Office Depot Sugarcane Notebooks And Notepads

[fiberdrunk]

I was just browsing the Office Depot website and noticed they had several sugarcane notebooks and notepads (even a canary-colored paper notepad-- that's something I haven't seen in sugarcane papers). They seem to be available in-store and online. The notebooks are rather pricey. Since Staples seems to be phasing out their sugarcane notebooks in-store (at least I haven't seen them in NC), here's another possible alternative. I don't have any experience with the Office Depot paper yet, but I just thought I'd give a heads-up.

 

Has anyone had any experience with this paper and their fountain pens? I'm assuming the performance is good. I haven't met a bad sugarcane paper yet.

[nakiana]

No experience with the Office Depot sugar cane paper, but contrary to your experience, the Staples stores here in Maryland are still carrying the sugar cane notebooks.

[fiberdrunk]

Glad to hear it! I really hope Staples is not getting rid of their sugarcane notebooks. I just haven't seen it in-store at my closest Staples all summer (neither the Sustainable Earth composition books, notebook paper refills nor the notebooks). These things are still available on their website, however.

Edited August 19, 2013 by fiberdrunk

[fiberdrunk]

I bought one of the Office Depot notebooks last night. It proved to be disappointing (lots of show-through on the back). Here's the thread.

[Sazerac]

Glad to hear it! I really hope Staples is not getting rid of their sugarcane notebooks. I just haven't seen it in-store at my closest Staples all summer (neither the Sustainable Earth composition books, notebook paper refills nor the notebooks). These things are still available on their website, however.

About a month ago a supervisor at my local Staples store told me that the Sustainable Earth sugarcane paper would henceforth available only online. They had stopped stocking it at thier store a monh or so earlier.

Edited September 2, 2013 by Sazerac

[fiberdrunk]

About a month ago a supervisor at my local Staples store told me that the Sustainable Earth sugarcane paper would henceforth available only online. They had stopped stocking it at thier store a monh or so earlier.

 

 

What a bummer!!!

[inkstainedruth]

About a month ago a supervisor at my local Staples store told me that the Sustainable Earth sugarcane paper would henceforth available only online. They had stopped stocking it at thier store a monh or so earlier.

Well that explains why I only saw a single spiral-bound notebook in that line at my local Staples yesterday (I had hoped that it was due to the back to school sales rush of a week or two ago...but I guess not ).

 

I bought one of the Office Depot notebooks last night. It proved to be disappointing (lots of show-through on the back). Here's the thread.

I didn't see any of those at my local OD, but I wasn't sure what to be looking for. Now, after having read the other thread just now, maybe it's just as well. That sure is a whole lot of show through; I thought I was having trouble with that with OS Charles Darwin on *normal* paper....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[althanis]

I can't seem to find it in my Staples in Toronto.

[Beerman]

Today I found 8.5 x 11 (50 sheets pad) in the officedepot and I went and bought 6.

But I must say that I am highly disapointed....I tried 10 different inks and pens and the overall result was bad.

It only worked relatively good with fine nibs (Kaweco sport, Lamy Safary and Platinum Preppy).

Jinhao (750 and 450) and Noodler's Ahab showed a lot ot feathering and bleed through.

 

I also got a Office Depot brand business (spiral bound) notebook with 22lb paper, and that is very nice and smooth paper!

[Guest Ray Cornett]

All I know of O.D. pads of any kind in my experience is they bleed and feather worse than a stabbed chicken.......

[Parker51]

I suggest RoaringSpring Environotes, a brand available from a variety of sellers if you want sugarcane paper products that write well and are inexpensive. If you want something that write's well on and you are able to spend a little more, I suggest Virtuo brand, which unfortunately is only available at Office Max and is not sugarcane paper, but it is quite nice. However if you are up to that price point you may want to try Red & Black which is also quite nice and available from a variety of sources though it also is not sugarcane paper.

[AAAndrew]

Just picked up a couple of letter-size pads of the sugar cane paper.

 

First impressions are that it does show through, so one-sided writing only. Feathering is not as bad as I thought it might be. (I bought them for my son, but I'm appropriating one)

 

Only one pen with a hybrid Aurora Black/Herbin Black mixed ink did any feathering, and that was on a spot that I might have put my slightly damp hand, so I'm not counting it yet.

 

My Parker Quink black did quite well, as did my Sheaffer Brown. And my very wet medium-nibbed Sheaffer Legacy, bordering on a firehose, with Quink ink didn't feather. Nor did my fairly moist Pelikan 250 fine nib with PR Sherwood Green.

 

Summary, at first impression it's good enough for scribbles, practicing my penmanship or one-sided note taking, but it's nothing to go out of your way for.

 

Adding pictures

 

 

 

 

Edited May 19, 2014 by AAAndrew