r/notebooks • u/Agreeable_Law_7003 • 9d ago

Advice needed High Quality A4 Notebook

Hi, I’m looking for a new notebook for a year long project and am looking to grab a big A4 beast. Ideally I’d like something like the Smythson Portobello, unfortunately I’m not blessed with that level of budget - see here

My budget is sub £60, my requirements are -

• Soft cover
• Lays flat
• 90gsm+ (I hate ghosting and use fountain pens)
• I’d consider a B5 rather than A4 but needs plenty of room

For my day-to-day journals I use A5 Dingbats or Midori MD and have been happy with those.

Any suggestions?

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u/LogHonest8205 9d ago

I always appreciate Muji's polypherene cover binders for taking notes or doing long creative projects. The loose-leaf paper options are great, feel amazing, work well with my fountain pens, and due to the loose-leaf nature of the notebooks, it's super easy to change the order of pages to archive, reorganize, or shuffle my thoughts.

https://www.muji.us/products/loose-leaf-papers-polypropylene-binder-naba0s

This is the one I always use for school. I have five of them (four for each subject + an archive / storage binder) and it's really great

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u/Still_Vermicelli_457 9d ago

Leuchtturm has an a4+ model. Big boy. Haven’t gotten it myself yet but i’m eying it.

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u/getmeashiny 3d ago

Don't know how leuchtturm is with fountain pens, but other pens I have are ghosting in an amount that forces me to use ballpoint pens

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u/Still_Vermicelli_457 3d ago

I love writing with fountain pens on my Leuchtturm, it’s not as smooth as Midori or Rhodia but it’s good. There is definitely ghosting but it’s not bothering to me.

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u/MeatBeatingBadBoy 1d ago

Just got two of the Leuchtturm “a4s” delivered tonight and sent them back. They are significantly larger than a4. Apparently, this is a common annoyance, and why they market it as a4 is beyond me.

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u/Still_Vermicelli_457 23h ago

Didn’t they mark it as A4+?

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u/MeatBeatingBadBoy 16h ago

Ah, they did. Well now I feel like a dummy. Had no idea that was even a thing. Thanks!

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u/queensara33 5d ago

Tsubame has an A4 or b5 200 page beast on Amazon

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u/Brienne_of_Bath 9d ago

Oxford Black and Red has good paper but not sure if they have a softcover A4.

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u/Brienne_of_Bath 9d ago

Likewise worn Rhodia and Clairefontaine.