OxfordCampus A5 Notebook, Wirebound, 8 mm Lined with Margin, 140 Page, Pack of 5 Notepads, Bright Colours, Optik Paper+

Your pen will glide on this quality paper. After buying one in England, I ordered these online because I love them so much. You won't be satisfied with regular notebook paper again after these! They are truly awesome and worth it!

I absolutely love these notebooks. I bought the A4 version last year to help me with my revision and preparation for my essays in my first year of a Psychology degree. Having found that I get frustrated when I can't find a specific note or quote in the A4 version because of it's size (I always forget to underline or mark), I decided to buy these A5 notebooks and I am so glad that I did. The size is perfect and as always with Oxford Campus notebooks, the quality of the paper is great. The pages are smooth and they are a lovely bright white. You can write on both sides of a page and it does not show through, which I always found annoying with the cheaper brands. Also the notebooks sit flat on the table or desk because the binding wire does not get in the way. I am left handed and this has not been a problem for me to write comfortably. You get five lovely notebooks, I chose the black covers as that is my favourite colour. I am so pleased with them, I will definitely be buying these again to help me complete my university degree. Highly recommended! If in doubt just buy these. You will not be disappointed!

For me, the difference between an Oxford Campus notebook and any other is the smooth quality of the paper.Yes, you can scan the pages which is a nice idea no one uses. Yes, the pages can be cleanly torn from the book using the perforation, and yes, the cover is both stiff enough to give strength to the book, yet flexible enough to not be a hardback.All that is true, but deep down, we all know that when you use a gel ink rollerball pen as I do, writing on these pads is smoother than Barry White singing on an ice rink!

I have been a fan of Oxford campus notebooks for years but they can be really expensive to buy on the high street. A pack of these per year has got me through four years of my undergraduate degree and 2+ years of professional postgraduate training, and has saved me quite a bit of money too. I prefer the notebooks to the jotter pads because I find it easier to slot handouts inside (and then pull out the all of the pages and file layer). The new addition of the “scan your notes” app is interesting and worth trying out, but the quality is good enough to use them regardless. Just watch out for people always asking you for paper in lectures!

expensive compared to Europa Notemaker where you pay less and get more. The paper quality is better and you do get a margin and holes (if required). I don;t find the binders as strong as they are slightly bigger and so if pulling out a few pages in one go, this can distort the binder. They have shiny covers which cannot be write on but do have an index page where you can write your name. It helps to have different coloured covers for differentiating topics and they are a nice size. I still think they are a little expensive at £2.28 each as opposed to the Europa's £1.40 each although these don't have holes or margins and have slightly less pages, but I know which I prefer value wise.

The description on the webpage say it is scribzee app compatible, and show images of pages with the scribzee App registration marks on each page (the little black registration marks on each corner). The pads that arrived are not compatible, they do not have the required registration marks. For those wondering; the scribzee app helps you scan your notes, save and organise them digitally - useful and worth having, but not as useful with these pads.