Amazon Basics 50 Sheet Legal Inches Reviews Summary

Page Quality

Pros:

• "Great value and love the colors!"
• "Very happy with these note pads. i've now got several dozen just waiting to be used."
• "The paper quality is 'as expected' and the price is very reasonable for the number of pads."
• "The paper is good quality and holds up well to hard pressure writers."
• "The paper holds most pen ink well without bleeding or staining."
• "I use these to keep track of various projects so all my notes are in one place."
• "This paper does not hold ink well. The pad is also laid out weird with the last line being too close to the bottom of the sheet and too much space at the top."

Cons:

• "These are poorly constructed, cheap legal pads. The main problem is that they rip very easily when writing with a pencil."
• "The paper quality is really poor and scratchy."
• "The paper quality went down considerably. Although I still like the subtle lines, the surface of the paper is rough."
• "This paper is too thin and it is even a little irritating on the skin."
• "The paper is thin and has no tooth resulting in very light writing."
• "The paper is much thinner than I was expecting."
• "The paper is good and inexpensive but the sheets do not tear off cleanly."

Perforation and Binding

Pros:

• "Very sturdy and paper tears off nicely."
• "The adhesive holds it together well, the paper fades if it gets wet."
• "The perforations work as they should – tearing off easily and cleanly, but holding tight when not pulled on."
• "Pages tear off clean too."

Cons:

• "The perforation line is too far under the binding it's difficult to keep from tearing the page."
• "The pages are perforated and rip off pretty easily."
• "The top rip off section tears just right and if he wants to keep the pad in tact it never rips too soon."
• "The perforated edge is up too high in the binding so every page you tear off rips with a jagged edge."
• "The perforated top is useless, trying to remove the sheet just tears up the whole page."
• "The sheets do not tear off cleanly like the office depot pads do."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Great price for the product. Will buy again."
• "Very happy and they get here fast."
• "I thought, what could be the difference between Amazon basic brand and the other named note pads. So much!!"
• "Nothing wrong with the cardboard backs, they hold up perfectly!"
• "I'm definitely ordering again!"

Cons:

• "Now the price has gone up and the quality has gone down."
• "I won't buy them again. I canceled my 'subscribe and save' order for these pads."
• "The quality is below my expectation. I will trash what I bought and buy a quality brand."
• "It's like the manufacturer set out to create the cheapest, thinnest paper possible."

Ink Compatibility

Pros:

• "I love using fountain pens when writing down notes. I've used the Pilot Metropolitan and the Platinum Preppy. They glide a lot better than ball point pen and dry out less."

Cons:

• "The paper will not take that kind of ink very well, resulting in a rather blotchy appearance."
• "The new paper smudges for ink pens which is super annoying since I prefer to use ink pens."
• "I can't count how many times I have ripped through the paper just writing."
• "This paper is too thin and has no tooth resulting in very light writing."
• "Fountain pen ink bleeds through the Staples paper occasionally and shows through it easily."