I’m a lefty so it’s easy for me to pop out the pages from my happy planner so I can write without a coil being in my way.

I used to use a Happy Planner and an Erin Condren Deluxe monthly (for budgeting) but felt like HP was so overwhelming for my planning style there was just too much and I'd get anxiety. So I switched to using a horizontal EC Life Planner and EC Deluxe Monthly (strictly for budgeting) this year and I found planner peace. I think if your creative and enjoy customization then HP is definitely the way to go. EC just allows me to be more focused and productive with my planning. I do use some HP sticker books but mostly use etsy and printables.

I own both because I like both for the reasons why they are different. Honestly, sticker kits that you purchase off a sticker shop look best in the EC because of how the week is layed out. But I also love how HP look best in their planners. What can I say I am a true planner girl! I love all my planners!!!

I think EC is more of a businesslike design, and HP is more whimsical. I imagine EC in the boardroom more so than a HP.

Love HP layouts, able to add/remove pages and price- EC has thicker paper, and you can decorate as you want. The price is higher but it doesn’t sell out and you are not going crazy attempting to find items 😘

I have an interesting video idea. Now that you have an EC I feel like it would be interesting to see you purchase a weekly kit (like a scribble prints co. Ultimate kit) and just try out a different planning style. I know you’re loyal to the happy planner but it just might be a cool video to see a video like that from you. Stepping outside the comfort zone ya know! It could be cool to see you use a full weekly kit from the perspective of a happy planner sticker book user.

Thank you for just jumping straight into the review

Great review. When I was choosing a planner, I looked at the EC but fell in love with the HP because it's so customizable. I like that I can take out what I don't want and add what I do. They're both great, but like you said, it's all about personal preferences and what works for you.

With Erin Condren, you stand a better chance of getting new releases than you get with Happy Planner. The one thing that makes me insanely crazy is the lack of actually finding Happy Planner items in the store. But for a small fee of $70, you can get a Squad Life sticker book on Ebay.

Thank you for this!!! I just started using Happy Planner this January. I got interested in planning from watching a Beauty KZfaqr. She was using an Erin Condren Planner, so I popped on to Amazon to look for an Erin Condren Planner (because I don’t like having to wait days or weeks for things to get delivered). I’m so glad I did, because Happy Planner came up & the rest is history.😂😂😂 I now have 4 Planners that I am actively using & 2 memory planners that I just bought on sale. I started watching you and a few other Planner babes & started gathering my thoughts on what planning style works best for me. Then I found Facebook planner groups & have purchased a bunch of accessories & sticker books. I’m hooked & already looking at the new releases & thinking about how to incorporate those with what I already have, or just switching over to the new ones in July.😂😂😂😂 So long story short, I love Happy Planner🥰 I love the styles, the layout options, the decor, the fact that I can move things around how I want them & add whatever I want. The discs are adorable & I love they they are coming out with more color choices. I guess the only downside to the Happy Planner is that I want all the things!!! I want all the sticker books, accessories, notebooks, etc!😍 I’m planning to make a Year At A Glance for the following years, because I think that is a great idea!!!!

I've tried a bunch of planners but have always gone back to the Happy Planner. Love how customizable it is!

One thing I particularly like bout my Erin Condren covers are playing with every color of the rainbow choice for most of the cover designs Can usually alter two overall colors within design To experiment Go to choose a planner and pick customize Go ahead and set name too as that will change I do my initials Usually after moving covers a few time it's not so hard to get in place

I love how customizable the HP is. I also love all the packs available to add to it. If I don't like a theme, it's so easy to make my own dividers and inserts. TUL, Levenger, Martha Stewart and Inkwell Press products fit, so the possibilities are endless 💕

Thank you for the comparison. I have been thinking about using one? But now I have more information. I have heard their paper is amazing. I think I may like it for the office. Thanks so much again. Awesome! 💞💞💞

Thank you for the comparison especially the box sizes. I too like the flexibility of discs or rings but see lots of cute sticker kits with Erin Condron sizes.

I am also a Happy Planner at heart!

I loved your video! I always wanted to know more about the happy planner. Now that you compared the Happy Planners with the Erin Condren planners. I’m going to stick with my EC. I love that I can customize my planner. I know that it can get a bit pricey. But you make it fit your character. I’ve been using EC for 4 yrs now!! But really appreciate your time and video!! Thanks 🎉💃🏽🎉☺️

I've used HP for several years and recently switched to EC Vert. Neut. and I LOVE it! I still like HP and will keep using their stickers, but for now, I'm enjoying the EC. Thanks for sharing the review.

Great video, Heather. For HP fans worried about how HP looks in a professional setting, definitely check out a deluxe or snap on cover from HP if you can find them or a snap on cover from arc, TUL, Levenger, or Martha Stewart. I’ve seen so many people using discbound systems in boardrooms and hiring searches this year. There are so many options and no one needs to know what you’ve got going on inside if you don’t want them to. I was also crushing on the velum overlay in the EC planners a few years ago and took myself to Michael’s to pick up a page of velum that I punched and popped on my discs. It’s still in great shape after using it for 3 years. Thanks to your video I am DEFINITELY going to add a couple future dates pages to the back of my books.

There are some nice features to the EC, but like you, I am loyal to my HP. I love being able to take out pages to write on them. There's always one page that's awkward to write on depending on if you're a righty or a lefty.

I just watched this in June 2021. It broke my heart a little to hear you talk about planning for things in 2020. Looking ahead will never quite be the same. But thank you for this lovely video.

Absolutely love this video, so informative. Was really wondering how they compared. Love your floral design, might just have to get myself a notebook like it!! Thanks for sharing!!

I love Happy Planner's versatility, customizability, and HATE the middle school look of the recent designs/colours. Come one MAMBI give us a neutral!

Both are such awesome planners! Great comparison!

I’m so glad to see a comparison of two planners! I’m just using a cheap target planner right now, but I really like the Erin Condren !

Thank you for sharing this wonderful video. Love your intro.

i love that you did this video. Thank you so much.

I love the Erin Condren planner. I have the “colorized horizontal Planner” and I like how you can customize the color of the cover and personalize it. The quality is outstanding. I don’t mind paying more because I’m going to have it for a year. It ends up being $5 a month. You can add pictures and cards with the coil clips. I bought the folio to match- since I take it to work with me. It’s also a great quality item. I don’t decorate this planner much- the colorized one really doesn’t need it. Heather- I love your videos and decorate my “Prayerful Planner” with the Happy Planner stickers. The Happy Planner stickers and Washi tape seems to be the best on the market. I hope the “prayerful planner “ people ask you to review that product. Its awesome!! Keep up the great work! I like your channel.

I have been curious about the Erin Condren, but I really like the versatility of the Happy Planner, so that’s why I went with it. It’s super easy to use and there are so many options so you can make your planner much more personalized. I love it!

Hi Heather, I would love to see you recreate the planning ahead pages in the back of the EC planner for your Happy Planner. I think you could do something great with all the new sticker packs :)

Excellent review! Over the years, I have used many different planners for work (think Franklin Covey, Day Timer, etc.). For a couple of years I went digital, trying to get away from paper. It just didn’t work for me, so last year I went back to a planner. I got an Eric Condren and I really liked the planner, but felt it was rather expensive. This year, in looking for a less expensive option, I went with a Recollections planner and while it’s okay, I’m not a fan of the horizontal layout I chose. I’m really looking forward to getting a Happy Planner next year. I think the customization is what has me sold. Not to mention, I already have a collection of sticker books. Thank you for doing this review. This is exactly what I needed to see.

Such an insightful video! Well done!

Liked this video so much I watched it again ! I am commited to EC because I like the built in structure and knowing what I have to work with - being a person who gets distracted by new projects it’s good to set limits You have inspired me to try franken planning an old EC next year on the side ( maybe for my garden redoing. - we do the work) I found several videos about stabalazing EC edges and I bought two sets of rings Need to see if I can use a regular one punch to work with rings - I don’t want to commit to cost of another big punch unless I find it works out Thanks for so much inspiration and know how

I love the cover of the HP...they have so many cute designs

Thank you for making this video. Last year I had every intention of buying an EC but then I found Happy Planners and soon after, your videos. I really love HP and all the fun stuff that comes with them. A friend gave me some EC stickers and I have to admit that I’m not as happy with them as I am with the HP stickers. It’s good to have choices though. Thanks again! (Still trying to decide what to do with my micro HP 🤔...)

Great comparison! I’m going to stick with the Happy Planner also 😊

I’m sorry, but I ❤ my Erin Condren 7x9 horizontal LifePlanner. They’ve made changes to the planner since this video was made, but I love that EC is more customizable!! And I cannot live without her customizable stickers. She’s a little more pricey, but you know what? EC is worse every penny!! I only use HP stickers!

Thx Heather, I am still rocking my Happy Planners 😂, a lot of my Planner Friends are converting to EC for the Petite Follios. I will definitely stay with HP for their reasonable prices.

Pretty, but sticking with my happy planners. Thanks for the comparison.

Thanks for the video Heather! I have a question for you. Will a classic HP on expander discs fit in the EC planner folio? I am currently using a classic HP transformer planner and have been looking for a "carrying case" for it and some accessories and have fell in LOVE with the EC cherry blossom print. Thanks again!

In the EC colorful planner, the boxes are divided by an ombre colored bar instead of the small gap in the neutral one. I personally have both EC and HP. I use my EC as my main planner and my HP for my faith journal.

Excellent video! Thank you!

I love this video because I always wonder what the inside of a EC planner looked liked. When I first start looking at planners I thought about getting an EC but the cost was way more than I wanted to pay for a planner. Then I found the HP and I love the versatility that it allows. Now I do love the next year pages in the back and wish the HP would add this. But Heather as creative you are I'm sure you could comes up with a way to create that page. lol I love how you are going to use the planner carrier. What size is you mac book? Just wondering if my laptop would fit in one.

Having those tiny little note sections at the bottom of the weekly pages (in the Erin Condren) seems so pointless if the pages can't be removed. The whole convenience of being able to remove the pages (so you can write easily in tight/weird spaces) is space maximisation! How anyone can write in those tiny sections with the coils in the way and how thick the planner is actually puzzles me! I really like how neutral the Erin Condren is (in some ways I also like that they take AWAY the choices from me since MAMBI makes me feel like I never have enough stuff/planners) but practicality is a big thing for me... I need to be able to take out and remove pages!

I love that Daily Details planner so much that I decided to make it my fitness planner.

Thank u for this video because planners are personal and I’m racking my brain trying to choose 😂

Great video!

I've never had an EC and have no desire to, either. I'm not a fan of the spiral notebook look. I love the hp because they are so pretty, customizable & they are more affordable! I'm a visual person, so if it's not pretty to look at I won't use it.

I like to see the differences, but I'm a Happy Planner girl too!

After 6 years with Erin Condren I'm thinking of taking the jump to the Happy Planner. Can you tell me if there is somewhere I can see the inside of all the different HP? Or is it kind of like, you just get what you get? I'm just trying to see what would work best for me. Thank you!

I'm a former die hard Erin Condren fan. I've been rocking with HP for two years now and love it.

Loved your video! I was a loyal HP user, and decided to try out EC this year. Not sure my thoughts yet although I do love the EC paper just not that price tag. I love, love, LOVE the cover on your EC planner. Do you happen to know what the name of that design is?

Good review 😊👍🏻

I love the happy planner, it’s so cute and themed. And it’s a really nice price AND I can go over town and get it. (I’m in Canada). But I HATE the discs so much I can’t get over it. I find them so hard to flip through and I find when I take the pages out the discs ruin them. Erin Condren is expensive and I sometimes have to pay duty on top of the money exchange, but it’s coiled in and easy to turn and the paper quality is amazing. It’s such a hard choice!

I looked at EC to decide if I wanted that or the HP. I'm a huge plan of HP as my bank account can testify. I have enough stickers and planners to open my own HP store. Thanks Heather for making a video showing ways you can use additional planners! 😜 I intend to add to my addiction Friday.

Is there a 2020/21 planner that's similar in style to the HP you have here? It's so cute with the monthly themes!

I started out using an Erin Condren. I am now a Happy Planner Girl because I just could not constitute spending that much money on a planner. The colorful schemes do have more color though. The boxes inside Erin Condren used to be bigger. They have slowly been making the boxes smaller. The bottom of the week where it is lined is where you can write what you are having for dinner each day.

Thank you for doing this video to show the difference between the two. If you wanted you could cut the stickers down like we do anyways sometimes, to fit into the EC boxes. For the Happy Planner, We can buy the paper packs for a notes section at the back, we can buy the folders to put in, we can do so much more customization with the HP. I looked into Erin Condren but by the time you customize it and place your order, your spending $80 on a planner. Some of us can’t afford that. I also heard, I don’t know though cause I’ve never used them, the stickers aren’t as nice as HP stickers. Which is why people buy the kits for their EC. What are your thoughts on the EC stickers?

Heather - what is your website for your clothing store with your sister? I didn't see it anywhere - thanks- just subscribed and love your videos - thanks. Nanci

I love the happy planner, I will not change

I still want to try an Erin Condren Planner. Most of the Etsy kits are made for EC, but I make them work for my Happy Planner. Washi tape is my best friend.

Would work great for bible study and church notes love both

I’ve used an EC but found it very difficult to write in because I am Left-Handed. I’ve never used The Happy Planner before. Is the Happy Planner easier to write in if you’re a Lefty??? 🤔✒️

I love how flexible and customizable Happy Planner is. I wish i found it before i got my EC. However i decided i use my EC only for budgeting the pages are thick and a better quality than HP. I will be sticking in the future with HP. The price of EC is a turnoff for me. When i got it i felt like i was using a really expensive notebook.

I like happy planner because the price i went to erin to check to much it 33 with out personize and it add 10 dollar for every add you decide

Don’t think I’ll ever try Erin Condren planner to plane and to expensive. Love the Happy Planner!

I have an EC but use only HP stickers

Hi Heather, I want to ask if you are using that particular happy planner. If not, will you be selling it. If you are I am interested in buying that particular happy planner. Thank you 🙏

Happy planner is the planner for me. 100% sure.

HP-Customizable; EC-Non-Customizable, even with the WRMK Punch

I was wondering why they'd put an alien head on the EC cover since its floral themed but later realized it's just leaves lol

I do wish Happy Planner would make more neutral planners (I would even go so far as to say they should produce ultra-plain, purely functional ones, just to open up their market a little) even though I love the themes. I think the disc thing is great for me personally, but I've definitely been enticed by the Erin Condrens. But $60? For a 12-month, ultra-plain planner that you can't customize past the cover and coil color? I'm gonna have to pass.

Tfs the planner differences.

What is franchenplan? Does it mean combining planners?

Can u take pages out of ec??

I was going to get an Erin Condrin but when you figure in the cost of the planner plus stickers and accessories, it's way too expensive. With the HP I buy everything on sale/with a coupon/on clearance. Also I love just going to the stores to get my stuff.

Aren't Happy Planners $29.99 now? Not that isn't still a good deal, especially with 40 or 50% off coupons.

I can’t use the Happy Planner aa I am not a fan of their designs. I want customize it myself. I don’t like the HP discs as it feels cheap in comparison

I feel like you should have been comparing an Erin Condren colorful Planner against these Happy Planner.

I did 3 years in EC before this year. I loved it and still love it. I chose Happy Planner this year because I am located in Canada and as a single mother I couldn't justify the cost of EC again. (Between price adjustment, taxes, duties and shipping it's almost $100) While I'm enjoying my happy planner I do miss my EC and am trying to customize the HP to be more like it. This last week I cracked a.disc and then lost the pieces before I was able to take a picture. I'm currently waiting on metal discs. I'm hard on my stuff and don't feel like the HP is as sturdy.

I wish I saw this video before ordering an EC planner :(

I wish Happy Planner had a future planning ability too

I’m new to this so not sure if this is the place to send my comment but here goes: Your videos are what got me interested in planning and using the Happy Planner. I know you are no longer on the HP squad so I was relieved to hear you are going to continue with the Happy Planner. For that reason I decided to subscribe. I will no longer be following other HP ex-squad members who have “completely turned their backs” on the Happy Planner in favor of other products. I actually panicked wondering what I would do without being able to watch your design skills with the HP products! I understand if you utilize other products but Please keep producing your wonderful HP videos!! 😘

The EC one looks like the pages are very thin :(

The coils are too big. HP all the way.

Thank you for the comparison. I have been thinking about using one? But now I have more information. I have heard their paper is amazing. I think I may like it for the office. Thanks so much again. Awesome! 💞💞💞

I Love My Happy Planner!