Glukel's Thotbook - Space for your Mind

A surprise package arrived at my clinic address the other day. With curiosity, I opened it up and found 5 little notebooks, like memo-pads! There was an accompanying letter, which very politely, said that Glukel hoped I would find their Thotbooks useful!

Five little different coloured notebooks! They were the perfect size for a handbag or purse!  In times, when most people I know make their notes on their smartphones, I continue to use little notepads and good old pens! So this was the perfect unexpected gift!

Since I have a blog solely for stationery products and it's a known fact that I'm mad about stationery, I thought here would be the perfect space to review these little Thotbooks from Glukel!

So here goes!

   Individually packaged!

Five colours - A bright yellow, cheerful red, deep blue, sharp green and a good brown.

 The paper quality is good and decently smooth for ease of writing. The covers are nice and thick, made from recycled paper. Size is perfect for a back pocket, jacket or handbag. 

 The notebooks measure 3.5" x 5.5", with a scale on the flap which can be used as a bookmark. There are 64 graph pages inside.





The brown one is in my clinic drawer already, and one is in my handbag and the other three in a drawer at home, for later use.

The price is INR 110/= each.

Thank you, Glukel! Is there a catalog for your products?  

In continuation -

Currently, ThotBook is available through some bookstores only in Hyderabad 

(Walden, The Deccan Pen Store and Q-mart). However, one can go online and 

have Thotbook shipped right to your doorstep through Amazon.in 

http://www.amazon.in/THOTBOOK-MeMoPad-PACK-graph-pages/dp/B01MTR9ZLE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498054575&sr=8-1&keywords=thotbook

Notebooks, more and more!

Now Kokuyo Camlin has entered the Notebook market with a range of colourful notebooks, in two different sizes. 29.7 x 21 cms and 24 x 18 cms. The paper is 70 gsm, single lined. The bigger notebook has 164 pages while the smaller sized one has 124 pages.  The pages have margins and space for page numbers and dates.

The paper is decently smooth for writing.  Using fountain pens would probably make the ink bleed on the reverse though.

They are priced at INR 90 and INR 60 respectively, slightly steeper than other notebooks.

What I specially liked, are the rounded corners!!

My daughter will get to use the smaller version and I get to use the bigger ones!

Camlin Kokuyo, well done!

MATRIKAS Cube Works Flexi

Cube Works Flexi by MATRIKAS are good notebooks in vibrant colours.  Attractive plastic sleeves over a soft cover give them just the right amount of flexibility and protection.

They come in two sizes - A4 and A5.

The A4 sized ones are good for college and office use for making notes or keeping records.
The A5 sized ones are perfect for school use or casual use.

A5 and A4 together

They have 160 pages and are available in eight colours.

They are centre pinned and lined with a section on the top right of each page for the date. 

The paper quality is smooth and allows for writing with ink on both sides without smudging.  I particularly like the fact that the top line is darker but not double. I also like the non-margined look.

I am known to be finicky about my stationery but I must say that these notebooks pass my quality test with high grades. The only negative from my point of view is the date column. I would have liked to have the notebooks without it since I'm not a college student anymore!


All in all, these Flexi notebooks would get  4.5 stars out of 5!! A pleasure to use!

For more information on their products keep watching this blog!
You can also drool over their products at http://www.matrikas.co.in

Notebooks, journals and more!

Aren't these great? I received these wonderful looking stationery products yesterday from Matrikas. There are notebooks, journals, ring books, little notepads and more.

Over the next few weeks, I'm going to review each product on this blog so keep visiting!

Yes, the creators at Matrikas sent them to me. But rest assured that my reviews will in no way be biased. And if there is enough interest generated, maybe we'll organise a contest and have a give-away!