Back in January (EEESH where has the year gone?) I reviewed Yamamoto’s Ro-Biki notebooks, which are fun Traveler-sized notebooks made of recycled materials. Recently, Yamamoto generously sent us two notebooks, the Topographical map series and the Basic Reticle Dot Series for giveaway! (One lucky winner will win both plus some swag from me.)
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Great materials for everyday use. I use A5.
5.5×7.5 like the flagship baron fig note book. not too big not too small just right 🙂
I like anything that will fit in my pocket, so just about anything 4×6 inches or smaller in my case.
B6 is my favorite notebook size!!
Normally I use A5 or Travelers regular size. But my collection of as yet unused notebooks, because who can resist trying something new, contains a variety of sizes.
Different sizes for different purposes, but I use A5 most often
I … can’t choose. I alternate between A5 and regular Travelers size for my writing-memory-keeping journal, and I guess it’s a tie between them for my favorite. But I use an A6 Stalogy for a knitting notebook and general notes and things and I really love the smaller size. And I always have a Field Notes in my wallet.
Pocket size, like Field Notes size or similar. I like having a notebook on my person and don’t carry a bag so Field Notes, Rosetta, Write, Doane, etc pocket size are my jam.
For taking notes at work, I like an A5 – lots of room to write, but not huge.
For personal use, I like an A6 or a personal size (that fits in my Filofax) because it is more portable and I don’t feel bogged down with a bigger notebook.
I usually use A5 or B6!
Please please and thanks
A5 forgot mention
All Field Notes sizes, love them all
I do like the Travelers Notebook size a lot – currently I’m using the Nothing Left notebook and cover from Ferris Wheel Press, which just happens to be TN-sized 🙂
A5 is my favorite size for journaling and sketching. That’s for offering this giveaway !
I usually prefer A5 size notebooks, but I just switched to an oddly oblong shape purse so I could see the traveller’s size being beneficial!
It will depend on what I’m doing. I’ve been using an A5 for my journaling, passport and pocket for notes and quick sketches. However, I made the decision this Fall to switch my journaling to a traveler’s size to start in 2020, and did a lot of research to get the right cover and the inserts. LOL. Would love to try these.
Thank you!
Do I really haveta choose? It varies according to what I’m doing at the moment, lol. Okay. 5 × 8 inches is what I have most of, so that’s what I’ll say.
I like the travelers size notebook because it fits perfectly in the pocket on my purse.
Goodness, I usually say the A6, but now after toting a Hobonichi Weeks, slim B6!
My favorite size of notebook is the A6 (not to be confused with Asics which is a show, note a notebook!). Mostly because it is easy to carry around but still big enough to write something meaningful on each page (or you could draw a picture of an Asics on an A6).
My pocket journal is a Moleskine Volant, 3.5 x 5.5. I like the Volant because it has some perforated pages, so I can write a note for someone then tear it from the journal cleanly.
For travel, I carry a Apica Premium C.D. Notebook Hardcover, A5, blank.
At the moment I have 2 favorites – the Rhodiarama A5 (in various colors) and a Field Notes (especially fond of the National Parks series).
I’ve been liking the field notes size lately. Very easy to just stick in a bag or pouch. Of course that’s just for scribbling down ideas, I like something bigger when I want to scrapbook or common place book or something.
I actually like the Field Notes reporters size notebooks, 3¾” × 8″.
For years my favorite size has been passport or A6 because it travels so easily. Then I tried an original size TN on a lark and I was hooked! Hooked hard! Not too big and not too small!
This is kind of my first year understanding my notebook obsession and I signed up for a field notes subscription (love that size). And I am transitioning my daily planner needs into a hobonichi weeks for 2020. (Not sure of the name of that size)
My favorite sizes are a6 or Franklin Planner’s compact size. I’m kind of weird about proportions – they have to be more boxy than narrow! And lines are important to me, too, no bigger spaced than ‘college ruled’!
I’d have to go with A5 as my favorite.
My tastes have really changed the past couple of years. I mostly prefer A5 now, and the occasional B6. Not that long ago notebooks had to be at least letter-size (8.5×11”). After that, then I hoarded everything B5.
What’s changed is the size of my handwriting. I started writing long-form fiction by hand a few years back, and as I got more accustomed to the process, the more compact my letterforms grew. It sped everything up. I now fit about as many words on a page of A5 paper as I used to put on a piece of standard letter lined paper. (It also means I needed to move to fine and extra-fine pens—another big change.)
I tend to stick with the A5 size as my primary notebook – although I usually have three notebooks going at a given time for various tasks and each one is a different size.
My favorite is a B4, which I use for weekly to-dos, phone call notes, etc. in my office.
My favorite notebook size is B5! Just larger than A5 which makes it the perfect one-size-fits-all. I only have one B5 but I’d love a few more…
Good old A5 for me
A5 tends to be the most common ones I use, as they are the normal, easy to find ones here (small town, not much selection for when I go shopping
A5 or B6slim.
Midori addict here! Also Hobonichi Weeks.
A5 is always a good size. Small enough to be portable, large enough for extensive notes
My favorite size is the one that fits the whimsy of my mood at that moment 😉
My favorite notebook size is B5 no contest. It’s the perfect size for taking notes.
I tend to use A5 and Travelers size…. both are great.
I don’t have a favorite, depends and what and where, outdoors a little sturdier and with a heavy cover to protect my Deathless Prose (my sainted wife is snickering, which looks funny on a 70 year old nurse-midwife) but she has been granted Sainthood, for living with me. How bad can it be, my mother sent her a sympathy card when we cot married, Thanks for what you do to help a pen fanatic and someone who is manic ++++ about inks esp the bungubox inks, special they are
A6 is my favorite: large enough to write or draw something substantian, yet small enough for a daily carry. And my all time favorite in this category is the Hobonichi Techo, especially since the paper can withstand almost anything i use on it, from fountain pen to watercolors.
I like the A6, hello from France.
I like the mini B6 slim — I think that’s what Jet Pens calls it (i.e., the size of the small Jibun Techo).
Love the full Traveler size. I have dragged my TN cover literally across the globe with me, and the format has become part of my daily DNA. These would look cool as my next trip develops. Poland, Western Australia, and deep into academic research across the open spaces and the in-betweens.
B5 for translating, or note-taking; pocket for, well, my pocket.
I like A5 the best as it gives me some page space, but I do miss how my A6 fit in the front pocket of my purse…
I wander back and forth between A5 and B5 depending on why I’m using them.
I love the B6 Slim size, and carry A5 for all my journals 🙂
I noticed that I go for the regular sized notebooks.
A5/Vanguard. Seems just right for any purpose!
I like the A5. Sometimes I write small, but only sometimes. Thank you for all your reviews and contest.
I prefer B5 (179mm x 252mm — 7×10[ish]) since most of my writing is for university and its nearest to composition notebook size. I enjoy using Apica (CD15 or 6A10). I do use A5 notebooks for journal entries but feel a bit constrained with the smaller size.
I most prefer a narrow ruling size. 5mm dot grid or 6-6.5mm line ruling is best for me. I tend to write small-ish.
I use A5s for most everything, but have started relying on my Travelers Notebook size books to hold the important things I have to carry with me at all times (like passwords & calendar).
I love the tall, skinny (3.5″ wide by 8.3″ tall) notebooks.
I love the regular Traveler’s Notebook size!
I like anything that is small enough to fit in my shirt or jacket pocket.
I like the recycled paper use. Not enough recycling going on in this country,
I rotate between A5 and A6 size, depending on what I am working on. I’ve been really into the A6 size lately as it is just so portable and takes up less space in my bag. But I do enjoy A5 as it just has more space for thoughts and there seem to be more cover options for that size compared to A6.
That being said: pretty much any notebook is a good notebook.
I’m all over the map – mostly half-page or A5, but pocket sized [Field Notes] or passport sized happen, too!
I generally use A5. Not too small, not too large. The Goldilocks notebook!
I have three or more notebooks in regular rotation, all different sizes, but most of the time, it’s A5.
I use A5. Just right for my journaling and adding all the paraphanalia I gather in my travels!
I like 5.5″ by 8.25″ which is my current ‘webbie’ Rhodia notebook, blank pages, sumptuous cover.
I don’t have a particular size, but I like larger notebooks. Sometimes, the page is so important that I need to remove it from the notebook and keep it with other papers. The larger the notebook, the easier it is to keep those critical pages with the other documents and other thoughts it pertains to…
I like A5 and b5. I also prefer the variations on a5 that are wider, like the baron fig confidant.