Stationery for travel
Stationery that packs small: compact and light pens, pocket and passport-size notebooks, and cases, each with its measured size from the maker. 14 Stationery Times guides, each saying why from the product's own specs.
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Cases
- Kimono 3 Slot Pen Case: The maker calls the lightweight, internally reinforced case a travel case and display, with 3 generously sized pen compartments.
- HIGHTIDE nähe General Purpose Case Mini: Beautyhabit lists it at about 2.5 × 1.85 in with a ball chain, and Yoseka names keys, coins and medicine as contents.
- Luddite Bendy Pen Case, No. 8 Canvas: It measures 195 × 80 × 30 mm, and the Journal Shop says it slips into a bag without adding bulk.
Notebooks
- Paperian Make-a-Memo Memo Pad: At 70 × 110 mm Paperian offers Travel Plan, Packing List and Travel Note designs among its 24.
- MUJI Compact Notebook A7: It is a 105 mm A7 notebook with a loop for a matching 11 cm pen, a compact pairing for trips.
Systems
- Papier Platz Nico Recipe M6 Binder: Papier Platz calls the M6 size easy to carry and lists the binder at about 145 × 110 mm.
Accessories
- Sakura SumoGrip EE-3000 cordless electric eraser: It is cordless and weighs about 2.9 oz (82 g) with batteries at 127.8 mm long, which Sakura calls compact and geared for mobility.
- SUITO Cleaning Paper: Kobeha says the 144 × 48 mm strip fits between the pages of an A5 or B5 notebook, and a torn-off 24 × 48 mm piece goes in a pen case.
- Kutsuwa STAD T'GAAL pencil sharpener: Kutsuwa lists it at 49 × 65 × 27 mm and 26 g, small enough to drop into a pencil case.
Pens
- Sakura Ball Sign Tiara Knock, 0.8 mm glitter gel pen: At 8 g and 12 mm across it adds almost nothing to a pencil case; the 5-pack weighs 44 g.
- Pilot Kakuno Fountain Pen: At 131 mm (5.2 in) capped and 11 g, it is shorter and lighter than the LAMY safari, Metropolitan and TWSBI ECO.
- Rite in the Rain All-Weather Pocket Pen No. 92: Rite in the Rain says the pressurized 0.8 mm cartridge writes at any angle and from -30 °F to 250 °F.
- OHTO Minimo retractable mini ballpoint pen, 0.5 mm: At 3.1 g and 3.7 mm across it fits a passport cover, wallet or planner loop without adding bulk.
Pencils
- Pilot S20 drafting pencil: Pilot lists the S20 at 145.6 mm (5.7 in) and 18 g, lighter than the 22 g rOtring 600 in our table.