Lately there seems to be more and more dot grid notebooks with coil binding and pretty personalised covers. The Practical Paper Co notebook is one of them!

Quick facts

Cover Size: 7.5″ wide x 9.5″ high
Page size: 7″ wide x 9″ high
Coil binding
103 Dot grid pages ((i.e. about 50 double sided dot grid pages)
Bright white paper
Personalised cover (you choose the design from their options)
Choose between laminated or frosted cover
Contents (2 pages)
Key / symbols (2 pages)
Year at a glance (2 pages)

Price: $10 USD for the medium size

Let’s take a closer look!

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Mentioned in the video: Agendio custom dot grid notebook review

Review of the Practical Paper Co Planner I also purchased.

The Cover

For the cover you can choose between a frosted cover (which I chose for the planner I also got from this company and which will be in another review post), or the gloss laminated that I chose for this notebook. Both covers turned out great! (no difference in price either)

Approx 0.25″ thick i.e. very thin… but it also means it’s very lightweight

Inside the notebook there are a few preliminary bullet journal pages – a key, contents and year at a glance.

There are 103 dot grid pages (i.e. about 50 double sided dot grid pages)

The dots are 0.25″ spacing

Pen Testing

The paper is bright white and smooth to write on….

But very prone to ghosting…

Pros of the notebook

Cheap
Doesn’t weigh much
Plenty of cover options to choose from
Free cover personalisation
Choose between lined, grid, dot grid or blank

Cons of the notebook

Thin – there are only about 50 double sided pages
Paper is prone to ghosting

Would I use this notebook?

While the planner is very thin and the paper quality isn’t the best it is really cheap. And you get a personalised cover. And bright white paper. And it’s coil bound not annoying sewn bound. So yes I’d use this notebook!

Update: The company has decided they are no longer shipping to Australia. Not sure why since they didn’t offer free shipping so the buyer pays shipping anyway….