Journaling Arts seems to be one of the first sites stocking the new 12-color box set Moleskine Diary, one of the new Moleskine products introduced this year.
I saw these displayed at the Book Expo show a few weeks ago, and it looks like a really nice product. I love the chunky binder, the 12 colors are beautiful, and the stickers make it flexible and easy to use.
If there is any downside, it’s the way they made the cover– it provides only a 3-side wrap-around. I thought that could get a bit loose and messy, as a single strip of elastic didn’t seem like it would hold things together well enough. I would have preferred it to be more like one of those magazine storage boxes, with a solid bottom. Also, I don’t see why they decided to change the inside pocket, which has moved to the front, and opens from the top– very odd.
Having separate books for each month’s planner won’t work for the way many people organize their lives. But for me, I think it will be handy as a diary, as I tend to just record things like food and exercise and use an electronic calendar for keeping track of future appointments. At $34.99 suggested retail, this is pushing it a bit in terms of price, but I’m sure I’ll end up buying one anyway!
I want one of these but I would find it difficult to abandon my two-page per day Franklin that I’ve been using for 12 years. I always have 3 months loaded in my 6-ring binder.
I expected this new tool from M. to come with a black (or red) folio cover that would hold one-three booklets at a time. Probably wouldn’t be too hard to hack one from an old molie. Hmm, 3 months would be 186 pages plus covers. Thick but possible.
Hope it is successful.
david boise ID
I just did a blog on my perfect planner, but these keep lurking in the back of my mind. I am thinking of purchasing some, keeping whatever month it is with me, and journaling in them instead. Thoughts?
I had one of these the first year they came out… It didn’t work well for me. I ended up using them like individual volants instead of as a planner- I really need to be able to see a month or 2 in advance when i’m planning- so I always ended up carrying 2 or even 3 around with me. So the soft cover planner works best for me.
the case though works really well, the elastic on mine was snug enough to hold the notebooks i wasn’t carting around with me on my shelf. I still have it up there now, but now holding notebooks i made to fit it.