EvZ 7-Inch Refillable A6 Binder Notebook - Premium Vegan Leather Personal Planner, Eco-Friendly Journal with 6-Ring Loose-Leaf System for Writing, Business, and Creative Sketches, Brown

For under $10 this journal far exceeded my expectations. I have had a number of actual leather journals (this journal is fake PU leather) and this item is right up there in quality. I purchased this journal to keep detailed notes and sketches of a microbiology and microorganism experiment I am conducting at my college. The pages are not stark white, which I don't like in a journal, rather a tan color that looks almost like home made paper. It works really well with my sketches and doesn't effect my notes at all. The best part of this for me is that the pages are removable, meaning if I want to rearrange something, remove a page or even add pages I can. This allows for everything to be clean and organized when reviewing the journal.

I swear I was very hesitant with getting this journal. The ratings are very up there but some of the reviews I came across weren't all that great but most were. Anywho, I was worried about the size and then I was like I want something to tote around with me, so I didn't want anything huge but not tiny neither. I sucker it up and ordered the red/brown (I believe that is the color) one and I LOVE IT!!! The size is perfect, the color is beautiful, the material is perfect the inside is just fine! I like that it's like a binder on the inside instead of an actual notebook. Everything was in tact and we'll put together. I use this as a journal for my dreams and goals. It's like my positive journal, it keeps me thinking positive even when I'm down. Yes, I have a bunch of motivational photos and words I cut out from magazines all throughout the pages along with my little journal entries. I love this little piece of me. Yes, I glued my swarovski crystals onto the front, love it!!!

I absolutely love this journal. I got the 5 inch size so that I can take it with me anywhere, and write down my thoughts my feelings, and maybe the occasional grocery list. And I love that it's a binder so that I can add more pages to it when I run out. I distressed it a little bit to make it look more vintage, and I embossed my initials into the front cover. I also keep some important photos in the back. Memories I don't want to forget and I like to carry with me. I like this so much that I bought one for a friend of mine who just lost his son - who's favorite color was sky blue. So I got him one in sky blue in hopes that he'll use it to write down memories and happy times that he had with his son.

Pic #1 = I grabbed a mass market paperback and you can see the journal is about a 1/2 inch wider and an inch longer than a paperback. Not too large, so it is easy to carry around.Pic #2 = You can see it's is same/less in thickness as a paperback. There is more room inside to add some paper, but not much. So even with more paper it won't be as thick as a standard paperback.Pic #3 = Showing you the size of the paper and inside when I'm about to writePic #4 = The embossed compass design on the front. Makes it feel more of a travel journal and adventurous.Pic #5 = A closer look at the pendants. The anchor is on a very short strap. Not long enough to use as a bookmark and too thick to really put between the pages. The ship wheel has flowers on it...not much of a manly item and it cannot be disconnected without cutting the cord that wraps around the journal to keep it closed. That is exactly what I did and I removed the wheel and put the anchor as the only pendant.I recently bought a fountain pen and when used on regular copy paper the paper sucks the ink like nobody's business. But when used on the paper included, it writes very well and doesn't pull the ink. Good quality paper. Not white paper, but medium tan. I'm still early in the journal so I haven't looked for refills yet.There are credit card slots in one flap that can hold two cards, but a pen holder loop made of leather or even elastic on the inside flap would have been preferred.OVERALL: Great conversation starter and others want to know where I got it. I tried ordering from eBay and saving a couple of bucks (exact product sells between $4-$7 on ebay), but it's worth paying the extra to order from Amazon and get it sooner.For less than $8, it shipped fast and totally meets my needs.

1) "Slots" seem to be a big ?. Had to sort through far too many other reviews to figure out what they were for. You can see in my pics. While it could hold a pen in place it really isn't practical. It does however hold cards as the vendor indicated. Would be nice if they explained that in the listing and "how" to put the cards in. Again you can see in my pic. The top slot is good for 1 ID/CC card, bottom one good size for 3 ID/CC cards, or more business cards2) "Wheel" while many have said this is girly with flowers and the vendors pic also shows flowers, I found that mine looks more like "Stars" which would make more sense with the nautical theme and make it a more gender neutral gift. Hopefully my pic. shows it clearly enough.3) "Anchor" I found that it makes a wonderful book mark as shown in my pic.4) “color” I ordered the “red” you can see my dark brown leather couch in the background as a comparison to how “red” it really is.My last page was crumpled and useless, but otherwise it is a VERY nice little notebook for the money. I will most likely order more as gifts.