hi! i was looking at notebooks to get as like a personal journal type thing and i wanted to ask your opinion? i can't decide between the moleskine classic, ecosystem author, or compendium inc's everyday journal! do you have any suggestions with this?
Hmmm, well all three of them are pretty similar. The Moleskine is the one I have the most experience with and in terms of quality, I recommend it completely. But it also has a bit of a price tag and the others are more reasonably priced.
The Ecosystem is built like Moleskine. It’s perfectly satisfactory—though I don’t think it quite matches the quality of the latter—and its manifesto is a little more eco-friendly, so that’s a plus.
And I actually have no experience with Compendium Inc’s Everyday Journal, only the Write Now series. I do like Compendium Inc a LOT, and I can’t make a fair decision without holding the notebook, but the fact that they have little quotes on each page is a point in their favor. Based purely on how the pictures look, I would be a little concerned about the binding/spine — can they lay flat comfortable or do you have to wrestle with them? But also they have blank rather than lined pages, so it depends what you prefer.
I would ask yourself: do you want quotes on the pages? are you concerned about a large price tag? do you want lined or unlined pages? and how important is it to buy something eco-friendly?