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March 20, 2019

Siwengde Bullet Journal Notebook Review (Pros, Cons and Pen Test)

If you follow my blog, you may have picked up on the fact that I’m not a fan of typical dot grid notebooks.  So while on the quest for something different I stumbled across the Siwengde notebook. Not only is it bigger than most dot grid notebooks but it’s also teal i.e. a color other than black (yay!)

Quick facts

  • Page size 7.5″ wide x 9.75″ high
  • Dot grid pags
  • Half lined pages
  • 1 ribbon bookmark
  • Softcover / hardcover material
  • Sewn binding
  • Elastic band
  • Cream paper
  • Pocket folder
  • This belongs to page

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Cover

The cover is that material you find on most sewn notebooks – hardcover but feels soft.

<3 this color (and it’s not boring black!)

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Approx 1.5″ wide  (2cm). It is a bit heavier than the smaller dot grid notebooks but still light enough that you could put the notebook in your handbag,

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Different to most notebooks: it has dot grid on the left and lined on the right

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The dots are approx 0.5cm apart.

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The lines are approx 1cm apart.

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Big pocket folder at the back

bullet journal notebook dot grid and lined layout weekly planner siwengde pros and cons pen testing pocket folder

As well as a ribbon bookmark

bullet journal notebook dot grid and lined layout weekly planner siwengde pros and cons pen testing

Pen Testing

The paper quality is typical of dot grid notebooks – ghosting for basically all of the gel pens, fine tip pens, highlighters and stamps.

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siwengde dot grid notebook planner pen test highlighter pens paper quality ghosting bleed through review

Pros of the Siwengde

  • Larger page size
  • Cream paper not yellow
  • Dot grid and lined pages
  • Cover that’s not black!

Cons of the Siwengde

  • Line spacing is too far apart
  • Only 1 ribbon bookmark
  • Pen ghosting

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Posted In: Bullet Journal, Bullet Journal Reviews · Tagged: cheaper alternative to leuchtturm 1917, colorful dot grid notebook, dot grid and lined notebook, dot grid notebook, dot grid notebook review, siwengde bullet journal, siwengde bullet journal dot grid

Comments

  1. Karma says

    March 20, 2019 at 21:20

    How is this different than a Leuchtturm? They look exactly the same.

    • Rachael says

      March 21, 2019 at 18:10

      Hi, there is a video walkthrough in the post ^above^ Half the pages are dot grid and half are lined. The Siwengde has a larger page size than the Leuchtturm.

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