Mead Composition Notebooks Sheets 38301 Reviews Summary

Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "I love these books. Light, sturdy, and durable."
• "They are made well and my kids use them every year."
• "These Mead notebooks are wonderful. They are stout, inexpensive and hold together nicely."
• "Like all Mead Composition Books it features excellent binding, ability to lay flat for easy note taking, and a hardened cover for protection against the elements and other acts of God."
• "They stay together much better and longer than other notebooks, they are pretty tough."
• "This classic composition book is constructed very well and can be used in a variety of ways."
• "These notebooks have a durable marbled cardboard cover with sheets permanently sewn into the binding."

Cons:

• "The cover is so thin that the book is soft and floppy."
• "Mead Composition notebooks used to have nice, thick, sturdy, durable covers. Not anymore."
• "The book is no longer sturdy w/ a hard front and back cover, now the covers bend; the binding strip is flimsy and is already coming unglued."
• "These new composition books use flimsier cardboard and the paper isn't as good."
• "The cover is very thin and easily bend."
• "The covers are much thinner and less durable than they used to be and bend easily."
• "Used to love these, but covers are now way too thin."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Even at full retail, these little babies are still a bargain."
• "This was the perfect amount of note books and the price was excellent for the amount of books I need."
• "Plain-old Mead composition books. A bit on the cheap side, compared to what I remember them being about 10 years ago, but $20 for 12 is $1.66 each so that's not a bad deal at all."
• "Got these on sale making it even more worth."
• "Very fast shipping, good price for a dozen composition books."
• "They cost a dollar per notebook, so how can you really complain?"
• "A good product at a very reasonable price."

Cons:

• "You'll pay as much or more for 'shipping' as you will for the listed price of the notebook."
• "The item is a good size the down side is it’s more costly than it is in a regular store."
• "I feel that over $5 for a basic composition book is definitely too much."
• "As of this writing, the price for one notebook is $5.99. Ouch! These are sold everywhere for at least half that price."
• "The notebooks were $5.00 or $6.00 total, and the shipping for almost $17.00!!!"
• "Expensive--found them for much closer after I received them. Alas, return shipping is $13!"
• "This black and white school journal is of good quality, but is very expensive."

Design and Variety

Pros:

• "The Mead composition book is large enough for you to really draw sketches or diagrams, or for you to insert an important document."
• "I hope I could have more color choice next time."
• "It is the perfect size to lug a couple of these around campus with my laptop."
• "These composition books are very sturdy and are exactly what I was looking for."
• "It includes a class schedule on the inside cover as well as a useful conversion table, multiplication chart, and common grammar rules to easily refer to."
• "The classic wide-ruled Mead 100-page notebook is still here."
• "Each notebook can easily be customized for the different subjects."

Cons:

• "Disappointed....it was not the original hard cover as stated in some reviews..was looking for the original hardcover Mead marble composition notebook that was listed on my son's kindergarten supplies list."
• "I ordered black ones and got a bunch of colored ones."
• "Just received this composition book (Oct-2020) and it is a soft, flexible cover. It is NOT a hard cover as some reviewers stated."
• "The paper color varied and has a pinkish, brownish tinge. Not white!!"
• "However, when I opened the box, I was really disgusted with the cheap, flimsy composition books."
• "It's not worth returning these, but they are somewhat disappointing. The product description says they have hard covers, but they are actually fairly flexible."
• "Having purchased these previously from Staples, I was disappointed to receive these with a different cover."

Practicality and Use

Pros:

• "These are perfect for taking notes."
• "I like to use these notebooks for all my courses, since its hard to lose papers and have it as a record for a long time."
• "I have ripped out pages and the notebook has not come apart."
• "This is my favorite notebook.The pages are secured and it's a wonderful way to keep notes, recipes, anything."
• "I use these for school, business and notes at church Bible Study and food diary and so much more!!"
• "Works great for taking notes at company meetings."
• "These composition Notebooks are great for school or for work."

Cons:

• "If I wanted a 'floppy' notebook I could have purchased any number of notebooks that were cheaper than this."
• "The pages are really thin; you can see the ink through more than one page."
• "Writing on a page creates a visible indentation in the paper underneath."
• "It's an okay notebook but I forgot you can't tear pages out of it without destroying the book."
• "HAVE TO BREAK BIND TO KEEP OPEN."
• "The notebook literally looks like water has touched the paper edges."
• "The inside paper is thin and tears, plus I've had issues with bleed-through when using certain kinds of pens."