I wasn't sure what to expect from this product because the idea seemed too good to be true. I read tons of reviews before purchasing and while they were generally positive, there were some that had me worried. I took note of the reviewers who stated that the pen included didn't work very well and they had to buy another Pilot Frixion pen. To be one the safe side, I also ordered a two pack of the 07 Pilot Frixion ball pens. I'm glad I did, but not for the reasons you think. I'll get to those later...

My detailed review is below, but for those of you looking for a quick overview, here's the bottom line:

The Rocketbook notebook exceeded my expectations. I'd even classify it as amazing!! The pages are coated with a synthetic polyester blend which provides a fluid writing experience and the ability to scan the page and send to almost any destination is one of it's best features. I highly recommend it to everyone from students to writers to business professionals and everyone in between.

For a more in-depth review, here are my thoughts...

First, the RocketBook Notebook.

I love it! In fact, it's NOT too good to be true! It's just as advertised. I'm one of those people who buys a ton of notebooks/journals but then is afraid to write in them. They're so pretty, I don't want to mess them up! Yet, I still buy them. I also buy lots of pens and markers. It's an addiction... I journal regularly and have done so since 2003. I have several notebooks full. I love the feeling of pen on paper!

My favorite pen for journaling is the Pilot G-2 with 1.0 thickness. I love the smoothness of the ink and I never have a problem with smearing despite being left-handed. I wish they made the G-2 pens with 1.0 thickness in multiple colors, but sadly, the 1.0 thickness only comes in blue and black. (I hope someone from Pilot is reading this!)

I've considered going electronic with my journaling but I think handwriting tells part of the story. When I go back and read past journal entries, my handwriting provides additional insight into my feelings at the time. I can often tell what mood I was in when an entry was written just by flipping through the pages. The same can't be said for journaling on a computer and that's what makes the Rocketbook so perfect!

The Rocketbook allows the pen and paper feeling (only better) with the added security of knowing my thoughts won't be lost if I misplace my journals.

As others have stated, it doesn't feel exactly like pen on paper. Personally, I think it feels better! The pages are slick, the ink is smooth, and the writing is fluid.

The pen included with the Rocketbook Notebook is a .05 clicky pen and I didn't like it. I admit that I didn't give it much of a chance. When I opened the package, the first thing I did was use the pen to test out the first page. I only wrote a couple of words. Disappointed, I put the notebook and pen aside. Was this another purchase I'd never use?

A couple of days later, I decided to try again. The only difference was that I used the pens I purchased separately, the Pilot Frixion Ball pens. The Rocketbook requires Pilot Frixion pens. Instead of the 05 clicky style pen that's included, the Frixion Ball pens I purchased are 07 and have caps. I don't own or use any other pens with caps (or erasers) so I don't have to worry about using the wrong pen. When I want to write in my Rocketbook all I have to do is grab the pen with the cap and start writing. I didn't think I'd like the 07 since I prefer 1.0, but I have no problem with the Frixion 07 in my Rocketbook. It feels great! Now that I'm used to the feel of the Rocketbook, I'll have to give the 05 another try.

I've been using my Rocketbook for a couple of weeks with no problems. The ink takes 15 seconds to dry, but that doesn't seem to be an issue for me. Fifteen seconds isn't long and once it's dry, it's set! I used the cloth to wipe away the ink several times on the same page over the past several days and have yet to experience ghosting.

The Help section of the app states that notes should be erased frequently (with the cloth). Notes left longer than a couple of weeks may result in staining or ghosting. Today I used the cloth to wipe away notes that I'd written on a page several days ago and I had no problems with ghosting or wiping away the ink. The 05 clicky pen that's included has an eraser. So does the Frixion Ball pen with/cap.

The eraser on the Frixion Ball pen is on the end of the pen, not on the cap, so to erase you have to take the cap off. The eraser should be used sparingly. According to the app, abrasion from erasing may damage the coating on the pages. The last time I used an erasable pen was back in junior high school. Do you remember the PaperMate pens that supposedly erased, but didn't? After using the eraser you could still see the ink. For those of you who like to erase, the Pilot Frixion erases just like a pencil. The eraser is a nice bonus, but it's not a necessity for me, especially when I can use the cloth to erase.

I love the Rocketbook Notebook and I look forward to using it for all my writing needs.

I wanted to rate the rocketbook 5 stars for how much I was enjoying it. Then I ran into a bit of an issue. I was reusing the first page fairly often, not that I foresaw this as being an issue, but then my pen started having trouble writing on the page as good as it would on a page I had not yet wrote on much. I started to think I was wearing out the pages and this began to worry me as to the longevity of the pad. Then about a week later, only after about a month of use, the pen ran out of ink. So I am not sure what the issue was really. A new pack of pens is fairly inexpensive and I plan on trying the new pens out on what I thought was a page I was somehow wearing out. It the new pen writes well, then I suppose it was something to do with the failing ink supply in the pen. If not, then I am back to my concern about how long this reusable pad will actually remain reusable.

Outside of all that, the pad is pretty fantastic and the app they have to accompany the pad works flawlessly. It's versatile enough to allow you to automatically scan and forward your pages to wherever or whomever you need to with a simple mark at the bottom of the page. Mind you there is a short setup to identify where things will go depending on what you mark, but it's really straightforward and extremely simple to setup.

Their app takes very little time to setup and introduce you to the functionality of the rocket pad. The frixion pen is smooth and provides a steady writing experience. Couple that with the ability to erase your "ink" marks and you have the best of a pen and pencil setup. It really is a good mix. The microfiber cloth they provide for wiping your sheets clean feels really good and appears to be of good quality. Between all the items you get in the box, nothing seems to be of bad quality and attention to detail looks dead on.

Now the issues I mentioned originally are still of a nature where I am unsure if its the failing on my part or the pad or the pen. Until I purchase new pens, I am going to settle for it being the way I personally used the pad and the pen. Even if it isn't, this is still a very good product and I would recommend you purchase one as the use case seems to far exceed your initial considerations. It certainly exceed mine.

If I could give it 4.5 stars I would be happy. Love the idea and the actual functioning of it. It'll be easier to just have my things on my phone, tablet, and computer. I send them to my Google Drive and it works like a charm. This book is literal magic. It's easy to write on: doesn't necessarily FEEL like paper (but then again it isn't, so why feel that way?) but the Frixion pens write really well on it regardless. Be careful and allow a few extra seconds for the ink to dry so that it won't smudge. I set it up so that immediately after I scan it, it will show up into my drive.

The reason for 4/4.5 stars instead of 5 is that many colors of Frixion brand pens do not show up well or at all. If you typically write your notes in black, blue, or red ink this is not a problem. I fell in love with the Frixion pens a few years ago and since then have exclusively bought Frixion brand. They are trusty; they write smoothly and erase well every time as long as the eraser is clean. I have the gel pens, the click pens, the markers, the pastel highlighters, and one regular yellow highlighter in this brand (i have a problem lmao) but I am a student and I use my pens all day long. They don't bleed through regular paper or anything. When a friend showed me this book I had to have it (what can I say, I am an office supply slut) and bought it immediately.

I'm going to attach my test pictures so that you can know which things work best with the Everlast Rocketbook.

I've included a color key at the bottom and highlighted which colors show up mostly true to color so that you can buy ones that are more likely to look nice once scanned. The pens stay put really well, the black marker fades easily, but overall the colors will show up.

Pens: All of the pens showed up once scanned. Some looked more like black than their actual color (1, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25)

Markers: All of the markers showed up once scanned. Some looked discolored (35, 36, 37)

Pastel Highlighters: So disappointed! They are beautiful colors but the only one that showed up was the yellow (41).

I uploaded the scan and also took a picture of the page itself to show the difference in colors. Hope this was helpful!!

Overall, I love love love this product and will keep using it and recommending it to others (along with the Frixion pens!!)

Let me start off by saying:

I found out about this product while watching a video on Facebook. A guy said it was worth the buy and I thought “this is too good to be true, let me research.” After a few hours doing research, I thought I would give it a try. As a full time college student, I easily spend $50-100 a semester on school supplies that I eventually lose.

That being said, the reviews seemed great for the Rocketbook products so I ordered 2 notebooks (one grid/one ruled), flash cards and the Frixion colorful pens & highlighters.

My review on the core notebooks: 5 ⭐️

Each book came with a black pen and cleaning cloth. Initially, the pages feel a little weird. It’s not paper, feels like plastic. Writing on them takes an adjustment, but the Frixion pens work amazing. It takes about 15-20 seconds for the ink to fry on the paper which is fine. To clean it, I sprayed some water on the page and used their cleaning cloth. It doesn’t get sparkling white like the original paper, but as you can see in the photos—you can’t tell the difference unless you really look hard. The pages dry really quick once you wipe them too.

I absolutely love these books. It’s so easy to take notes and upload them to the Rocketbook app and view them later. It also allows for me to only use 1 notebook for all my classes. Given that I can upload my notes—it makes it so much easier to study. Personally, I have a habit of losing the notes I take in class so having them uploaded to the app makes it easy and convenient to look at them when I need them.

***HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO STUDENTS OF ALL KINDS****

Review for the Frixion pens: 5 ⭐️

The multicolored pen pack is amazing. My only complaint is that the pink pen stains the pages a little, thus erasing it is a little more difficult. However, once you completely clean the page, the little pink stain goes away too. I believe the pink pen is probably more concentrated, thus making it harder to completely erase like the others. But other than that, the pens are great.

Review on the Index Cards: 5⭐️

The index cards are awesome. One side is ruled and the other grid. They work just like the core paper does. Easy clean up too. I highly recommend these for anyone who likes to make flash cards.

Overall review: 5+⭐️

Rocketbook has really changed my academic life. I’m thankful for that Facebook video showing me this product. I’m definitely going to continue to buy their products. I highly recommend this brand and the Pilot Frixion pens. It’s well worth your money!

Hi! I’m a writer. I’ve spent 41 years on this planet so far, and I’ve spent 40 of those years with a pen, pencil, or other writing utensil in my hand. I write like I breathe: constantly and for the purpose of staying alive. Writing — hand, pen, ink, paper — is a part of every single day, for my personal enjoyment, for therapeutic purposes, and for academic and research pursuits, as well as for educating my daughter. As a result, I use a lot of paper. I’m not sure I can explain the volume of paper I’m talking about here, but let’s just agree that on a scale of 1 to 10, I’m somewhere north of all the numbers, deep in uncharted territory. Two nights ago when I couldn’t sleep, I wrote a four-page letter that I’m never going to send on the subject of (I kid you not) writing letters for the purpose of not sending them. I think that sums me up. For the purposes of this paragraph anyway.

I’ve been curious about Rocketbook for a while now, and the ability to archive my handwritten work has been incredibly appealing. I picked up a full size notebook at a discounted price one day, figuring it would be worth a try, and I’m very glad I did!

I have used stone paper and Frixion pens in the past, so I was familiar with how the basic concept worked, being able to use a damp cloth to wash away the writing. And as others have said, the pages do not feel like paper. The page is totally smooth. If someone handed me a sheet of it without any indication what it was for, I certainly wouldn’t think of writing on it. But it works out pretty well with the Frixion pens, and it wipes clean just like it’s supposed to, ready for another round of notes or ideas or lesson plans. It has enough pages that I can work on multiple tasks and still have clear pages for things that come up through the day. It is close enough to the pen-and-paper experience that I feel like I can connect with what I’m writing the way I need in order to do the work I want to do.

I think I would really enjoy the executive size for my daily journaling, or the Fusion for my school preparations and planning. I will definitely be purchasing additional Rocketbook products in the future.

When I was trying to decide whether to purchase the notebook, I saw a lot of reviews that listed drawbacks or said the Rocketbook wasn’t what it claimed to be. I decided to try it anyway, and I’m glad because what people were complaining about is pretty normal stuff when you’re dealing with a reusable, yet ultimately consumable, product.

Everything we use can be used lightly and last longer, used heavily and not last long, be abused and break, or be set on a shelf safely in perfect condition. You really can’t expect a notebook to defy that reality. You get to choose how to use the notebook, and that determines what kind of experience you’re going to have.

So let me tell you about several things that affect how I use my Rocketbook. They’re not drawbacks; they are simply things to know in order to set reasonable expectations and get the most out of a great product.

To extend the life of my Rocketbook, I write with a light hand. I make sure my pen is not at an angle that causes it to scratch the page. I avoid using the eraser for more than a few letters. I archive pages as soon as possible. Every few days, I clear all the pages. I keep the notebook flat or stack it between my laptop and my clipboard if I slip it into my backpack. I make sure not to bend or crease the pages.

If you write with a naturally heavy hand or often scratch the paper with your pen, you may find indentations lingering after each use or scratches quickly adding up, which can cause the pages to deteriorate more quickly.

Erasing with a damp cloth cleans away the ink. Using the eraser in the pen is convenient, but it uses friction and heat to remove the visible ink. Moderate use of this eraser is perfectly reasonable and won’t cause problems. A lot of this type of erasing can alter the surface of the paper in such a way that it wears out faster.

Archiving and clearing all the pages every few days ensures that I haven’t neglected to catalog my notes or work, and keeps the ink from sitting on the pages too long. If you leave ink anywhere for too long, it will eventually leave some ghosting behind, regardless of whether the surface is intended to be erasable or reusable. Avoiding that ensures the pages come clean easily.

Being careful not to crease the pages or the notebook is just reasonable, since I want it to be flat.

I can see that the pages will eventually show wear and I will probably retire this Rocketbook at some point in the distant future, in favor of a newer one. And I won’t mind doing that because I will have used it well! It will be able to boast of lasting far longer than any other notebook I’ve ever owned, and of saving many many trees.

This is a wonderful tool to keep with you at all times at work and at home you can say goodbye to the endless piles of sticky notes everywhere when you're at work all over your computer and also you don't have to worry about losing or forgetting your grocery list that you work so hard all week on putting together this will do both things and is the easiest simplest nest thing to use that I now see myself reaching for constantly I don't look for paper I don't look for anything notebooks I don't have a planner this is what I use constantly and I've not replaced the notebook I spray it off with light water I used the correct pins and it looks brand new to this day and I've had it for a couple of years now. Plus the best part it is not expensive at all not for what it does and that is the other greatest point about this product I highly recommend young old stay-at-home moms working mom's stay at home dad's working dad's college kids teenagers elementary kids teachers you name it anybody could absolutely utilize this product and absolutely fall in love with how but she keeps you organized and it's just handy and simple I cannot say enough good things about this product. And yes I have gifted quite a few of these two other people in my life and they are now as equally obsessed.

I've had my "Rocketbook Everlast" for about two months now. I take tons of notes for work, and I figured this would be cheaper than going through a traditional notebook every month or two. And those notebooks take up quite a bit of space after a while. I work in a financial office, so having good-looking tools for my work is important to me.

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This product has two main physical components: interior pages, and a cover. Made of different materials. At first glance this might seem beyond silly to point out, but the difference is what brought my review down to only three stars.

The interior pages are wonderful, sturdy and durable. I give them a solid five stars for quality, and three for quantity. They're tough, tear-resistant, and easily erased with a damp cloth or paper towel as advertised. I use my Rocketbook five days a week, erase it around once a week, and when wiped clean the pages look good as new. Scanning them into my phone is pretty simple, and very quick once you get the hang of it. When it takes multiple tries to scan, it's because of user error or bad lighting, not the app's fault. Setup for how and where to send the image files is a breeze.

I'd love to have more of them so I wouldn't have to erase as often... but since I've never run out in a single day, this isn't THAT much of an issue for me personally.

The front cover, however, I have a problem with. It seems to be made of a heavier version of the inside paper, and is starting to show signs of wear far faster than the rest of the book. The matte black finish is scraped through in a couple spots and showing its white core, and there are a few other scuff marks. Most of these appeared in the first couple weeks, before I started storing it between two other books in my bag to protect it. The back cover is a sturdy, rigid, lightly textured plastic sheet that also still looks good as new. Could the front cover someday be made of something similar, with the "table of contents" page being the next page in?

If you don't care how your notebook looks, this won't be an issue for you. School notes or personal use, I wouldn't care if it got visibly beat up as long as my work inside was kept intact. However for my purposes I want my work tools to look fresh and professional, so seeing the cover become superficially worn much faster than the rest of the book is a huge disappointment.

This is the only thing stopping me from giving Rocketbook Everlast an enthusiastic five stars. With a name like "Everlast" I expected more.

Personally, I love this product. I use it every day, and it simplifies numerous tasks.

- The scans come out almost perfect every time, almost as if it was scanned by a flatbed scanner. This is huge if your instructor wants all homework submitted electronically.

- I'm able to use the same notebook for all my courses, meaning I don't need to lug around 4 notebooks, or even worse, 4 binders and lose bits and pieces throughout the semester.

- You can name the file with the note heading (it's the little things, you know).

- Combining it with a good cataloging system on your computer, you can have all your notes in one spot, without needing to dig through your backpack/folders/binders/notebooks for that one worksheet from several weeks ago that your classmate wants to look at.

- the software keeps getting better as they work on it more.

When I first got it, I wondered how many erases it would take before the "paper" wore out, but I've erased the entire notebook about 10 times and it still works as well as when I took it out of the wrapper. It'll be interesting to see how it holds up after 20.

There are some caveats, however:

- If you want something that feels like paper, this isn't it. It was frustrating at first, but the truth is, there is a different feel and it takes some practice to get used to it.

- It does take time maintain it all, about a half hour per week.

- Genuine Pilot Frixion pens are not cheap. You can get knockoffs that are less expensive, but after being disappointed with such things, I advise against anything but the name brand Pilot product.

I have recommended this to multiple classmates, and I've even loaned my other one out. The response I get is usually along the lines of "I don't like how it feels, it doesn't feel like paper," and they're absolutely right. Just buy this product keeping in mind that you'll spend an evening learning how to write efficiently with it.

That said, I have some tips to make it easier:

1. Frixion pens don't write on this material the first time you set it to the page. You might need to dab the tip on the page a few times to prime it, then the ink will flow well.

2. The ink that flows out of the pen is more or less constant, so moving the pen faster necessarily results in a thinner or lighter line.

3. For now, don't use the "optimized for color" scanning option. It tends to add in too much grayscale. Maybe someday they'll perfect it.

TL;DR

All in all, this product has been working perfectly for me since learning how to use it properly, but be aware that it really should be treated as a different tool with its own techniques to get the most out of it.

This is a really nice product, and so far it has worked very well for me. I use OneNote for project-related notes, but prefer to write notes during meetings and for to-do lists, etc. In the past I've switched between keeping an actual notebook and just writing on blank paper on a clipboard, and I'd occasionally photogrpah my important notes, crop the photos, and insert them in my OneNote pages. The problem with this system was that taking photos, cropping, saving, uploading to my cloud, then importing them to OneNote was really time consuming, and on top of that I was ending up with either full notebooks or stacks of hand-written pages that I no longer need.

The Rocketbook is an ideal compromise. Just the right size for meeting notes and other similar things, pages are easy to write on, and the app is great - just point the camera, click through a few things, and my notes are already in OneNote. The OCR is surprisingly good for basic text (especially considering how bad my handwriting is); only problem is it doesn't automatically format bullets, extended sentences, and similar. Pages clean up very easily; I even accidentally used a regular pen on one, but it didn't take long to clean it up with a bit of isopropyl. I don't regret buying it.

I also bought the carrying case for it; I'll review that in another post.

Love this piece of technology. It actually ensures all my notes are saved on Clouds like iCloud and One Drive. It is extremely helpful in retaining notes that you may need at a later instance. Only the wiping part is a bit of a work, but hey, this is available at 3,000INR and an eink tablet like the Remarkable costs 40,000+ INR. What more could you ask for?

The Frixion pens are affordable and widely available for purchase.

The app transcribed my challenging handwriting pretty well, impressive.

Für ein Notizbuch sehr teuer. OCR der Begleitapp ist ein Glücksspiel und wenn man es nicht zeitnah reinigt (am besten innerhalb weniger Tage), bleibt nach der Reinigung ein "Schatten" der Schrift auf den Seiten zurück. Ich hatte es nach nicht einmal 2 Wochen abgewischt und habe diese Rückstände mit dem mitgelieferten Stift gehabt.

Außerdem empfinde ich das Schreiben auf den Seiten nicht als angenehm und das Trocknen der Tinte dauert mir zu lang. Die Beschränkung auf diese Art Stifte ist nachvollziehbar aber ein zusätzlicher Punkt, den man beachten muss. Man kann sich nicht mal einfach so einen Stift leihen, wenn man den Frixion Stift vergessen hat oder dieser plötzlich leer ist.

Individueller Versand aus USA ist zudem nicht so super.

Nette Idee aber für den Preis hat es mich nicht überzeugt - ich würde es nicht noch einmal kaufen.

今まで散在していた情報(日記、アイディアノート、メモ、読書のまとめ、活動記録等)がまとめられてデータベース化できる！最高です！

もっと早く手に入れたかった。

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