November 5th
Here is the first group of Equology reviews. By and large, I was extremely pleased with everyone’s reaction to the recycled planners. 
My thanks and gratitude to all the volunteers and reviewers. All of us at Exaclair–and the head of marketing for France mentioned this to me, too– are continually amazed by the depth of care, detail and the total comprehensiveness of the reviews we receive. Thank you.
Your comments and suggestions are a reliable compass to indicate if we going in the right direction, and what adjustments we should make.
I held my breath waiting to hear how the paper performed with pens. I was able to confirm the larger versions are made with 89 g paper; and pocket size is 74 g paper. Based on my experience with fountain pen customers, I do not market any book as “fountain pen friendly” unless it is 80 g and up.
I think, overall, like other products – the larger books performed well with fountain pens, and the smaller ones less so. Also, the paper is not the “extra white” of Clairefontaine, but plain white with a slight grey tinge. When I felt the pages of my Equology Sapa X the paper seemed to have a little, a hint, of texture.
Read more about Equology here.
Jeff Abbott reviewed a Scholar.
Brad reviewed a Textagenda.
Inks, Nibs & Paper reviewed a Sapa X.
Laurie reviewed a Minister in her new notebooks and planners group on Flickr.
Lauren from Pennington-on-the-Paper reviewed a Scholar.
DizzyPen reviewed a Sapa X.
Diane from Pocket Blonde reviewed a Textagenda.
The Pen Archives reviewed a Scholar.
Thanks so much again! More reviews will be posted soon.
October 27th
I’m changing my planner for 2010. For the past several years I have used Space 24 and loved it. I had a full page to write down everything I needed to do that week for work and home: people to call, dry cleaning reminders, scribbled notes for books to buy, my noon class on Wednesdays, projects to work on, mailings, and all the other memoranda of my life. As usual, I would get done about half of what I planned to do, so I’d erase various notes and distribute them over the next week or two. The paper is strong enough to hold up to lots of erasing.
This year, Quo Vadis introduced Equology – a planner line made with recycled paper. As a former staff member and volunteer with the Sierra Club, and a committed environmentalist, I had a real dilemma on my hands: stay with Space 24 or go over to Equology.Â
I hasten to add the Clairefontaine paper used for Space 24 is made with strict environmental standards. The mill manufactures much of its own energy, all the pulp and wood by-products come from FSC and PEFC certified forests — none from old growth forests — and the water is cleaner when it leaves the mill then when it arrives. So clean, in fact, people can fish, swim and boat downstream within sight of the plant. With a background in Sierra Club fights in Alaska over logging practices and pulp mill pollution, that is pretty impressive.
But, recycled paper is recycled paper. I made the decision to give Equology a try for a year.
Then, I couldn’t find a format that would exactly meet my need for a notes page. Read the rest of this entry »
September 14th
If you’re curious about our eco-friendly Equology line, today’s your lucky day — we’ve got some extra 2009 Equology planners in the office, and the first 20 people who write us will get a daily or weekly planner of their choice.
Among the weekly formats, you can choose from the Scholar, the Minister, and Sapa X.
If you’d prefer a daily planner, ask for a Textagenda.
To throw your name into the hat, send us an email with your choice of format, and your first and second choices for cover colors and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
Stay tuned for more fall giveaways, including academic planners, notebooks, ink, and even 2010 planners!
June 29th
Thanks to Pentamento for the first review of our new Equology eco-friendly notebooks and planners… Reading it reminded me that I’ve been meaning to post my own photographs and impressions, so here goes.
I, too, love the heavy duty rubber-like cover, to which pictures don’t really do justice—it’s soft and bumpy and dry, sort of like a cat’s tongue:
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