Write Notepads and CO. Notebooks have been something that has been on my radar for a while and when the opportunity came up to be able to pick some up with free shipping that just put me over the edge to pick some up.
I decided to pick up the "fingerprints" edition because they just look really unique. The notebook is 64 pages of 70# paper that they state "has been meticulously selected to perform best for most writing instruments." The notebooks do feel very sturdy and the paper is blank white paper that feels smooth to the touch and it does have this thicker feel to the pages.
The notebook is pretty close to standard "pocket notebook" size such as a Field Notes, it is just a little bit wider. The reason for this width is the glue binding that is used to hold the notebook together. While this does make the notebook feel really sturdy it also causes one of my biggest complaints. The notebook is really difficult to make it lay flat. The binding does cause a raised hump in the middle of the notebook, and does get a little annoying if you write on both sides of the paper. Speaking of paper, the writing experience on this paper is really good.
There was the tiniest bit of feathering with my pens that have a higher flow. The paper feels really smooth to write on even with my Extra Fine Cursive Italic that I consider to be really sharp. It is not as smooth as Rhodia because it is not a coated paper but because the paper is not coated the dry time is really good at under 5 sec. With pocket notebooks it is always hard to find that balance between good paper like the Rhodia pocket notebooks which has a higher price and higher dry time or something like Field Notes which the paper is not super great but the price is a little lower and the dry time is good.
The Write Notepads pocket notebook has done a good job of finding paper that feels great to write on that also has a good dry time. Right now, for the price of $9.99 for a pack of 3 you get quality notebooks that are made in America that feel like they will stand up to anything that you will throw at it. Besides the binding everything else about this notebook just really hits on everything that I want out of a pocket notebook. If these notebooks sound like something that will interest you I do not believe that you will be disappointed picking up some of these.
I decided to pick up the "fingerprints" edition because they just look really unique. The notebook is 64 pages of 70# paper that they state "has been meticulously selected to perform best for most writing instruments." The notebooks do feel very sturdy and the paper is blank white paper that feels smooth to the touch and it does have this thicker feel to the pages.
There was the tiniest bit of feathering with my pens that have a higher flow. The paper feels really smooth to write on even with my Extra Fine Cursive Italic that I consider to be really sharp. It is not as smooth as Rhodia because it is not a coated paper but because the paper is not coated the dry time is really good at under 5 sec. With pocket notebooks it is always hard to find that balance between good paper like the Rhodia pocket notebooks which has a higher price and higher dry time or something like Field Notes which the paper is not super great but the price is a little lower and the dry time is good.
The Write Notepads pocket notebook has done a good job of finding paper that feels great to write on that also has a good dry time. Right now, for the price of $9.99 for a pack of 3 you get quality notebooks that are made in America that feel like they will stand up to anything that you will throw at it. Besides the binding everything else about this notebook just really hits on everything that I want out of a pocket notebook. If these notebooks sound like something that will interest you I do not believe that you will be disappointed picking up some of these.
