Found another one but with 66gsm TOMOE RIVER Paper. My new favorite!⭐- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9ajldyf0prddIE.htmlsi=8CQmrpDf6KCNzFsV

Recieve hate? Over what journal you choose to use?? I will never understand people. 😢 I enjoy watching you. You could journal on toilet paper and I would still watch and not care what you use. I do appreciate your comparisons and honest opinions. Very helpful. I enjoy your channel, please keep doing what you're doing. Have a wonderful day!!

I will never stop using Moleskine notebooks for my journaling. 😃 It’s ok if people don’t like it, I love my Moleskines! Do I have other journals? Yes, lots, but I am always using at least one Moleskine and sometimes 2 at a time. But I don’t use fountain pens because they just aren’t my jam. I think they are gorgeous, but I don’t like them for myself. It’s kind of like how I have a zillion pens but I always use a Bic crystal. I’m ok being a weirdo in the journal community. 😂 Love your videos!

I use Moleskine with fountain pens in nib size F or EF and there's never been a problem for me there. I got them for cheap too, got lucky at a local Goodwill that had a few for 3$ each. I keep my art journaling in a mixed media Canson XL notebook and discovered that cheaper notebooks makes me more creative than the most luxurious ones. I struggle to finish (or even begin) notebooks I paid more for, and it's more important for me to use the products I buy than to accumulate them. I totally agree with you that using what works for us is the best course of action than using what is sold as "the best" because at the end of the day, what makes it the best is not what its made of but what we pour into it.

I appreciate the exposure to all these different options. Helps me to settle on Moleskine, Muji and Pen&Gear. After many years I realized that the most important part was get the ideas on paper without regard to execution or spelling. Assuming I can still read it.

I love quality paper!! It’s so important. Just the feel of it.

It makes sense. Just like the best exercise is the one that you'll actually do.

I’m always complaining about Moleskine paper quality, and yet I seem to fill them up so consistently. They are not worth full price but they’re often super discounted at places like TJ Maxx. I also have a ton of free ones from my old job at a bookstore that I keep going back to, like you! My favourite journals are Seawhite of Brighton, Paperblanks and Midori as well. Thanks for your lovely videos. Ps. I use almost exclusively fountain pens for drawing and journaling including my bullet journal, but a Preppy with plain Platinum Black is just fine in most notebooks including the Moleskine. Hope the haters stop pestering you!

Yes girl use what works! I am most productive w the stalogy cuz im not afraid to ruin it. Its pricey but not so much so that im afraid to use it but its just fancy enough to enjoy it daily. I use fountain pens and although tomoe river paper is better for displaying my beautiful inks, stalogy paper shows enough of the ink properties off where I still can admire them.

Thank you so much for sharing your time, thoughts, and experiences with us. I am so sorry that you have to defend yourself and your choices. You're not hurting anyone. You're not trying to persuade anyone to use one certain product. Why do people feel they can critique everything anyone does, just because they can?? You said it perfectly. Use what works for YOU and what YOU like. Ignore all the other noise 💙💙

My new obsession is actually the Leda sketchbook as a journal. It's 20$ it's cream pages, elastic, back pocket, blank...basically all the things you've said except it's paper is 120 gsm so it can handle a bit more mixed media. Even light watercolor does good in it Edit, I think it's only has 160 pages but it has an amazing crinkle❤ (where my crinkle lovers at?)

I use the pocket Cahier Moleskine for everyday/common place writings and Paperblanks books for my "serious" journaling. I'm a Paper Mate Inkjoy pen lover, got the rainbow of colors, so its the beauty of the journal that draws me in and makes me want to add my inane thoughts/feelings to the its pages. Love what you love. Thank you for sharing your recommendations

Big yes on Pen + Gear. I have never had a product by them that I didn't like. Also at WalMart is the Exceed notebook, which comes in sizes from pocket to B5, is a staple for me. For thicker paper (140 gsm) I have recently fallen in love with the Royal Talens brand.

I love Moleskine notebooks. Esp the soft cover expanded. SO fun when they start filling up and getting crunchy :)

It's nice to find deals. Recently I bought Markings by CR Gibson 260 pages grid pages for 3.00$. In Canada they go for 26.85$. I had never heard of CR Gibson....extremely good quality, love it! A good pen for our dear Moleskine is the Uniball Jetstream. Also the Markings CR Gibson has rounded corners. Enjoyed your video! Thank you!

Your videos always inspire me 🤩 I wish there were so many types of different journals to pick from in my country. For now, I'm enjoying just watching them in your videos 💖 thank you for sharing

Love your videos! Haven’t seen you in a while,but so glad to see you again. Many blessings.

What a great video!! Thank you 💫💫💞

Whew Bic Cristal, the pen snob in me…CANNOT 😂 Thanks for sharing

Just want you to know, you are awesome!!! I so enjoy watching someone who enjoys talking about all papers. Love your channel

I like paper comparison videos. Thank you!

I love that we share the same passion for notebooks, teehee 😊. I enjoy hearing your thoughts on each one; I too have an eclectic collection. I just love them all, regardless of paper quality. That doesn’t always matter to me. It just depends on what I plan on using it for..

I really enjoyed your video. I like to see all the things you're doing. I have always thought that Moleskine was a nice fancy brand, so I was surprised to hear that people have said that to you.

Such a great and informative video, many thanks for sharing

It is so wild that you feel the need to defend what notebooks you use. Very thankful that you share your thoughts on different options. ❤ I used to love Moleskine in the past but switched to Leuchtturm and Hobonichi once I started with fountain pens. However, when the 400 p. Molskine came out - I got one with the intention of brain dumping into it. It’s something very compelling about that particular one! Haven’t gotten around to it yet but after seeing this I’m thinking it will be a perfect work companion instead. Almost never use fountain pens at work so I will try that! Great video!! 🎉

Great video! I use moleskine notebooks for lots of things, both the expanded and the cahier. They are readily available and work well. I use Leuchtturm for bulletin journal and for morning pages. I use fountain pens for morning pages, lists, etc because it makes me happy. Rollerball for fast writing, gel pens for some art journaling. I do plan to try a Midori now that I know they offer b6 slim!

I was soooo anti-Leuchtturm for the longest time and now I love them beyond words! I also love Archer & Olive for just about everything creative. Takkti is also amazing quality.

Great video!💚

17:38 The Crossfield notebook uses Tomoe River paper. So, the same as Galen Leather Everyday notebooks, which I love. I believe the Standard Nanami paper is Tomoe River as well. Its interesting that it’s different companies that may apply different inks and have different set ups but it’s Tomoe River. Cheers

I really love Rhodia notebooks. The paper is substantial and so smooth!

I really enjoyed this review

I love the midori page a day. It has the bottom corner perforation. I also have the other sizes. LOVE THEM

I'm a Bic Cristal girlie through and through. It's been my ride or die pen for over 15 years. I will be buried with my Cristals 😅 For notebooks, I'm an aspiring author and I use an A5 Leuchtturm for each novel. I love seeing them lined up on my shelf, all loved and worn. They're great notebooks, and I get my money's worth out of them for sure. They're all dinged up, spilled on, and the back pockets are stuffed! Great video, and I'm going to have to check out some of these other notebooks you mentioned!

I am a Stalogy girl all the way but I used to use Moleskine all the time, and I’ve always had pretty good luck w/them, even w/fountain pens but I lean toward EF and F nibs which probably helps. Loved seeing all of your recommendations!

I hope you re-stock your zines!! I missed out!! I always come back to your videos for reference and inspo!!

I greatly appreciate the reference with Chipotle that your coworker used for her diet. Reason why i state such a thing. I follow a similar diet to her but I do weigh under 100lbs... I do not recommend attempting to find out my diet since i do eat things that are seen to be unhealthy. I just manage the portions like your coworker did. Same situation with notebooks that are able to hold onto fountain pen ink. I am currently using a TJMaxx product that I purchased for $6... The paper is light but it still is "crunchy". The brand itself is "The Original Morris & Co" 192 pages. The only draw back to me is the dark bullet points. Nonetheless I am in love with this notebook. I use abnormally heavy fountain pen inks but it is beyond nice to use this notebook. Ok... I am going to vanish and continue watching your amazing informative videos. 💕

I need to shout out Kinbor. You'll never guess what is sitting on my desk, blank..... my hobonichi weeks mega. The analysis paralysis is winning. But my $7 Kinbor weeks that I almost slept on holds all of my actual planning. Kinbor has different sizes, different designs such as Sanrio, etc.. They have a white tomoe river paper. So if anyone wants to use one for creative purposes, you don't have to suffer the Hobonichi cost. // Thank you for this video! So many notebooks I have never heard of before :o

I will always be on the eternal search for the unicorn of notebooks and white pens. 😂

To your point about art journalers using fountain pens, we're out there, but it's more likely we're using dip pens for drawing. And a lot of times when I do see other artists using fountain pens for drawing, it's usually because it's a practical on the go solution for quick sketching that's close to a nib, but dip pen nibs are for achieving certain effects and finish as they're more flexible than fountain pen nibs! Like, it wouldn't be the first kind of pen i'd personally reach for, and even then the inks used are often not water resistant! But you are right about preferences. I have all different types of notebooks and the different types of tools that are best compatible for them. I'm not using my fountain pens or inkier tools in my moleskines, that's not what they're for. I like the form factor of moleskines and the way they bulk up over time with writing/art. If I was in the mood to use my fountain pens I reach for something else. Excellent video! I love the seven seas and Midori is a staple for me.

My mom gave me a bunch of Moleskin journals. I really like it. My gel pens work just fine with it. I use the Bic Gelocity gel pens as my normal every day pen.

Stalogy notebooks have my heart. ☺

I've become an avid fountain pen user the last two years, it adds something special to my writing time. I use one as an EDC. The fountain pen and Leuchtturm combo is unbeatable for me!

I actually bought this after seeing this and I LOVE it, I love ballpoint and some gel inks that work on it!

Great video. Nice alternatives. I really like Midori paper quality.

My favorite are Paperblanks. Thanks for the video.

Great video, thanks!!! :)

The most important part is to get your ideas on paper. Collecting different papers is my thing.

walmart's exceed brand is also pretty awesome. There are lined and grid dot options. They have the typical moleskine size and then traditional a5 sizes, and all under like $15

we all get into a rut when were testing out new products. i feel like i hit a stride when i finally found the regular tried and tested economical notebook for myself! i was searching for a graph paper, folds back on itself and can be somewhat compact notebook. i like the AHGXG notebooks on amazon. this way i dont get distracted & overwhelmed at the store lol i normally dont like spiral bound bc i feel like i wreck the wires after prolonged use but this one is firm double wirebound and holds up the whole time. plus i love the clear covers bc i usually cut up cards i get from framily and use them as covers (or even postcards or whatever memorabilia) bc it makes my heart just smile. its also professional looking so i use the same one for work but usually add a sticker to the cover instead of a card i cut up. for my purse slash grocery list notebook, i used pocket hard cover lined notebooks from daiso for a while then switched this year to a moleskin softcover pocket.... i love it bc it's a mini planner too so I can reference dates w/out looking at my phone. happy journaling to us all =)

Oh how I love your vids!!! and you are so knowledgeable about it all, Wow. My go to paper is: the CD Notebook brand (Japanese) Try it out , What an experience almost. Thanks for this great vid ,Love and Light from Amsterdam, Holland 🌷

I was surprised when you said that Moleskine wasn't your favorite notebook. I appreciate your explanation. I've been wanting to try out Clairefontaine notebooks, but they are very hard to find.

I have a soft spot for Moleskines; I kept a pocket while doing a lot of traveling when I was younger and I loved it so much. I'm a big advocate of trying out lots of different brands, big or not, and really don't like how gate-keepy the journalling community has gotten. Some of my favourite journalling has happened in euro store books with whatever random ballpoint I could find. I adore Midori and always try to chuck in a fresh book whenever picking up inks. I prefer cream paper as well, it's so much softer on the eyes! I definitely feel the same way about Moleskine being a kind of a workhorse journal - chuck it in a backpack with any old pen and you're good to go. ✌️

I got my first moleskine for xmas and have enjoyed using it with uniball jetstream rollerball pen and sometimes the bic cristal pen. Im enjoying so far.

I love the MD notwbooks, are my favourite and I always come back to them when I try other brands. Never tried moleskine but feel very tempted by you 😅 *love your leather cover videos, please keep doing them

You turned me on to the moleskine a few years ago. I still use and love it. Thank you, and you shouldn't have to explain yourself. I love looking at your moleskine.

Platinum Carbon inks work perfectly in Moleskine (fine nib). Iroshizuku's too. So you can find inks that work great with Moleskine. I would actually say that archival and other permanent inks work better in Moleskine than in fountain pen friendly notebooks. I love Moleskine for my writing. Carbon Black Forest is perfect for Moleskine.

I have a Moleskine Expanded that I enjoy for Bible study. It’s perfect for deep note taking and I don’t have to be precious about the space. Maybe because I use mainly Fine and Extra Fine nibs, I don’t have any issues with fountain pen ink on the Moleskine paper. It works just fine for me. But my current favorite paper for note taking and sketching with ink and colored pencil is the Midori MD Cotton paper. I use an A5 pad for notes, and I sketch in the F0 size notebook. The MD Cotton paper is fantastic, and I enjoy using it far more than Tomoe River paper. It has a slight tooth which makes it the best paper I’ve ever used for colored pencil. Even cheap pencils perform well on it. My one gripe is the unconventional sizing for the notebooks. The MD Cotton paper used to come in A sizes, but Midori decided to get fancy and changed to F sizing, which is based on the golden ratio. This allowed them to lean into marketing this paper to pencil artists. I wish they’d reconsider since my preferred journal size is A6 and no one even makes covers in the F sizes. F0 is almost a B6, so I have my MD Cotton sketchbook in a B6 Chic Sparrow TN cover. The cover is a hair too small, but it will have to suffice. Nevertheless, I enjoy using the Midori MD cream paper in an A6 blank, and this is my preferred notebook for journaling, even though the regular MD paper is smoother and doesn’t accept colored pencil quite as well as the cotton variant. Ahhh preferences and limitations!

Loved your video! People always think they know better than you. I like the cheap wines in Walmart and people will complain I should drink the more expensive wine for better flavors. I have gone that route and GOD has made my pallet to like the cheap wines. A notebook I like to use is the Hobonichi Techo Accessories grid Notebook (A6) 240 pages and also the STALOGY 365 Days Note A6 365 pages. I have recently also found the Zequenz series of books, they come in all sizes and colors and their pages are lined, blank, grid and dot. Thanks for your video! GOD Bless!

Wise words 👏👏

Midori is chef's kiss! I love it

Love the Moleskine! Its always been my go to. But I haven't heard of any of the other brands you shared, and I'm excited to try some new brands! And in defense of the Moleskine, there are tons of inks and pens that work for it, you just have to find the right brands. I mainly use the sharpie pen 🖤 Zero ghosting.

You inspired me to try the 400 page Moleskein. I wish I had gotten the soft cover though. Maybe next time!!

I have a love-hate relationship with Moleskines because (in MY experience, YMMV of course), their QC can be hit-or-miss. Not just with fountain pens but overall quality control--ribbon bookmarks fraying or coming loose, pages coming out, etc. But if they work for you and you like them, then who cares? And I still go back to them a lot. TY for the video!

I use Moleskine expanded version journals and enjoy them, but only for "rough" or draft work. For "final" work, or writing with fountain pens I love Leuchtturm 1917, also because they offer A5, which is my preferred format. It's just as pricey as Moleskine, but the paper quality is much better, and it has several other useful features included, such as double ribbons, useful stickers for labelling and marking the journal, and a "Contents" section. They are fairly easy to get hold of in retail outlets and come in many varied, attractive colours. Waterstones in York UK has started stocking them and if you use their loyalty card to spend on books you can buy Leuchtturms for very reasonable prices.

Daler rowney makes the best pocket journals. All their paper is fountain pen, watercolor, oil pastel, chalk pastel, acrylic and oil paint friendly. They cost $4.99 and are ten times as good as moleskin. They are sold at Walmart.

I am such a notebook hoarder too!! Same with stickers but I'm finally starting to let go haha.

I still use the Moleskine Expanded but a lot less now, filling just one a year but that's because the last couple of years I've been using the Leuchtturm 120gsm. It is my holy grail now and I fill around 4 a year. The paper is still off-white, rounded corners, page numbers (even on the plain), it has 7 colour covers now. Nothing shows through, I can paint, write, use anything (except alcohol markers of course). It's A5 and deliciously chunky. Hope you try it one day.

I'm heavy on the fountain pens and really wish I could use Moleskine notebooks. These looks so amazing, especially with that cover, and I feel the pull when I have seen a few of your videos! I've become a true paper snob, but honestly it can be quite overwhelming. However I am not yet ready to pull out the one pen and one notebook woman that yells inside of me. Not yet. Maybe someday. If that day comes I will remember you and your beautiful Moleskines 🫶🏼

I love Bic!! Never failed me ever!! So cheap too. I love Bic and Faber Castell!! Truly underrated

I discovered the Midoriya in the last 3 years and I will never look back, it’s my ultimate favourite. Although Moleskin is easier to access locally for me and I use it for random lists and notes on the go.

I do remember you talking about the Clairefontaine and I love that notebook brand. Its such lush paper and I definitely only use it sporadically due to it being like unicorn paper.

I really like Moleskine. Not for ballpoint, but all other pens, I love writing in them. Tfs!

I carry a 3.5x5.5 leather cover with 2-3 inserts every day. It's just easier as a man with pockets instead of a purse/bag. I only use fountain pens and carry a space pen for signatures on heat transfer paper. Anyway I've found over the years that clairfontaine and rhodia are the same company / same paper. So if you can't find your clairfontaine you like, see if you can find a rhodia! I also tried to get down with field notes but that paper is so poor. I typically keep a 3.5x5.5 clairfontaine staplebound lined book for daily tasks and notes (I think it's almost 100 pages or more) and then 2 thinner tomoe river inserts from either galen or goulet in dot grid and blank for mind maps, sketches, large single topic notations etc. Keep on writing!

Really good recommendations! One that I haven’t seen anyone show, maybe they aren’t that common, but the brand is Bindeworks- made in Germany, I think they are my favorite- the paper is nice( I love fountain pens) and the binding- the binding is incredible, it can handle it when you stuff your journal with collage materials and extra papers/ they hold up better than any journal I’ve ever tried, and I’ve tried many. Probably have 60+ filled journals over the years. You can google the brand and there are some local sellers who carry the brand

i always use moleksine b6 slim with uniball for journaling and i LOVE it!!!! ♥️♥️ also i agreed with you about tomoe river paper i’ve tried many times with them but i cantt so i gave up buying them 😭😭

I bought a Clairefontaine notebook in Budapest 6 years ago. I’m still hoarding it! ❤️🇨🇦

I have been finding Moleskine and Lechterms at TJ Maxx recently at great prices.😊

I loooooooove Moleskine sketchbooks for art journaling, but they are unfortunately no longer in my price range. Great video!

Where/how do you store your journals? I love the sounds in this video of the opening and closing of the notebooks. I love journaling too. Maybe one day I'll just store them in a big chest.

I agree we all have our preferences! also use moleskines and I use fountain pens I don’t care if they bleed through because most of the time I use gel or roller pens! I just prefer the slim size and the weight of the notebook over the size and weight of the Leuchtturm 🤷‍♀️ Also it’s funny I did the chipotle thing also! I went down sizes just eating there 😆

I love the look of moleskin notebooks. Walmart sells some versions of them for a nice price online. Though, if you want another alternative, Poppin has some greats notebooks and journals.

Pen & Gear notebooks are working great with all my various fountain & gel pens. I have seen other fountain pen channels rave about them, too. Apparently, it matters where the paper is manufactured. If it's Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam and other places whose cultural is that if pen aficionados, then the paper is done right. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Something like this. I believe it was Doodlebud who reviewed budget paper alternatives.

Love Leuchtturm for fountain pen. Also awesome (but $$$): Smythson featherweight paper.

I’ve never seen that Midori but now I have, I’m very interested in the perforated corner. I do love the Ding Bats, but it’s definitely one I’m scared of messing up! 😅

I use the Midori page a day everyday, and a pocket Sterling ink with 500+pages daily (has trp) love those two. I work at a restaurant and take orders on a pen and gear spiral. I have a bajillion pens, but don’t like ballpoint or rollerball much…if a notebook has bleed through, I will not use back pages, it satisfies for me.

I found a use for my moleskines. I think they’re perfect for On-The-Go work. I use Nanami Paper’s for journaling. I also freaked about because I fell in LOVE with the books. So I got like 20, which should last me a lifetime. 😅

CVS Caliber notebooks are pretty fountain pen friendly as well. (sometimes you'll get a non-fountain pen-friendly batch, but I've had a lot of luck with them) I use them as my I-don't-care-what-it-looks-like ink explorations. I'll probably use it to start my morning pages project since it's so cheap and it's not meant for anyone else's eyes. There's usually coupons you can use at CVS to make the already cheap notebooks even cheaper

I HIGHLY recommend that you check out Otter Blotter notebooks…..wonderful design and feel, amazing price point, and fountain pen friendly pen-friendly paper!

I love ClaireFontaine and Stalogy! Also I need to try Sterling Ink notebooks, but… I’m on the fence about TRP.

I’ve never used moleskin before but maybe I’ll try it sometime…😊

I mostly use Rhodia and Claire Fontaine. I have a couple of notebooks with Tomoe River paper; it beautifully shows up the sheen of inks but is too thin for journaling with a fountain pen unless you only use one side per sheet. It would be great if you mentioned the paper's weight (gsm) if you know it. Thanks for sharing other books I've never seen. Now I can try a few others. 🙂👍

For something similar to the little spiral Pen & Gear notebooks, Walgreens has Wexford notebooks. They only have 50 pages (P&G have 80) but the paper works well with fountain pens.

I love grid paper especially the 2mm size. Tiny grid.

I love love love that you like and use notebooks from walmart. There is nothing wrong with savi g money! I still have small notebooks my mom picked up at the drug store, walmart etc with her random notes in it. They are just fine

The moleskine notebooks are my ride or die...no matter if its A5 or pocket size 😊

Another good Walmart journal which to me definitely beats moleskine is the Exceed brand from Walmart. It comes in various colors, style, and sizes. Has smooth fountain pen friendly paper and good “leather” cover, comes with elastic and pocket in the back. All for 10 to 15 dollars depending which one you get

Love all those notebooks you mentioned and yes I hoard some of my notebooks also in fear of running out!! BTW I don't think Danika58 is still in business? Couldn't find the store on ETSY. See and that is why I hold on to notebooks for back up lol.

Dollar tree has a few blank cream paper notebook. They come in black and two shades of brown. Named: Professional Embossed Notebooks, 5x7 in. And their price point is $1.25. They are water color friendly and jel pen friendly. Smooth writing experience in my opinion 😇

I discovered the OFFIGIFT Dotted Journal Notebook, 100 gsm paper, 312 Numbered Pages Large B5 Hardcover Leather Notebook. I ordered one, nice!, then I ordered a stack of them. About $20 each on Amazon.

Man, I never knew Moleskine notebooks could cost a high-ish price. I always get them at Ross/Marshall's/TJ-Maxx for $4-$8...in various sizes.