Hobonichi Techo Planner vs Moleskine Classic Hard Cover

I had actually purchased this agenda from the hobonichi website, only to realize the shipping was more than the book! I tried looking on Japanese stationary sites based in America, but they were sold out. I was wary about buying this since it might have been a knock off, but it is the real thing. This is my second year using this planner and I love it. It has a whole page for each day of the year, which makes it easy to write down a lot each day

Recently, I've moved to a job where the details matter, and I want to look more professional. That means the notebooks should look nice (sorry Composition notebooks) and the pens should be better (you've been great Bic's). That's why I decided to try the Moleskine notebook. It's a prime-looking notebook with paper that ghosts pretty fiercely with a Pilot V5

There's an elegance to this planner, & yet it clearly was designed to be a workhorse. And the inclusion of monthly calendars as well as daily pages with plenty of writing room suits me perfectly. To top it off, the binding is a work of genius--flexible yet very sturdy. I'm new to Techo planners, but I think I just became a customer for life

I mean a hardbound notebook of a convenient size (the Moleskine "large" is perfect in my opinion at about 5x8 -- it's small enough to throw in my purse, yet not annoyingly tiny.) I mean a notebook with an inner pocket so I can store odds and ends. I mean it has a ribbon marker so I can find my place easily, and an elastic band closure so the pages don't get messed up when I'm traveling around. I mean it lies flat when it's open so I can write easily

Paper quality, durability, ease of use were all punch above their weight class at this price. Good product.

whatever. Right up about the notebook. Oh, and this might be the sticker. A quality control sticker