hello everyone!
I’m thinking on buying a remarkable, but I have doubts about how easy is the transition from paper to e-ink, since I’m too used to take notes in a physical way.
How was your experience? how smooth was the switch?
I am also thinking of buying the case with the keyboard, but the price is really high. For those who already have it, do you really use it? or would you recommend me to wait and buy it after trying the remarkable one?
I look forward to your opinions and thank you very much!
For me, the transition was super easy, better than I expected honestly. I, too, like writing with pen and paper but I also liked having my notes stored electronically so I could reference them later without digging through a notebook. I was gifted a ReMarkable 1 three or four years ago and liked it a lot. I took it to meetings for work and used it to jot things down and keep thoughts organized. I also used it during my masters degree and loved the simplicity of it.
The biggest thing that made it appealing to me was the feel of the writing experience. I really do feel like I am writing on paper. It is the only tablet that I have tried that I have liked the feel of. And I love emailing my notes to myself and just needing to copy and paste to my virtual notebook.
It is really easy to keep things organized as well. the folder system is great for that if you know how to organize it to your liking.
I upgraded to the RM2 earlier this year, 1 week before they announced the typefolio. I ordered it after the fact thinking I would use it all the time. When it came in, I loved the typing experience but quickly found that I didn’t have much use for it until about 2 months in. I started doing some creative writing following a character I made for D&D. Since I started that, I used it 3-4 times a week for that alone. I only work in office a few times a month but I take it with me to meetings so that I am focused on what is said and not distracted by everything else on a laptop but it still gives me the laptop feel. My only “complaint” is that some of the keys are a bit smaller and I don’t have the muscle memory for it yet since I still use a full keyboard most of the time for other things. But that is not a big deal.
Overall, they are expensive. I would evaluate what you use a pen and paper for and determine if the price is worth it to you. For the pen, I have heard good things about some third party pens that work well with it, that may be an option to save a few bucks. If you are set on getting a folio from ReMarkable, the price difference in them is not drastic if comparing the typefolio to the canvas book folio. If you are going to use it to type, it may be worth the extra $70. I have both of those folios and I use them both frequently. One thing to note about the typefolio is that is weighs about the same as the tablet. I only use that folio when I know I am going to be typing. Otherwise I keep it in the other for how light it feels.