Post-it Super Sticky Notes 3x3 Inches 12 Pads (Cabinet Pack) vs Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769)
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769) is ₹600 dearer.
Post-it Super Sticky Notes 3x3 Inches 12 Pads (Cabinet Pack) vs Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769)
Post-it
Post-it Super Sticky Notes 3x3 Inches 12 Pads (Cabinet Pack)
₹1,299
Super Sticky is roughly twice the adhesive of the standard formulation, and the place it actually matters is vertical surfaces -- painted walls and monitor bezels, where ordinary notes fall off within a day.
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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 Post-it Super Sticky Notes 3x3 Inches 12 Pads is for
Buy it if: Anyone using notes on walls, monitors or any vertical surface.
Avoid it if: Anyone who only sticks notes flat on a desk -- standard notes cost less and work fine.
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 | Post-it Super Sticky Notes 3x3 Inches 12 Pads | Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,299 | ₹1,899 |
| Weight | 700 g | 330 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Adhesive | Super Sticky, about twice the holding power of standard Post-it adhesive | not published |
| Binding | not published | Sewn, so it opens flat |
| 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 |
| Humidity | Adhesive performance drops in high humidity, which is a real limit in Indian monsoon | not published |
| Pages | not published | 96 sheets, 192 pages |
| Paper weight | not published | 90 GSM Clairefontaine |
| Recyclable | Yes, the paper is | not published |
| Removal | Peels from the side rather than the bottom to avoid curling | not published |
| Ruling | not published | 5 mm dot grid |
| Sheets | 90 per pad, 12 pads | not published |
| Size | 76 x 76 mm | not published |
| Where that matters | Vertical surfaces, painted walls and monitors. Standard notes fall off these; Super Sticky mostly does not | 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 |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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