Thick Hardcover Journal Notebook - Ruled/Lined A5 (5x8 inch), Deluxe 120gsm Paper, Lays Flat for Writing, Professional Notebooks for Work, Business, Office, Executive, Gifts for Men and Women - Blue

I hope you can make out the roughly three dozen spots of bleed-through on that single page in the first photo. I could've shown more pages. Not every sheet suffered bleed-through. But too many did. In this notebook I used only fountain pens and only F, EF, and EEF nibs. Bleed-through occurred with all three nib sizes. I toughed it out for 13 sheets/26 pages, but then I couldn't take it anymore. I gave the notebook one star to account for its sturdiness, representing the weight I gave sturdiness when I stopped using it. Bleed-through is a capital offense.

I ordered this in December and used it for the first time at my annual corporate meetings this week. I am extremely disappointed. After just one day of note taking, the pages all started to peel off. Basically, instead of having all of my notes in one journal, I now have several loose pages of notes. I am a journal "junkie" and have never had this happen with any other journal. Unless I want to use this for loose papers, it is useless to me.

Okay, I am a lover of notebooks and journals since I'm a writer. I want to give this notebook/journal a fair review. I use a LOT of different products for my projects but haven't been able to come across one that has great page quality. Hustle Co. has come up with a great product that can withstand my heavy handwriting. I took a couple of days to use this product before coming in here to write a review. So here you go...1. The paper quality is AMAZING!! Most journals or notebooks you get say that they have good, quality paper, doesn't bleed, etc. Hustle Co. lives up to what they say. The paper is pretty thick and doesn't bleed or ghost through. I write really heavy and press down pretty hard. So I was amazed at how well the pages held up to my handwriting.2. Hardcover. Normally I'm all for softbound journals because I like to fold my covers over. But I decided to give this hardbound notebook a try. I'm actually really loving it. It's sturdy, doesn't bend and comes with a handy pen holder on the spine. So a thumbs up for the pen holder feature! It lays flat when you get to the middle pages, which is another plus for me. I don't like to be inhibited by a spine that's going to get in the way of my wrist when I write.Now the only con that I had was I noticed that there weren't a lot of cover colors to choose from, at least not when I went to purchase it. I don't mind the black cover with the blue spine but I think having color options would be great! I hope that was helpful! The color option is the only reason I knocked a star off. Hustle Co. great product I will definitely be buying another one in the future!

I bought one of these and loved it so much I immediately bought a second! Handles my fountain pen like a champ too! The thing I really love as well as it stays open you do not have to put a death grip on it to keep it open. The paper is a nice color not glaring white. Really a great buy and a great company I will buy more. You cannot go wrong …buy one! Fantastic price too!!! Thanks!!! I painted keys on the cover and it looks Amazing 😬

Okay, I love notebooks and pens and I am always writing or taking notes or something and, to me, a notebook or journal is just that. But OH MY GOSH THE QUALITY OF THIS PAPER IS EXCEPTIONAL!!!!!!! It's a smaller journal, but the quality is AMAZING!!! Truly the BEST PAPER I have ever had the experience of writing on! I never thought that I would be this excited over "PAPER"... but believe me... it is the Silk Sheets of Paper... and now I am spoiled. I won't buy another brand or product other than this if at all possible. I see journals in my future and if anyone ever needs a gift idea for me... I am requesting THESE by the case!!! I am going to gift everyone I know with these. They may seem a little pricey for a journal...but you WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!! I am so in love with this I will probably even get these to write my grocery lists on!!! Smooth, perfect writing, no bleed, and when you turn the page, you can actually write on the back of your page because the page is never compromised. The pages are thick, but not overly so, and the spine allows the journal to lay pretty flat. I can't say enough about it. My final word "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!!!!"

This is a very sexy notebook. I mean, it is great but also sleek and clean and sturdy, it is visually stunning, and exudes quality. It is not what I would call luxury because what is luxury? Is it made out of gold with ivory and hippo and zebra skin? So also, it is functional, because I'm not taking my silk gold ivory hippo zebra notebook outside where it rains and people might feel tempted to touch or steal it. This has it all except that, and as far as the paper and ink goes, I can't comment as I haven't had time to write in it, yet. It feels nice. I use it to write, not paint or draw. I always order another notebook when I get halfway through my current one. I don't use gel pens, I just use whatever is cheap and readily available. By the time I've finished my journalling, I have used a bunch of different pens, none of which are fountain or metallic or gel or anything like that. I hate spiral coil notebooks, they are too small, either you write on top of a coil or you avoid it and only half the page can be written on. I also hate writing with my hand over the edge of the notebook so the corner presses into my hand while I think what to write next. So, I tend to prefer notebooks wider and not so tall. And this is a great one for me.

The price is perfect and quality unbeatable. I ordered 10 as Christmas gifts and used HTV vinyl and my Cricut to personalize them. The back cover has a nice gussetted pocket to tuck notes and items. Just a beautifully made product! The pen holder, place mark ribbon, weight of the paper, etc.

Wow....really happy I got this!!I bought this notebook as a gift for my friend who does daily journaling and he absolutely loves it. It came delivered in a really nice box and it is obviously great quality. He loves the paper (he uses a fountain pen) and also how the book lies flat when he is writing in it.Its definitely comparable to the well-known notebook brands but actually with better paper and better value too!Really glad I discovered it and I’m sure you will be too!