The most prevalent is a glue binding that lies completely flat, but twin ring and squishy soft ring bindings are also available. This notebook contains an instruction page and 10 sheets of B5 Kokuyo Campus Sarasara loose leaf paper, with 36 lines of dotted 6 mm rule per page. The paper is textured enough for graphite to grip the surface, yet smooth enough to use with gel pens.

Kokuyo Campus Smart Ring Binder, Up to 25 Sheets, B5, 26 Kokuyo Campus Smart Ring Binder, Up to 25 Sheets, B5, 26

There’s a full-year calendar at the beginning of the notebook, plus seventeen pages of lined paper in the back for additional notes. Once you apply enough force, the teeth will start to open, and then you can simply pry them open with your fingers. Not only is it thicker and higher quality, it is also punched with as many as thirty holes per sheet. Each sheet in the memo pad is perforated and tears out cleanly, so disposable notes like grocery lists can be thrown away without damaging the rest of the memo pad. To close the rings, pinch them shut with your fingers and then flip the plastic stopper down to lock it in place.

You can use the Weekly and 2 Week notebooks to plan ahead, record when projects are due, and ensure you finish your to-do list. It's very small, and the plastic does feel a bit fragile, and I was very worried that I'd just break the thing into a million pieces.

Kokuyo Campus Smart Ring Binder Notebook - B5 - 26 Rings * Kokuyo Campus Smart Ring Binder Notebook - B5 - 26 Rings

I find the binder to be too fiddly and frustrating to use, and I also do not like that the instructions tell me not to fold the notebook back onto itself.The notebook comes with 10 sheets of Kokuyo loose leaf paper and can be of course refilled and rearranged with any compatible Kokuyo notebook refills and accessories.