The Remarkable 2: A Long-Term Honest Review

[@hakera42]

Bro the quality of the filming in this clip is better than the one in some channels with milions with subscribers underrated channel for sure keep the good work and quality and i am sure you will reach top level really quickly

[@silviat.6043]

Agree

[@heyitsjaredbender]

This is the video I NEEDED! Your storytelling and personal experience is more far more relatable than the "tech reviewers" that made videos on the same thing. Also the side clip with the game boy reference was legendary bahaha. Thanks for making this!

[@MattFitzgerald]

@@heyitsjaredbender I hope it helps!!!

[@M0tekk]

Really loved this review. I feel like you provided a completely unbiased view on this while adding your own content creator flare. Rectangle bit got me lol

[@dimmadimsom]

Absolutely incredible video. Very well thought out and executed. I have really be considering this because i like the idea of having a Daily Planner.. i enjoy physically writing, opposed to leaving notes and reminders in a cell phone. I also need it for quick documention for my Part Time business as a constable so i can jot down civil service's i execute and then later input into my laptop for proper bookkeeping. I believe itll help me immensely become more organized and maybe, just maybe, encourage me to start journaling and poetry writing again. Amazing review! Thank you!

[@darriusdingleberryvondingl2481]

Duuuude this channel is absolutely nuts. I love the cinematography and the humor you imbue in your videos! Keep up the great work Matt =)

[@James-h7m]

I loved this honest and thoughtful review. Confirmed that I am someone who needs and loves the Remarkable 2 but not everyone would benefit.

[@craigmarley5926]

Excellent evaluation! Replacing all your paper notebooks and with an elegant image is the key.

[@lenztherapy6122]

One of the best and honest reviews I have ever come across and I loved that it was filmed at your grandmothers house. Thank you for this video!!!!

[@arturodeguzman]

😅

[@juanromero3558]

Matt, excellent review. I love this product. I'm ready for the remarkable pro. I can get organize, concentrate, and keep up with my notes better than ever.

[@JohnSmith-gm4fj]

Thank you for an honest review. I have had this thing for a few years and I'm still in the "meh" zone with it. I wish it could turn my self drawn tables into real tables but it always deletes the table and turns my table labels into jibberish which is frustrating and annoying. It has not replaced my use of paper and still find it easier to use a cheap notebook to flip pages and find what I need much faster than with this.

[@ericbird795]

I use mine all the time for client and internal meetings. Love that I can take notes in my own writing and upload that to our server for other team member use.

[@MattFitzgerald]

I do the same thing but I get a little self conscious about my handwritten notes and always convert it to text / edit it first hahaha.

[@BachFbk]

Trust me, your clients and colleagues don't love reading your handwriting ;)

[@TheRealTommyR]

This makes perfect sense. I think you captured it perfectly. I wonder how you would rate a Boox device that has e-ink with Android installed on it. Would love to see your thoughts on it.

[@MattFitzgerald]

The Boox would be SO fun to try. Do you know anyone that could get me a review copy?

[@TheRealTommyR]

@@MattFitzgerald Unfortunately I don't as I am just a normal KZbin watcher. However, it might be worth trying to contact Voja with MyDeepGuid Channel, Kit Bret Myers, Brandon Boswell to see if they are willing to share their Boox contact info that provides them review units: all three have contact info on their websites. You could also try contacting book directly through the help/sales contact form on their website; they would probably point you in the right direction.

[@Giordanovsky]

Glad I've just discovered this channel, we can tell you're such a talent, thanks for the effort

[@girimugundan2889]

Can anyone tell me what’s the song at the end? :D

[@LorenMJ]

Pulling in a PDF then writing notes in the margin is very helpful in my Bible study.

[@hammerandthewrench7924]

00:57 journaling about one's own issues is the only path to healing. This man gets it.

[@arielers]

I’ve “hacked” the Rocketbook notebook system by modifying their free downloadable templates. I have bought their pages that can be wiped with water/cloth. But I print the modified templates on regular paper and use a pencil to take my notes - which I can erase w/o the need of water. I did use the reMarkable and the BOOX Go 10.3, but have returned both. Too expensive (and limiting at times) for devices that overlap with my iPad Pro or paper.

[@arielers]

Your review helped articulate what I had a hard time accepting. I had bought into the marketing (which is very effective) but the r2 after a while did not impact me beyond getting me to journal more. Love the storyline line format of your vid, very well done. 👍🏼

[@jlfern2882]

As an architecture student this is a great device. The drawing doesnt feel as good as the iPad, but its definetly good enough to sketch out quick ideas and details about projects. It allows you to keep everything organized which is essential for us

[@jlfern2882]

Also lets you import floor plans and sketch over them!

[@bensimmons5335]

Can I just say I LOVED the FLCL reference doodle. Earned a sub just from that.

[@MattFitzgerald]

@bensimmons5335 You're the first one to notice! FLCL is the best :)

[@tiffanybennett2429]

Thank you creating this content. Your video is why I'm choosing the remarkable 2 over the others.

[@lera.who-]

OMG this was so satisfying to watch... thank you. What camera you are using to film such masterpiece?

[@MattFitzgerald]

@@lera.who- Everything was shot on a Sigma FP-L! Definitely a niche camera but it has been fun to learn.

[@Stretch1931]

100% that it's definitely use-case. The way you broke down every use case you interacted with really gives a strong example of how it either was or wasn't useful to you. And yes, in a time of TMI (too much information), having the ability to focus your thoughts offline in a more controlled manner can greatly improve the flow of your brain to your hand to the tablet. And I think that's the win. The back-end of how you acquire your information and aggregate it can vary, from just JFGI'ing it, or to using any various set of AI tool sets, including my new found interest in NotebookLM to aggregate and summarize my content, before I export it out and them upload it to the Remarkable and start making final adjustments, including my own comments on the subject matter. And even with that, you can re-export, put it back into all these wonderful tools, and help it re-form the content into a seamless flow of knowledge. I love the layers, where you can create a notepad and then create another layer to edit your dailies on top of it, like checklists, or other various daily/weekly/monthly processes, then duplicate and reproduce, and just editing/clearing a specific layer for control, always having a hand-created template basically ready to roll with. And depending on your organization skills, if you're going to use PARA or CODE or something like that, you can structure it in a way with tags to easily go through and find all your old stuff from years ago, that maybe you need to cross-reference on what was done earlier. I've used Evernote over 15 years ago, then OneNote, and they're great. But not really very clean and became just a junk pile for me. It was a catch-all that got overwhelmed. And the content was so unstructured that I basically just relied on the search bar for everything. If I couldn't search for it, then it was lost in the sea of notebooks. To me, the deliberation of putting things places reminds me of DOS versus Windows. When you install a program in DOS, you make the folder, and install the program into it. You know where everything is at all times. You can then just delete the folder and Bob's your uncle. In Windows, you install a program, and it decides to put dll files in the Windows\System or System32 folder, maybe along with some .NET libraries, and then creates a folder either in your C:\program files or c:\program files (x86), along with %localappdata% and maybe %appdata%, as well as usually registry key entries, and maybe some Windows Services. And then to help you from struggling to find it, it then creates a shortcut to the mess it created under your public users start menu folder, so you don't have to use the Windows Indexing feature that was created with the birth of Windows 7 due to the mess they created over the years. They have basically created their own virus that embeds itself deep into your system, that the only way you can fully remove it is to either rely on their MSI uninstaller (if it's managed properly) or to purchase a 3rd-party tool to extricate their content from your machine. Remarkable turns back the clock, and allows you to gain control of the mess again, and put things back in order, and slow down and quiet all the noise... at least for a little bit. Not forever, because we live in the 21st century, but at least for just a little bit to regain consciousness.

[@nataliepollard6508]

best review on this topic i have found, thank you !!

[@gentlmentlmn]

Excellent review thanks. As a R2 owner myself I agree with all your points. Pretty much the same for me. Another plus for me has been that it’s inspired me to journal more. After 7 months I still get excited to write on it every day.

[@trey8072]

Awesome review. How would you compare the decice to the kindle scribe?

[@MrKooderna]

There is a plethora of studies that show handwritten notes create neural connections for memory, as you're wiring down most important things, where with laptop and typing you are just typing quickly almost verbatim what is being spoken so you aren't forming your own thought process around the memory. Handwriting has always shown to be king, and there are studies of students with hand written note Vs laptop note taking and it's a solid 30% memory different in recall of lecture. It is significant, so I disagree with your point on college student note taking. It's a total note taking beast.

[@MattFitzgerald]

@MrKooderna College Students should probably use a paper notebook and spend their money on tuition instead. This device doesn't revolutionize college much more than a paper notebook might -- and I still argue that the majority of college is designed to be used with a laptop. The Remarkable is nice to have in a classroom setting, I just was surprised how little I ended up using it over the course of an entire MBA.

[@MrKooderna]

@@MattFitzgerald I'm looking at 6 stacks of notebooks right now, Vs my rm1 and I'm satisfied college student.

[@MattFitzgerald]

@@MrKooderna that's definitely the use case for it!

[@ChaseD2012]

Question: what is the best device recommended for handwriting to text and productivity overall

[@romulanwang]

New remarkable pro has colour, so that should fix your issues for the film set use.

[@MattFitzgerald]

@@romulanwang whoa I didn't see that was announced! I'll have to check it out!

[@averyball6825]

I love how in depth this is most videos only say how good this is because they’re sponsored but you’re honest and the tier list is very helpful so thank you. I’m going into college soon to be an architect so I thought this might be perfect but after lots of research there might be something else for me unless anyone knows it’s good for architects

[@Assyrian]

This is brilliant!!!! The filming and production were top! You answered my question at the start and I just watched it for the editing and story! SUBBED!

[@rico16646]

bro i literally watched 1:30 min but the video quality is so fucking good i can't lie and i didn't know you before this video

[@L.I.T.H.I.U.M]

You missed "reading". Anyway, this was such a well made video.

[@C0BRUH]

Wow! This video was awesome! I would love to see you do a review of the Supernote Nomad and a Boox Tab Ultra C at some point in the future!

[@erick572]

Fantastic Video! This is the first video of yours that I've come across, and I must say... your review formatting is flawless. KZbin review channels could learn a lot from your approach!

[@imwei10]

i want one 😭 but it's tooo pricey in my country

[@erezlobel6299]

I'm a 10th grader, would you recommend me to buy the reMarkable 2?

[@currie.goat121]

Ive had mine for about 2 years and i totally agree - its a luxury item for sure. However i do use it a lot when in meetings and i dont have my laptop or at conferences

[@MattFitzgerald]

Yes! Conferences is a huge one.

[@StashiaMass]

Thank you for such an amazing review. I got a Supernote but much you have mentioned applies.

[@MattFitzgerald]

Oooh how is it?? Do you use the Supernote for the same reasons or how does your life affect your use cases???

[@MarkSiegemund]

This is exactly my final conclusion aswell (the boox go 10.3 which is extremely similar) . I told myself to actually use it (as an architect and photographer) and beeing useful. It 'feels' good to write on it, it actually really does. And it is fantastic for sketches and reading books. But then I remembered that it was just a nostalgic feeling I had. It made me remember a time long gone unfortunately. And I really miss the colors, at least one accent color... These devices are marketed as simplicity devices, and I think it is not because that is true, I believe it is because the technology is just not quite there yet with REAL color e-ink and faster refresh rates. BTW one big big advantage with e-ink is also Batterie life. You didn't mention that. But then again... Who needs more then 1 day of charge nowadays. Speaking of nostalgic feelings.

[@du_blyat]

Rm pro: hold my beer😂

[@VladimirKostek]

Great vid man, it's certainly a powerful tool despite how simple it is. Have you tried the type folio with it yet?

[@MattFitzgerald]

I've played with a friend's typefolio for a couple minutes -- so my opinion isn't super well informed yet. But I think it definitely changes the utility of the device. I love how it seamlessly fits into daily carry aspect of the device. I've just never felt compelled to shell out the cash to get it you know?

[@VladimirKostek]

@MattFitzgerald yea it's a lot for what it does, I justified it as I was considering buying a freewrite and those are expensive...so in that respect I thought it wasn't too bad given that it provides the same functionality and a bit more with pen support 🖊

[@MattFitzgerald]

@@VladimirKostek I haven't seen the Freewrite before! That's a interesting alternative, but I think I agree with your decision to get a typefolio. Remarkable + Typefolio = same value prop with additional utility for the same price.

[@eglebar3691]

I hate it. I paid so much for something that does not recognise my good writing by 100%. Sharing my notes with colleagues is a nightmare 😮

[@saurabhprashar]

Amazing quality review

[@kenneth_romero]

great review bro, definitely getting an ipad mini now. the remarkable just isn't for me.

[@SiyadnoSiyad]

amaizng porduct and amazing video.only con is schools dosent allow it

[@alisonjean2852]

i love the way u review!!!

[@Skyhigh275]

This dude is from “Prometheus”.

[@rickcorel5154]

The voice is not in sync with the video.

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Yeah thin but fragile...

[@510tuber]

"The handwriting is a C because it's cool, but I use it less than I would like." That's a you issue. Why are people so bad at reviewing things? It's like they just don't know how to think on any basic level.