Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769) vs Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker is ₹1,600 dearer.
Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal (118769) vs Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker
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.
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Brother
Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker
₹3,499
Laminated TZe tape is why Brother labels survive on a freezer or outdoors where unlaminated ones rub off -- the printed layer is sandwiched between two films rather than sitting on the surface.
Full details →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.
Who the Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker is for
Buy it if: Anyone labelling things that get handled, wet or sunlit, where unlaminated tape fails.
Avoid it if: Anyone making a handful of labels -- the tape economics do not justify the machine.
Specifications, side by side
1 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Rhodia Webnotebook A5 Dot Grid Journal | Brother P-touch PTH110 Easy Portable Label Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,899 | ₹3,499 |
| Weight | 330 g | 400 g without batteries |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Binding | Sewn, so it opens flat | not published |
| Drying time | Coated smooth paper means fountain ink dries slower on it than on absorbent paper -- around 10 seconds | not published |
| Fountain pen behaviour | No bleed-through, no feathering, minimal ghosting. This is the specification that separates it from most notebooks at this price | not published |
| Keyboard | not published | QWERTY |
| Laminated construction | not published | The printed layer is sandwiched between two layers of film, so it survives water, abrasion and sunlight. Unlaminated tapes rub off |
| Margins | not published | Leaves about 25 mm of leader tape per print, which is waste on short labels |
| Pages | 96 sheets, 192 pages | not published |
| Paper weight | 90 GSM Clairefontaine | not published |
| Power | not published | 6 AAA batteries or an optional adapter, not included |
| not published | Thermal transfer, 180 dpi | |
| Ruling | 5 mm dot grid | not published |
| Tape | not published | Brother TZe laminated, 3.5 to 12 mm widths |
| Tape cost | not published | Roughly Rs700 to 1000 per cassette, and a cassette holds 8 metres. Over a few years the tape costs more than the machine |
| Why 90 GSM matters | Below about 80 GSM, wet ink soaks through and the reverse of every page becomes unusable. Above it, both sides work | not published |
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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