The notebook challenge: Leuchtturm vs Moleskine
We’ve been using Moleskine notebooks with unlined pages for many years and have no complaints, but we’re curious about other notebooks. Must be what marriage is like.
At the bookstore the Leuchtturm and Moleskine displays were right next to each other. They cost the same, so neither has the advantage price-wise. Leuchtturm has a wider range of colors—orange, fuchsia, dark green, bright purple, etc—than Moleskine, but Moleskine has the limited edition themes— Star Wars, Lego, etc.
Both Moleskine and Leuchtturm notebooks are available with unlined, lined, and squared pages. Leuchtturm notebooks are about one centimeter wider.
Price: Tie
Colors: Tie
Size: Leuchtturm
Leuchtturm pages are numbered, and there’s a table of contents so it’s easier to find the notes you need.
Convenience: Leucchturm Leuchtturm
The limited edition Moleskines come with stickers so you can customize the designs. Leuchtturms come with sticker labels for the covers and spines for easy filing.
Easy filing: Leuchtturm
Moleskines come with a “history” (they co-opted the story of the generic notebooks with elastic bands) and so do Leuchtturms.
History: Tie
Ease of pronunciation and spelling: Moleskine
We started using our Leuchtturm yesterday, and the quality of the paper is the same as Moleskine’s, although it is slightly thicker. However, it does not open flat on the table.
Paper quality: Tie
Flat-opening spine: Moleskine
Decision: We like them both. Good thing we’re not married.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
February 4th, 2015 at 09:10
Laughed at the marriage bit. More than I should have.
February 4th, 2015 at 12:00
The official site says, “Many Moleskine users send us enquiries as to which is the correct way of pronouncing the word “Moleskine”. The answer is: there is no predetermined answer.”
But how do you pronounce it? Thanks!
February 4th, 2015 at 12:08
UVDust: It’s Italian, so we figure the brand is “Mo-le-SKIN-eh”, but the notebook type is “mole-skin”, as in skin of a small animal (which it isn’t).