Clever Fox Dotted Notebook – Dot Grid Bullet Numbered Pages Hard Cover Notebook Journal With Thick 120g Paper and Pen Loop, Stickers, 3 Bookmarks,...

These are my favorite journals. Bleed through paper, easy to line up a stencil, lies completely flat, and durable enough to take with in a backpack or purse. The pen loop is good for most pens, but shoving a fountain pen in there is awkward. It comes with stickers if thats your jam, a nice little pocket in the back that can hold more than you think. It is every bit as nice as the more expensive ones out there for what I need it for.

I can't remember what my life was like before I started using these planners. I would journal randomly - writing and in my phone notebook, do reminders on my phone, create to do lists, etc... It was all over the place and hard to keep track of. Nothing was organized. Now that I use Clever Fox Planners, it's helped me to sort everything out and to see my thoughts clearly on paper. So many added benefits and features that I didn't even think I would use have become so handy and useful. I love these planners, I ordered a bunch more because I know I'm going to be using these for a long long time. Well worth the money for such a quality product.

I really like the feel of the cover of this journal, the color (I got teal), and the fox on the cover is cute enough. However, I wish I'd paid more attention to grid size, as I did not realize there were differences in sizes of grid cells among dotted journals. I'm only on my second real bullet journal and my previous one had a bigger cell size than this one. If you write small, and want to fit more on a page, this can be great for you. However, after using it for a couple of months now, I find that I have to use a very fine pen to be able to fit my writing into the lines, and because my default handwriting is a bit larger than allowed, my tiny handwriting is not as neat as I wish it was. I struggle with the small size of the grid and am thinking my next one will have to be a different brand that uses a larger grid size, unfortunately. It's too bad, because I love being able to fit an entire month of dates on a page with room to spare, for monthly trackers, etc. without having to move up to a larger journal size. I guess I'm still finding my mojo with the bujo. The free stickers seemed like a great idea, but I'm just not into them, so they didn't add much for me. I forced myself to use one, but meh. Not for me. I like the 3 ribbons for page saving and the pocket in the back is nice and durable. I do like that the pages are numbered and the paper quality is rather good. I do not get bleed through at all on any of my pages, despite using a variety of writing instruments, including gel pens, fountain pens, and markers. Overall, it's a good journal and I would recommend it unless you have larger handwriting and would struggle with the small grid size, like I do.

I've been really enjoying my Clever Fox Dotted notebook. For the price, it is hard to beat. I have been using Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks because their quality is great but this notebook has a few features that I enjoy more. It comes with 3 ribbons, though not as robust as the Leuchtturm 1917's ribbons, they do the job. The Clever Fox notebooks come with numbered pages, which is basically the only reason I considered it; it makes indexing things very simple. I enjoy the 120 gsm paper a lot. I prefer the feel and texture of the Leuchtturm 1917's paper, but I always seem to get minor ghosting from my Lamy Safari or any gel based pen with reasonably wet ink. With the Clever Fox's 120 gsm paper, I get absolutely zero ghosting, which is amazing and hard to compete with. The bright white paper is nice and does seem to make colored inks more vibrant if you are into that sort of thing. And of course, the Clever Fox comes with a pen loop; it is oddly placed near the top of the notebook, but still, it is a nice touch. Overall, I am very happy with this notebook. I don't know if I will completely switch over from Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks, but my Clever Fox notebook that become my new daily driver for planning/note taking due to its cheap price, nice free add-on features (like the pen loop), and the 120 gsm paper which gives me so much more flexibility with pen choices and inks.

I'm very happy with this notebook. I love how bright the color is. I got the Lime Green although it is actually bright neon yellow. Not green at all. That's ok. I knew that when I ordered it and got exactly what I wanted. The embossed fox is very nice and elegant. I love the bright white pages. It's super light weight too. Lighter than my current Bullet Journal. This is my first notebook with a pen loop and it holds my pen nicely with a good grip. It's not loose at all and I don't worry that the pen will slip out. It comes with a set of rainbow icon stickers. The only thing that concerns me a bit is that the dots are spaced out closer together than in my first Bullet Journal which is the standard size. I wish the dot spacing wasn't so small. If you're following someone else's layout by number of squares yours will come out smaller. Luckily I'm not using this one as a Bullet Journal. Because it's so light weight and easy to carry I am using it as my travel journal where I will write down and draw the things I see in new places. It will be used like Ellie's Adventure book from Up. I will paste photos and tickets into it to remember my travels. I liked this so much that I have ordered two more. One in Turquoise and one in the peach color. I can use one as an idea book just for writing. I'd love to use this as a Bullet Journal so I really hope they fix the dot spacing issue. There is no pocket in the back. Would be great if the pocket was included. I have made my own though that matches the outside in bright yellow. I Love the three ribbons as when I am working in it I have to mark more than one page if I'm looking back at older layouts. I love that the ribbons are silky. I just wish they matched the color of the journal. Perhaps each book could have two of the cover color and one black in the center. This is almost a perfect notebook and I do want to get one in each color. I ordered a blue one as a gift for a friend that's out of state. I do recommend these. I also have a video review on my youtube Thagirion9. Purple is always out of stock. I hope you will get more of those in and I agree with the other review to add an orange. Bright colors are the best.