Rite in the Rain  3 x 5 Weatherproof Top Spiral Notebook

I've been using Rite in the Rain for 6 months now, and carried it with my everywhere. Just this week, I had to wash my jacket. I have a tendency to leave things in my pocket, especially my notebooks. Unfortunately, that means I left this trooper in my pocket, and he got rinsed and spun out for over two hours. BUT, he survived! Completely in tact, none of the writing (Pen and pencil) washed away. After letting it air dry, the Rite in the Rain notebook still works great. The pages are a little warped, but that's to be expected. Amazing product.

Well let's just say I've put these notebooks through everything. From mud and Dirt to diesel fuel soaked hands. But I thought today was the end of them. When I pulled my clothes out of the dryer and my little orange notebook fell out of my bibs pocket. I was like well there goes my notes. I was really surprised when I opened it up. Expect for some curled pages (probably from the heat). Everything was ok. So I was wondering if they were still waterproof. So I ran water over the pages and yep they were. Now I don't recommend washing and drying your notebooks but once or twice (on accident) probably won't hurt. Y'all have a customer for life in me.

The notepad is great, but it showed up just thrown in an oversized box. A little paper stuffed in there would have gone a long way to protect the corners of the notepad. Just wondered why it was thrown in with no care. Other than the now “used” look of my notepad, it works great for all of my plant and bird ID notes.

My beige Side Bound C980 Book Cover holds a No 373 yellow, side spiral Universal notebook in the back left side pouch (it is placed spiral end to the left to decrease bulk). On the left side front inner area are four pen slots. A yellow YE13 Mechanical Clicker Pencil is in the fourth slot from the left (again to avoid bulk) leaving three pen slots free. In the back right pouch is a yellow No 1773 Outdoor Journal (Universal pattern), placed with spiral to the left of the book cover. The front inside right pouch holds a No OR35 Orange Top Spiral Notebook (Universal pattern), and an orange No 97 All-Weather Metal Pen (clicker style, pressurized ink cartridge). The pen is to the left of the notebook (reduces bulk by being offset from the pencil on the other side). With the three different notebooks I can record and separate personal and business data. Using both the pencil and pen give me options to highlight various facts. This is a functional, water resistant set-up that uses minimal space.

I've been using Rite in the Rain for 6 months now, and carried it with my everywhere. Just this week, I had to wash my jacket. I have a tendency to leave things in my pocket, especially my notebooks. Unfortunately, that means I left this trooper in my pocket, and he got rinsed and spun out for over two hours. _x000D_ _x000D_ BUT, he survived! Completely in tact, none of the writing (Pen and pencil) washed away. After letting it air dry, the Rite in the Rain notebook still works great. The pages are a little warped, but that's to be expected._x000D_ _x000D_ Amazing product.

100% recommended, I use them in my work (Carpentry) and during the day to day in my EDC.

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Being from Washington, when it comes to gear, you should always keep wet weather in mind. Being in search and rescue, you need gear that can take a bit of an off-trail beating. Rite in the Rain products accounts for both and works flawlessly. Everyone in my unit carries some kind of notebook and pen and I swear by mine. My notebook has never let me down and I plan on buying another when I finally run out of pages. Perfect for taking notes on missing people, locations, and observations. The yellow cover ensures that my notes will never be lost to the brush and the paper ensures that they will never fade away or get ruined by less-than-friendly weather. Paired with a Rite in the Rain pen (in a hard to lose bright color) and you will never lose important information to water again!

Paper is incredibly durable when wet with any substance. I've never seen anything like it. I ripped a sheet out to "test" it (because I'm still an 11 year old boy inside sometimes lol) and dunked said sheet of rite in the rain paper in Naptha. Which is most akin to Coleman Whitegas or Latern fuel, it didn't even phase it!!! Waited till it was dry and was still able to write on it just fine!!! I will definitely be buying more of these once the pages of mine are all wrote on. Highly recommend this product.

I use mechanical drafting pencils at .5 mm lead thickness for writing in these notebooks. The paper in these notebooks has a texture - a "tooth" - that grabs the graphite lead, and creates a clean, sharp, dark writing impression. The friction from lead on paper allows me to make clear and consistent lettering and sketches - easy to read and see. The paper holds the graphite lead so well that when wet, the pencil writing does not streak or fade, and will remain permanent.