Customer Reviews

Moleskine Ruled Reporter Notebook

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The evolution of a note taker

1) Started with paper - A 3X5 card and a pen. Worked just great

2) Moved to a Day Time - The smallest size, with a pen. Worked great but couldn't always fit "everything" on it.

3) Moved to Franklin Day Timer - Enjoyed it but worried that I wasn't going to amount to much as I never filled most of the blank spaces in.

4) Moved to the Biggest Franklin Day Timer - Loved it, but there was more room that I couldn't fill. Plus, it was really heavy

5) Palm Pilot - Electronic Franklin Day Timer - Looked cool, worked fine.

6) iPhone - loved it, but the screen was so small - As I got older print got smaller

7) iPad - This may be the answer...but it is hard to tap, tap, tap stuff into it. Yes, I have the bluetooth keyboard, but how high is the dork factor there?

8) Moleskine - Back to paper. Reporter style so I can just flip it up and go. If it gets into that notebook, it's going to happen. After 18 years, paper wins.

This notebook is always in my pocket.
Over here electronics (pda's) just don't hold up long.
If you need to keep info you write it down.
The paper quality is excellent and I don't have to use 100mph tape to keep the cover from comming off.
The pocket in the back is great for keeping info given to you that you don't have time to write down until later.

moleskine is VERY expensive but VERY good quality. I carry my notepad everywhere, sometimes in my pant's back pocket and it is in great shape. The paper quality is good and it would definitely surpass your expectations. I personally prefer the Moleskine sketchbook (lavander tag) because the paper is 4 times thicker. You can write on it with ANY kind of pen/ink and it will not bleed !
It is definitely worth the price

It's not actually expensive if you use it right, and it's made my life as a reporter much easier. It's tough as nails, both the cover and the paper, so it takes a lot of abuse. Disposable notepads don't fair well in my purse (or my life), but this does. The other reporter notepads (the disposable ones) have only 70 pages, while this has 192. With thicker paper and hard covers front and back, it's easy to flip it over and start using pages from the back forward once the front pages are filled. I would go batty if I had to do that with TOPS or whatever (and it would get torn up, be hard to read with thin paper written on both sides). So, I actually get 384 pages for 9.60, which is $0.025 per page. The cheapest TOPs on Amazon comes out at $0.029 per page since I would not use both sides of the thin pages. So, I get a bargain, always have a hard surface to write on, the covers protect my pages from various mishaps, and it looks classy too.

I loved my little moleskine notebook, but I really love this larger size. I wish the top would flip back however. It does not.

i've owned little canvas pocket notebooks with the little elastic bands and all sucked. poor quality. anyway.......moleskine rules. this is my first moleskine but this reporter notebook is so cool. it fits in my back pocket like i've got 2 wallets but very sturdy and bendable. quality. and to my surprise there's a little pocket in the back to store little reference materials. i like making comics and writing songs and designing t-shirts and it all goes here including grocery list and when this fills up then i'll get another. write down your goals here. this is like finding the perfect pen, which for me is the "pilot precise V5" but that's another review.

I can't say with any certainty where Moleskines are made but mine say inside the front cover they are made in Italy .
I write daily and haven't found anything to equal their quality although i've looked. Most everything else either bleeds through, has wax on the paper so the pen skips, binding comes apart, binding if sewn isn't sewn straight, paper type varies, journal varies in quality from one to the next, or the design doesn't meet my needs. I use the large ruled reporter and find it ideal in every respect for its intended purpose.
My only criticism is their price. They seem dreadfully expensive for my meager writer's income. Even a 30% reduction off the street price would be a help. I'd happily purchase a less expensive but equal journal but so far i've not found one. So i quit drinking sodas and use the consequent saving to purchase Moleskines. My health and writing are the beneficiaries.
JohnP

A colleague of mine has used these for years, and I've always envied him. I bought these to replace the "green brain" soft-cover pocket notebooks of the US Gov't-issue variety.

These are heaps better - because:
- the hard cover allows you to write on both sides of both pages without having a hard surface available.
- the elastic band allows you to find your place instantly or keep the book closed when you throw it in a pocket/bag/etc.

My only complaint is the price - at $9-$10 a pop, they're not cheap for what will essentially be a throw-away notebook after I've used it. Having said that, the price isn't OUTRAGEOUS, and so the quality/features will likely continue to outweigh the price and I'll keep buying them!

I orignally purchased my first Moleskine notebook in an effort to get rid of the numerous sticky notes populating my purse. I'm an Image Consultant, and it is not only bad for my image, but for my organization to have to dig through 'confetti' every time I open my bag! It really worked! The paper is smooth and my pens flow wonderfully across the pages. The convenient size fits neatly into my purse, and I always have the notepaper with me. The tear-out sheets in the back are convenient for giving notes to others, and I've purchased quite a few Moleskines since my first one. I've even bought them for my 16-year old daughter, who loves them as well.

This notebook is everything I hoped it would be. It fits in my back pocket, the pages flip over the top, and after you've broken it in for a few days, the cover flips over to the backside and you can hold the whole thing flat in one hand. I love the little elastic strap that holds it shut, and the pocket inside that you can slip business cards and papers into, without them being inclined to fall out. The pocket has the opening towards the binding, so when you hold the notebook in any direction, the contents of the pocket are safe.

I took this on a trip to a garden show and found it easy to carry and deal with. Highly recommended.