Rhodia Rhodiarama SoftCover Notebook - 80 Lined Sheets - 6 x 8 1/4 - Black Cover

I use the Rhodia SoftCover Notebooks for everything - my journal, work notebook, and sketch book. The Rhodia brand products stand out as a superior choice, but SoftCover is definitely my favorite! The paper quality is simply exceptional. It provides a smooth writing surface that's a joy to use. Ink glides effortlessly across the page without feathering or bleeding, and nice lightly beige color is easy on eyes. The soft, faux leather cover adds a touch of elegance and durability that I feel confident using it at work including during client meetings. The subtle dot grid, instead of bold lines or plain white, provides a gentle structure to guide my writing, without being overly restrictive.

This is a very nice notebook which I would highly recommend. I recently got into writing and everything about this notebook just feels like you want to hold it and touch it all the time. The paper thickness and smoothness is great for writing with fountain pens. I'm sure you can't go wrong with this notebook as a beginner or a seasoned writer.

This notebook is my very favorite for keeping bullet journals, recipe books, etc. The cover is basically thick cardstock with the outside covered in soft, fake-leather-type material. It's strong enough to protect the pages from getting banged up in my bag, but soft and thin enough that you could put make a traveler's notebook with multiples. It does get a little beat up with light scuff marks but personally I think that just adds to its charm. The paper inside is gorgeous Clairfontaine 90g, which is a lovely off-white and of high quality. This paper is the reason I choose Rhodia notebooks over others. It takes ink nicely from a wide range of pens (I use Tombow Fudes and Dual Tips mostly, but also Sharpie pens, highlighters, Crayola markers, and watercolors from time-to-time) and all do well with only minimal ghosting. The only thing I've used so far that has actually bled through the page was a standard Sharpie permanent marker. No feathering ever, and ink seems to dry relatively quickly. For anyone comparing this to the Rhodia Webnotebook -- the cover is the only difference.

I've been using Moleskine notebooks for the last few years and loved them, but I have had people tell me they are overpriced in light of the quality. I never had an issue with Moleskines until I started using fountain pens--this is where paper is put to the test. I've tried three different types of Moleskine with fountain pens, and the paper is totally different. But unless you are using the Cahier notebooks, with fountain pens (or anything else that writes very wet), you are going to experience scratchiness, tons of ghosting, and/or a fair amount of bleeding. With Rhodia, you pretty much know what you are getting. All of their products have one of two weights of paper. Both are heavy, very smooth, and pretty ink-resistant. I love this paper. As for this notebook in particular: the cover has a nice leather-like look and feel (better than the leatherette Moleskines). The spine is a little lumpy, but nothing I can't live with. I have note used the hardcover Webnotebooks; I assume they are at least this quality, and they have a few more sheets in them. If you are using fountain pens, or if you just want to try a notebook/journal with some very smooth paper, give this a try. At the price I paid, these cost about 2 cents more per sheet compared to the A5 Moleskine hardcover, and the paper quality is so much better that it's well worth it.

I purchased "A5 Orange Notebook - Dotted Pages" for a Biology course which has required trips into our school's wildlife reserve to observe and note flora and fauna, along with pictures. I intended to paint pictures into my notebook but I didn't want bold, ugly lines running across the page, nor did I want a sketchbook so I whittled down my options down to dot-grids. Then for paper quality I had to do quite a bit of research and found Rhodia. Since it was my first time buying and trying their notebooks along with being a college student, I went with the more cheaper option. I regret not buying a hardcover version. I think it goes without saying that it's extremely nice paper. All of my inks and paints went on extremely smoothly and had minimal if any feathering. There is ghosting but it depends on how dark and deeply saturated your inks are and along with how much ink your pen lays down at a time. For example, a fine nib (0.5) would lay down much less ink and would ghost less than a medium (0.7). The same goes for paint, although I have not yet "seriously" tested it out and only laid down a few test splotches. Being wet, the paint does warp the paper but it does smooth out after you clamp it shut. Personally I like this as it makes the journal feel like it has more character being worn in and all. The cover is waterproof, smooth, soft and foamy with their iconic brand embossed/indented on there. Mine's did NOT have the black inking. You can indent the cover and the indentation will spring back up as a result of the thin layer of foam. As being foam, the notebook is of the softcover variety. You would need more support if you're bringing it out to the field as I intend to. There's a pocket in the back and a ribbon, all matching colors. The paper is produced by the French company, Clairefontaine who also produce their own line of journal/notebooks. The paper is around 90gsm or 60lbs, vellum textured, cream/ivory colored. There are 80 sheets of paper = 160 pages, NOT including the "title" and "end" pages (colored pages before/after the actual writing paper). Compared to the absolute BEST fountain paper I've tried (Apica) and the worst (newspapers @1/10, loose leaf/cheap notebook papers @2/10), I'd rate this a 9/10. A bit thicker (maybe 90 or 100gsm) and it'd be absolutely perfect. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone; this is needed/ Give Rhodin/Clairefontaine at LEAST a try.

This is the 4th of this type of notebook that I have bought for bullet journaling. I'm very picky with my supplies, and I went through quite a few notebooks before ending up here. I like the size of the notebook, the dots spacing, and that the dots go all the way to the edge. I hated using some notebooks that had a margin. The paper quality is really good. I did a pen test with my first one, and sharpies are a no go, but everything else I use barely even ghosts. There is still some ghosting, especially when using a heavy black, but I use that to my advantage when setting up weekly schedules so I don't mind at all. I don't notice the ghosting when there are things on both sides of the paper. I love the soft cover, which has a leather texture, makes the book very lightweight, and let's it lay entirely flat when planning out. I have 2 fully filled out, one on its last little bit, and I have not noticed any issues with the durability. In fact, I have a tendency to cut out pages when I mess up spectacularly. In most binded notebooks like this doing that makes other pages fall out too, not with this one. I have one issue, and it's with the bookmark ribbon. Without fail, no matter what I've done, the bookmark ribbon frays and gets really tattered. All of mine have done this. I usually fit 6-8 months in one journal, and I would like to be able to fit more in, so I just ordered the goalbook version, so we'll see how I like that one compared to my love for these.

High quality paper, great look and a beautiful color! I got this for my Bible study and it works great with fountain pens

I’m incredibly weird and picky about notebooks. I bought this one in red for my first bullet journal, in March 2018, and immediately fell in love. There’s something humble about it - it’s not fancy, not hardcover, doesn’t have any real bells or whistles, and that somehow made it the perfect thing to get started with bullet journaling. I admit, I get intimidated by pretty journals and stationery - it feels like you’re going to mess it up. Not this. It’s inviting somehow. The leatherette cover is soft and feels good to hold. It opens up completely flat without damaging the spine - I don’t know how they do it. I also hardly ever use up a notebook entirely, or keep up a journaling practice, but I wrote on the last page of that first red rhodiarama in May of 2019. I tried to move onto a different brand after that but it just wouldn’t do, so I bought another one of these in turquoise and I’m back to journaling. I’m telling you, these things are magic. I use mostly sharpie pens, plus occasional highlighter and posca marker. Sometimes highlighters bleed through very slightly, but other than that, I’ve had no issues. The paper is soft and lovely to write on. I love how it’s slightly off white rather than just white, if that makes sense. Amazon isn’t letting me put pictures on this review for some reason so I’ll just describe what the 2018-2019 journal looks like after daily use for a year. It’s a little scuffed along the outer spine and edges, but it’s held up really well.