Customer Reviews

I bought these notebooks on a total whim and I love them! They are thin enough to throw in a bag and take along and the paper is very nice compared to most notebook paper available to in the States. I am no longer in school, but I can see how these would be ideal. The dotted lines allow for you to line up text easily, making whatever you write neat and organized. The lines are closer to our version of college ruled paper. (Thumbs up! I hate wide ruled paper.) Some people might not realize that they are not the fattest of notebooks, but I like the size and the value (5 for $14 is an excellent deal) for the quality of paper and binding.

these notebook are really really good the paper is smooth and my pens glide

I love the B5 form factor of these notebooks and the colors are great to keep your classes/subjects organized, too. I'd prefer a gridded notebook but the dots are a great alternative and come in handy when making diagrams that need specific proportions. I'm in graduate school, so some of my classes are more conceptual, and I think one notebook will suffice for the quarter (10 weeks), but I'm reordering for my more notetaking-heavy courses like my math and biotechnology course, for which 2 notebooks for the quarter should suffice. I personally prefer a notebook over loose-leaf paper because I want everything in one, pre-bound place, so if you're like me, I recommend these notebooks. Otherwise, go for the loose-leaf version.

I use a Pilot Hi-Tec C Cavalier 0.3mm pen and Pentel Slicci 0.25mm pens and have loved it. No scratching problems, and the paper is wonderfully smooth so these tiny pens just flow.

Bought this last year and I love the pre-dotted lines. It helped me draw cleaner lines for graphs. Really useful for math, chemistry, and physics classes. The pages were thick enough so no bleeding through!

This paper has a very smooth feel that is great for taking notes and general writing. It feels thin but holds up well to repeated erasing and does not show through too much on the back. I have been using it for pencil and gel pen notes and both slide nicely across the paper.

The papers are very well secured in the binding and even with much folding open of the book they don't seem to budge at all. I am not sure what they actual did with the binding, it appears to be glued in folded sheets, but it is hard to see. Regardless, it is very secure. I will definitely be buying these again.

Nice paper that is fountain pen-friendly. The notebooks are quite small but could be good for classes where few notes are taken. The binding lays very flat when smoothed down, which I like. I feel like these are a bit overpriced for what you ultimately get, though.

These notebooks are kind of pricey but completely worth it. At first I was afraid that my gel pens would bleed like crazy, I only write with Pilot G2 .38mm pens so I can't speak for other pens, but it's a match made in heaven. I love the asthetic and the quality is superb. generally you get 32 lines with college rule paper and I am very impressed/pleased with 35. For someone like myself that spends nearly every awaken hour with a notebook in hand I am glad that neither of the two I've gone through since getting them have fallen apart. The cover lay's relatively flat even after being folded back for hours so that's something that I'm happy about too since Its a big selling point for me. All in all I have no complaints other than the logo is not on the side but along the bottom but that's not really a complaint these are just probably a newer model or something.
Anyway, if you are a writer or a student these are great notebooks that so far seem to be very well made all the different colors are a great plus too. If you get them I doubt you'll be dissapointed unless you don't like "almost" ghost line paper.

This is a great and economical way to try Kokuyo notebooks. The paper is light, but very smooth, yet resists bleed-through. I mostly used Pilot V5 roller balls in my books for notes in a class on financial regulations. The pre-dotted paper makes it easy to indent handwriting for outlining. You can write on the covers with permanent marker. The books are relatively small (to a person used to 8.5x11) and slender, so they are easily slipped into a bag or folder. I recommend them, particularly for notes that you need to keep and review multiple times.

This is awesome. I only wish it came in more MANLY colours.

The perfect notebook! I will be exclusively using these as long as they are avaiable. If your sceptical buy one to try and you will see why I love these notebooks.

I bought a pack of these a few months ago, and I love them. The paper is very smooth and is really good with my fountain pens and gel-pens. I have Frixion pens as well and those perform really well on this paper. Originally I only wanted to use them for physics but then I also ended up using them for math and chemistry. Obviously I ran out pretty quickly. I ordered another pack today and can't wait for them to arrive.
The only negative thing I can say about these notebooks is that there aren't enough pages in them. There are only thirty per notebook, but they're such good notebooks in every other way that I'm more then willing to let that slide. And on the plus side, it means you get a real feeling of achievement when you fill them up. I could never fill up my old 100 page notebooks.

Positive:
+Nice bright colors.
+fountain pen and gel-pen friendly paper.
+Great for math, physics and chemistry. (Also for the occasional doodle)
+The dot design obviously. Even the messiest person on Earth will be able to organize their homework in these.
+You will want to use them for everything.

Negative:
-Only thirty pages per notebook.
-The cover is a medium card stock so it could feel a little flimsy to some, I only used it on tables, so I had no problems.

Warning! For those of us who like to write with wide lines and big letters, and for those of us who like to write really really small. There are 2 versions of these, one has 6 millimeter(0.24 inches) line height and the other has 7 millimeter(0.28 inches) line height. Make sure you know which is which.