Palomino Blackwing: The paper is a little toothy, but really not that bad.I expect pencils to work on any of these notebooks. Some pocket notebooks have slightly sloppy assembly, but not these. Even the printing of the graph ruling is 100% lined up to how the paper was cut. There are no rough edges on the covers or paper where they were cut, the binding tape is perfectly aligned to the cover, and the cover is perfectly aligned to the paper. But the binding and cutting of these notebooks are perfect. I don’t expect a lot of attention to detail for disposable notebooks that are intended to be used and tossed. It’s certainly not fancy, but it’s going to hold up to rugged use.Īnd I’m also going to mention the manufacturing details (fit and finish, if you will). The cover stock is also thick and durable. The stitching also allows the notebook to lay flat when open. This tape also boosts the durability of the spine so you can carry this notebook in your pocket, purse, gym bag, toolbox, or backpack without fear that it will fall apart with extended use. As you can see from the image below, my fears were unfounded.Īlthough the notebooks are super simple and very inexpensive ($9.36 for five notebooks), there are a few really nice touches that, in my opinion, move these notebooks from “basic” product to “premium” product.įirst, the binding is awesome! It’s stitched with white thread and then reinforced with a generous strip of textured binding tape on the outside of the spine. Typically, that means crappy performance with fountain pens and rollerballs. I’d like to note that the paper in these notebooks is 55% recycled. You can feel a bit of a difference, but it’s not sticky at all.
Muji notebooks Patch#
The sticker DOES peel off easily, but it looks like a little of the glue soaks into the cardstock, so it leaves behind a darker patch where the sticker was. Update: Thanks to Bradley for asking about removing the sticker.
Muji notebooks code#
The only thing added is a sticker on the back cover with a UPC code and some descriptions of the product. Inside, you get 60 pages of natural beige paper that borders on ivory in color, and very thin, light gray, 5mm graph ruling. The covers are thick, stiff, charcoal-black cardstock with a dark gray binding tape covering the spine. They are black notebooks with no embellishments, not even rounded corners.
Muji notebooks series#
I have no idea who manufactures these notebooks, but I figured this pocket notebook series was a good reason to look into them.Īt first glance, these notebooks are extremely simple. They kind of make it sound like they make their own products, but they also have about 700 stores that sell things like food, clothing, and houses (?), so I get the impression that they partner with white-label manufacturers to make goods and sell them under the Muji name.
Muji notebooks full#
You can read their full “About Us” description on their site, but if you’re looking for the short take, they were started in 1980, and their origin stemmed from “a thorough rationalization of the manufacturing process with an eye to creating simple, low-cost, good quality products.” Muji is not a stationery company, but a retail company. Is it worth carrying around an an EDC pocket notebook? Well…if I told you now, it would ruin the surprise. They seem to fly under the radar, but I’ve only ever heard good things about their pens and notebooks.Ī classy, simple take on The Little Black Book, this little A6 wonder impressed the heck out of me with its performance.
I have to say that despite seeing their name on many occasions and in many venues, I’m pretty unfamiliar with Muji and their stationery offerings. Note: This is a work in progress and will take several weeks to complete. You can also open the massive Master Spreadsheet to see all the aggregated data on these notebooks. You can visit the main Mega Monster Review page for a listing of all the notebooks reviewed in this series. This is Part 8 of my Mega Monster Review series on pocket notebooks.
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