I had a subscription with Field Notes for the last year and Log & Jotter as well for slightly over a year. I would agree that these notebooks (and Field Notes) are not fountain pen friendly, so if that is what someone is looking for, this will not be for them. However, I use these notebooks for rapid logging to augment my bullet journaling and for having in a pocket for quick notes and To Do lists, these work absolutely fine. I am more selective in my paper choices for longer form writing and for my main bullet journal notebook, but for having in my pocket on a daily basis for notes, I love the individual and fun designs on both these and the Field Notes that I have collected. To each their own and I'm glad there are so many notebooks out there for this community!!