Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2 (14 oz) vs Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769)
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2 (14 oz) is ₹13,091 dearer.
Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2 (14 oz) vs Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769)
Ember
Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2 (14 oz)
₹14,990
About 80 minutes off the coaster is the specification that decides whether this is what you think it is.
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Rhodia
Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769)
₹1,899
90 GSM Clairefontaine paper is the entire reason to buy this over any other A5 notebook, and it is the specification neither this nor its main rival prints on the cover: at 90 GSM fountain and gel ink do not bleed through, so both sides of every page are usable.
Full details →Who the Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2 is for
Buy it if: Anyone who drinks slowly at one desk with the coaster permanently plugged in.
Avoid it if: Anyone wanting a travel mug -- 80 minutes unplugged is not that.
Who the Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal is for
Buy it if: Anyone writing with a fountain pen or wet gel ink who wants to use both sides of the page.
Avoid it if: Anyone who only writes in ballpoint -- the paper premium buys nothing then.
Specifications, side by side
1 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2 | Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹14,990 | ₹1,899 |
| Weight | 400 g | 330 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| App | Required for temperature setting; the mug alone cannot be adjusted | not published |
| Battery | About 80 minutes unplugged | not published |
| Binding | not published | Sewn, so it opens flat |
| Capacity | 414 ml | not published |
| Drying time | not published | Coated smooth paper means fountain ink dries slower on it than on absorbent paper -- around 10 seconds |
| Fountain pen behaviour | not published | No bleed-through, no feathering, minimal ghosting. This is the specification that separates it from most notebooks at this price |
| On the coaster | Indefinite -- the coaster powers it, so it holds temperature all day only while sitting on it | not published |
| Pages | not published | 96 sheets, 192 pages |
| Paper weight | not published | 90 GSM Clairefontaine |
| Ruling | not published | 5 mm dot grid |
| Temperature range | 50 to 62.5 degrees C, set by app | not published |
| Washing | Hand wash only, and it must not be submerged past the marked line | not published |
| Why 90 GSM matters | not published | Below about 80 GSM, wet ink soaks through and the reverse of every page becomes unusable. Above it, both sides work |
| Why that matters | People buy it expecting a travel mug. Away from the coaster it holds temperature for about 80 minutes and is then an ordinary mug | not published |
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