SilvineA4 Refill Pad - Ruled 5mm Squares, 160 Pages of 75gsm Paper. Ref A4RPX (210 x 297mm)

Rubbish, my ink continuously smudges - my notes are a mess. Pencil is fine, biro is fine, but it seems as if the paper is coated with something that prevents ink from absorbing as quickly for anything like ink pens or gel pens which is all I am comfortable writing in (due to hand strain I can't write in biro as they require too much pressure). I also can't use highlighters, which is annoying for my style of note taking.I had exactly the same pack of five paper that was bought a couple years ago (2016 ish) and never had this problem before. It seems as if the production has been changed since then (purchased new Jan 2018). See the picture for a comparison of the paper (note: I waited about five seconds for each to dry before smudging them). I'm extremely disappointed - it was such good quality and good value before! - and now I'm stuck with 800 sheets of paper I don't know what to do with.

Arrived promptly and very well packaged. Paper is very smooth and of good quality. Minimal ghosting experienced so far using fibre tip pens, fineliners, watercolour ink and blue black fountain pen ink.Grid is printed just right. Not too dark and not too pale. Perfect for practicing calligraphy and brush lettering and also doodling/mandala patterns.Will purchase again.

This is great for students who like to take notes and do past papers. You buy this at the beginning of the academic year and you won't have to buy paper again. I still have 2 books left since I bought it. The lines are slightly feint. That's good if you like scanning notes. Great quality paper too, very smooth. Highly recommended for anyone, especially students.

The dots are quite fair and were therefore not suitable for what I wanted to do with the paper (not suitable for coffee dying)I was prepared to pay a higher price as the dotted note pads are not widely available but I believe that it was too expensive and won’t buy again.The quality of the paper is otherwise good :)

Before, I've bought squared paper from WHSmith which was a bit more expensive for fewer pages so I was a bit scared that it wasn't going to meet my expectations but it's great. I was worried that the lines were going to be too dark but it's a nice subtle grey. I use it every day in maths class and it works well (it's just normal paper). I've seen people talk about how it smudges pens but it seemed to have worked well with my biro. Tears cleanly even without the perfoliation in case you want to have the original 4A size (though it only takes off about 1cm from the top). Would buy again!