SIGEL Jolie Spiral Notebook A5 hardcover

I’ve literally just received this ten minutes ago and to say I’m disappointed is an understatement. There is no way that this is 120gsm paper regardless of what the description says. The ghosting is absolutely terrible, the paper is stupidly thin and the dots, while visible, are far, far paler than the pictures lead you to believe. Furthermore, compared to my usual Dingbats* bullet journal, it’s disappointingly thin And feels a lot more fragile in the hand.Thankfully I only bought this to test out whether or not I would get on with a spiral bound journal and now it’s in my hands, I can quite honestly say that unless you like ghosting, avoid this at all costs. I’ve added pictures for potential future customers to see exactly what I’m talking about.The pen used is a standard 0.5 rollerball fine liner pen for the purposes of testing. After seeing the results with that alone, I didn’t bother trying anything else because it’s blazingly obvious that this simply won’t hold up to normal bullet journal use.

I'm starting an online drawing course and one of the items that we needed was a dotted notepad. After looking around I decided on this one. It was on special offer (half price) and the cover seemed to be rather appropriate for what I wanted it for.I am usually quite good when it comes to buying online and reading the reviews, however because I needed the item quickly and I got distracted by the cover I didn't - my mistake. Although the item has a good hard back cover, the pages feel a little "shiny" and on first inspection I thought they had sent the wrong one as they appeared blank. My eyesight isn't that good - happens to most of us when getting older! However I do wear glasses and I still had a hard time seeing the dots, they are so faint - it was only when I went to take a picture of it that I could see them through the camera.So if you don't mind shiny paper and you've got fantastic vision then go ahead and buy it, otherwise I'd save your money.

I had been looking for a wire notebook for a while, as normal ones for my bullet journal were never convenient for me. So this one is perfect! The quality is great (the cover is sturdy and pretty, and the inside pages are great for watercolour, 'bleedy pens': it doesn't bleed on the back page. I also like the size of it (it is slightly wider than a usual bullet journal which is usually B5), which is perfect for me. I would recommend this product, and I will even order one for a friend.

I wanted to love this, but sadly the paper lets it down. I bought a dotted page because that's what I wanted; a dotted page. The dots are barely visible in this book. It looks like plain paper and isn'tsuitable for my bullet journal at all. I'm quite disappointed.

I bought this because it offers 240 pages, a hardcover and big spiral rings.The paper thickness is not as good as other notebooks, but if you don't use a sharpie and use a pen that doesn't make you push very hard, its perfectly ok.I can't stand the cover though so I got extra stickers to hide the cover and I got some golden corners for it.I might look for a better paper one next time but all in all it serves its purpose,really nicely.

Great notebook, thick paper and love the large amount of pages. There is some ghosting with this paper but I actually don’t mind that. I’ve used archival ink, watercolour and fountain pens on this paper all of which take really well without any bleed through. For the price it really is a good notebook. I’ll be using it as a business planner for 2021 and whilst the dots are faint I can see them well enough to grid and bullet in this journal.

Book is very sturdy - has lots & lots of pages & is just what I wanted .. I Doodle in it trying to create patterns & pictures using the dots - & as the dots are feint, if I write words or draw images, then the dots don't spoil the overall image ... BTW pattern making is much harder than it seems :-) ...

This has so many pages and that paper quality is great. The metal ring that keeps the pages together is steady and don’t get bend when stacked up or out in a bag.