Mead® Five Star® Wirebound Notebook, 1-Subject, College Ruled, 8-1/2" x 11," Navy

I have adored Five Star notebooks for more than a decade & when I went to grad school went straight for them. The app integration with QR codes and triangles on every line is so distracting I can't use it. They thankfully haven't done this yet for smaller sized notebooks so I've stocked up on them before that horrid update makes its way in. Horrible design and lazy engineering (not that hard to design a fix readability of a page) that is incredibly intrusive to a formerly great product. I never write reviews and was searching to provide the product team feedback but this seems to be the only forum to do so. They have lost their North Star with the thoughtful product design they used to have and I am truly discouraged

Go back to how it's been for the last hundred years. It wasn't broken. I used to buy your notebooks with micro-perf, they were the perfect notebook. What happened. I think I am actually going to return this notebook. Going to be buying from another company next time. Been a loyal 5 star customer for decades.

Couldn't find a five star notebook in Staples without the app arrows and QR code boxes. This is a deal breaker for me. I mean notebook layouts have been the same for about 100 years, maybe there's a reason for that. You lost a customer. Top flight here I come.

The pages rip out 2 easily; otherwise, it's good.

I use these notebooks for my daily bible study and prayers. They help me to keep focused.