Does The Binder Rings On Your Looseleaf Binder Hinder Your Writing?

[Moshe ben David]

I find it interesting how so much of the emphasis is placed on how the rings interfere with writing. Mind you, I have no doubt this is true.

 

I wonder though if I'm the only one who also finds it troublesome when you reach the side of the page without the rings (varies depending on your handedness and which page you're writing on) and now your writing hand essentially drops off the page onto the desktop. This would also change the dynamics of how you hold the pen and how you actually write. To me this is another reason at least for looseleaf binders, to remove pages for writing.

 

For someone in school using one of those rather thick multisection spiral bound notebooks I don't see any easy cure for this particular issue!

 

Comments anyone?

[titan75]

I find it interesting how so much of the emphasis is placed on how the rings interfere with writing. Mind you, I have no doubt this is true.

 

I wonder though if I'm the only one who also finds it troublesome when you reach the side of the page without the rings (varies depending on your handedness and which page you're writing on) and now your writing hand essentially drops off the page onto the desktop. This would also change the dynamics of how you hold the pen and how you actually write. To me this is another reason at least for looseleaf binders, to remove pages for writing.

 

For someone in school using one of those rather thick multisection spiral bound notebooks I don't see any easy cure for this particular issue!

 

Comments anyone?

 

Interesting that you brought this issue up, I used to have a pad with matching thickness aligned with the edge of the notebook to support my hand to prevent it from falling off the edge.

 

 

Cheers,

Alan

[vinper]

I use Rhodia 3 hole punched top-stapled pads in a leather padfolio for note taking then transfer them to a three-ring binder for storage. As another "lefty" I find writing directly into a looseleaf binder is very unconfortable, but the binders are wonderful for storage. I keep a paper punch handy to prep handouts for storage as well. vinper

[william2001]

Just remove the paper, then put it back.

-William S. Park

[Bookman]

The consensus seems to be:

 

1. Remove paper

2. Write stuff

3. Re-insert paper in binder

 

Well I started doing that and now there's another problem!

We have hot weather here around 30 deg Celsius and I usually have my fan on, with the paper out of the binder the fan makes the paper dance around. Guess it's time to get some paperweight.

 

 

Cheers,

Alan

 

In summer I like the A/C or a tower fan blowing full blast in my direction. You're kidding about paperweights but loose papers would fly around my office without the paperweights I've made. Sailor Jentle ink jars make poor ink containers but make great paperweights. Dump the ink into a better container (an empty MB shoe or a Visconti bottle or even a Waterman), rinse, dry, fill with sea salt, voila.

 

Meanwhile I just ordered my own Kokuyo Campus B5 26-hole binder. Generally I prefer side-wirebound notebooks to other kinds of notebooks for journaling, and so I figured I'd give this thing a try. I'll be down in the Bay Area soon and I can shop for cream/off-white paper at the Japanese pen-ink-paper store, MaiDo, if I like the system. I don't like to journal on white paper, and so even the hardcover wirebound Black n' Red notebook never satisfies me for long. Maybe someday Rhodia will make a premium soft-touch notebook with side-wirebinding.