Student Lab Notebook Spiral Bound: 100 Carbonless Duplicate Sets

These books are pretty standard for lab researchers or for students. I used them for my General and Organic Chemistry lab courses. The Good: -They are durable. The spiral binding isn't flimsy, and it won't fall apart. -The duplicates are not carbon based. -The sheets are quadrille ruled. -If you spill chemicals on your notebook (like I did every day), as another reviewer said, the paper absorbs the chemicals really quickly. But the copy isn't really affected. -Comes with a handy periodic table and reference table on the divider. -The duplicates are fairly clear and legible The Not So Good: -Be careful what you rest on the notebook because if it's pointy it will leave stray marks on your copy. Miscellaneous Remarks: -I can't say this enough, but MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE DIVIDER BEHIND YOUR PAGE and the duplicate. If you don't do that, whatever you write will be imprinted onto the following 1 or 2 sheets (3 if you push hard when you write). -The copy may look really faint at first, but give it some time. After a few minutes whatever you wrote or drew will become darker and easier to see. These books are expensive, yes, but they are very useful. I still have mine and look back for reference. Thanks for reading my review!

This is my third student lab notebook so far. I haven't been able to find any other lab notebook better than this or cheaper. The majority of the people in my lab classes also use this notebook. Buying from Amazon gives it a bigger plus since it's much cheaper in price than the ones at school. The notebook is very durable, and the pages are easily ripped. Also, the pages are very good in quality and have the ability to absorb liquids without affecting too many other pages. There's also a divider or a separator that has a reference sheet and a periodic table. The only things that I hate about the notebook are that I always forget to use the divider to separate the pages and prevent the following carbon pages from also copying what I wrote, which isn't their fault, and the divider, itself. When you use more than 50 pages, the divider is folded in such a way that it presses up on the sheet that you're writing on. This leaves a gap between that page and the pages underneath the divider, which makes it hard to write and for things to be copied. In general, though, this is a great notebook, and they're the best ones that I know of.

This lab notebook is a great way to permanently document and record observations in lab. For those of you who are looking into buying this and don’t know exactly how this lab notebook works, I’ll try to go into detail about the mechanics of the notebook and my thoughts on it. This notebook comes with exactly 100 pages, each page has a “copy” page right after it. So, when you are taking notes onto a page, the page right after it will be an exact copy of the original one. I write extremely hard, but the carbon stopper is sturdy enough to keep my writing from going through to the next page. The copy pages are perforated and can easily be torn then turned in for grading. Being able to turn in the copy of my labs, and keeping the original was extremely helpful. Almost all of my T.A.s, would not return labs until the end of the quarter. This became a problem when reviewing for exams. Some exam questions revolved around expected lab results and mechanisms involved in the experiments, these had been written in my lab and turned in. Without my notebook, I would have to look up these things again, but when I got this lab notebook I was able to keep the original and just review from it. There is a colorful and very detailed periodic table of the elements on the carbon stopper that proved very useful when I wanted to calculate molarities, concentrations and molar mass of experimental compounds right there in lab. There are also some general physical constants, formulas and conversion factors for those who need reminding. The binding is pretty awesome. The spiral binding does bend, but it does not stay bent (if that makes any sense). It is very sturdy. The pages are gridded. So, it is easy to make graphs and tables in the notebook. The pages are also numbered which is great if you would like to utilize the table of contents page provided. I've used this same lab notebook for 3 different science classes that spanned over 2 years, and I can say it is very durable.

I brought this notebook for my AP Chemistry class. First carbon notebook I ever brought. Overall, the notebook, had the typical heading a lab report requires. The grid lines in the notebook are about college-sized or smaller. The spiral is durable, the pages does not fall out easily. Each pages have a copy page behind it. This is suitable for labs.

Got this lab notebook for my Ocher Lab and they works well. The page are thick and they dont rip easily.

This lab book is much better than the previous one I purchased on Amazon, which had the copy pages as yellow and was not spiral. Instead, it had perforated pages. The yellow pages were all defective on the left side with about a one inch of the left side blackened. It also required a lot of pressure for the copy to come out clear, which left my hand tired after writing half a page. As for this book, it is much much better. The pages are all nice and clean of stray marks. It is also easier to write in since it doesn't require as much pressure. A big plus is that it is spiral so there is no problem keeping the page opened. (Also, this is 100 pages for less money compared to my previous one of 80 for a higher price)

exactly what i needed for organic chemistry

Didn't get much guidance form our professor about what kind of lab notebook we needed and this is my first purchase of one, so I wasn't sure what to get. I'm glad I picked this one. It does the job perfectly. The copies (non-carbon) are clearly legible, enough so that I can turn them in with my lab reports. There is a handy periodic table inside. The pages are lightly divided into two columns. You almost can't tell, but once you notice you realize you can put procedures on one side and calculations on the other. I'm sure this notebook will last me through Gen Chem I and maybe II as well. I'll keep buying these since (unfortunately) I have 3 more semesters of chem after this one.