Campus Notebook (for writing English)

[Pinkys.Brain]

Here is a short review of a Campus notebook as it was requested on the chat.

- Size: B6
- Pages: 30 sheets
- Paper: 15 "lines" per page. The lining is for writing English (= Western languages). It reminds me of the notebooks I used in elementary school. The paper is a bit greyish - on the back of the notebook it says that it took 3 years of research to get to this color that does not strain the eye...yeah.
- Binding: glued

- Showthrough: very little
- Bleedthrough: none
- Feathering: almost none
- Smoothness: good (still fountain pen friendly)
- Drying Time: good

Overall I am pleasently surprised by the notebook. It is relatively cheap ($1.25 for 30 sheets) and the paper has nice properties. I also like the lining as it is perfect for writing practices - and I still need a lot of them. It does look a bit cheap (=> notebook for school), but it is nice on the inside.
I place it on par with Tsubame and above Muji paper: Tsubame looks nicer and has almost comparable paper qualities. Muji "fountain pen friendly" paper is smoother but has more showthrough and bleadthrough.

[KrazyIvan]

Not bad. It does indent on the back side a bit, but it looks like that was just on the flex writing test, so, not bad at all.

[manoeuver]

my campus notebooks are way different- I'll post some pics later...

[Bogon07]

Thanks for the review. I've seen a few Koyuko Campus Notebooks at Kinokuniya but can't recall seeing any with this sort of line set up. Sort of like a music book gone wrong. This one appears to be continuing the trend in Japan for small page count notebooks.

[Pinkys.Brain]

Not bad. It does indent on the back side a bit, but it looks like that was just on the flex writing test, so, not bad at all.

Yep, the GEHA cuts into the paper when flexing. But I was surprised, that there still was no bleedthrough.

my campus notebooks are way different- I'll post some pics later...

I have also bought a smaller one that seems to have different paper. It it not at smooth and has some bleedthrough, but I would not call it a bad paper.

Thanks for the review. I've seen a few Koyuko Campus Notebooks at Kinokuniya but can't recall seeing any with this sort of line set up. Sort of like a music book gone wrong. This one appears to be continuing the trend in Japan for small page count notebooks.

Yeah, the page count is very small. There are also versions with 13 or 14 lines per page...Clairefontaine Kladde notebooks with "French lining" (I don't know the exaxt name, I mean those with the 1,5-2mm lines) are fare more economical. And I would not say that there's a trend to smaller notebooks. Life and Tsubame notebooks are pretty thick with about 50+ sheets - they are not the standard, but they can still be found in every better stationary. 50+ sheets is way more than the standard German school notebooks I used to write on.
The lining is exactly the same that is used in German elementary schools.