How many can you hinge?

It all depends. if all I have to do is lick & stick, I bet I could put away 30-40 in an hour - though I never seem to have that luxury. I use Steiner pages so it could take a considerable amount of time just to find where to add it - and of course I might have to find the album page and print it. Trying to identify particular stamps could be very tedious as well. I had an envelope of stamps that I had thrown together full of stamps that just looked "oriental" with the intention of getting to it someday. Well, someday was a few weeks ago and I tell you - I will never do that again! It took forever to figure out what was Korean, Japanese and the multitude of different Chinese varieties!

Yeah, Dennison's are more expensive than stamp mounts now! I know it sounds gross, but I have re-used used Dennison hinges. I stopped buying Dennison's after the lowest prices rose past $8 a pack. I know that sounds like I'm a cheapskate (which I am), but I've easily got an additional 50K+ stamps that need to be hinged -- which comes to $500++ cost, assuming I can still get them for $10/pack in quantity, which I doubt. I tried Dennisen's -- much hype, but nowhere close to the peelability of the original Dennison's. Which just goes to show, it's not the machine (they used the original Dennison's machine), it's the gum formula, mixing, and how the machine was used.

For me (not necessarily others), using stamp hinges was faster than stamp mounts. Using pre-cut mounts quickens things slightly, but the "one-size-fits-all" aspect of hinges makes life a lot easier for WW collectors. For MNH stamps, I've started utilizing used hingeless pages as a huge time-saver. If I don't have the hingeless pages, I'll use stockpages, or use removable tape for NH items. For high premium items, I'll always use either stockpages or mounts if I don't have the hingeless album page.

I think my main problem is getting distracted. I'll have nearly an entire page ready to hinge and then I'll search eBay for recent Iceland kiloware, then while I have my cellphone in hand I'll check the news, then get distracted again and watch a favorite episode of Seinfeld, so on and so forth. I guess I simply need more discipline. All the aforementioned time sinks are past times, same as stamp collecting, so I may just continue to go with the flow during my relaxation time.

Thank you everyone for your replies.

My goodness Kim! That's terrible. That must be incredibly frustrating.

I'll be praying for your recovery.

I hinge CTOs. I've read where people will lick and stick the stamp itself to the album page. They reason that if they pass the collection along the next person can soak it free if so inclined. I hinge everything that comes my way except MNH issues with a high premium without being hinged. Everything else gets a vintage hinge.

I know the feeling khj  not being able to as stampy as I would like.