# I need a double-sided clipboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269 "2019-08-26T16:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/21 "2019-08-26T17:21:32Z")
These seem to be a thing in rally sports. I found a few places in the U.K. if you don’t mind an international order. Or maybe you can find one locally. > **[Double Sided A4 Clipboard](https://www.nickygrist.com/double-sided-clipboard)** > > Not available generally this double-sided clipboard is ideal for the co-driver. It allows timecards and maps to be held on either side of the board at the same time without obscuring the view of either one. It comes with heavy duty elastic... > **[Double sided clipboard](https://www.westwalesrallyspares.co.uk/double-sided-clipboard)** > > Very useful for all Navigators or Marshals. > Strong clip on either side, flexible & complete with heavy rubber bands, pencil/eraser. > Enables for instance, Time card one side & 3 metre control [https://www.clacxon.com/product/double-sided-clipboard/](https://www.clacxon.com/product/double-sided-clipboard/) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/22 "2019-08-26T17:25:41Z")
I don’t want to have to build it, but after going through Amazon dot com and the crap results it gave me for “double-sided clipboard”, I may have to. Among the many pages of clips, boards, clip boards and anything with two sides I found a handfull of listings for “double-sided clipboards”…but every damn one of them had a clip on one side only. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/23 "2019-08-26T17:28:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Please re-read the OP. Exactly what part of the OP am I supposed to reread? I proposed a solution that meets every criteria you posted. _Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don’ want no help, chump don’t GET da help!_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/24 "2019-08-26T17:30:10Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > These seem to be a thing in rally sports. I found a few places in the U.K. if you don’t mind an international order. Or maybe you can find one locally. > > [https://www.nickygrist.com/double-sided-clipboard](https://www.nickygrist.com/double-sided-clipboard) > [Double sided clipboard](https://www.westwalesrallyspares.co.uk/double-sided-clipboard) > [https://www.clacxon.com/product/double-sided-clipboard/](https://www.clacxon.com/product/double-sided-clipboard/) YES! How can I find out what size they are? 9 in x 12 1/4 to 12 1/2 is what I’m looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/25 "2019-08-26T17:32:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Exactly what part of the OP am I supposed to reread? I proposed a solution that meets every criteria you posted. Except the part where I didn’t want two boards stuck together. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/26 "2019-08-26T17:37:41Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > YES! > How can I find out what size they are? 9 in x 12 1/4 to 12 1/2 is what I’m looking for. Yeah, those descriptions are a bit lacking. The last one says it’s A4 size (8.3×11.7 in), so a 8.5" sheet would overhang a little. You can use the Contact Us form to ask about the other two. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/27 "2019-08-26T17:46:43Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Yeah, those descriptions are a bit lacking. > > The last one says it’s A4 size (8.3×11.7 in), so a 8.5" sheet would overhang a little. You can use the Contact Us form to ask about the other two. I have done so for the first two. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/28 "2019-08-26T17:51:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Except the part where I didn’t want two boards stuck together. He suggested you take the clamp off one and connect it to the other. He said nothing about sticking two boards together. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/29 "2019-08-26T17:55:25Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > He suggested you take the clamp off one and connect it to the other. He said nothing about sticking two boards together. I misread it-My sincerest apologies, **silenus**. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/30 "2019-08-26T20:27:19Z")
No prob. You ought to see the way I misread some posts sometimes! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/31 "2019-08-26T20:44:58Z")
I’m trying to imagine how one might use a “double-sided clipboard” and it seems senseless. With a clip on both sides you can’t lay the thing flat to write on it. If you try to hold it then the paper(s) clipped on the back side are going to just hang from the clip and fall off or get beat up. Maybe there is no such thing because it’s a horrible idea? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/32 "2019-08-26T21:01:16Z")
Rubber band on the bottom quarter stops the paper from flapping, and the writing is done on the fly as company vehicles are recorded on one side and personal vehicles are recorded on the other side-very useful in my department. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/33 "2019-08-26T23:41:01Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > These seem to be a thing in rally sports. I found a few places in the U.K. if you don’t mind an international order. Or maybe you can find one locally. > > [https://www.nickygrist.com/double-sided-clipboard](https://www.nickygrist.com/double-sided-clipboard) > [Double sided clipboard](https://www.westwalesrallyspares.co.uk/double-sided-clipboard) > [https://www.clacxon.com/product/double-sided-clipboard/](https://www.clacxon.com/product/double-sided-clipboard/) And now I know who buys double-sided clipboards: rally navigators. Something new every day on the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/34 "2019-08-27T01:28:41Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > These seem to be a thing in rally sports. I found a few places in the U.K. if you don’t mind an international order. Or maybe you can find one locally. > > [https://www.nickygrist.com/double-sided-clipboard](https://www.nickygrist.com/double-sided-clipboard) > [Double sided clipboard](https://www.westwalesrallyspares.co.uk/double-sided-clipboard) > [https://www.clacxon.com/product/double-sided-clipboard/](https://www.clacxon.com/product/double-sided-clipboard/) I bow to your superior skillz. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/35 "2019-08-27T13:49:11Z")
This reminds me, I came across recently a big piece of plastic that would make a nice large-sized clipboard. I know I have a semi-broken clipboard around that I can scavenge the clip from. Like some of the suggestions to the OP, I’m curious though how one goes about securely attaching the clip to the board? I don’t want bolt heads or nuts sticking out. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/36 "2019-08-27T13:56:30Z")
Pop rivets, which seem to be what’s used to attach the clips on clipboards as they come from the factory. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/37 "2019-08-27T14:17:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I have done so for the first two. Of the two, one turns out to be A4(too small), and the other response was “I don’t have the exact dimensions to hand, but will be slightly larger than A4. If you need something more precise, we can grab a tape measure for you”, so still waiting on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/38 "2019-08-27T14:21:01Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Rubber band on the bottom quarter stops the paper from flapping, and the writing is done on the fly as company vehicles are recorded on one side and personal vehicles are recorded on the other side-very useful in my department. How about no clips at all then? A board with two rubber bands, top and bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/39 "2019-08-27T14:24:01Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > How about no clips at all then? A board with two rubber bands, top and bottom. We actually tried that, and the paper slips too much when just two rubber bands are used. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269/40 "2019-08-27T15:46:47Z")
Just got an answer back from Nicky Grist Motorsports: 23 cm x 34.5 cm, which translates to a little over 9 inches x a little over 14 inches. Bingo! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-double-sided-clipboard/839269.md?page=3)