I am a wedding planner so I am taking notes constantly, every meeting is several pages in a notebook long. I usually type it up into a Google doc for back up but bring the notebook with me everywhere to refer back to instead of the doc bc it’s annoying to go back and forth on the tabs when making timelines. Do you feel like it truly can replace a real notebook? I’m struggling because I fill a notebook in 3 months maybe but still need previous notes so I’m carrying around several and have to sort through notes for each client. I’d just like to know it truly can replace a notebook enough to commit to the cost! Thanks!
I’m a mental health therapist and would burn through 2-3 legal pads a week. I love my Remarkable 2.
I make individual notebooks for every client and never have to go find an old notebook to see a reference or something. I date the top of the page and flip back if needed.
It also is an easy way to save any drawings that my clients or I make on it during a session.
When a client is discharged I pull their notebook off the tablet and save it just on my laptop.
The text to type is great and surprisingly accurate. I write fast and don’t waste much effort to worry about neatness.
I looked at them and all of the competitors for about 6 months before I bought one. In my opinion it is well worth the money. Good luck with yours if you decide to go for it.
This is great! My intention would be to make a notebook per client and keep their notes there to make sure I can reference back to them. I’m happy to hear the conversion from writing to text is accurate, that was one of my worries. I’m definitely getting one, just waiting for a Black Friday sale!
I find that it’s best to go in to each meeting prepared.
By that, I mean have the notebook you want to use open and ready for note taking.
I love my RM2, but I will admit waking it, putting in my password, then opening the notebook I want can feel very awkward if you’re on the spot.
I can definitely understand that! I’d likely still have a small notebook with me if something came up and I wasn’t ready but for regularly scheduled meetings which as usually several pages of notes! Thanks for your insight!
Get it, give it a fair try and return it within 100 days in case you really can’t make it work for your use case. :)
Check out supernote, they have different sizes, the nub is titanium so u wont have to replace it, it has a smaller version similar to a A6 notebook, and the cover actually opens the device and closes it when you flip the cover. If your on the go, and need something compact but lasts and feels as close to a pen on paper experience, you may prefer that.
Remarkable is very good too, its just bigger in size, more premium materials but more fragile, need to replace the tips for the marker, and doesn’t “open and close” device when opening their cover
yes but you need to expect it’s not going to live to all your expectations
Yes. Yes it is. Despite being a bit long in the tooth this is still the best writing experience you can have, the most paper-like feel. Although it depends on some things to really enjoy it … — I think the remarkable works best when you prepare your own PDF-templates and do not use the standard templates. This is a big plus as you can develop your own sketchbook grid, writing lines, calendar, ToDo-Lists or whatever. It’s (to me) the big plus of the remarkable. — To really use this thing best the DDVK-hacks are almost an essential. New gestures, export option, bookmarks, using the eraser on the nice Lamy Pen — these edits are fantastic. Sadly, they are stuck on version 2.15 while RM is on 3.0x these days. Some devs are trying to go further on GitHub with these hacks but it’s not (yet) the same, but there is a new hope at least. Without hacks it is a very good device, with the hacks (and you also can edit startscreen etc via SSH easily) it just is GREAT. — RM currently is using a subscription cloud «connect» system, which is a bad idea and a bad sign for the health of a company. You don’t have to use it but should maybe be aware that new features will go to subscribers (first). Apple notwithstanding, subscriptions tied to hardware make me a bit nervous.
Keeping this in mind, it’s a great tool for writing and notes, super-limited which is a strength. It is in many ways the anti-iPad.
You’ll get most of those additional features with RCU, a low price software for those who don’t like to hack manually.
Despite this, I agree fully hearted .
Best non Apple technology purchase of last 10 years. I use my rM all day every day