear and rings, and have had no problems. I do, however, use MoFi inner sleeves. Those are worth protecting and keeping static at bay.