5/7/2023 0 Comments Muji notebooksBut this Muji notebook is close enough for me. I am so partial to the 90 x 140mm dimensions of Moleskine and other brands that I can’t bring myself to use a 90 x 150mm Leuchtturm, or other brands that are actual A6 size. It is 92 x 147mm, vs the official A6 dimensions of 105 x 148mm. Instead of being a true A6 size, this Muji notebook is just slightly smaller in height, and almost a centimeter smaller in width. But for my particular pocket notebook preferences, everything was either a little too small or a little too big until I spotted this rarity: the “A6 Slim” size notebook. ![]() ![]() They have small jotters, wire-o bound notebooks, and larger journals. They have a nice muted color palette in beige, black and grey, with the occasional pop of orange, blue or green tape on the spine. I particularly like their glue sticks! But I hadn’t bought a Muji notebook until this one. But nowadays, the stationery is usually front and center in their stores, with lots of notebooks, pens and fun office supplies to tempt shoppers. I would imagine they also sold stationery at that time, but for some reason, it didn’t make an impression on me. Back then, I mainly remember buying a recycled yarn t-shirt and a small wallet that I used for many years until the zipper broke. I first went to one of their stores in London at least 15 years ago and loved their minimal aesthetic and practical offerings. The opinions expressed in this review are my own and I am not connected with either the retailers or manufacturers in any way.I can’t believe this is my first Muji notebook review! I’m a big fan of the Japanese chain Muji. I know that right now none of us can go to a Muji store but when you can I would put a couple of packs of these notebooks on your shopping list, you won’t regret buying them.ĭisclaimer: The notebooks were purchased with my own funds at retail price. These are great notebooks and they are excellent quality and value and are perfect for projects at home, at work or at college and being fountain pen friendly means they should be suitable for use with most pens except Sharpies it seems nothing is Sharpie proof! The ink test results, some light shadowing on the reverse but no bleed through whatsoever. When I looked at the reverse side of the page, I could see a shadow of the swab and written tests but no bleed through whatsoever the shadowing is very similar to that I’ve seen when using notebooks made with Tomoe River or similar papers and consequently there is not problem when using the reverse side of the page. The first thing you notice is how smooth the paper is and because of this I expected longer than average drying times, however, the ink dried quickly and there was no feathering or general absorption that you would expect with inexpensive paper. ![]() I reached for my bottle of Diamine Oxford Blue and a Q-Tip and set to work testing the paper with both a swab test and written test. After all this is not Tomoe River so it’s a pretty bold assertion to make about such inexpensive notebooks (£3.95GBP / $3.50USD for a pack of five). ![]() Once I had discovered a bit more about the origins of the paper, I decided it was time to open the pack and test the ‘Anti Bleed Through’ claim. Turned out I was wrong Muji are not offsetting the trees that go to make the paper but are, in fact, planting and growing trees specifically to make the paper and Muji state that this requires less chemical usage and produces less C02 than recycled paper. Initially I had assumed that this might be a reference to Muji planting trees to offset those used to make the paper. So, before buying more I decided to try to find more about the origins of the paper in the notebooks and why it is referred to as either ‘Planting Tree Paper’ or ‘Plantation Paper’. My experience of Muji paper has been hit and miss where issues such as bleed through are concerned and as their product range can change quite quickly I have learnt the hard way that when you find what you think is a good notebook in Muji, you buy one and test it and if it passes the ink tests then work out how many you think you need, double it and go back the next day and buy them. It was only once I had got them home that I saw, on the information sheet, the words “Anti Bleed Through Notebook”. The pages are then stitched, and tape bound, each notebook is bound in a different colour tape. The last time I was in a Muji store I bought a pack of five slim B5 notebooks which I thought they would be ideal for small projects.Įach notebook has thirty sheets/sixty sides of lined paper and the lines are printed in light grey with 6mm spacing.
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