Dingbats* Earth Dotted Journal Notebook A5 - Vegan Leather, Hardcover, Ideal for Work, Travel - Pocket, Elastic Closure, Bookmark

Very happy with this notebook. This is my 5th notebook from Dingbats, all of excellent quality.

These journals are not cheap but I do love them. I usually just write in them and they are perfect but this one I was using as a journal and have sketched etc with felt pens (quality pens). Disappointed to see that they had seeped quite badly through the page making the next page unusable. Also some pens blotted out messily on the page. Will have to stick to just using coloured pencils instead, which is annoying. I thought a book of this price and quality would cope with a few felt pen drawings.

I have tried many different notebooks for my Bullet Journal, and this is the best one so far!My BuJo is more of a diary and scrapbook these days and I was looking for something I could use my Lamy pens in, most other brands and stationery shop own brands just didn't take to fountain pens or withstand lots of things being stuck in. This has so far!It is such a pleasure to write on, the paper coating makes it smooth and it has taken many different types of inks so far. I find I am using it more as a result as the sheer tactile pleasure of writing in it using my Lamy Fountain Pen is not something I have come across before.It does have some light ghosting, but not enough that it distracts from the content on the page overleaf (unlike other brands that start with Ms and Ls which seem to be able to ghost even an HB pencil in my experience.)It has wonderfully numbered pages, and the extra info, little layouts at the start I have found to be very useful. Pocket and pen loop are also very nice to touch to have as standard.One issue is that the grid does not quite divide perfectly into thirds on the horizontal, but that is a small nitpick.Overall I love this notebook, I love using it, I love the mission statement of the company, and I love the colour!

I bought this one as a present as I had bought one for myself last year and I love it.This journal is great quality. The cover looks and feels great. I like the layout at the beginning of the book. The pocket at the back is useful to store some small things e.g cards, receipts.When I finish this one, I'll buy another in a different colour- I won't bother looking up a different brand as for my needs, I can't improve on this.Dotted lines allow you to use this anyway you like- in mine I make a monthly calendar spread to write in daily tasks, reflection notes, memories, habit trackers. I also write up notes from online courses I do, write up travel notes when I'm researching a destination, and write up lists/ ideas I'll want in the future. I love having all my thoughts in one place, rather than spread between a diary, notebooks and scraps of paper!

Just used the last page of this notebook and will really miss it. Love the coral reef cover, paper quality (great ratio of thickness to smoothness), ribbon page marker texture, quality of both the elastic strap closure and pen holder (appreciate more now that I've gotten a cheaper brand's notebook with really small pen holder) and useful to have numbered pages. Didn't end up using the tabs but I can imagine they might be useful page markers and appreciate the concept was explained - of creating a key with either colours or (perhaps more time efficient) symbols. Will buy again from this Earth collection if I can't find as nice cheaper options! (Definitely winning points for advocating for biodiversity conservation and I MUST note the inclusion of humans alongside wildlife on the Serengeti notebook, or how a beautiful quiet design helps us envision a world where humans too are nature.)

Lovely made notebook, smooth pages

Seems decent overall however the bookmarks only go 2/3 down the page even though in many pictures I’ve seen them go all the way down as expectedEdit:The company dealt with it quickly, they were unable to send a replacement but did send me another notebook of my choice for free. The quality of the notebook is good and I have gone on to buy more.

I've used Dingbats* notebooks before and have been nothing short of impressed with the value for money they provide, this is no exception! If you want something simply to scribble on, this isn't for you. If you write meaningful notes or maintain a bullet journal - this is exactly what you are looking for.Like my previous Dingbats books this came really tightly packaged to retain it's shape. This particular notebook has some pages at the start with some facts and threats to the Great Barrier Reef and then has some guidance on using your notebook as a journal. This includes key pages, index pages, future log pages followed by 184 numbered dotted pages for journaling. Don't want to maintain a journal - you could use the dotted pages for another purpose I guess. At the back cover we have a document wallet that I find holds a passport and boarding ticket very well. There are also two bookmark ribbons and a pen holder included, see photo.Overall the quality of this notebook it up there with my other Dingbats purchase - outstanding and a real pleasure to use. A number of my colleagues have asked and subsequently purchased one of their own - this won't be any different.