15 Apr 2012

an alternative to the flex notebooks?

As most of you Filofax fans should know by now, The Affair by Temperley for Filofax is a mix between a Flex set up and a compact sized Filofax. But, to keep buying the Flex notebooks can be costly, especially if you go through them quite quickly (something that I'm not worried about...yet!) so my question is, what alternatives are there out there?

So far, I've only found one notebook which fits:


This notebook is from Artbox. It's far cheaper than the A5 Flex notebook (which is said to have 80 pages but only has 74...! I didn't count them - I had to number my pages of my dissertation notebook before you judge me!) at £1.80 and it has 64 pages in it. It also fits well in the Flex slot and it doesn't look too shabby either (especially after I added a sticker to it's front!):


The next notebook I want to hunt down to try is the Muji A5 one which may or may not fit. I'm not back in London til late April so I'll head to my local Muji then; but for now, I've found at least one alternative and am on the lookout for other cheaper options too!

One thing I've not yet tested is the paper quality though on first thoughts, the Flex notebook does appear to be of a higher quality - but surely not so much that it should cost more than 3 times of the one I bought from Artbox?! The quality of the Artbox notebook isn't too bad either - no show through when I used a Muji gel pen but I haven't used it properly yet so only time will tell, I guess.

Have you found other alternatives? I'm looking more specifically at the A5 size :-)

5 comments

  1. This is going to sound funny - I know you don't like your camera phone quality but I actually like it - sort of like Instagram but able to fit much more in! Can I ask which model this is? Thank!

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    1. Heya, sorry for such a late reply - I was in London for the past few days rushing to and from places! Anyway, my phone model is a HTC Desire HD. I'm really not a fan of the camera so sometimes, I edit the colouring a little on Photoshop to make it look a bit better!

      Hope this helps x

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  2. Hi Angela - been wanting to comment on so many of your posts, but due to my thesis its been hectic. I am doing an industrial operation based thesis, so not sure whether it is applicable to your's as well. But make sure to do your case study first. Once you have completed that and its anlaysis - you can work everything else around it. The course of your thesis takes so many twists and turns. Right now, mine looks much different to the plan I had submitted earlier. Take Care and all the best with your thesis.

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    1. Thanks for your tips :) Will definitely take them on board as I feel a bit lost at the moment with my dissertation :( Hopefully, I'll be able to meet my supervisor once term starts in just over a week and he'll guide me back onto the right track :)

      Best of luck with yours too!

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  3. Thanks for the camera info! And I'm looking forward to your weekly Filofax views. Take care!

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