Hands-down the best pad of this type I've ever used--and easily worth eight bucks. Midori doesn't fool around.

The two different types of paper (lined & blank) is a terrific idea. The two different colors (white for the lined & cream for the blank) is terrific idea #2. I personally like the bold-5th-line scheme, too. And, it's "tactilely" perfect, in my opinion. It just FEELS right. It's fat--you get 50 sheets of each type of paper. The Midori paper is excellent, too, as you would expect. Yes, the "grain" (recycled leather) makes a nice cover for the top/front, but both the front and back are backed by a second cardboard "board," which gives both front and back a nice solid feel and a firm, stiff backing for writing-while-holding-in-your-hand. This might be the second thing you notice--after the "Grain" cover. The next step would've probably been two slabs of wood.

The double rings are made of fat (surely squash-resistant) wire and will *never* give you any trouble--there's no wire hanging out anywhere to "snag" on anything. What I liked MOST is that they seem to have gotten the ring size (~18mm), number of leaves, and the hole sizes and spacing just PERFECT. This is the "tactile" thing I was talking about. The pages will always flip over and lay flat, perfectly. No horsing around at the binding. Ever. The DOUBLE elastic band holding it closed is just icing on the cake. Just a pleasure to use.

I'll decide for you: get one of each color, and give one away to a friend/partner.


OK, I dug and dug, and found *one* thing some folks might dislike. The sheets are NOT micro-perfed. But I guarantee you'll do no damage to the sturdy rings by just ripping pages out.

Here we are in 2020! Everything is digital!!!
If you are not 100% committed to digital you are a square.
Fine. Call me a square.

This little pad is perfect for everything! I love to sketch out ideas on the plain pages and list to-do items on the linked pages. It's portable and it's durable. No charging ports needed and no stupid cables.

As for the quality of the pad and paper? Top-notch! The paper does well with most pens and even my brush pens. The cover has a wonderful tactile feeling and the materials hold up just right. It even ages well so that I do not want to throw away the pad when I'm done with it. It's really a great memo pad for those spontaneous moments that require QUICK notes and sketches!

i like these memo pads. easy to write on, and not too thick. i could probably do with just one paper type though

Good looking, well constructed, nice paper. The band that holds the pad closed is nice, but it also kind of gets in the way when you are not transporting the pad and trying to write. The small Mnemosyne pads work better for my purposes since I don't transport the whole pad and the pages in the Mnemosyne pads are perforated which works better for the pages I do want to move about.

Excellent for use with Fountainpens. Wish there were more Color choices. I also had to go to another seller to buy in the quantity that I wanted, Jetpens had run out of stock.