Rocketbook Everlast Review: the Never-Ending Notebook

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[@AutumnElegy]

I've been using one for university this semester. Pros: - Reduces the weight of my backpack - Clean scans of all my notes that I can store digitally and keep forever instead of having notebooks that I'll probably throw away Cons: - Have to use a certain type of pen - Ink dries kind of slow and is more prone to smudging - The pen runs out of ink pretty quickly and you have to replace the ink often - Cleaning the notebook is time-consuming and tedious. You have to wipe down and then dry 32 pages every time you fill it up, which takes me around 30 minutes.

[@Matt-vb3vx]

This comment is a better review than the vid

[@tubeMonger]

@@Matt-vb3vx I agree.

[@themurderbotfeed7688]

To be honest my main interest in this is reducing paper waste but im unsure about the durability of it, there is a knoff off version on amazon that says you can only wipe it down about 150 times, so realistically if you hand writte a lot (I do) it may not last all that long. How has your experience on the washing process and durability been?

[@yana8353]

You should’ve got the microwave one so you don’t have to waste time wiping down each page

[@katelynma7772]

Dubrio unfortunately, the wave notebook only lasts for five page wipes.

[@prettylegit0101]

I thought he was serious about learning how to write right handed and I was DEAD.

[@jasonharris1636]

right on, mate!🇦🇺⚽🇦🇺⚽🇦🇺⚽

[@flamedcranium]

Yeah, I'm a southpaw too... HA!

[@chellehutto4276]

So my question with this is I've always just flipped my notebooks for lefties but will it scan and organize properly if you do that?

[@raydelcampo]

or you can learn to write backward

[@shushanahhall4409]

Same! Lefty 👋🏾

[@sardil01]

I own one and I am quite pleased with the results. I am not a designer, but a software developer and when I scribble notes often I need to draw arrows between related subjects or draw callouts, or draw cylinders to represent a database.... my notes are much better when I draw on them meaningful symbols. If you are saying... yes, well I can scan anything with my phone. Yeah, go ahead and keep doing it. Good for you. The advantage of scanning this notebook is that it is lightning fast. The app makes sure ONLY your handwriting gets scanned, not the edges of the notebook, not the surrounding desk. You get a perfectly clean PDF with ONLY your notes and nothing else, and the scanner is again, very fast. Then when you are done scanning you accept it and let the app send it to wherever you configured ( dropbox in my case ). The scanning process of this notebook is so efficient, the company should patent it.

[@drophy]

Sounds good! Question, though: Can you group a bunch of pages and make them a single PDF easily?

[@asparagusnoodle]

drophy ghost that's a good question

[@k4ranA]

There patent is pending

[@elenyramos2445]

@@drophy yes you can

[@drophy]

@@elenyramos2445 Cool, thanks!

[@jenneferwillard7758]

My daughter is not allowed to bring technology into the courtroom when she works. This was a Huge time Saver!!

[@darkpope6667]

Lol, where is that shithole?

[@christalcavanaugh]

@@darkpope6667 ????

[@nocturne2029]

This is a way better solution to digitally storing handwritten notes than tablets! Something lightweight that students can actually afford, sounds good to me!

[@SergeSergiou]

What I really really want, is to convert my handwriting to text, so I can edit it in word

[@85set05]

Fudge you to (this is a response to the middle finger your giving me from your profile pic)

[@kakefyll]

I agree! The tablets in general arent as good to write on (you cant lean your hand on them the same way). The only tablet Ive found to be as good as writing on a book is the lenovo yogabook, but a book is even better cause it wont run out of battery and it weighs even less. The yogabook doesnt work too good for even basic stuff like checking my email, my phone works better. So I was just dragging it around and having to charge it all the time just for the note taking purposes. Now Ive gotten myself this rocketbook and I LOVE it. The app is easy to use as well (there was a lot of hassle with my yogabook trying to find the best app to store my notes, squid worked the best but didnt sync with other devices which was a huge pain in the but)

[@gabd805]

@@SergeSergiou One Note has that feature

[@SergeSergiou]

@@gabd805 Thank you I will investigate!

[@dianavanwinkle2299]

I cannot even express how happy I was to find this on Amazon. Thank you for this video!

[@ilooli]

I want the color one so I could say “just a sec, lemme microwave my notebook real quick” 😂

[@raydelcampo]

you mean the WAVE one

[@Phamtom020]

I've got it a few days ago, this is what i would do as Improovements: i would make bigger spring to store the pencil inside. Some dotted pages, some horizontal lined pages, some vertical lined pages, some blank pages; the app NEEDS to have telegram and whatsapp as possible destinations for the images. Some awesome feature that i would love see implemented in the future is something like putting an hour or a date and link it to your phone's alarms or calendar. Liked it so far, finding new things to do with it every day

[@Encat714]

There another version called Rocketbook Fusion Letter which has different kinds of pages and planners

[@erinfrazier1439]

When I am writing a lot and can’t wait for it to dry I take the rag or wipe that they give you and put it in between the pages when I turn it so it doesn’t smear

[@chrisr.9258]

As a business owner, this is genius. Surprised none of the sharks bought the idea

[@pilosopo74]

4:48 Friend:Ayeee what are u doing? Me: nothing,just microwaving my notebook:D

[@nyct0phile]

PROS: - saves all your notes digitally (just the words/pictures and nothing else) - the pen has erasable ink (theres an eraser on the pen) - saves the enviornment from cutting trees, wasting notebooks, etc. - better than typing notes because you retain information better by writing - does not need to be charged - saves a lot of room CONS: - pen runs out of ink about every 3 months if you use it every day for school BUT you can easily buy 5 at walmart for $10 - kind of pricey BUT cheaper than buying multiple notebooks yearly - takes 30 mins for the notebook to dry after erasing it with water

[@lema3301]

Normal ink?

[@nyct0phile]

@@lema3301 from my understanding, the point is to have a notebook you can reuse. so normal ink (aka a non-erasable ink pen) would defeat the purpose of that. but if you're looking for something perminent, like a template or calendar that you want to keep reusing without having to continue to redraw it, you could totally do that.

[@bpsara]

So you save on the paper but end up having to throw away more plastic pens than normal? Or is it a refillable pen?

[@nyct0phile]

@@bpsara its refillable :) cheaper to get refills actually than a new pen (for frixion at least)

[@packwarden]

Cant you dry the book with a towel to disregard the last con?

[@karyawantouring]

Thank you for giving a short & clear review :)

[@migueltoralla2442]

Best review I have seen so far!

[@boysittingonthemoon]

Thanks for the lefty comment! I needed that info. Most wouldnt think about that peoblem.

[@JustSamD1]

I had the same concerns.

[@wrockage]

thank you, man, so helpful!

[@wattslifex]

This really helped. Thanks!!

[@flamedcranium]

Thanks for the review, I was just given one... :-) I think its going to be pretty good experience.

[@cerodriguez8549]

I have had it for a year and love it. I use it to set up my goals in the year. I Scan it into my phone to remind myself the goals Im pressing towards. It is generalized then in a separate Real notebook I take each one of the goals and do step by step to meet them. I revisit this notebook once a month and the regular notebook once a week. Its light if I want to take with me. But I dont usually.

[@scottstrang1583]

I almost bought this at office depot. I was under impression that it would transmit the written matter to my phone an app. Since all it does is let you take a picture, I can do that with my daughters erasable lcd tablet.

[@dhkh55]

Thank you! I bought it recently but couldn't figure out how the pen worked--so thank you. Also lots of good info in your review.

[@RStoned7]

Very useful video, thanks 🙌🏻

[@smellofmetal]

"So if you're left-handed like my little sister.." Arrived to see a review. Left feeling like a little girl.

[@astrophylite]

I guess if the pen was drying faster and the erasing just a little more convenient I would definitely take it

[@nathanfreebery8778]

Love this dude

[@Zerowasteman]

I also think it is a great zero waste alternative. Less paper :)

[@beckymacallester6898]

I use it for DND as well as work... its great for tracking stats in a game, and then i can upload to a cloud, erase and go again

[@OzzyCoop]

The taking a picture of your notes is a pain but it is handy. It is both good and bad if that makes sense. I just care about the re-usability of the pages. I fill 30 pages then erase when I don't need them That is very nice. The writing feel is pretty weird. It is very slick and the pens skip a little bit. Just remember this isn't for art work or permanent writing so there are faults with the pen to paper to phone system. I got mine for $20 and I'm not upset about it. It won't replace my pen and paper but it gets a lot of use.

[@stanceonlife7883]

Omg I thought of having something like this years ago! This is greaaat

[@thegardenladyandmrgnome8002]

I just received mine today. My daughter, who is a high school biology teacher, recommended it to me. I like the option of the codes assigned to specific places. It would be great to have a pocket sleeve where you could insert a paper document and this tool would work like a scanner. Let me copywrite that idea right now :-) oops I just got the jpeg or gif availability :-)

[@muusaibnmohammed730]

1:05 Lol. My kind of humour 😂😂😂

[@chellehutto4276]

I am looking at getting one of these because evernote doesn't have a handwritten note option that I have found other than taking pictures of my notes from my notebook, but then I'm still using paper. Notability is a great app that lets you take handwritten notes on an ipad and organize them in a similar way, but I don't have mac products and one note for windows doesn't read any pen quite well enough to keep my handwriting legible. I think this help sell me on it, thank you!

[@BigGollum1]

I am using for my programming classes.

[@Ash_W04]

Every notebook is reuseable if you use pilot frixon though 😂

[@den2335]

True but you have to go through and erase every page with the eraser which is near impossible and you will still create paper waste.

[@persaud101]

Could use a small dry erase board and take pictures of ur notes and send it to where you want...

[@den2335]

@@persaud101 But if you run out of room on the whiteboard during lecture you have to stop to take a picture, erase, and then keep rewriting. That's not the most convenient by any means.

[@persaud101]

@@den2335 I use an ultra fine dry erase marker and I have 3 boards they fit in my back pack without taking much space up and equals two pages of the rocketbook. I do have the rocket book and I like it so far with the application ability to turn the written notes into text and ability to sort notes automatically into different folders. Haven't try those features as yet but I think software is where it is at and writing is experience is terrific... So I am fan..

[@ianpatrickwijaya2657]

Use a lighter to clean pages quickly. But remember that lighting the pages too long would discolor them

[@LT72884]

My only downfall, im an engineering student and to assume that my work is going to be flawless from the beginning is inaccurate. I constantly erase equations, formulas, ideas, etc and to have to take water with me to class is fine, but to whip out a rag during a lecture to just erase is not convenient.

[@nyct0phile]

the pen is an erasable pen!! :) i buy refills from walmart, theres a pack of multiple colors. just look up "pilot frixion erasable pens"

[@futbol1972]

@@nyct0phile the guy said not to use the eraser from pen cause it can damage pages. That did not make sense since thoese pens are designed for this notebook...iam I missing something here?

[@nyct0phile]

@@futbol1972 literally i have no idea lmao. ive never used a rocketbook but i do use erasable pens exclusively

[@IraJavier]

When you write on the pages, even though you can erase the ink, it'll still leave a groove from de-pressing the pen. Does it ever get to the point that there's so much grove on the page after so much use that it gets to be unusable?

[@CynteriaSanders]

Love the T-shirt!👌

[@juliohinojosa6923]

So do you have to take a pic Everytime? Or does it upload itself

[@d.sanchez7687]

Maybe you can use a brush with water as a eraser (there are brushes for travel, with a compartment for the water) Sounds useful xD

[@OzAkman]

Great video and review

[@ducksnhell]

Cool shirt and love the video!

[@jasonharris1636]

brilliant video, mate! I'm also a lefty & I can speak for your little sister about us turning into righties "not happening!"⚽🇦🇺 PS she'll get a hoot outta it if u tell her she was mentioned in 1 of ur videos. keep the vids coming!

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Thanks Jason! Haha yeah I don't think I've told her so I probably should. Also I lived in Melbourne for a few years and I love Australia!

[@jasonharris1636]

@Don Mega I don't know about mental illnesses but I'm an empath so I might have a disorder or a gift hahaha

[@jonathan1391544]

Don Mega no but it is linked to higher intelligence

[@TheGentleVisions]

Does app have handwriting tech to confirm handwritten notes into type?

[@deadly_haiku_boy6796]

HA! I love it! “If your left handed too bad!”

[@ericnightmare2695]

As a 90s baby this is extremely cool. There is proof of concept they just need to work on it a little and this will change the future of wasted paper

[@gorgeousLUHVE]

I’m going to be taking a state test soon. So I will be using it for notes and studying. Which app would be best for uploading my notes?

[@missbilbybadinage1199]

I got the impression the book and the pens are both wet erase, are they or can they be treated as such? I have heaps of frixion pans, highlighters and markers, including the 4 colour pen.

[@monas.6839]

15 seconds is a lifetime for a lefty.

[@zierkm]

RIGHT!!

[@crochetmade350]

You mean LEFT badum ching

[@Mhxqu3]

Surely using Office Lens is a better alternative? The cost of those pens do rack up over time

[@sandrasalguero3145]

Frixion from pilot works? And this is the same with the ones we buy from stationary stores?

[@lisaalward6832]

Question, once the document is scanned and uploaded can you add typed notes to modify the the PDF?

[@michellemarie1197]

I wanna get one for college and this is great cause I wanna be a math teacher and would be useful for the time being until I get a chalkboard for studying

[@racool911]

Damn this such a cool idea

[@abhishekkj9664]

how is this different from just taking a picture of written notes and uploading ?

[@njabulonjabs5945]

frixion pens alone were good enough - they write and erase on ordinary paper

[@maggieb369]

Use a spray bottle of water with the cloth...much easier than dipping in a cup

[@ValerieJBaker]

Do any of the Notebooks come with lines?

[@rioandras]

me: *puts rocketbook wave in the microwave to clear it but forgets pen in the spine of the notebook 💥

[@persaud101]

Could use a small 1 dollar dry erase board take a picture of it and send it any where you want. ..

[@PullinMyOwn]

This looks really interesting. Biggest question I had is why would somebody want to erase their page by putting it in the microwave?

[@77XTINA]

It's faster than wiping 32 pages by hand

[@SergeSergiou]

How can you convert your handwriting to text please? Do you use a seperate app?

[@derryaryanantha8845]

seperate app. you might wanna check out google keep.

[@stuff4brianka]

They just added some OCR to the app to read the top line and make it the file name, but I don’t know if it goes beyond that yet.

[@SergeSergiou]

I will certainly have a look at Google Keep, thank you Derry

[@bakedutah8411]

Serge Sergiou, if you have an iPad Pro then both Notability and Good Notes now provide pretty good handwriting to text conversion.

[@SergeSergiou]

Thank you Baked, I have an android

[@swedishdissident3406]

It is good for medical studens as it is easy to write and scan drawings on.

[@veeberrydoesgaming2311]

where do you buy new pens or refill ones you have?

[@user-zd9dj2xl1s]

*It would've been nice to see what pages are included*

[@darkzq]

So does this come with a program to convert handwriting to Word?

[@saraechavarria2625]

How do you erase it? With water or just the cloth?

[@mamtasamrat4086]

We can write with any pen marker or friction pen its work ya not

[@yusif.2080]

what size is the video ???

[@canaldosherlock]

What is the difference (In time and quality) from scanning a normal notebook?

[@Bahrta_sai]

Probably none. There are plenty of "cam scanner" apps, generally using OCR, which is likely all this one does. You have to pay for most of them though, beyond the first scan or two. There are also smart pens that automatically digitally record whatever you write & send that to your phone. I think that requires special paper too though. This seems "neat" at first, but I honestly doubt it's anything unique besides having to bring water with you to wash your notebook after class.

[@mikebussy3334]

Sounds like a hassle 15 seconds is an eternity

[@KawaiiCat2]

Feels kinda pointless to me since I use my iPad at work and a lot in general but not useless. I would defiantly use this if I had to be in a setting where I didn’t want to take my iPad. (Ie no way to charge iPad, outdoor setting, not safe environment for iPad, etc.

[@carissam8718]

Curious if you’re still using these!

[@SaamSalami]

Can you buy those pens on its own? Cuz aventualy it runs out

[@SabbaLinga]

Can you use a fountain pen on it?

[@mextaverse]

How is this different from a slate ?

[@dennistang4703]

i will stick to my laptop or ipad thanks

[@CeeGeeZ]

Really C😎😚L Review❗👍

[@satoridevil7848]

Anyone know if these guys would get in touch with Notion to send notes directly to notion?

[@carprincess]

I'd want to know this too!

[@upasnatyagi3892]

Cant i use iphone note to scan my documents on normal notebook and use erasable pen … genuinely asking

[@peaceandlove544]

With scanning app, what is the difference of having a regular notebook and scanning notes ?

[@reecedell3515]

The scanner is really good and it automatically lines up perfectly. It only scans your writing so it doesn't pick up the desk or whatever else. It's juts much quicker and you can set it yo automatically save to a specific location by marking one of the corresponding symbols at the bottom of the page

[@Perceptionsz]

the only problem is you can't edit the text. But it can be fixed by converting image to text

[@afroshinobii]

Why couldn’t you just rotate the notebook to where the binding is on the right side and that solve the problem for left-handed people

[@pupeno]

Ham radio t-shirt?

[@goatyt3010]

I have a question. Do rocket notebook sell our note data to third party companies like Banks or financial instituition?

[@ES-wc3vb]

Their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service are on their website.

[@jayveeaurea9091]

How many pages does that notebook have?

[@justaguywholikesvideogames5465]

I need to get a notebook for school what’s better for my case everlast or rocketbook wave

[@Flamdring]

Can you seriously not think for yourself? Why ask others for an opinion when it is up to you to decide what is more convenient to you personally?

[@jgg4417]

@@Flamdring Jesus christ dude have you never asked anyone for their opinion any anything ever? Calm the fuck down.

[@xxhotshotxx]

grandpa: First my phone talks to me and tells me what time it is, now we gotta put our notebooks in the freezer? Sheesh, whats next.....

[@tiffenyharper9615]

Ok so I got mine yesterday and it’s super cool and stuff but... I’m just confused about why you would use it? Someone gifted it to me for school but why transfer it to the computer instead of just using a computer to write it down in the first place? It’s really cool and I want to find a use for it.

[@SmartHomeSolver]

This is good for people who like the traditional feel of writing with pen and paper in a small notebook, but also want a digital copy.

[@Ghatius]

This is very good when you have to take note of something that is not just text like mathematics(integrals, graphs) or music theory etc.

[@yusif.2080]

@@SmartHomeSolver what size is the video ?

[@Frenetxc]

How come your writing just sticks to it, my pen I can't get it to write without it being all faded and what not. I even bought a pack of 10, still the same issue.

[@reyes5038]

Your probably not letting it dry , or your room or wherever u are is too hot and is making the ink fade

[@dausk675]

nice! but whats the QR codes on each pages for ?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

That helps it upload to the cloud correctly. It doesn’t appear on your uploaded notes.

[@superfreakinawesome8]

Reminds me of the echopen

[@feckyourcharade3302]

Seems like it would just mess everything up if you're left-handed, which I am. Also, it isn't lined, which is inconvenient.

[@corvus6865]

Can you use the back of the pages?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

Yes you can use both sides of the page.

[@lennyhipp]

does it convert handwriting to text?

[@kennethlow6619]

Instead of spending $50+ on this book here in Malaysia, I decided to get an electronic writing pad for $10. It does the same thing but for much less and is also more convenient. To clear the screen you just press a button at the bottom instead of using a wet cloth to wipe page after page. To transfer the sketching to a computer I just connect it via USB-C. I think this product is a flop as it’s just far too inconvenient to get something simple done which is basically to jot notes, erase and repeat

[@banant5620]

ayy Malaysian here too 50$ is kinda a lot for me rn so I'm kinda clueless as to buy it or not

[@BryanLankston]

This is a neat concept but I think I’d rather just use my iPad and Noteability

[@shinbuk4238]

I have a question, for how long can you leave the ink on the paper until you wipe it? cuz I want to wipe it whenever I get home from school

[@SmartHomeSolver]

You could wipe it off days later or when ever you want. So you should have no problem waiting till you got home from school.

[@luizintini9396]

So at the end it's just a reusable notebook and a scan app?

[@christalcavanaugh]

Yes? That’s literally the entire point

[@sudipdvds]

But whatever said and done, I personally feel that nothing comes anywhere closer to iPad with notability/goodnotes. Didn't mean to offend anyone though.

[@alejandromacias7157]

I am requesting for help! People that had bought it, do yo recommend it?

[@Flamdring]

Hey there, @Alejandro Macias, I've been using it for the past 4-5 months and I must say that I am loving it. It very much depends on your preferences, but as someone who likes handwritten notes, I am having a blast. I bought a Rocketbook Everlast (A4 format) from Amazon for about 30 EUR and so far I have not had to change a pen. The pages can be wiped clean by a damp cloth (preferred method over the eraser on the pen) indefinitely and the ability to store your handwritten notes on a variety of apps is a huge plus. It is very light, rather durable unlike simple paper notebooks, and I feel better knowing that I will not have to buy another notebook for quite some time. Basically, if you love handwritten notes, you can dedicate about 10-15 minutes to wiping off all of the pages once they are full, and letting the Rocketbook to dry (depends on your weather conditions), then I would say go and get it. Personally, I think this is probably among the best 30 EUR I have ever spent on any product.

[@alejandromacias7157]

Flamdring ok thank you very much, I think I am going to buy it

[@jenessa1237]

I want to get this for school since I rewrite my notes and it’d save paper. Do you think it’s worth it?

[@SmartHomeSolver]

+Jenessa yeah this is great for school. I think it's worth it and wish I had it when I was at school.

[@jonathanacevedo4091]

Jenessa have you gotten it? It's gonna go on sale Tuesday for Amazon prime day

[@nocturne2029]

I got mine for school and I can't wait for it to arrive! I'm happy I won't have to waste paper on notes I use for one semester and never need again, but that i'll still be able to write notes by hand. Plus, i'll be able to use the same notebook for every class, and just send the notes to different folders. No more carrying multiple notebooks or leaving the right one at home for me!