Even if your camera is at an angle when you make the scan. When you scan pages into the app, these notebooks automatically straighten them. Right-handed users shouldn’t have much of an issue. If you’re left-handed, the drying time may cause you problems. 5mm pens to dry in 10 seconds or less, and. Using a finer tip pen will reduce the drying time. With the Rocketbook, that number is closer to 15 seconds.

Typically, it’ll take around 10 seconds for the ink to dry. The gel ink shows up very well – with consistent thickness and no gaps.ĭrying time is a bit shorter with the Elfinbook. Pens do glide smoothly across the surface with either notebook. Rocketbook’s paper feels more like a glossy page in a book does. They have less of a plastic feel, so they don’t take as much getting used to. Overall, the pages in the Elfinbook feel a bit better. The surfaces themselves are made of different materials. That’s easy to do with the app, even when on the go. I don’t think it’s necessary to have a lot of pages in your smart notebook as long as you stay on top of scanning the pages in. Page counts vary as seen in the table below. Rocketbook offers the widest variety of sizes, with a notepad-sized Mini and a full letter-sized model. No need to have a stack of notebooks for different classes or purposes.

SizesĪ huge advantage of these smart notebooks is that many people can manage just fine with one notebook.

Let’s look into the differences in these writing pads. 7mm pen, while the Elfinbook comes with a. You can use them with regular paper if you choose.Ĭombine that with much cheaper smart notebooks, and now we’re talking.īoth the Rocketbook and the Elfinbook include one FriXion pen to get you started. They write like other gel pens and come in a ton of different colors. Pilot FriXion pens cost about a buck a piece.

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