Silvine160 Page A4 Refill Pad, Head Bound and Punched 4 Holes. Ruled Narrow Feint with Margin. Ref A4RPNM [Pack of 6]

It seems increasingly difficult to find decent A4 pads these days, and those you can still find seem to have shrunk their page counts. These are OK, and do provide value for money. The paper is quite thin - thinner than my last supermarket pads. The perforation at the top is unnecessary. The paper can be torn out easily enough without it (the cover fell off as soon as I opened mine), and tearing along the perforation reduces the size by a few mm so it is no longer A4. Also, a little pedantic, but the punch-holes seem too near the edge of the paper when compared to other pads, and therefore are more likely to rip out of a folder. But you get what you pay for. Fine for rough notes, but I'll go back to trawling the supermarket stationery aisles.

The pack of six pads was delivered in a plastic wrapper, which itself showed no evidence of damage. The pads inside were dry but had clearly been exposed to water at some point before dispatch. The resulting wrinkles make three of the six pads suitable only for scrap use. The other three are acceptable, so we're going to put a heavy weight on the others and hope they straighten out over time.

Paper quality varies between paper styles.I once purchased the Dotgrid paper and was blown away at how nice the paper was for foutnain pen use, you can spill bottles of ink on it and it will barely bleed through into the next page, ink dries really well and you can easily get sheening to show up.However... I bought the 5mm Squaregrid paper thinking it would be just as good but no. This paper was only slightly better than cheap printer paper, most inks (wetter inks) will feather and blowout when writing on it and any portion where i even wrote slightly slower bled straight through. Even tippex / white correction fluid seperated and seeped through to the other page. The grid lines was also very dark and distracting to be used.I have not tried the other styles of paper but if you do, probably only but the Dotgrid (Teal cover) version and definately stay away from the grid paper unless you only plan on using pencil; even then, the grid lines would be darker than your pencil markings anyways...Dotgrid: 10/105mm Squares: 3/10

Bought these as they promised 160 pages, as opposed to the 80 pages inthe ones I normally buy. They are more expensive but I thought it was better value for money. They are exactly the same thickness.... There are only 160 pages if you count both sides of each sheet.If you are aware that there are only 80 pages, the price is ok, but there are better paper/pads and better value for money that don't deliberately mislead you.

Great quality writing paper. I've tried a few different ones on amazon but this is the best by far! Great thickness, tears easily from the pad. Pens don't leak through. I'll definitely repurchase when I finish these pads!