Wanderings Travelers Notebook Refill Inserts - 8.25 x 5.5 Inch (21cm x 14cm) A5 - Dot Dotted Paper A5 size - Set of 3 - Journal Refills For Leather Travel Notebooks and Diaries - 240 Total Pages

I use these books for my daily diary and keep them in travel journal cover.

I use quite a variety of pads and notepads for work, along with many fountain pens. I like to mix and match. I found these almost by accident when looking for a cheaper alternative to Travelers Notebook inserts, that I was getting through at an alarming rate. I used the Wanderings TN ones, and was delighted, especially as they had a sewn binding rather than being saddle stitched (stapled) -- meaning they lie flat when opened.The mistake I made was ordering A5 when I had wanted the TN ones. But it made me switch my work notebook use to these.Anyway. They're great. I use them often as my daily notepad. Most often with an EF Lamy Eco or Fine Lamy 2000 fountain pen.- They open and lie flat. Stitched binding is robust.- The paper is fountain pen friendly -- I haven't had any bleed to talk of, and show-through is not really noticeable -- apart from when I've used a really juicy nib. But for my fine to medium preference, no problems at all.- It's relatively smooth paper, with just a little feel- The size (well the ones I've had) are actually juts narrower than A5. I didn't even notice for some time...219mm x 140m - so about 8mm narrower.- Craft paper cover- Dots are Goldilocks level for me, not too dark, not too light, just right. They do move a little on the page throughout the notebook. from front to back this is maybe 5mm. Thus is the nature of binding grid and dot patterns.- Good and robust, they just get thrown in my back-pack and have survived well!Overall, for the price, I really like them.

Great infills

These sketchbook/notebooks make for great replacements in a travel companion. Having said that they're nothing like the quality of Moleskine or Midori, and some pens leak straight through to the next page.So if you're using these for writing or pencil sketching, then they're great. But for any water or ink-based sketching, I wold advise having a piece of backing paper and accepting that you will only get to use one side of the page.

They are very good value and appear to take fountain pen ink well. However, the pages are very cream, not just "off-white" so I've deducted one star for that as it kind of ruins the intended purpose for me (I was going to use them for colour swatching pencils).

Good quality however I was expecting quite pages not cream.

Amazing value for money. The pages are very thick, and do not bleed through; well, on the pens that I've used they have not bled though. Even with markers, they are great. Fits perfectly in my travel journal, or use for spare pages to take notes. Recommended!

Value for money