A nice leather smell greeted me when I opened the package. This checkbook cover is just what I needed - an attractive cover for my checkbook that wouldn't be as embarrassing as the frayed plastic one they gave me free at the bank. My register and a full book of checks fits well, and the plastic insert that allows me to use the duplicate check feature works nicely. Many of the checkbook covers I looked at either didn't have the plastic insert or they included one that wasn't attached (which is just like not having one at all, in my opinion). I wish it had a little plastic holder at the other side to hold my register open at the right place, but a paperclip works just fine.

The only reason I'm giving this 3 stars instead of 5 is that I thought I ordered red, but I got black.  As far as I know, the mistake was mine, but I'm considering ordering another anyway, so I'm keeping this one. I'm very happy with this purchase.