reMarkableEssentials Bundle - Leather Folio | reMarkable 2 Paper Tablet | Black and White 10.3'' Writing Tablet, Marker Plus Pen with Built-in Eraser and Book Folio Case in Black Premium Leather

12 hours after unpacking my reMarkable 2, I wrote the following post on my FB page and I figure it translates pretty well into a product review. Here were my thoughts after 12 hours:I bought an e-Notebook called reMarkable 2, and it is the best thing in the world. Here's what you can do with it:Create folders, each containing as many notebooks as you like, each notebook formatted differently. You can have a notebook that's lined, a to-do list, weekly planner, yearly calendar, etc. There are thousands of downloadable formats. You can write, draw, download PDF's, download books, write on those, erase what you've written and start all over again, cut, copy, paste, resize, rotate, convert handwriting to text, and make it searchable. You can screen-share, upload to the cloud, email documents, and you have 9 writing tools to do all of that. You can create layers so you can quiz yourself by hiding what's beneath and then revealing it by removing a layer. There's so much more, and I have only started playing with it last night.Is it expensive? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes!Here, see for yourself... (and then I posted pics and a video)

This has to be one of the most life-changing products I have purchased in the last five years. As a designer, CEO and inventor, I use a lot of paper. Those papers, in the pages of thousands, are everywhere.But digital tablets don’t quite do it from my point of view to replace paper. So when I saw the reMarkable 1, I was sold. Three years later and they came out with the reMarkable 2, I bought one immediately. And I gifted my reMarkable 1 to a friend. It worked perfectly, but I wanted the two week battery life. The original reMarkable 1 was about three days. 5 years after I bought it, the reMarkable 1 still works perfectly. No planned obsolescence!I’ve had the reMarkable 2 for almost 2 years now. Still a fantastic piece of equipment. So fantastic that I brought a friend one for their birthday. I shared my reMarkable with a woman on a plane who had just bought an iPad. After the plane ride she ordered a reMarkable 2.I don’t get any credit for talking about how great the product is. It just works really fantastic for me and I’m super enthusiastic to share that with everyone I meet. So I’ve sold several dozen in the years that I’ve had mine.I’ll eventually upgrade to the new color version, but after I give this one a few more years of work.Just one of my notebooks in my tablet has over 1400 pages. And with cloud support, I never have to worry about losing a piece of material that’s important, even if I lose the tablet. I had several journals disappear on my basement because it was flooded. And more importantly I can carry everything that I’ve ever written with me at all times, both in tablet and on mobile. I also use it for signing legal docs, reading scientific papers, and I connected it as screen to a computer, via the app, to create whiteboard drawings in real time that I can share on meetings.

I hesitated because of price but this product has changed my work-life for the better. As an HR representative, I struggled with organizing notes, and I take notes on EVERYTHING. The tagging feature I absolutely revolutionary for me. I can keep all of my notes in one place, in a portable, light device that I can also link to my computer. I love porting over documents to take notes on.The pen options are perfect for a wide range of uses. It stays charged for a decent amount of time considering I am using it all day every day. I didn’t bother buying an expensive ReMarkable brand cover for it, so I got an inexpensive off brand one that works perfectly. The magnet feature on the pen has helps keep it from being misplaced. The eraser feature on the pen is amazing, too. It can be very precise, which is awesome.There are a couple of features that aren’t ideal for my uses. The first is the tip on the pen. The package includes extra tips, which is great but even when I’m consciously trying to write lightly, they wear out very quickly. There are off brand pen tips on the market but haven’t tried them yet. Another feature I wish the device had was being able to move typed text around on a page. It’s more feasible in the app than on the actual device, but you can’t in real time move text to different spots in the page, which is not the end of the world but definitely frustrating.

I actually like this product, I've used it happily for a month and it has helped my productivity. That said, the marker is NOT robust. The very first time I changed out the felt tip (about 30 days in) the thin plastic that helps hold it into place snapped. Now the tip is not held securely in place and it is 'wobbly' when it writes. And this tip replacement process was done using the factory included card and tips! Furthermore, remarkable quickly rejected my warranty claim without explanation. Clearly they expect users to purchase another $140 marker from them when this happens, instead of standing behind the warranty on their current flawed product.Purchase at your own risk! The tablet is perfect for what I wanted. The interface is fairly easy to use, albeit a little clunky in some areas. If you want a feeling that is similar to taking notes on paper, and quick easy page turns and organization of your notes, this is a neat little tablet. Just be really careful when you change the tip out; the provided card-with-slot doesn't grab the tip very easily and it's way too easy to apply too much pressure to the thin plastic walls. And don't expect the company to stand behind the quality of what it makes when your expensive marker eventually fails.At first I was an excited supporter of this product and I planned to purchase another for my wife. But I can't recommend paying this kind of money to a company that won't stand behind their obviously flawed product.