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February 15, 2021

Review of the Kaisercraft dot grid notebook (glitter cover!)

I’ve wanted a dot grid notebook with a glitter cover for a long time (I’m so bored with plain black covers). I’ve seen them at cheap shops but was doubtful about the quality and expected the glitter would start falling off making a mess everywhere. Kaisercraft isn’t a top quality brand but it’s better than a cheap shop notebook.

Quick facts

  • Size: A5 (14.8cm x 21cm)
  • Hardcover
  • Sewn binding
  • 192 dot grid pages
  • 5mm dot grid
  • Bright white paper
  • No pre printed pages
  • 1 Ribbon bookmark
  • 90 GSM paper
  • 29 dots horizontally x 42 dots vertically

Price: $10 AUD (although seems to be regularly on sale for less than that)

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The Cover

As you can probably tell by now – my main reason for buying this notebook was the glitter cover! The cover is coated in multiple layers of sparkly glitter – I just hope it all stays on there and doesn’t start flaking off.

I chose the gold cover but there’s a blush (pink) version too.

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Approx. 0.75″ thick

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Inside pages

There are no pre-printed pages like an index. The entire notebook is dot grid pages with a 5mm grid.

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There are no page numbers.

I don’t like the ‘Kaiserstyle’ text that appears on every page. It’s in the way and embedded within the dot grid so on every page I’d need to whiteout and re-draw the dots.

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Pages lay mostly flat. There is 1 ribbon bookmark.

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Pen Testing

I tried all the usual ballpoint, gel and fine tip pens I use when testing notebooks and planners. The paper is only 80 GSM so has a lot of show through for everything.

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Pros of the Notebook

  • Glitter cover
  • Bright white pages
  • More glitter than most notebooks include (thicker / hopefully won’t flake off too much)
  • Affordable – $10 normally but have since seen it discounted on the Kaisercraft website to only $7!
  • Gold or blush (pink) glitter covers

Cons of the Notebook

  • Kaiserstyle text printed on every page is unnecessary and in the way. Time consuming to white out and re-draw the dots on every page
  • No page numbers
  • Only 1 ribbon bookmark
  • No pocket folder
  • Thin paper that’s prone to ghosting

Would I use this notebook?

Yes. I’ve been searching for a dot grid notebook with a glitter cover for a while now. I hope the glitter holds up well! I’m disappointed there’s no page numbers and the paper is thin, so this might end up being a notebook where I draft bullet journal spreads or need to add sticky notes or washi tape to mark pages.

More dot grid notebook reviews:

  • The Kind Friend Journal Review (Part Planner, Part Bullet Journal)
  • Cloudberry Journal (hybrid bullet journal / planner)
  • Ghost grid notebook (spiral bound)

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