![]() ![]() What does Plotter offer that other ring bound planners don’t? ![]() If you’ve already invested in a ring binder from another manufacturer, I recommend sticking with it before investing in the full Plotter set-up. I don’t put a ton of stuff in my Filofax but I can quickly fill up the space with tab dividers and other miscellany. This is another reason I was not ready to drop coin on the Plotter binders. If you’re used to stuffing your planner, the Plotter binder will hold about 1/3 to 1/2 the amount of stuff you are used to. Filofax uses 11mm in their Personal Slim models but the average size rings are 23mm in the standard and 30mm in the A5. The rings on the Plotter planners are about 10mm. As a result of the slim design, the Plotter does not have pockets on the inside of the covers like most Filofax. I was not ready to invest the money in these covers as I already own several Filofax-style binders. The covers for the binders appear to be the same type of leather as Traveler’s Notebooks. ![]() Plotter offers very slim, leather binders. So, if the Narrow binder appeals to you, you will very much be locked into Plotter’s refills and accessories unless it becomes a runaway success and other shops start making refills for this size. The Narrow size is a very slim paper refill and doesn’t have a comparable size via Filofax or other ring binder maker. The Bible and the Personal are essentially the same size and the A5 options are as it says on the label, A5-sized. Plotter offers two very comparable sizes: the Bible size and A5. While Filofax offers a slightly wider variety of sizes, the most common sizes for the binders and refills are the Pocket, Personal, A5. All you need is a hole punch or binder punch to add in customized pages. The advantage that ring bound (and discbound) planners have over all the other is the ability to move pages, take pages out to work on them and add a variety of pages into the planner - the pages don’t even have to be the same size as the other sheets. I love the custom-ability of ring bound planners. I am glad that Plotter has come into the market with their version of the ring bound planner and inserts. The Plotter offers high-end leather and the aesthetic minimalism of the Traveler’s notebook with the interior functionality of the Filofax. And now, with the arrival of the Plotter, the plannerverse has come back to ring planners. As people continued to seek out flexibility and functionality, there was a bump in interest in discbound notebooks with the arrival of haute couture models from William Hannah. Then along came the Traveler’s Notebook and the spiral behemoths like Erin Condren and Happy Planners. Yes, discbound notebooks were also available but only through places like Levenger and were considered more as flexible notebooks than planner systems. They were one of the few more flexible planning options available. When I started The Well-Appointed Desk, Filofax and its brethren were the go-to for paper planning. If you have been anywhere within shouting vicinity of me over the last couple of months, you’ll know that upon seeing the new Plotter products, I have been yelling, “It’s a fancy Filofax!”Īs someone who never abandoned the allure of ring binders like Filofax, I am delighted to see that the planning trends have come full circle. ![]()
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