If you have recently found yourself with several projects in the air and multiple sheets of note paper scattered across your desk, you might want to consider corralling all your papers into one container like the Mead Five Star Flex NoteBinder™.
I originally headed to the local Office Max store in search of a 5 subject notebook with pocket dividers. I was disappointed that many of their shelves of notebooks were empty. While I might expect empty shelves in August or September and maybe even January, that seemed quite odd for the middle of February. Because the 5 subject notebook options were slim, I perused the binders instead. Of the options available, I chose the Mead Five Star Flex NoteBinder™.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE MEAD FIVE STAR FLEX NOTEBINDER™
1) The cover is the heavy duty non-tear plastic. Probably a polypropylene of some kind.
2) It included five dividers.
3) It included 80 sheets of note paper. 60 College Ruled and 20 Quad Ruled. I call the “Quad Ruled” graph paper.
4) The spine expands to hold more than a 1” binder.
5) The binder lies flat when opened. This makes it easy for taking notes.
6) I like that the binder rings are flexible plastic and not the typical hard metal. I have gotten my fingers pinched in way too many metal binder rings.
WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED ABOUT THE MEAD FIVE STAR FLEX NOTEBINDER™
1) My only color option was black. I am not sure if that is only what Mead offers or if that is the only color Office Max chooses to stock.
2) I am concerned the flexible plastic rings referred to as Tech Lock® Rings will wear out. I hope the technology can withstand hundreds of openings and closings of the rings.
3) If the binder is more than ½ full and you need to add pages to the front half of the binder, you must remove chunks of your papers from the binder so you can make room to add to the rings. This is because the rings are designed to open to the right of center rather than in the center.
3) While it included 5 dividers, the type of dividers would not have been my first choice. I would have preferred no dividers and a cheaper price. Then I could ala carte my own dividers.
4) I also do not think the inclusion of the 20 quad ruled note paper was necessary. I think most people would find 20 more pages of college ruled note paper more useful than the quad ruled paper.
MY RECOMMENDATION
While I have only had the binder for a couple days, I really like the fact all my various project papers are in one neat binder. I also think it will travel pretty well to and from meetings.
Although I would have liked to have seen the price a dollar or so less, it seemed in line with other similar products.
Overall, it impressed me enough to purchase it. I put a high value on my money and generally don’t invest in something unless I am sure it is worthy of my investment. So, I guess I would say it is worth a try. Stay posted for further updates!
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