![]() “Elastic keeps the cover closed so my enemies can not see my plans to destroy them.” In addition to its no-bleed, sturdy paper, the outside of this notebook is pretty durable too, “even when jostled around in the trunk of a car with hostages,” one reviewer jokes. The writing experience is smooth and the size is perfect to keep in a suitcase, bag, jacket pocket (large) or hand-carry.” Another writes, “Ghosting can be seen on the back of papers, same as Leuchtturm 1917 papers, but zero bleeds through, same as Leuchtturm 1917 papers.” Compared to the Moleskine, “There is no real difference in quality, the paper feels the same and there is a back pocket,” according to another reviewer. “It has the same high quality hardcover and binding of notebooks twice the price,” one says, adding, “The paper is just the right shade of off-white and thickness so that ink does not bleed. I bought these from Amazon, Office Max is supposed to have them but I didn't find them there.More than 20,000 reviewers give this Amazon Basics notebook a five-star rating, with the majority describing it as a quality notebook for a good price. I keep one in my shop for quick layouts and one by my computer to do rough sketches that I transfer to my CAD (Computer Aided Design) programs. Any finer and the lines start competing with the drawing. ![]() I also find the square sizing just about right to, at five squares per inch my drawings work well on the page. ( I don't use ink very often with grid notebooks, the best pencils are mechanical ones with 5mm to 7mm leads.) Some papers fall apart with the least eraser abrasion but not these Mead notebooks, they hold up to lots of erasures, just make sure you use a good gum eraser and not one designed to remove ink with abrasive material in it. The other important aspect is how well they erase. ![]() Don't worry, they'll be fine when you do your drawings because you'll be looking for them, in fact many times I just use the lines as a rough background to do my isometric drawings. What you want are lines that you can just barely see. The trouble is that the lines are so dark they compete with my layouts. I have expensive Clairefontaine grid books with expensive paper designed for fountain pens. The trouble with most grid notebooks, and I've searched far and wide, is the darkness of the lines. You would think that a grid ruled notebook isn't much to get exited about but if you use these as often as I do you get particular about several aspects of a notebook.
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