LEUCHTTURM1917 (346694) Notebook Medium (A5), Hardcover, 251 Numbered Pages, Squared, Azure

So many people rave about these I wanted to try one for my next bullet journal. Instead of feeling excited like I did for my last Nuuma, and for my previous Dingbats notebooks, in this case I just feel like I've been robbed. The paper is all but transparent. This is the kind of paper you get in a notebook from the supermarket for less than half the price. Appalling. There are so many better options out there, don't waste your money.The layout is lovely, the cover is bright and makes you want to write in it, but effectively you only have half the pages to work with since even BIRO shows right through the page. I am incredibly disappointed. To those who write such glowing reviews about such a cheap and over-rated product, shame on you.Pics are of pen swatch page, and the ghosting from my journal page using PENCIL for the title (even that ghosts) and biro.UPDATE: I recently bought another of these because I so so so want these beautiful notebooks to be good. Sadly my new notebook is still awful paper quality, and, as if to add insult to injury, the dots are printed too far up the page. There is a large white bar at the bottom where the dots begin too far up the page, and then the top line of dots are almost clipped off the page. It looks so cheap and tacky inside. This is was definitely the last chance I give these notebooks. I won't be wasting my money on a Leuchtturm again. The paper quality in a Pukka pad is FAR better (still 80gsm) than these notebooks. Do yourself a favour and just get a nice cover for one of those. They're £4 in Sainsburys.Don't believe the good reviews, clearly those people have VERY low standards, and are blinded by a brand, probably because it's been endorsed by so many bullet journal influencers. They should also be ashamed of themselves.

Great looking journal and has nice features but I can even see pencil through the paper, I thought buying an expensive journal would guarantee the quality but this is awful. Biro seen straight through the thin pages. So disappointed.

This is the second Leuchtturm A5 notebook I've bought (I got the first one a couple of years ago). The quality of the paper has deteriorated quite dramatically. My Schmidt p8127 feathers terribly on this new notebook, where it wrote beautifully on the previous one. The paper also looks and feels different - far more coarse than the old version. Terribly disappointing.

luckily i bought this before its price listing dramatically increased!!this is a beautiful leather type hardback cover notebook and the pocket and two bookmarks are perfect for all of my needs!the only thing i must add (the hamatia of this notebook) is with the 'name' 'address' 'content' and other such pages, they are written in multiple languages. this completely threw me off and i was very confused but honestly it's fine and i just covered it up with my own titles [meaning i could change the name given to them].apart from that though a lovely notebook and can't wait to try use it!!also if anybody is wondering the pages are off white, and in the dotted notebook there are 38 'boxes' made my the dots down, and 26 across

I've been using this notebook for the past couple of years, and this one, although it looks the same by the cover, is not the same quality. First, when I touched through the pages, I felt that it was less smooth and flimsier, and made me feel like I should not try and just return it. Sure enough, when I started writing with the same fountain pen and ink I've been using, it is scratchier and not smooth at all. Something in their paper formula has changed. Very disappointed to spend this amount of money for a notebook and receive a mediocre quality paper. I already wrote on it, so, I cannot return it either.[Update] I came back home to compare the pages from my previous notebook and this one. And, my assessment was correct. The pages are much less smoother and thinner. I don't know if I received a genuine product or a fake.

I bought this notebook to start my first bullet journal this year. I purchased the A5 size which fits really well into handbags. There is a ribbon bookmark attached to the pages and there is an elastic band sitting on the right-hand side to keep everything together.There is a large pocket at the back where you can store notes and stickers too which I find helpful when I attend meetings.There are almost 250 pages in this book, so if you like to bullet journal you will have a lot of space for your spreads. If not then you have a load of room for note taking and writing in general. There is also a contents page in the front so if you have any important pages throughout the notebook you can list them there and they are easy to reference rather than to flip through it blindly and start looking for it.The only con of this notebook is that the pages are a little thin. I use black fine liners and ballpoint ink pens in my notebook which automatically increases the chances of seeing the writing on the under page it's written on. The ink doesn't sink through unless you draw over the same line repeatedly but I doubt many people will do that. You can just see the faint outline of it form the next page which may bother some people.I also stick coloured card and pictures into my notebook for decoration and the pages take glue and tape very well as I've also used washi tape.I bought the Berry colour and it looks like a darkish pink. It's a lovely feminine colour and it's not too harsh as I don't like harsh pinks. The notebook appeared to be very durable and of a high quality. You are paying for something that can last and looks beautiful too.I've had some compliments on this journal since buying it. It arrived on time and I think it was fairly priced at £13. I will buy another when this one is full. Would 100% recommend.

My biggest problem with these notebooks is that I hate making my first entry in them! This is because they are so perfect in every way that I feel my grubby scribblings are not quite what they deserve :D