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There is no discreet way to carry it or use it, and you will be taking a lot of real-estate on any meeting table. It is way too big and it really would call attention to itself in a “LOOK AT ME, I AM TAKING NOTES IN THIS MEETING” kind of way. So why do I think the Sidekick isn’t a good meeting notepad? Its size. As you can see I used multiple kinds of fountain pens and inks with great success. The checklist could perhaps work in a meeting setup, but unlike what Myke and Grey (the makers of the Sidekick) I think that the Sidekick is not a good meeting notepad. It’s too narrow for me, and I have small handwriting, and there aren’t enough checklist items to actually cover a day if I was using the page as a daily page. I’ve found the checklist on the side to be a bit baffling. I keep a Field Notes “Heavy Duty” nearby for jotting down and doodling things, and I use my Sidekick to help me manage my current project. I’ve been using this page from the 27th of February and I’ll be finishing with it sometime in the coming week – so that’s almost a month of use. Front cover popping up.Īlthough the Sidekick seems to want you to use a page a day, that is too wasteful and expensive for me (more on the price later). This issue occurs with Rhodia pads as well, and is inherent to the fold back design.

It’s not a major issue, but you do have to be careful when slipping it into your bag to make sure that it is covering the pad, and I flip the Sidekick on its back when not in use to help the front cover retain its shape. As the front cover is designed to fold over and leave the pad itself open for writing, it doesn’t close very elegantly when not in use. The front cover is rather thin cardboard, but the back is substantial. Coffee cups aren’t otherwise recyclable because of their coating, and this is a way to make good use of them. The cover material is made from recycled coffee cups, which is very cool conceptually. Front cover with Rhodia pad like folding crease lines and prominent Cortex logo embossed. The paper is smooth (but not Rhodia coated smooth), white and fountain pen friendly.

The full specs aren’t stated on the page (or on the notepad), which is disappointing, but it’s about 18cm tall by 30cm wide, has 60 perforated sheets printed one sided in dark grey and 100gsm Munken Lynx paper (that is stated on the back of the Sidekick). Page layout: dot grid on three quarters of the page on the left, checklist on a quarter of the page on the right. The Sidekick’s layout is a bit unusual: it’s mostly a dot grid pad, but there’s a checklist on the right-hand side of the page, and there’s a titlebar above both the dot grid side of the page, and above the to do list side of the page. The Cortex Brand Sidekick is a notepad that is designed to sit between you and your keyboard.

#Sidekick coffee and books menu full