Slow Journal 160gsm Australian bullet journal notebook review

I'm sorry if you were waiting for this review to be done - I released the first look video more than a year ago!
Slow Journal still has the same journals though, so here we are. This journal is from an Australian small business, giving Australians a chance to support an Australian business with a rare 160gsm dotted journal offering.
If you'd like to buy one, you can get a 10% discount, making the journal pretty good value, by adding my code RUBY10.
Music by DP Music bought under commercial licence from Pond 5.

[@ris2ani]

Thank you so much for this review! Easily the best review of a journal I've come across - certainly helped me make a decision on whether to get this camping journal

[@theusefuljournal]

Glad it was helpful!

[@melusine826]

Thanks! As an aussie trying to have a small footprint, its so frustrating having nearly everything made in china

[@theusefuljournal]

I know! But, unfortunately it's just too expensive to make them in Australia. Most American journals are made in China too. At least if we buy from an Australian brand, the shipping is just from China to Australia. If we buy from an American brand, the product is often shipped there before being shipped here - creating a much larger footprint. Keep trying - every effort counts!

[@wilneedheart]

Australia has a free trade agreement with the US, so no taxes. Exchange rate fees, probably...

[@theusefuljournal]

Thanks so much for your comment. Australian products are sometimes more expensive overseas based on a straight conversion, and I've even found some that are cheaper. A journal that is $30 USD should convert to $46 AUD at the moment and is more likely to cost us over $55, but I suppose they have to allow for fluctuations in currency up AND down - although it's pretty low at the moment 😕 I confess, I need to do some more research into trade to understand it better!

[@wilneedheart]

@@theusefuljournal I should have been more clear, my bad. All this stuff does my head in. When I meant taxes (re the US,) I meant import/custom tax. So, if I sell something to a person in the US that is $50 AU they will pay that amount. If I sell something to a person in the UK valued at $50 AU they will pay that amount, PLUS an import/custom tax PLUS the UK customer will have to pay a VAT (like our GST). If an American sells something to a person in Australia that is worth $50 AU, they need to add GST. So, if we buy something from the US for $30 US it will cost us $46 AU plus GST which ends up being about $51 which is close to your $55. Then we have to add postage, lol. When purchasing a Nuuna from their German website it will be $46 AU + GST + postage, so, the best solution is to buy it from an Australian importer for $60 which is a lot of money but about 20% cheaper!!

[@theusefuljournal]

Thank you, that's a really good explanation. It shows how important it is to have products made in your own country!