SilvineA5 Executive Soft Feel Notebook Black. 160 Pages (80 Sheets) Ruled 7mm feint. Ref 197BK (148 x 212mm)

Very nice paper (gridded). Works well with fountain pens with minimal to none bleed though and no feathering.Very satisfied!

I enjoy using this dotted notebook. I have also used Collin legacy and Leuchtturm for my journals so I can say this notebook does perform quite well despite that it offer less pages in comparison (160 vs 240 pages)All of these notebook use 80gsm paper but the are very different in term of the feel and ink bleed. The coating of each of these are very different. Hence I feel that this notebook are better in comparison to other brand when it comes to ink bleed. The cream paper makes it feel more luxurious to write as well.There are a few things that I feel can be improved. One is the number of pages. Perhaps it's reduced to make the notebook more affordable but I'm used to notebooks with 200 plus pages.The second thing is the dot grid does not cover the whole page so it does reduce the number of item for my usual bullet journal format. We bullet journalists are quite specific with our grid template :)But apart from that, it's very enjoyable to use :)5 stars for the price as it is good value for money for the quality :)

Excellent notebooks. They arrive sooner than the estimated delivery date - all good!

I recently spent too much money on a badly bound "Perfectly Penned" diary. Looks posh with its faux leather, but the binding is bumpy and there's nothing special about the paper. Pukka Pads work with a fountain pen, too.So now I ordered one of these; I needed a thinner diary for an 8-week training course. What lousy treatment I gave to a cheaper, and cheaper-looking, diary?This has flat, tight binding; the paper is certainly not one bit worse, if not better, than in my larger, personal diary. So the cover is a little more 'tacky', but the diary inside is of superior quality. This one DOES excel over a Pukka Pad, and it's very neatly bound. Ink (I do use extra-fine nib, though) does not bleed through any more, and it is perfectly possible to use both sides of each sheet. And 'tacky' is an exaggeration; it's still a neat-looking book.These will be my diaries of choice from now on. Unbeatable at this price (I paid £4.02 incl. prime evening delivery). It doesn't get better than that. Okay, fewer pages than the other diary, but at a fraction of the price, and doing the maths roughly in my head, I'm paying about the same per page, alas a properly bound one that has not bumps.As a last note: Because the cover is very rigid, the fewer pages and thinner book are actually easier to use. Too thick a diary and/or too soft a cover, make it very difficult to write on the thinner side, be that the LHS at the beginning, or the RHS towards the end. So, another bonus!SUPERB & PERFECT!

It’s definitely a value for money for the quality