This pad is great!! I find I go through pages more slowly with the A4 size which is larger than the Rhodia Reverse Square Dot Pad I’m used to. In a nutshell I prefer the larger A4 pad when I’m at my desk; but I do prefer the smaller square pad to keep in my bag and use when I’m out and about or just simply sitting on the couch and writing with some background noise on. I definitely prefer the spiralbound Rhodia pads over the staplebound pads because these ones lay flat and you have full use of the page this way, the staplebound pads are unusable for me.