I've used discbound half letter for years, sometimes for planning but mostly as my notebook system of choice. Three things make a big difference for discs. 1) ditch those stupid leather covered covers and get some glass plastic covers from Cloth & Paper. Those leather covers look nice but they add bulk and the part that needs to be sturdy is flimsy AF. The stitching won't last. 2) Always use metal discs. Plastic disks have mold marks that can catch on the paper. 3) don't go over 1.25 inch for something you're going to be flipping through a lot. More thickness = more travel when you flip pages and that leads to the punched parts folding and tearing. If you plan right, you can have a nice planner on 1.25 discs. The dimensions are another matter, I went back to planning in a B6/personal wide size because I like that page size more than half letter for planning.
you seriously just won comment of the year award for me. You hit the nail on the head exactly! I don't like leather covers and returned the moterm cover. Not that it's not a nice cover but yeah too bulky and heavy! I'm giong to try the glass covers from C&P and I even ditched the leather cover from Levenger and just put frosted ones on from eleven disks that are so much thinner and lighter and add more structure. Thanks so much for your comment that just defined everything I was thinking. :)
I used 1.25 in discs i am a weekly planner i found i keep 3 months at a time in my planner been in half letter now for over a year originally in personal planner but it was really chunky so i minimised it into the half letter
I've used discbound half letter for years, sometimes for planning but mostly as my notebook system of choice. Three things make a big difference for discs. 1) ditch those stupid leather covered covers and get some glass plastic covers from Cloth & Paper. Those leather covers look nice but they add bulk and the part that needs to be sturdy is flimsy AF. The stitching won't last. 2) Always use metal discs. Plastic disks have mold marks that can catch on the paper. 3) don't go over 1.25 inch for something you're going to be flipping through a lot. More thickness = more travel when you flip pages and that leads to the punched parts folding and tearing. If you plan right, you can have a nice planner on 1.25 discs. The dimensions are another matter, I went back to planning in a B6/personal wide size because I like that page size more than half letter for planning.
you seriously just won comment of the year award for me. You hit the nail on the head exactly! I don't like leather covers and returned the moterm cover. Not that it's not a nice cover but yeah too bulky and heavy! I'm giong to try the glass covers from C&P and I even ditched the leather cover from Levenger and just put frosted ones on from eleven disks that are so much thinner and lighter and add more structure. Thanks so much for your comment that just defined everything I was thinking. :)
8 months later and this comment is still the best :)
I used 1.25 in discs i am a weekly planner i found i keep 3 months at a time in my planner been in half letter now for over a year originally in personal planner but it was really chunky so i minimised it into the half letter
That is what I might do for March is move to half letter
New subbie here. I'm in a half letter as well. I recently was considering mini hp size or the B6...but idk...planner girl problems. TFS
I'm thinking of mini HP as well as I'm finding half letter so large. yep planner girl problems lol