Great perforation line makes it easy to tear off pages with these. Also like the gray lines across the page and down the left margin. Very easy on the eyes.
Typically narrow ruled = college ruled. This is so much smaller. My arthritic hands may not do so well with this incredibly tiny writing area. Ridiculous.
I used to get the Tops pads but the last order was lower quality. The binding at the top was peeling back and the pages were stuck at the edges. The paper is the perfect weight in these everything is clean the grey lines look good. I'll be getting these again in the future.
I worked my way through a previous order of Staples' 3/4 inch ruled white notepads with black not red binding. The red bound notepads are inferior in every way. The paper is a dull gray-white not the bright white of the previous version. The ruled lines are sharper clearer there is a double not a single red line running down the left edge and the paper has tiny serrations at the top that facilitate tearing off pages. Altogether an inferior product.