Notebooks that I think are cool

[redrose]

I like Moleskines, but they're expensive for something made in China. The Picadilly notebooks that I'm trying out as a substitute do not seem to have very good elastic.

I find these intriguing:
http://www.ecosystemlife.com/

Made in the USA, of 100% recycled -- and recyclable -- materials, by a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble. Comparable price to Moleskines.

I've got a set of smaller lined ones, and we'll see how they go.

Comments

[fadeaccompli]

I have both a Moleskine and one of those Ecosystem notebooks. Overall, I much prefer the Moleskines; I like its feel in my hands, I like the line size better (the Ecosystem ones seem to have weirdly close-spaced lines, even in their medium version), and I like the feel of the paper itself more.

That being said, I don't find the Ecosystem notebook bad; if I didn't have the Moleskine to compare it to, I'd probably be happy enough with it, once I got used to the line spacing.

[al_zorra]

Moleskines are the only kind of notebook for tropical climates. The paper may bubble a little, but it remains perfectly writable, and the ink doesn't run. As I know from experience if you are in a conference etc. in the Caribbean, it will not be held in an air conditioned university ampitheater, but in a much more pleasant semi indoors, open at the top of the walls to the sea breezes, and with ceiling fans. You try to write in a conventional paper notebook you're screwed. Because your fingers, hands, wrists and arms are damp from the humidity.

Love, C.