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[@LewisLittle66]

The dealbreaker for me with moleskine is the poor paper quality. I write exclusively with fountain pens and I'm not going to risk buying a moleskin for the 1-in-100 chance that I get one of the good-paper ones. I really like those little Rettacy A6 notebooks (the ones with the pen loop on the spine that you showed at 7:44). I bought those after seeing your review of them and was really impressed. In general, I don't need repositional pages in my pocket notebook, because my notes aren't intended to stay in there solely. Notes I need to keep for more than a day will get transferred into my planner, journal or commonplace book. Now, my commonplace book is where repositional pages REALLY shines - because notes in here are stored by topic, not by date.

[@Flatability]

Thanks for your detailed feedback. I appreciate that. Thank you also for your feedback about Rettacy notebooks. They certainly work for me.

[@IvanRomero-ho8wv]

Thank you for another video. You got me into mini binders and I just bought my second 8mm rings a couple of weeks ago. They are not Filofax brand but do have Krause rings. 😁

[@Flatability]

Krause rings? Sounds interesting 👍

[@fastandcurious]

I would re-title your video to "how to ringbinder instead? Repositionsl pages versus one-off notebooks" You converted me more than a year ago. I know own more than 30 ringbinders, a few minis and mostly A6 size ones. It is great fun to hunt for bargain used ringbinders that are much better than new Filofaxes anyway. Old Filofaxes, great Org-Verlag (German, Minis and A6) metric Krause rings, impressive "Succes" (big Dutch brand, A6 size with imperial rings), similarly TeBe (small German luxury brand, Imperial Krause small rings, superb A7 Mini that is a tiny bit smaller than a Plotter Mini 5), Eastpak Pocket that fits A6, Tempus (German, A6, imperial compatible) Of course these brands offer other and larger sizes as well, i just listed some of the ones I got.

[@Hevoftw]

Happy to see you in the new studio ☺ I agree with you completely. I only use bound notebooks for journaling, for everything else a binder is so much better just because you can remove and reposition its contents. I also like the idea of being able to use a binder over a long period of time, and having it change with use and wear. You don't get that with a notebook as you'll just replace it when you've filled it.

[@Flatability]

Your point about not getting to see a notebook change with wear is a great one. I never thought about that. Thanks about the new studio. I'm going to make a "behind the scenes" video for channel members as soon as I can.