MoYou London Plate Holder review and video

As a true MoYou London fan, I had to get the MoYou London plate holder for 54 plates, when it was released - but that was not a really good decision.

The biggest of their two plate holders fits up to 54 MoYou-London plates (6.5 x 12.5cm) and 6 extra in the side pockets. It measures 24 x 15 cm and the height is 7 cm, and it has a zipper fastening.

The price is £40.

My first thought was: I wish this would open up like a book with the front and back flat on the table.

The center part is removable, it has a strong velcro. As you can see some of the slots are smaller than others, and it was of course impossible to insert plates in those.
This obviously is a fault, but fortunately MoYou London has a return guarantee.

Then I started inserting plates.
Obviously the slots need to be tight, so that the plates do no fall out when you have used it a while, but it was difficult to insert the plates, very difficult - at least for me.
And I'm of course talking about the normal sized slots...

Some slots were worse than others, and I soon gave up.

I contacted MoYou London for help, but their advice was exactly what I already had done except for the "start with the middle slot" part....:
"Due to the production line, some plate holders might be slightly tighter than others. We recommend that you insert a plate into the middle slot first before the top and bottom ones and then leave the plates in for a while to loosen up the material.
We do know that it requires a bit of strength to insert the plates but the easiest way to do it is to insert one of the corners into the slot first so that the plate is in a horizontal position and then slide the rest in. After a couple of tries the slot should have loosened enough to make it easier to insert. You may also find that it helps to use small “up and down” movements to push the plate inside."

I tried again, and again...
I left plates sitting in the first page of the slots in the video for 2 days, removed them again and then I asked my husband to film me inserting plates.
I really tried to make it look effortless - but I couldn't...
The direct link to the video on Youtube is: https://youtu.be/ZT6EwwnPp4M

Maybe it would have become easier over time.
But even if it had worked effortlessly after a couple of tries, I still think it's a pity, that you cannot see the part of the plate hidden in the slot.
And it always would have annoyed me that it doesn't open like a book with front and back flat on the table like the traditional plate holders with see-through plastic pockets.

So thank you to MoYou London for helping me, for good customer service and taking it back - it is on it's way already!

Now my plates has returned to their normal home, the Bundle Monster nail stamping clutch organizer with room for 48 XL plates (2 in each pocket, 6 in each page), including the MoYou Londons and similar sized plates. I have two of them, this one is except for a few pockets full of my MoYou London plates, so I soon need one more!
The price is $18.99 - a third of the MYL price.

How about you?
Did you buy one of the MoYou London Plate holders, and did you have more luck with the slots?

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