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The video reviews various budget-friendly and professional-looking composition notebooks suitable for writing and journaling. The speaker highlights notebooks from different brands like Jot, "you style," Caliber, and Wexford, praising their paper quality, design, and ink-friendliness. They mention fountain pens from Twsbi, a custom pen holder from Lacala, and express excitement about using these notebooks for work and personal purposes. Recommendations include notebooks from Dollar Tree, Albertsons, Walmart, Walgreens, and the U Style collection for those seeking quality notebooks at affordable prices. The speaker plans to showcase their daily planner setup in future videos.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker shares their new favorite composition notebook that they love for its sleek leatherette look, which is different from the common marble composition notebooks. They express their preference for budget-friendly paper that can handle daily use, particularly recommending the Jot brand composition notebooks found at Dollar Tree for their ink-friendly quality at a low price of 99 cents. The speaker appreciates using these notebooks for journaling and creative writing but wanted a more professional-looking notebook for work settings, hence their enthusiasm for the new black leatherette notebook they found at Albertsons.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker shows a composition notebook from a brand called “you style” that they are excited about. The notebook contains 200 college-ruled pages and has a sleek all-black design. The speaker also performs an ink test using gel pens and a fountain pen with Noodler’s ink. Despite the wet nature of the ink, the paper quality of the notebook impressively withstands the test without bleeding or ghosting. The speaker mentions their love for Twsbi fountain pens and showcases a custom-made fountain pen holder from Lacala, a shop that is unfortunately closing down soon.
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In this part of the video, the creator discusses their preference for a budget notebook from Walmart that is fountain pen-friendly and lacks the pink margin strip found in composition notebooks. They compare this notebook favorably to composition notebooks from Target, praising the sturdiness of the Caliber brand from CVS. The mention of discovering an alternative notebook at Walgreens for those without access to CVS is highlighted as a competitive option.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses a budget-friendly notebook they found at Walgreens, the Wexford, which costs around $4 and contains 120 sheets (equivalent to 240 pages). They emphasize the lack of pink margins, the gray lines, and the professional appearance of the wide-ruled notebook suitable for memory keeping or commonplacing. They compare its structure favorably to other notebooks and suggest it for work purposes. The notebook is from the u-style collections brand with 100 sheets (200 pages).
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In this segment of the video, the speaker recommends a U Style composition notebook for those looking for budget-friendly yet professional-looking notebooks with good paper quality. The notebook is black with a structured cover, blank inside for personal customization, and lacks pre-printed charts or tables. The speaker expresses excitement about using it as their everyday writing journal and plans to stock up on more because they are impressed with the product. The speaker hints at upcoming videos showing their daily planner setup.