newestor Set of 3 A5 Dotted Notebook/Travel Journal - 5.5 x 8.25 Dot Grid Paper for Bullet Notes Journaling, Total 120 Sheets/240 Pages, Black/White/Kraft Brown Cover

Nice journals. Basically they a smidgeon smaller than a regular (US) paper folded in half. It’s a nice size (later I’ll explain why I like this size). I have the September Leather Traveler’s journal and wondered about these notebooks. As with the Traveler's Journal I'm very pleased with them. They come in a 3 pack with 3 different colored covers (black, kraft and white). These are stitched rather than stapled. Pages are secure so they don’t rip out, unless I want them out. (I’d probably cut them out if I ever wanted to do that). No spiral wire to snag on my clothes or other things. The corners are rounded which keeps them from breaking down as I take this in and out of my purse. The inside pages are cream with faint dots on the pages which is probably why there is a reference to being perfect for bullet journaling. I don’t do that but I like the dots to help keep my writing straight and they don’t get in the way if I want to draw something. The pages are heavier than my ‘normal” paper weight which I appreciate as I carry these around with me. I don’t like flimsy paper and it can’t be too heavy/stiff either. This really is a nice weight. The cream is soothing to the eye, easy to read yet not harsh in contrast. I use various color inks in this and have no issue reading. The dots are 5 to an inch (at least in the white, I assume all are the same and the others are in my calendar sitting on my desk at work). The dimensions are a bit larger than I've used in the past but it's thinner because of the way it's made. I hesitated but now that I have it in my hands I really think this is going to be a good size. I like the way it's assembled. I didn't want a spiral for snagging nor did I want staples to come loose and/ or snag things. The glued back little journals I've used in the past don't lie flat and are thicker. I didn't like that part of those glued journals. This does lie flat because of the sewn binding. The thinner book has plenty of pages and will fit into my purse better. It slides in next to the side of my purse and not shift or get lost among the other things in there. It is fast to find it. If I wanted smaller I could have bought passport size journal refills. Why do I find this type of journal helpful? (the following isn't exactly a product review but how I use it and why that's important to me. I'd use such information as I shop but you might not desire it, feel free to stop reading) I don’t bullet journal. I in the past couple of years I’ve found that electronic calendar/notes/etc. didn’t do everything I wanted. I added (not replaced) a hard copy planner which has some notes pages. I’ve always carried something to write notes on in my purse. My purse is large so the A5 size fits in my purse but it’s not too thick and doesn’t have a spiral like many other smaller notebooks would have and I don’t want in my purse. I can find it quickly because it doesn’t slide down to the bottom of my purse, the white is in my purse to be able to see it. I just jot notes, names, addresses, book references, directions, whatever I (or any of my family members) need to remember. There is no attempt to organize the information, I just thumb through and find it. This is something I’ve done for many years and I like this as my newest book. The other two are in my planner. I use a good size planner (whole month at one time pages) that is spiral bound and it has some blank pages in it. I use those pages to take notes, jot reminders, to do's for me, etc. as I’m in meetings. I then will (when I need to) transfer the information to whatever is appropriate usually by using this to jog my memory and creating the documents/emails I need when I'm back at my computer. I found using an IPad while in meetings was distracting, I wasn’t getting everything that I can when I hand write notes. I wasn't as mentally present in the meetings as the technology actually took more attention than pencil/paper does. Sometimes meetings are impromptu as I run into folks but I need to have notes from that. I also found that the dates, times and participants in the conversations which I add as I jot notes to be helpful. (Kind of hard for someone to say that I have the date wrong on something when the notes were dated and in between notes about something else completely. Yes, that’s saved me and someone else on a rather important issue as the date mattered.) There aren’t many pages in that planner so I now it's only June and I needed to add more but how with that spiral back? The traveler’s notebook is what triggered my thoughts to how I might do that. You may be aware but if not, traveler’s notebooks secure to the covers with elastic band system. I’m doing that with the other 2 journals. I had "belly bands", AKA elastic bands for that planner. I’ve banded the notebooks together and used a 2nd band to put them in my planner. Using that 2nd band I’ve banded them to the laminated back cover page so the spiral isn’t an issue. They are a bit smaller than the laminated cover so I think this is going to work well. Everything is shutting nicely, pages in the planner are turning, pages in the journals are also turning but I might stop at the fabric/craft store buy a length of thinner elastic as the "band" to replace the wider belly band I have now. We'll see as I work with it. If you are wondering about the traveler’s journal and the notebook in my purse, the traveler’s journal is for that—travel that I’m doing/planning—and nothing else is going in that. I'm going to a multiday conference and I want the traveler's journal to be exclusively for that experience. That has travel plans and dates. It has conference sessions info in it. It will have notes from the conference and the trip. This notebook is used differently, it’s more of a head dump of things I need to know, need to remember. It will stay with me until it is full which will take a long time the way I use it. Once I write them down I don’t worry about forgetting, it’s in the book. I’ve dumped them out of my head. It’s mentally freeing.

These are perfect for a traveler's journal like the Louise Carmen Roadbook, they fit perfectly. I really like the paper-weight, it's great for regular pens, fountain pens, and even markers and highlighters. The paper is smooth. I will continually re-buy them, they're my favourite.

I found these notebooks great for storage of collections for my journals. I tested a page with Pigma Micron black fine line pens, Tombow dual tip brush pens in a light and dark color, a drawing pencil, and a fountain pen and had little shadowing and no bleed-through, so I can draw or write as I please. My only disagreement would be that I wear reading glasses and had trouble seeing the dots. Working with a reading light is a small price to pay. Great quality and value for the money.

I am very happy with the paper and binding quality of these dot grid babies. I love dot grid for the ease of drawing up diagrams or partitioning up the page for a more visual formatting of my notes. I find conventional row-by-row notes to be very hard to take in at a glance. Also, ideas don't come in rows. The complex relationships between ideas call for a more freewheeling format. Yet I'm also a little compulsive about a neat appearance of my notes. Enter the dot grid! Now within the dot grid notepad universe, the most prominent offerer may be, in my very personal experience, Rhodia. But Rhodia can be pricy and the thickness of the pads don't always suit the specific needs I have for some work projects. So I ordered this pack of three to try it out and I'm very happy with the details. Writing on the paper is very smooth with ballpen or fountain ink. No smudging or see through. This paper quality, coupled with the neat thinness that allow for a full open-up, means that both sides of the sheets can be written on. For various reasons, it's not the case with many other notebooks.

I really liked the fact they came in a pack of three. I like the feel of the paper and the covers and the size. Disappointed that you can see the ink on the backside of the pages :(( but it works, just enough.

These are great, and I prefer them to the Moleskine Cahier. I have a traveler's notebook (Midori), and I bought these for that. The Midori notebooks and the Moleskine notebooks are signficantly more expensive. I decided to give these a shot since I needed several notebooks strictly for writing (not drawing or painting). I measured them out, and trimmed them with xacto knife to make them Midori sized. They're the right height already, so I simply had to cut a strip off the width. These are great quality - they're stitch bound, and the paper is very smooth to write on. No bleed through, but I mostly use sharpie pens so it's not usually a problem for me either way. I also love that there was more choice with these in terms of layout - I really love the dot grid, and it's not always easy to find. Also these are 80 pages, which is what I needed. The Midori notebooks have 64 pages or so, or you have to get the super lightweight paper if you want more of them, and that's not lined. The Cahier notebooks do have the right number of pages, but the last section is perforated for you to rip out, and I didn't need or want that. I want all my notes to stay put. So this was the perfect layout for me, and happily, the paper and binding turned out to be of great quality. Plus, much cheaper than the alternatives. Although I do still buy the midori notebooks for other purposes.

Perfekt für Notizen und Texte, die unterwegs zu Papier gebracht werden sollen. Das Heft passt gut in die Tasche.

Questi quaderni sono ben fatti e perfetti come agenda o taccuino. Le dimensioni sono ideali per poterselo portare sempre dietro, la qualità generale è buona. L’unico motivo per cui assegno 4 stelle invece di 5 è lo spessore dei fogli, avrei preferito che fossero un po’ più spessi, soprattutto per evitare che l’inchiostro possa trasparire. Comunque un ottimo prodotto!

I love these!

Love this dotted journal. The product is true to size and you'll get as what is advertised. The notebooks are nice to write on. For the paper quality, it will bleed through if using markers and signing pen, but it is great for regular pens, gel pens, and highlighters. I've been journaling for almost 5 years and these kind of notebooks are my favorite. I will definitely repurchase.

Quality feels good and it's a great extender for BuJos. You do get some ghosting with fine liners but not too much to be distracting however my highlighter pens go through a lot.