Dingbats* Wildlife Lined Journal Notebook A5 - Vegan Leather Hardcover - Ideal for Work, Travel, Writing - with Pocket, Elastic Closure & Bookmark

Let me Start off by saying that this Notebook is amazing.The thickness of the paper makes the book feel very premium and the PU Leather adds a lot of style to the Book.I chose the Graph Paper version of this book as I need the book for drawing my graphic design ideas onto and i find it so much easier to draw on graph paper than plain or lined paper. The Squares are just the right thickness to be useful while not being distracting and I would imagine that would be the same for the lined version.I use a Waterman Fountain pen and as you can see in the picture, there is absolutely no bleed whatsoever. the paper is thick enough for even heavy ink patches to not stain through to the other side and the writing experience is the best I have ever felt from a book.The off white cream colour is lovely and I much prefer it to a plain white as it is easier on the eyes.the perforations are so handy for when i need to scan the pages onto the computer and make the process much cleaner and easier for me.Overall, this Notebook is Well worth the price I paid and i will be looking no further than Dingbats* for my notebooks in the future.Don't be fooled by the extra low price tag of other notebooks on amazon. You get what you pay for and in this case, you get an amazing quality notebook with premium pages for a very good price.If there had to be one thing I Would like change about the notebook, it would be that The loop to hold a pen is slightly too tight to easily slot in my waterman, however this means it is more securely in place so it doesn't really bother me at all and it is just me being picky.EDIT ***I also have to add that the person I spoke to from Dingbats* has got to be the most kind and caring person who genuinely cares about their customers. Thank you so much Dingbats* for your amazing product and your second to none customer service. you have made a customer for life out of me :)

It's so beautiful that I'm buying a second one in the same color.Combination of high quality, warmth and functionality.Appearance:The notebook has a bright, saturated purple color and a soap image of a hippopotamus. The cover is porous and embossed.It looks neat, cute and stylish.High quality:.The cover remains intact, the corners do not peel off when used.The sheets are thick and dense.The bookmark does not fall apart.Functionality:The rubber band conveniently holds the notebook closed.The rubber band for the pen is what you need to always have the pen at hand.The bookmark helps you find the page.There is a pocket for small papers, but I don't use it.

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!

Lovely notebook and a great gift.

Hardback lined version - Notebook nicely finished but a small irregularity on the elastic - not bad enough to send back but if I were a perfectionist...... Some fairly obvious showthrough when headings written with Staedtler lumocolor permanent, and handwriting with green Frixion 0.7mm showthrough is there but insignificant. The finish on the paper is superb and incredibly smooth - very good to write on, and a good ivory colour. The book opens to 180 and feels durable. Something to be aware of is if you are using Frixion pens the erasability is compromised slightly by the exceptionally smooth paper i.e. it takes more effort to build up the "Frixion" for erasing.

Great little journal, just the thing

This will be my fifth elephant lined dingbat journal so I can definitely say that it is durable, the pages are quality and though a tiny bit more expensive than I used to spend on journals, it is worth the money.Before settling on this journal I used a number of other ones. None of them were bad, at the end of the day, my only requirement was a book with lines to record my daily thoughts, but the dingbats journal edges to the front of the pack. It opens up easily and the pen glides across the quality paper. The design is the epitome of simplistic beauty. And the pen holder as well as the pocket at the back, in which i stash mementos, are useful extras.All in all, I would fully recommend as a journal which is unobtrusive, beautiful in design and super functional.

As always this is a fantastic notebook from Dingbats. Good quality bleed proof paper that I can use all my pens with, and I love the panda design on the front. It's worth spending the extra money on Dingbats notebooks, they do last longer and I'm always happy using them!