Moleskine Weekly Notebook Planner

[meghan]

I've found that Moleskine paper isn't really the best for fountain pens, however, with a very fine nib, the paper is more agreeable. Despite being finicky, though, Moleskines are the best planners around, IMHO. I just bought myself a Weekly Notebook Planner, and it's the perfect planner for me. It gives a nice weekly view so that I can balance work, school, and social obligations at-a-glance, but also offers a ruled sheet opposite every week's page so that I can take the occasional short note during a meeting. At $20 for all that in a sturdy hard-bound cover with an elastic closure and a ribbon page-marker, I'm pleased as punch!

 

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I found a Quo Vadis in a similar layout, however, the opposite page is grid-lined rather than ruled, which wouldn't work for me. When a ruled version is manufactured, I'll be happy to switch product allegiance.

[John the Monkey]

The paper in my 2010 DtP diary was quite nice, although I have a pocket lined notebook from Moleskine that has terrible paper.

 

I'm using CIAK this year, as I've had Moleskines for three years, and it seems like time for a change!

[meghan]

I saw on one of the Goulet blog posts that Moleskine uses a host of different providers for paper, so that would explain the variances in quality.

[John the Monkey]

I saw on one of the Goulet blog posts that Moleskine uses a host of different providers for paper, so that would explain the variances in quality.

 

Sometimes within the same notebooks! ;-)

 

I've always had good experiences with their diaries, (pocket, DtP) personally, although I don't discount the possibility that I've just been lucky.

[nicholasyeo]

I love the Weekly NB Planner. I find it's design very intuitive

and I love a notes page. The only thing I find bad about this

one is simply the paper quality. Nevertheless, I use only ball

point pens and rollerball in my Moleskine, so that's it!

[Jimothy]

Not wishing to rain on your parade, Meghan, I used Moleskine day to a page diaries for a couple of years. I found that with regular use the spines fall apart. I'm back to good old Filofax again now.

[limesally]

Not wishing to rain on your parade, Meghan, I used Moleskine day to a page diaries for a couple of years. I found that with regular use the spines fall apart. I'm back to good old Filofax again now.

 

really? I'm nearly done my third one, and it hasn't happened to me yet. I do really like the planner - despite paper irregularities in the other notebooks, I've had good luck with the planner paper so far, and since I don't need to plan my day by the hour, it's my preferred format.

 

Maybe it's just the day to page ones that are problematic wrt the spines? they're much thicker than the weekly ones, from what I recall.

[hicksdm]

I have been using these for the past 2 years with great success. When out an about it normally resides in my cargo pocket or on my desk. Other than the paper pocket in the back spliting I have had great success with mine. The spine in mine is holding up well.

[jniforat]

i only use moleskine weekly pocket planner w/ the hard cover. got it, again, 25% off at my university bookstore. i tried the same version from rhodia, and the paper was infinitely worse than moleskine paper -- it was like tissue paper.

 

again, i use the pocket-sized version, so BB nibs wouldn't make any sense to use anyways

[jniforat]

i used the 18-month one, soft cover, from July 2009 to December 2010, back pocket all the time...never fell apart.

 

of course, ymmv.

[Reid]

I have used the weekly planner notebook (pocket size) for the last 18 months and it's not fallen apart either. I just got a saddleback leather cover for the next years planner. The paper may not be the most fountain pen friendly but it's overall functionality makes it my choice.

[de Servantes]

Not wishing to rain on your parade, Meghan, I used Moleskine day to a page diaries for a couple of years. I found that with regular use the spines fall apart. I'm back to good old Filofax again now.

 

really? I'm nearly done my third one, and it hasn't happened to me yet. I do really like the planner - despite paper irregularities in the other notebooks, I've had good luck with the planner paper so far, and since I don't need to plan my day by the hour, it's my preferred format.

 

Maybe it's just the day to page ones that are problematic wrt the spines? they're much thicker than the weekly ones, from what I recall.

 

Same here, Moleskine weekly planner, just started my 4th yesterday, and the 2010 one still looks relatively good (inner jacket pocket, or briefcase. Of course, as always, YMMV.

 

Now if they only would make one with nice paper inside...

 

Greetings

Miguel

[Chrontius]

I'm thinking I'm going to grab another Moleskine, though this is my golden opportunity to try a Rhodia planner. I never stopped to think that the divided two-column hourly thing on the daily view would suck, but it'd seriously crimp my style.

 

Moleskine is $10, Rhodia is $20. I usually use the whole line in the day thing for homework assignments, and leave the notes page for details and random note taking (short ones, that don't justify busting out a proper notebook or computer).

 

What does FPN think I should do in the next half hour?

[bwnewton]

I'm on my second year using this weekly planner/notebook as a daily reading journal for my personal & devotional reading. The left-hand side I record from which books & pages/chapters I read for each day. On the right-hand side I write quotes from the reading material. If I run out of space for that week, I go to the back blank pages. Last year, I needed to add a large cahier as a supplement for the quotes.

 

Three inks that work great for me on Moleskine paper: Lamy Blue (not water-resistant), Lamy Blue-Black and R&K Scabiosa. No problems whatsoever have been experienced: no bleed-through and no feathering. All three offer some shading on Moleskine.