In all honesty, I don't write many checks. At least I didn't until my son started kindergarten and began attending an aftercare program that expects payment on a weekly basis, and only accepts checks and money orders. So the cheap plastic checkbook cover I've had since before I started using the current book of checks about six years ago started falling apart at about the same time as I got close to running out of checks. So when I ordered new checks, I figured maybe I should look for a better checkbook as well.This checkbook cover is made out of nice material (honestly don't know and don't care if it's leather or faux leather), and comes in a variety of colors. It's very plain, but that's precisely all I was looking for. It's sturdy, which helps when trying to write a check on my steering wheel on Friday afternoon as I sit in the parking lot outside my son's aftercare facility.It has a thick plastic flap for separating duplicate checks, which is really nice, it's thicker than the one on the cheap cover I used to have. It has slots for credit cards and stuff, which I don't really care about, but if you wanted to, you could use this as sort of like a long wallet with your checkbook in it. It has a strap that keeps the checkbook closed and secure, and a loop for a pen that fits a Uniball pen (my preferred pen brand) very snugly so I can be sure the pen is always with the checkbook.For the price, I could not have asked for a better product.