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Friday, August 15, 2025

Review: Laconic A5 Field Pad

 


I use my phone for a lot of notes, my daily schedule and to do lists but I still like to keep a written version I can look at in an instance. 

The Laconic A5 Field Pad in beige is my current daily driver. 


The field pad is a hard cover folder with a clipboard and a pen holder.
It comes in 2 sizes, A6 and A5 and a variety of colours. 
Included with each field pad is a monthly calendar set and grid a notepad. 

As you can see, I replaced my notepad with a lined version which is a refill you can buy. 
You can also buy undated monthly and gantt chart refills. 


I started out using the monthly calendar view but realised I did not look at it as often as my phone calendar so I switched it out for a to-do list (I used one from Offcut). 

It's nice to have a to-do list on the left and a regular notepad on the right. 
I use both extensively and swap it out often. 

    

If you're like me and you like to have a brand new sheet of paper every other day, or even every day, I think the Laconic field pad system might work for it. 

My one gripe is that the pen holder is a bit small. I like to use a multi colour pen so it's a bit of a squeeze to get it in the pen holder, I also had to pick the energel 3 specifically to fit. 

What do you use think of the field pad, do you see this as a good daily driver? 




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Friday, August 8, 2025

Review: Soffice Notebooks by LIHIT LAB

Being a left hander, I am always looking for stationery more suited to me. One of the more recent introductions to the stationery market that I like buying is the soft ring binder notebooks.

And recently, LIHIT LAB has released a version of their own; soffice.
As you can see, the notebook is very thin and the ring binder is smaller than most as well.

The notebook is able to lay flat on its own; making it very easy to write on. The soft, thin ring is designed so that you won't feel it even if your hand touches it when writing.

The last page before the back cover is a built in plastic file holder. Perfect for holding all your bits and pieces.
It's not bulky and is convenient to carry around.
Not only that, when you are done with the notebook but want to file the pages with others, you can easily cut through the soft ring binder to remove the pages.

What do you think?
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