What's the difference between A6 & Personal Planners? Ring Planner Size Guide - UKPA - Planner Tips
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- You'd be amazed at the number of people who don't realise their A6 planners are actually personal size. Is this you too? In this video, I'll be explaining what we mean by the A paper sizes, and how to easily spot the difference between the two so you'll know exactly what you're shopping for.
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I almost just made them most ginormic mistake!!!!! This is absolutely amazing. I just ordered an a6 and canceled immediately after seeing this!!!! All my inserts are personal size. So it would have literally been a useless planner. Thank u thank u thank u thank u for this!!!!!!!🎉🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
Love this, thank you for going into more detail about A6 and Personal size. Way back when I was looking for an A6 I ordered what I thought was an A6 off Amazon and ordered my inserts off of Etsy they were not the same size. So I know the frustration.
The whole planner sizes and labels thing is so confusing anyway - I've got more size guides on the way :)
This made me laugh. I am an a6 girl and bought an a6 insert from Amazon as a stop gap insert. It was definitely for a6 cos I checked. Guess what I got when it arrived!? Personal size!!!! So it went in the bin. Then I found your shop. Now that is a wormy rabbit hole!!! Lol xx
OMG. Been there! 🤪
This is a good video that clearly show the difference between the A6 and Personal size. I have Personal, but love the look of the paper size of A6. Thank you for the explanation Ellie.
If you have some A6 but you use a personal planner, (and they are blank) you can cut them in half IF YOU USE HALF PAGES. (Just if you want to be able to use them) they would stick out a bit so… they could be section dividers/tabs of sorts)
I run into similar issues with A5 & half letter size. My planner is A5, but I live in the U.S. Sellers conflate them, but they are NOT the same!
Oh crikey - I didn't know sellers mixed those two up - that's so confusing!!
Thanks for the illustration & explanation ❤! Blessings from Michigan, US!
As someone in U.S…. I have taken A6 as a skinny personal, bc in the craft stores that sell personal planners the inserts are 4”x7”. They are too wide to fit in some “A6” planners (with personal ring configuration). I personally like the skinnier inserts for a skinnier planner. Give me pocket width just about with more height and I am happy. Even Franklin Covey has pocket inserts and you look on the size listed and it is actually personal according to this info, but according to craft stores here in U.S. personal planner inserts are 4”x7”, so it is skinnier. Bottom line measurements are needed every time a person is buying personal or A6. Thanks for the video! It was neat to learn the actual true origins.
I think people confuse A6 with personal because Chinese brands (they sell on Amazon via third parties a lot) call A6 personal size.
Oh my goodness, yes! As someone who uses personal size, the struggle is very real due to all of the confusion!
Oh my goodness. This was so helpful. I bought what was supposed to be a Moterm A7 pocket planner from Amazon, got it and its an A6 personal planner luxe, I think, because its definitely not the A7. So, I was researching and found your video as an explanation. Thank you. I think the mix up is that over here in the US, the "personal" planner is also called the A6 planner, which it isn't, size wise, compared to Europe. And the US A6 is also called a TRUE A6, just for funsies, I guess. Then add in the whole y'all use centimeters and we use inches, and it's enough to make your head explode. Thank you for helping us to sort stuff out. I really needed this video.
This is SO helpful! Thank you ❤
Thank you so much for this video. I am often confused and I am often frustrated when purchasing inserts for my A6.
Wow. This made so much sense to me. I’m in the US and didn’t realize the differences.
Oh my goodness!!! This was the best explanation and demonstration I've ever seen❤. I actually think I understand it now! Thank you so much, and blessings to you❤.
how delightfully diplomatic of you......when we all know the confusion comes because Americans refuse to join the rest of the world and use the Metric system. Of course, since they do have a tendency to 'change' any system they adopt to suit themselves, they're just as likely to go metric then rejig it as they've done with the Imperial system of measurement, and the english to american english language etc; and Aliexpress don't help matters with their confusing "A" sizes. Thanks so much for your detailed explanation, I'm sure it's going to help de-mystify planner sizes for many 🌹🌹
Thank you I almost bought a personal size when I am looking for a wider planner.
You are so welcome!
This is amazing! I wish that planner companies would definitively decide on the terminology for these two planner types. For me. It's been allot easier to tell people what companies produce A6 than to give them dimensions and ring spacing to consider. It's allot! Thank you so much for this video. I'll just start sending people over here!
Aww thank you! I’ve seen such an increase in it lately, its so sad when people end up ordering the wrong stuff for their planners 😕
Thank you soooo much for this video! It's such a pain as a planner babe who's not new to the community. A6 short fat square, personal tall skinny rectangle. It's def hard when the vendors don't know or list the dimensions and we can't measure the physical rings. Don't even get me started on personal wide and b6!
This was illuminating!
Glad it helped! It's one of those 'forever' problems I get in the shop!
If you want both long and wide, C6 size may also be suitable. It fits my personal size organizer.
Oooh I'll have a look at that one!
I’m American and your video helped me out so much!!! Thank you for this!! ❤
Mind the gap! 😂 This was a really great video…thank you!
I’ve been binge watching your channel and got onto this video today. Thank you so much for explaining this. I’m new in rings and bought a personal planner and then went browsing on Amazon for some cheap note paper, but couldn’t figure out which ones would actually fit because my search came up with A6 paper. Now I know to measure the distance between the centre rings before I purchase anything that is already punched. You’re a rockstar!
thank you!!!!!!!
Wish I found your video first. I am in the process of returning a bunch of American A6 inserts. I purchased a true European A6 from Tunisia thru etsy that uses inserts sized at 4.1"x5.8". I haven't received it yet but I am so glad I realised the diffrence in sizes of planner and inserts. I bought a compatible hole punch so I can do my own thing sometimes. Enjoyed your video!!!
Very good and helpfull!
This has been extremely helpful! And now cleared up so much confusion for me. Thank you for making this video!
Informative. Measure twice, buy once.
Thankyou for this, I bought a multi hole punch and couldn’t figure out for the life of me why A6 was not fitting in my binder from Amazon, listed as “A6” but clearly personal size. It was driving me mad!
Amazing explanation thank you!!!
It needs waayyy more likes
Ok. Want to add more confusion to the mix? The US Franklin Covey “Pocket-size planner” is really A6 rings with narrower paper than the true A6, more like the Personal size width. Lol
That was so good...just what I needed before splahing out ,I really like that A6 planner,being able to buy the inserts is a concern 😟
Great little video, which has just made me want an A6 to add to my collection 🤣
Thank you! You totally should - A6 is such a cute size and it seems much more useable than personal for some reason - I loved it 💕
Best explanation I’ve seen. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
You were thinking of, the rule of 7. Paper can only be folded 7 times. No matter the size.
So glad I found your video!
Thank you for that. I just got a totally wrong leather cover and I think it’s A6 with not rings. Holy moly. I thought it was a personal size with rings. Oh well….live and learn.
Great lesson. Can you explain the B sizes as well?
I definitely will do - I've got one planned, so it should be on the channel soon :)
Oh yeah….I’m a new subbie !!!
Thank you ver much. This was really helpful! ♥️🙏🏻
This was really helpful, thank you so much! I bought a planner cover from aliexpress (it was cheap, around $5 with shipping) that I thought was an A6 because I wanted to try the size, only to find out it's personal which I didn't need because I already have one 😭 Now I have two of them and no A6 😂 So far the cheapest A6 option I've found is Moterm but I was really hoping there was a cheaper alternative in case I don't like it. But anyway. Thanks again for this video, I'm saving it for future reference! 💛
I'm so pleased it helped! It can be so tough to find a true A6 planner. Moterm would be my vote, but maybe try some of the second hand planner groups on FB?
I am living in HK. It’s super difficult to find A6 planner most shop label personal size as A6.
Great video as always 😁😁
Thank you!
I made this mistake myself and only realized i had a personal instead of an A6 recently, while i was thinking about Personal wide and realize they were the same height
So helpful, especially with Aliexpress et al! The other one I don’t get is A7, is that pocket pretending to be A7 or mini? 😖
That one's on my list! The Moterm planners use A7, A8 and A9 as labels, but they're nothing like the paper sizes. SO confusing!
I'm getting so sick of shops calling "personal" A6! I 'm desperately trying to find A6 and the mislabeling is so frustrating and it's EVERYWHERE!
Yes! It's so frustrating - whenever I get a mixed size personal and A6 order, I send a message to check and see what people are actually expecting these days 😵💫
Yours is the best explanation, but one more question. What is personal in relation to Size 3? I have bought a VERY cheap (but nice, to me anyway) zipper closure planner off the Amazons, and it was plainly stated it was Size 3 refills. I went to Lord Amazon, and found precious little for that specification. HOWEVER! There is plenty for personal! But they're both 3 3/4" x 6 3/4". Are the holes same? I realize you're in the UK, is Size 3 a US thing? Thank you!
Thank you! That's a new one me - I've NEVER heard of that one!! The holes should be standard though, they tend to be an equal distance apart, but the gap between the sets varies, i.e. A5 is the furthest apart, then personal (which is also the Mulberry A5 spacing), then A6, then pocket and mini don't group their holes - they're just in a line of 6 and 5 for the mini. At a glance, I usually look at the distance between the sets of holes and that gives you a clue to the size. Hope that makes sense!
I bought size 3 At-A-Glance at Staples. The ring configuration has the 2” gap that will fit personal planners, and A6 personal on Amazon that has the 2” gap between the 2 sets of rings. There are so many options on Amazon and many measure skinnier than planners labeled exclusively personal.
I just ended up buying an a6 binder and a6 filler😢
It's so confusing - you're not the only one!!
So the sizes are based on the UK paper size but about in the USA?
Do you prefer A6 or personal?
I have a patricia nash planner. I just realized it's not in A5, it's narrower. I wonder if it's the personal size. The A5 paper fit when it was open but it wouldn't close. When I folded it it would stick out. The wholes fit perfectly. Do you think mine is a personal size?
If the holes match up with A5 but it’s narrower, you could have a half-letter size? What are your page measurements?
Does the A6 need a different punch?
It does!
It’s so irritating lol