Composition Notebook Quality

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Look at Muji Notebooks. Online store: Muji

 

I've tried a majority of their notebooks and most are great. Rarely any bleeding or feathering. Look for "plantation" notebooks for the best price. Looks like they are currently out of stock for both B5 and A5. They sell quickly.

Just recently bought a stack of the Slim B5 notebooks. Their "high quality easy open" line is delightful.

 

You have to keep a finger on the pulse for this store. The offerings appear somewhat random, although, the plantation notebooks seem to be their standard offering.

[Runnin_Ute]

I usually get the Brazil ones. They have been pretty consistent.

[jameswatts]

I use composition books constantly for my plays and novels. I don't really care about bleed through. I know these are cheap but so are the words I write.

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The composition notebook, as we call it in America, seems to be a pretty universal piece of stationery. I have seen comparable notebooks from France, Italy, Spain, and Russia, with Clairefontaine being an easy example of a popular, and notable, one. But, lately, the composition notebooks available from Staples and Walmart, which were fine for many years, are DELPORABLE! The covers are like thin card stock, and the paper is abominable! The quality has certainly deteriorated. It used to be easy to find heavy cardboard covers that contained graph paper with light lines at many stores and university bookstores--no longer is this the case! What inexpensive alternatives remain? Are average student notebooks of such poor quality-- like this-- in other countries? I can't imagine most French students shelling out the asking price of a Clairefontaine for average grammar school work, but from what I understand these were/are the classic student notebook? What is the average quality and price of student notebooks in other countries? Given Staples and Norcom's disappointments, what remains?

I actually found one at Walmart with the quad ruling for work, which is where it is. I'll have to get a look at which brand it is when I go in tomorrow.

[bluebellrose]

The composition notebook, as we call it in America, seems to be a pretty universal piece of stationery. I have seen comparable notebooks from France, Italy, Spain, and Russia, with Clairefontaine being an easy example of a popular, and notable, one. But, lately, the composition notebooks available from Staples and Walmart, which were fine for many years, are DELPORABLE! The covers are like thin card stock, and the paper is abominable! The quality has certainly deteriorated. It used to be easy to find heavy cardboard covers that contained graph paper with light lines at many stores and university bookstores--no longer is this the case! What inexpensive alternatives remain? Are average student notebooks of such poor quality-- like this-- in other countries? I can't imagine most French students shelling out the asking price of a Clairefontaine for average grammar school work, but from what I understand these were/are the classic student notebook? What is the average quality and price of student notebooks in other countries? Given Staples and Norcom's disappointments, what remains?

Oh so you're the reason why superstore sold out of graph paper. It is made in China paper and China seems to be mixing their cheap paper with more clay which explains why cheap Chinese paper is often more fp friendly. I found it plays well with parker quink,merangue and waterman and monteverde inks. I haven't tried other blacks yet but I will soon when I order my black ink samples from Brian Edited January 8, 2018 by bluebellrose