EUSOAR Students Ruled Spiral Notebook, A5 1pack 5.5"x8.3" 160 Pages Hardcover Lined Travel Writing Notebooks Journal, Memo Notepad Sketchbook, Stu...

Perfect for notes and journals

We have branded journals at work ang go through the inserts pretty fast. These are a great value and high quality.

The cover isnt quite hardcover. The paper color is a little too yellow for my liking. Otherwise it was pretty much what I was looking for.

I don't write a lot of reviews but I do read them when trying to make a decision, so I'm trying to leave more. TL;DR: this is an amazing price for the quality and quantity of notebooks, it was exactly what I was looking for and I was pleasantly surprised. Longer, detailed review for people who are into that: I love buying nice notebooks but then I typically feel like they're too nice to write in, and I'm always looking for something to jot down notes in that's more... mess-up-able. That might sound weird but hopefully other notebook people will understand! I tried to be practical with some cheap notebooks from Staples for a while, but they're so flimsy and poor quality, plus the bright grade school covers aren't my style at all. I liked that these covers looked much more durable and were more what I preferred in a nicer notebook. They were what I expected when they arrived. :) Sturdy and not halfway ripping off the front within a week of starting to use, which is more than I can say for the generic brand I mentioned. I also like to use really bold inky pens (like 1mm gel-type) and with cheaper notebooks, there's not necessarily full bleed-through, but you can still see through the paper to an extent I find irritating. The paper in these is definitely much nicer than a generic store-brand notebook (and really good considering the price). I can see a bit through to the other side, but it's fine for what I wanted them for. The binding is also pretty good - thicker than the cheap store-brand notebooks. I haven't quite put it through the wringer the way I lug other notebooks around, but from experience it seems durable enough.

This is an excellent medium sized notebook for all kinds of uses. The size, number of pages, weight and thickness of the pages are just right. There is no bleed through when you use a gel ink pen. The cardboard stock for the front and rear covers (about as thick as a credit card) are fine as I only use this at home and will not use it on the road. The top part of each page also have a section for Date, Weekly Calendar Day blocks as well as small symbols for weather conditions! Nice touch! The texture of the paper makes my Pilot G2 gel ink pen glide across the pages with butter smoothness. The off white vanilla colored pages also makes the blue ink stand out in a striking fashion - much easier on the eyes than plain white paper! Fantastic - highly recommended ! ! !