One of my favourite gifts this year was a Correctbook, given to me by the board when I finished my role as chairperson of Delft MaMa.
A Dutch company that has the laudable mission to banish illiteracy worldwide, this was the first time I’d seen the product. Essentially a notebook that can be wiped clean, their tagline is “endless writing for everyone”.
In a world full of tech tools, I still love to write, and this is a great product for that. You may even notice some of my notes in this blog are written in one.
What I love
The social entrepreneurship
It’s good to support companies with a cause.
Wide range of page template types & covers
From a week planner, blank, to do, dots, lines – it’s all available. You can also choose several different colours for the cover. I bought lots of different ones and they all still fit into the one notebook.
I bought a random A5 notebook cover at a second hand store with a pouch that stores it beautifully as well.
Easy to move pages around
You can push pages in and out of the book and make it thin or thicker. You can also pull pages out, and if you have a few pens, several of you can write on a page seperately, then it can just be pushed back into the notebook binder.
Creativity
I feel like I can be more creative than with a regular pen as it’s so easy to erase “mistakes”. 
Minimising paper
Though I recycle the paper I use, I still feel it’s good to minimise use.
What I like less
The branding on every single page with the Correctbook logo and tagline
Once I purchase a product, and take it out of packaging, I like very minimal to no branding. I would literally like a blank page to work on instead of the logo on every single page. The story is also very impressive, but I don’t want it permanently inside the back cover of my notebook. Perhaps this is ok if it’s a company gift, but considering I bought it, I don’t want “advertising” throughout.
The pens are expensive
Without the special pens, the notebook cannot be used. Though there are instructions on their website on how to revive the pens should they dry out, and also refill ink, it’s hard to know when my pen will run out. Therefore I feel I need at least one backup pen with me, and considering it takes a few days to order new ones and I have no idea how long they last, it feels a little unpredictable. They are also relatively expensive. I also like to work in a rainbow of colours but only black, green, red, blue are available…and I’ve noticed that the coloured ones aren’t as easily erased.
The erasers fall apart
You don’t HAVE to use the erasers, as you can also use the end of the special pens, or a (damp) cloth. The erasers seem to work the best – though do fall apart after several uses. I don’t think this is a major issue if you acknowledge that they are only meant to have a limited life, but it seems out of sorts with the “endless writing” purpose of the books. Perhaps just not use them at all and stick to the alternatives.
The app
The first app was awful. Though you could scan pages – you couldn’t actually export them out of the app! There is a new version though that I am yet to try.
Overall a great product
To sum it all up – like anything – there are pros and cons but I do think this is a great product. There are many other versions (for example smaller and larger notebooks) and it seems to be a cool company to support. I’ll still continue to use paper notebooks as well, but this is a great addition to my stationery stash. I jazzed mine up with a few stickers.
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