Which Notebook is the Best for Bullet Journaling?! | STATIONERY SHOWDOWN
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- Today's stationery showdown is the battle of the bullet journal notebooks...which one do you think is going to win??
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FINELINER STATIONERY SHOWDOWN ‣ • Which Fineliner is the...
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Leuchtturm 1917
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Scribbles That Matter
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Dingbats
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Rhodia Webnotebook
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Moleskine
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Lemome
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Archer & Olive
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Bondibook
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Midori MD
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Let's get ready to RUMBLE!! It's the battle of the notebooks! 💪🏼 Hope this helps you out!
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AmandaRachLee the video is not even starting for me 😟 all the other videos are streaming in HD
I love you so much.thanks for your help and inspiration. You inspired me to start calligraphy but then I started doubting it but then you inspired me again to keep going. You are amazing and you are gorgeous xoxo maddi
love this been lookin for a new journal!!
love your vids and channel!!
I’m in the middle of watching this video and my mom walks in saying “Merry Christmas” and hands me her unused Lemome notebook.... WHAT IS LIFE EVEN
Honestly, Lemome is the best notebook I've invested in. I used leuchtturm and it was pretty bad. Kudos to your mom!
do you know where i can find it? the link she put is for the wide ruled one
Maybe she was just waiting for you to watch an amandarachlee video. 😁
+Miriana Regis you can find it on amazon if you type lemome dotted a5
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Leuchtturm 1917 @1:50
Scribbles That Matter @2:40
Dingbats @3:42
Rhodia Webnotebook @4:35
Moleskine @5:29
Lemome @6:25
Archer & Olive @7:23
Bondibook @8:17
Mossery Co. @9:05
Midori MD @10:15
Jaysho palmz slayyy
ARE YOU KIDDING I ONLY SAW THIS COMMENT AFTER I WAS DONE WITH THE VIDEO AND I WAS STRUGGLING TO FIND EXACTLY THAT
Jessica Chiang XD yeah I didn't see anyone do it yet so I went ahead and did one. I was trying to find the lemone one XD
Thank you so much! This helps when i tried to compare the price.
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I have a lot of respect for Amanda; she spends her own earned money on journals and pens just to bring us afew videos.
Esme Hamer she makes more money from the video then the cost of these bullet journals though
Esme Hamer very clever😂
Topmodel Malen I totally wasn’t being serious
Esme Hamer aha okay
Plus, anything she purchased for CZcams is tax deductible
Finally, a comparison video that is organised and easy to follow. I watched like 10 comparison videos and they either had two or three standard notebooks to compare and only talked about them, without showing the bleed/ghosting issues. Those that did write in them to show bleeding/ghosting only used one pen.
Thank you, Amanda, for taking the time and showing relevant information! I'll be taking your suggestions when I finish with my bullet journal.
Same! I was looking for a lemome note book review as I’ve just ordered one thanks 🙏
Iva hey Iva! I have the same name as you :) uniquely spelt 😃
Mine bleeds with calligraphy pens, but that notebook works great otherwise!
For your next stationery showdown, you should compare highlighters ☺️💕
SavageCommaJade yaa
I really need to get some new ones ( I literally have 2) so it'd be good to see whats best!
Or chisel tip markers！
stabilo pastel highlighters are good winter lily
Stabilo pastels ghost a lot on Leuchtturm though and really bleed through in my little Monograph notebook - what notebook to you use and does it hold up to the Stabilo markers?
Wait... Did anyone notice that she chose all the bullet journals with the pen holder as winners?😂
You noticed that too?
I also noticed that!!😊
Oh yeah...
Pen holders are cool 😂🤷🏻♂️
You can buy pen holders to attach to any notebook or journal, so this feature shouldn’t be a dealbreaker.
If you want a cheap dot journal that doesn't bleed with most writing supplies get the artists loft dot journal from Michael's for $5.00 I use it and I use sakura .03 pen and crayola supertips and other supplies and it doesnt bleed. They sell them in various colors I have the grey color👌😊
I was going to suggest that Amanda check these out and review them as well!!
I have the artist loft notebook and my SIL has the Leuchtturm. The paper feels exactly the same! The only difference between the two appears to be a pocket in the back. I highly recommend the artist loft one if you're looking for a bargain notebook. The bleed through for the Leuchtturm shown in this page is exactly what I experience in my artist loft notebook.
Sounds great but we don't have a Michael's store in the UK! :(
I use that one too! Tbh looks the same as the Leuchtreum 1917 but the paper is a bit whiter. Worth it in my opinion.
Same! I love my Artists loft one and only 5$ that’s incredible! My friend and I were so shocked when we saw that bc we were expecting to pay at least 20 for any bujo we got 😅
PS: the full comparison chart is linked in the description box!
AmandaRachLee I couldn’t get it to open on my phone :(
You should try the stone paper next. It’s MAGICAL
AmandaRachLee THANK YOU
i love you for this bc my adhd was about to have me leave the video tysm
AmandaRachLee love you 😍
BRUSH PEN SHOWDOWN NEXT PLEASE!!! LOVE YOU AMANADA! 💕
OOOHH YEAH
Amanda not amanada
As a German it's funny for me how she pronounced Leuchtturm 😂💕
Same haha
Ist aber bei jedem irgendwie so😂
Ja 😂😂
As a student learning German, I thought I spoke it wrong all along when I heard her.
Both English and German aren't my native languages so I was confused 😕
How is it pronounced?
Organized and easy to follow comparison that was so helpful! Thank you so much, Amanda and wonderful work!! ❤
Thanks Christine!
I just came from your channel (waiting for a newupload). You are both so talented!
I've read/watched a lot of people loving leuchtturm but I'm so confused because that level of ghosting bothers me a lot.
Side note, would be great if all the notebooks indicated their gsm. [EDIT: Amanda included them in the chart yaay!]
fufufuaru i recently got a leuchttrum and i’m super annoyed and disapointed with the ghosting..
I love L1917 because the paper, while thin, is actually really good. I am not bothered by ghosting, which is not actually terrible if you don't use heavy pens anyway, but the most important thing for me is that Leuchtturm paper works beautifully with fountain pens. For example, Lemome has very thick paper, but fountain pen ink feathers and spreads quite a bit on it. L1917 can handle even a fairly wet medium nib, no problem- fountain pens write like butter on Leuchtturm paper.
Yeah I don't see why it's so popular. It's so thin and it's just ugh not good quality paper :/
Just noticed most of my ink pens smudges on this paper baaahhh
緑夏 having a lot of color choices as the cover (i love the copper one actually) seems to be a major factor, as well as its availability. Good thing it's super rare in my country so I didn't waste any money getting it haha
Ugh! Why didn't I see this a few days ago, I'm writing about how I want an Archer and Olive notebook on page 7 of my leuchtturm...
But thank you very much for putting this out there!
I STARTED BULLET JOURNALING THIS YEAR AND I BINGED ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS IN ONE WEEK AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!!!!
This series is going to be so much fun to watch!✏️❤️
The Archer and Olive impressed me... I am getting them for next year..
They're pretty expensive. If you only want to buy them for their 160gsm, there are other alternatives.
@Open Minded the Scribbles That Matte notebook that she link, I like "upgraded" to 160 gsm :)
WARNING
I just wanted to say that because of this video I decided to buy the Leuchtturm 1917 with the link she had on the description and I ordered it and it turns out that it is actually squared so I just want to warn you because I didn’t read anything because I thought it was the same notebook Amanda had tested because it is the link she had and now I have to buy another one because I needed dotted as it is on the video. Not blaming Amanda though, I should have read.
I think it goes without saying that you should read the description of what you're buying...
Has anyone noticed in her 2018 BuJo set up she used ''Scribbles that matter'' journal. And personaly that's my favourite one. LOVE THIS VIDEO so useful and helpful.
I'd stick to my leuchtturm. If I decided to use another notebook it'd be the scribbles that matter
Abby Santana me too!
Where in the world can I find that beautiful white Scribbles that Matter journal? It’s no where to be found :(
I know you commented this like ten months ago but amazon just restocked and you can get the white one if you want it for 2019:)
They aren’t plain by the way. They’re mostly filled already so you can’t make it yourself if you wanted to
Taehyung’s illegirl whaattt?
I LOVE my Rhodia notebook. It’s so smooth, the dots are the perfect opacity, and there’s little to no bleeding on any of my markers! Best bang for your buck IMO! ❤️
I have a Goalbook. Incredible stuff
I use the A5 Leuchtterm bullet journal and I absolutely love it. I love that are more pages than most the others. I just started bullet journaling this month. I thought I wouldnt like the ghosting as first but i actually love it! It makes the journal look more "full" to me 🙂
Es ist so süß, wie sie ,,Leuchturm" ausspricht 😍
Absolutely awesome! loved all the comparisons, really wanted the lemome notebook but I couldn't get my hands on it before the new year started so im stuck with the leuchtturm ☺️💕
Hey Amanda! Could you do an updated version of this? It would be interesting to see how much each company has changed their notebooks and if the winners still stand^^
She is an ANGEL. Not only did she pull through with the ghosting test (surprised most stationery reviews don't) she even gave us a comparison chart??? I'm in love.
First of all, let me just say, THANK YOU sooooo much for doing this! You really went through the hassle of ordering and testing, comparing and trying all these notebooks to gives us such quality content. Thank you! Ive only been bullet journaling for about a year a little and this is the most helpful video Ive seen in regards to choosing the right notebook. Thank you so much! All the love x
I haven’t ever been this excited for a video to come out oml
Finally !!! Im waiting for this !!! Thank you so much !!!
I have been using the Michael's Dot Journal by Artist's Loft, that I bought last week for about $5 (US). It is a little shorter & wider (6"x8") than the Leuchtturm 1917 and is also 80 gsm. It also has 249 pages, but the pages are white rather than cream. The pages aren't numbered, but it does have a 4-page, pre-printed index. It doesn't have a pocket in the back, but it's easy enough to add an envelope with some tape adhesive. If you are new to bullet journalling or just want to save on supplies, I strongly recommend it. (They also have grid & lined journals if you prefer those.)
Sopisacat Yes! I used that one for a while
This was so helpful! I love how organized and to-the-point this video was. Thanks for putting it together!
I've watched your videos for a while but have never gotten into bullet journaling, and I decided to give it a shot but was iffy about which journal to get. I love how comprehensive you were! The chart especially was so great and helped me decide which journal would be best for me! Thanks!
this is so nerdy I love it!!!!
I looooove these showdown videos. I am always spending so much time researching before purchasing products that this is such an awesome shortcut. Actually, I found your channel from your fine liner showdown video! Thanks for doing the hard work for me!😙
I'm so happy you made this video!!! Every time I see your post I like it before I even watch it!! ❤️❤️❤️
I’m so happy Stationery Showdown is back!! You should create this series more!!!
omg the sharpie lol guys just don't use it
given that they are permanent markers and were not designed for bullet journaling pll get to pressed when they bleed through lol
They aren't suitable for bullet journal ; - ;
Just one journal which has no ghosting is all that we can ask for!
Try ones with 160gsm, such as the Archer and Olive or The Scribbles that Matter. They're both pretty expensive, but I saw one in AliExpress that's $13.
This is just what I needed! Thanks you covered everything I wanted to know in all the books I am thinking about (except the Scrivwell Notebook)!! So glad i found this!
This is the best. Super informative, helpful, and concise!!! Thank you :) love the comparison videos!
Wish this video was out sooner, before I ordered my notebook 😩, Now I know what to get thanks 🙏🏼🙌🏼😘
Love how you’re straight to the point and organized speech
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You are a BLESSING thank you so much for taking all this time (and money!) to give us such a thorough and comprehensive comparison. Love you!
This is so helpful. I now have a new selection when I fill up my current bujo! Thank you!!
Attention to all my fellow cheap sistas:
Go to Michaels for a $5 dotted journal! Perfect good quality, esp for beginners!
Meanwhile the closest michaels to my house is overpriced..... literally nothing at my michaels is $5 XD
Maybe a single #2 pencil will be $5 XD
Oh my gosh I just stumbled upon your channel about an hour ago and have been binge watching your vids ever since. You have such good content and I am so glad I found your channel!❤
Thank you! You are one of the main people who inspired me to start my first bullet journal this month! I'm glad I went with Dingbats for my notebook as it is wonderful.
yay another video! ❤ i really love this stationery showdown series!! 😊 can't wait for your february plan with me! 😍 ilysm!! 💕
Muji sells two dot grid, spiral-bound notebooks, with no extra features (one has a clear, plastic cover, and the other has a thick craft/card cover) for under $10 - where I live (Australia), they were about $6-8. I'm pretty sure the paper quality isn't as good as most of the ones you've listed, but still pretty decent and fountain-pen friendly, but I think they're good choices for people who aren't sure if bullet journalling is for them since they're so cheap. $20 for a notebook (more like $30 where I live) was pretty steep for something I wasn't sure I was going to like. I have one but gave up on bullet journalling pretty quickly, and now I have a nice quality notebook for $8.
jessica I honestly love muji. I buy so much every time I fly to Melbourne/Sydney or Japan
didn’t know we had muji in Australia. I couldn’t even find a dotted notebook here, instead I bought an Otto (Ampersand) grid journal “refillable” which was only $6 at officeworks and it’s really good quality paper for the price.
I had a look at a couple of the journals in her video and some of them were listed for $700! (I was looking on Amazon), I've found it's really hard to get good but affordable dotted notebooks here, but I got the Clairfontane dotted journal from officeworks, and it's pretty good. Always on the lookout for new ones though!
Jessica Lao I have the cardstockish it’s honestly pretty good to have as a beginner like you mentioned, I do wish the paper didn’t crinkle when using watercolor and bleeding for markers. Great for the price though!
The way you say “Leuchtturm” is so cute 😍😍 I’m german and this word is german 😂😍😍
Hi!! Just thought it might be nice to know it's currently 5 years in the future and you're the first recommended when i search "different types of bullet journal". I'm also watching and this is so helpful. 😊 so THANK YOU for putting in so much work 5-years-ago-Amanda! 🥰🥰 it's still paying off!!
This was SO helpful! I'm going for the Scribbles That Matter one :D
“Hello, my fellow stationery addicts”
*you got me*
believe it or not artist's loft dotted book are pretty good quality as well and a lot less expensive, for anyone whos ist getting interested or looking for another option
Thanks a lot for this video! I’m going for my own bullet journal today and you helped me a lot, feeling comfortable about the main qualities I should focus on buying one. 😊✨
i just bought a stationery island bullet journal and it’s arriving tomorrow and im so excited to try it out!
I have the lemome notebook and I have to say it's perfect for bullet journalling! It has many pages , so it lasts for 1 year and has very thick paper, I personally love it!
YOU ARE THE BEST BULLET JOURNALER
Amazing! I just purchased my first bullet journal and ordered the scribbles that matter one before you posted this video! Was my favourite based on what you said, so hopefully will be happy with my decision once it arrives!
This was actually fantastic! Thank you for taking the time to do this!
See, the problem I've heard a lot of people bring up that no reviewers talk about is the spine. I've heard that with some of these notebooks the threading loosens, the pages fall out, and the spine itself falls apart, all after a short time of use.
It's difficult to predict whether this will happen or not, so you kind of have to try it out and see for yourself.
I had a Leuchtturm for more than a year now and it did not happen for mine :)
I've heard a lot of good things about Leuchtturm, so that's good.
One that I've heard loses pages easily is the Lemome, however.
Just gotta do research.
Hmm, I've had a Lemome for about 4-5 months now (lots of use and I just drop it in my bag, and mine's a softcover), but the pages are sturdy as ever. I do not really like the notebook tho, because a) the paper is a pretty intense cream colour, and more importantly b) it does NOT handle fountain pen ink well at all. Leuchtturm has way thinner paper but holds up beautifully to pretty wet fountain pens, while Lemome paper makes the ink feather and spread. So if you use fountain pens, I'd stay away from Lemome.
I like the Leuchtturm, but the Ghosting is less than desireable :(
I love my Lemome. This is my second one. I had the hard cover last year, never had any problems with the pages. It lays flat almost instantly from the first day you open it. I have the soft cover this year and I broke the spine in before using it just to be cautious since it’s soft cover. There is a video on how to properly break your spine in to avoid that but I don’t remember who posted it.
The Work you put into this video is amazing.. Subscribing now thanks.. Ordering the Lemone Graph book, glad to find your channel (:
The most helpful video for bujo stuff I've ever seen! I loved it!!
one of the main issues with my journals was bleed through thanks for helping me out Amanda!
Just ordered the Lemome journal so excited!! It was pleasantly cheap on Amazon!!
I love you Amanda best bullet journaling
So many thank yous to all of you journalers out there who have caused more and better notebooks to appear on the market. I don't really do a Bujo with anything fancy, it's just a list of todos in a cheap half size Walmart mid size notebook, usually something under $3. I'm a math person though and I love to have a softcover dot grid in a b5 size for notes. But, MY DREAM notebook is a dot grid (5x5 mm) letter size with 85 gsm (or better) and with more than 79 sheets of paper. Maybe Exceed or Mead will get the hint!
Just bought a Lemome notebook using this video. So excited to start a fresh journal for 2019!! Thanks Amanda!
Never done journaling but maybe I will because I like the ones you make
A great beginner notebook would be the Artist's Loft Dot Journal! It comes in simple colors and it's only $5. :)
does it bleed?
Does it bleed?
There is some ghosting, but it's not too severe. It's comparable to the first notebook in this video, in my opinion. Lots of cute colors, too!
4 years later, I'm looking for a bullet journal to get for Christmas. I didn't know which to get and now I think I'll get the Scribbles that Matter.
This was such an amazing video!! The organization of it was so simple and made it super easy to understand - thank you for taking the time to do this - so so helpful!!!
Thank u for inspiring me 😍
If anyone is getting a new notebook, GET A DINGBATS!!! I will never go back!! I love the style and feel of it! It doesn't bleed through much. It has a lot of charm as well! It comes in dots, plain, lines, grids, and more. I LOVE THIS NOTEBOOK!!! I've tried a lot of different notebooks, and DINGBATS and 1000000% my favorite!!
can you get the dingbats in stores or is it only online?
Fantastic video, thank you so much for making it. Very informative - well done. I can’t wait to study the final chart you compiled comparing all the features. This information will definitely help me make my next notebook choice. Thanks again.
This is actually very helpful! I started bullet journalling for a few months now and if I want a different journal, I’ll know where to look. :)
sorry but i think you really underestimate the rhodia :(
Acemi Doktor she really did
I think she portrayed the Rhodia okay. At its price it's decent, but in terms of ghosting performance a few other brands out-compete as Rhodia is only 90 gsm, which places it among the top for paper thickness, but still not the best. I've also come to agree with another reviewer that recently went through a bunch of A5 journals on Amazon and found that while paper thickness wasn't everything, it's still the best consumer predictor for anti-ghosting. I also probably would've eliminated Olive and Archer from the list, as I think 160 gsm is for artists.
That said, I still like Rhodia's notepads for their distinctively yellow color. I would definitely recommend Rhodia's notepads for people in software or design.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ your videos! OBSESSED
Recently, I have been interested in starting my own bullet journal 📓 I came across your channel while searching for ideas 💡 (so thankful) especially for this video! Thank you for all the details you put into this! I really appreciate your help! I’ve decided to buy the “Scribbles That Matter” 😁
Thank you so much for these videos. I’m new to BJ and comparing these products helps so much.
Thanks for the recommendations! Have you considered making your own bullet journal?
She has a shop now!
Watching is while on a no-spend. Living dangeously :D
This helped me a lot! Thank you very much Amanda!
I just want to say that your videos are incredibly helpful, you really go above and beyond to make sure we get all of the information in an easy to understand matter. The charts were sooo helpful thank you so much. It really shows how much you care about your viewers and their ability to actually follow along with all of this. Videos like this can be hard to follow when so many things are being reviewed at once, but you made it easy with a chart and breakdown at the end. Love your videos:)
PaperBlanks are coming out with dot grid books this summer ^^
Pen case/storage suggestions?
Rachel H YEEESSSSSS
Ah so useful! I think everyone had been waiting for this. Great work!
i love you amanda you’re so inspiring and i love your personality and your videos & thanks again for wishing me a happy birthday in december💗💗💗
The Lemome seems so nice! But I have used around 200 pages for my 2017 Bullet Journal (well, I started it in December of 2016, but still). As the Lemome comes with 180 pages I'm afraid I will lack some space.
I will see what I do next year as I have switched from 2 notebooks to 1 this year (a bullet journal + a regular notebook for braindump, other type of notes that took 1 to 2 pages here and there in my bujo last year, etc.)
Has anyone used a Lemome for bullet journaling before? What are your thoughts on it?
Thanks :)
Hey Glad I use a Lemome and love it! On Amazon it is currently a LOT cheaper than in the video- the black one is around 12.99 and the brown one is 16.99 I think? It barely ghosts at all, and the only time mine has ghosted is when I use a heavy amount of ink (and even then, it’s not bad). The paper is slightly off white, which at first bothered me because I wanted a bright white but it’s not really noticeable unless you hold it right next to a bright white piece of paper haha. The cover holds up very well, the sides of my book have become slightly scuffed due to my own bad care (oops) but the cover and spine are both intact. I’d really recommend it! Hope I helped, I know this comment is pretty late haha
Try and review random “bullet journals/dotted journals” on amazon!! Or any cheap ones you can find!
The full chart was perfect for what I needed. Thanks for that!
This is so cool and absolutely helpful!! Thank you Amanda!
the price of the dingbats one went up a lot 😢😭
I just bought the Leuchtturm 😂😂😂😂
Yes! I'm pretty early! So excited for February monthly setup! 💙
Ahh thank you for making this! I've been on the hunt for a new notebook and this is so so helpful! Especially the ghosting/bleeding comparison because that drives me bonkers.
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LOVE THIS VIDEO. ♥️♥️ THANK YOU AMANDA.
...i use a bullet journal that i got from walmart 🤷🏻♀️
it isn’t actually that bad lololol
lmao same
Price?
I’m consistently impressed with the amount of time, hard work, blood, sweat, and tears that you put into your videos! They are all beautifully made and so informative. Keep doing what you’re doing because damn is it working!!
This is soooo helpful and the editing is AMAZING!