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September 15, 2020

Lux Productivity Planner Review (Day to a page planner with dot grid pages)

While trying to find some lesser known planners, I came across the Lux Productivity Planner. This is a day to a page planner but it has dot grid pages.

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Quick facts

  • Size: 6″ wide x 8.5″ high (15.5cm wide x 21.5cm high)
  • Hardcover
  • Sewn binding
  • Multiple cover colors to choose from
  • Undated
  • Lasts 6 months (26 weeks)
  • Dates at a glance page
  • 1 page Monthly calendar (starts on Monday)
  • 1 day per page
  • Weekly reflection
  • Extra pages – goals, project planning, savings, finance tracker, dot grid pages
  • Neutral inside pages

Price: $25 USD on Amazon

Let’s take a closer look!

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The Cover

A sturdy hardcover typical of sewn bound planners. There are plenty of colors to choose from: pink, purple, orange, brown, light blue, dark blue, black and grey

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Approx 1″ thick

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All of the pages are numbered and they’ve even done an index for you:

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At the front are some instructions pages:

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Goals

The planner starts with the 2 page goal section where there is space to plan 4 goals. I like the format of these pages but some more space – 1 page (or even 2!) per goal would be great.

There are 4 project planning pages at the back of the planner – one page for each goal where you can list out all of the tasks, who is going to work on them and the dates.

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Monthly Calendar

Next are the 6 monthly calendars clustered together.

I don’t have big fingers – the boxes in this planner really are that impractically small. Only 1.8cm wide x 2.4cm high (0.75″ wide x 1″ high).

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Starts Monday however since this is an undated planner you could easily change it to start Sunday if you prefer.

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Daily & Weekly Planning

After the month at a glance are the daily spreads with 1 weekly reflection and 1 dot grid notes page interspersed between.

There are 7 day to a page planners per week so Saturday and Sunday get a full page (same size as the weekdays).

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I really like the time spent section and am thinking about incorporating that into my own weekly reflection (maybe in a habit tracker format so I can track multiple goals / tasks).

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5mm dot grid

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The schedule starts at 6am until midnight – one of the longest schedules I’ve seen in a planner. If you’re a night owl like me you could white out the first few timeslots and use for extra notes and list space.

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At the back of the planner are:

  • 4 Project planning pages (to plan out the details of the goals you planned at the front of the planner)
  • 6 Finance trackers (1 for each month)
  • 1 Saving page (dot grid paper if you want to graph your progress)
  • 4 Notes, lists & ideas

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I love this project planner – very functional, there’s even a section to put your key. The open-ended layout could be used by week or month.

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Finance Tracker

Something to manage money is a good idea but I think it would’ve been better to include a monthly budget page. Most people can just check their bank account balance for what they purchased and the balances of their bank accounts and credit cards. I think including these pages in a planner is a bit out of date now.

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Every page is numbered which is great… except the numbers quite far up in the grid

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Tabs

There are no tabs but there are dividers for each section with patterns printed so it’s easier to find.

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I did notice one page where they were stuck together and had a small tear.

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This planner is on the chunky side and the binding unfortunately doesn’t lay completely flat

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Pros of the Planner

  • Reasonably priced for a 6 month planner
  • Minimalist color scheme
  • Plenty of color covers to choose from
  • Dot grid writing space on the daily (which is hard to find in a planner)
  • Functional daily planner
  • Weekly reflection page
  • Pre-printed index
  • Page numbers
  • Functional project planning pages
  • Pages don’t lay perfectly flat on every page but do for most pages in the planner
  • 2 Ribbon bookmarks (and they’re different colors)
  • Bright white pages
  • Pen loop
  • Pocket folder
  • Long schedule on the daily page (6am to midnight)

Cons of the Planner

  • No tabs
  • Monthly calendar is only 1 page – the boxes for each day are too small to write in
  • Page numbers sit too far up the grid
  • Can see shadowing of the pre-printed pages so pens are likely to show through
  • Only 4 notes pages at the back of the planner
  • Because it’s 1″ thick it’s a bit heavy

Would I use this planner?

I like the well thought out pages in this planner (except the monthly calendar). The dot grid pages to write on is a nice extra (and hard to find) It’s reasonably priced for a 6 month planner too. I don’t use day to a page planners but would consider using a weekly planner if this company ever created one.

If you like this planner, it’s available on Amazon.

If you don’t want a sewn bound planner, this company has a ring bound / refills format too. If only they had an unpunched version so those of us that use discbound could use the refills…

More planner reviews:

  • Cloudberry Journal (hybrid bullet journal / planner)
  • Productivity Planner Review
  • My 10 Favorite Goal Planners

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