National Chemistry Notebook, Narrow Rule, Blue Cover, (60) 9.25 x 7.5 Sheets

I ordered this lab book to be used for the experimental recordings I take in my AP Chemistry class this year! In the past -- when taking Chem 1 or Chem 2 on a high school level -- my teacher simply asked that we provide, say, a composition notebook, that is bound, lined, and we were able to number. I cam across this beauty by complete accident when shopping amazon for chemistry goodies, such as mugs and shirts, hoping to get a gift for my teacher! I decided the book might be nice to try, and when I e-mailed her asking, she said that it would of course be fabulous if I decided I wanted it. Perfectly lined, bound, and even numbered pages -- big numbers, too, easy to see, which she appreciates! I do personally think the best part is the tinted pages, they are very easy and appealing to my eyes! The only downfall to the book is the fact that there is no labeling system for the front, which is something that is necessary for my class. I knew there wasn't one, though, so that's no fault of the brand. Just a thing I wish I wanted! Overall, a very fabulous book, and I recommend it to anyone interested. Money well spent!!

I bought this for $5.99, and it works pretty well for taking notes, but I would hesitate to purchase it at its current price ($12.89 from Amazon). The paper is nice and sturdy compared to the cheap notebooks I usually use, and I do like its relatively compact size.

I've used these as my engineering notebook since 2003. My pen and notebook are a big part of me, so I searched a while to find ones I liked. They were redesigned in 2011. They're still great - solid feel, numbered pages, good size, tough, ... they are just a part of how I work. (I tried changing to an iPad, but I like the feel of writing on paper.) FYI, I only use the odd pages. (That is, pages on the righthand side.) My Pilot V5 Extra-Fine pen is sometimes strong enough to bleed through the paper to the other side. It doesn't affect how I work, but it might affect you. I love them.

I use this as my daily work notebook for teaching (instead of five million sticky notes). The cover color is beautiful, the quality is great, and it’s the perfect size for carrying around with my laptop to meetings. The paper is silky, and I like that it isn’t bright white. I’ll definitely repurchase when this one is used up.

I have a footlocker filled with completed notebooks of this type, having kept a personal log for the past 40 years. I have seen the quality of these books deteriorate over the years. This particular brand is adequate. The binding is good and the cover has done a good job withstanding coffee spills over the years. One gripe I have is that the margins on the sides are not as even throughout the book as they used to be. I am pleased with the quality and style of the page numbers. Not wild about the shocking blue cover preferring instead the lighter blue that I used to find.

A friend gifted me one of these some years back, and I used it for my fieldnotes for my dissertation study. I now use it for all educational researcher fieldnote observations, and I gift it to other educators for their teaching observation notes. I like the way my pen glides across the paper, the line spacing, and the paper thickness/quality. What really sets it apart for me, though, is the numbered pages. When I type up my fieldnotes, I can reference the page numbers to go back to as necessary. I also leave some blank pages in the front to create a table of contents, and some in the back to create theme indexes (after the notebook is filled, obviously). I've found this invaluable. I am typically a basic marbled composition notebook user, and I do occasionally splurge for the Decomposition brand composition notebooks. Those are still my daily notebooks, for journaling and just like my basic lists and such, but I use these chemistry notebooks for this very specific purpose, and it is part of my researcher ritual now. I'm not even willing to try anything else for this purpose. The good hardcover keeps them safe for longevity, too!

Great quality, color is off. What I received is not the color shown (blue) but purple. The quality is money. Hard cover, well constructed. Will order 1/2 dozen once I know the color is right. Wish they just made it in a black cover.

The description (11x8.5" dimensions) and part number (43571) don't match. If you look inside the front cover of the books, it gives the correct part number for the 2 versions, and they don't match the current part number and description as of September 2018. It's not a big deal; I paid for the small version and received the large version, but if somebody specifically wanted the other size, this could be a headache for them.