Customer Reviews for Staples - Premium Poly 1-Subject Notebook, 8.5" x 11", College Ruled, 100 Sheets - Blue
Customer Rating
5
my son's favorite for middle school
on December 16, 2013
Posted by: Paula K.
My son loves these specific notebooks for each of his core subjects in middle school. Far easier for him to keep all notes and papers for each subject in one book and not a flimsy notebook at all!
My daughter is REALLY hard on school supplies. She can "kill" a normal spiral notebook within a week or two. The heavy-duty non-crushable spiral is the main reason we bought this. Also the wire spiral is larger (bigger diameter) than thoe on bargain spiral notebooks. Because her teachers have her glue in extra papers her spirals often swell in size amd a small-diameter wire spiral will not accommodate all the notes she has to add. Finally the overall dimensions (almost 9" wide by 11 inches) allows her to glue in any worksheets teachers give her without having to trim them down to fit. The only downside to this spiral (other than the price) is that the paper quality seems to vary from notebook to notebook. Some of the notebooks seem to have mid-weight paper but some of the others seem to have light-weight paper.
I have bought many of these from one-subject to five-subject. It is college-ruled contains one plastic page for inserting loose papers for the same number of subjects in the notebook which is very handy. The covers are durable. I take courses for retired people and I take notes in all of them. I much prefer these notebooks over any other I have bought.
I purchased 6 of these for general office needs. I didn't even make it to the supply cabinet with them before the team each grabbed one all commenting on it's durability and they loved the pocket on the inside for extra sticky notes or such.
I really love this notebook. The spiral is super sturdy and the paper is high quality. The only draw back it the folder inside. It is bumpy and hard to write on but I never use the pockets in notebooks so I just cut it out. This is why I gave it four instead of five stars. Besides that I was vey pleased with this notebook.