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Found a Dry-erase notebook on Kickstarter

GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
edited 2013-12-13 10:10 in General Discussion
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1470156778/wipebook

Just the perfect tool for designing while on the move, or in general for those of us who prefer to hash out ideas on paper...

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  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,934
    edited 2013-12-11 14:31
    That is perfect for me! I am whiteboard thinker/junkie. This will be my first Kickstarter backing.
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2013-12-11 14:48
    Avery makes some peel and stick dry erase sheets. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Sticky like a post it note, so they're removable.
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,934
    edited 2013-12-11 15:49
    Yep, I have used those before also. 3M makes removable whiteboard sheets that are ok, but they crease and wrinkle too easily. Lastly, Home Depot sells 0.2" thick MDF that has been coated to act as a whiteboard. I have a couple 2'x4' sheets to cut on the laser into some custom shaped whiteboards.
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    edited 2013-12-11 18:06
    How to get your own pretty much clone of this without waiting for the kickstarter:

    Make up your page backgrounds if you don't want blank pages (ruled, grid, etc.) Go to OfficeMax or Office depot and tell them you want 20 such pages printed on card stock, laminated, and spiral bound. This will cost you $20 to $30 depending on size, etc. You'll have it in a couple of hours.

    You might also sample the available cover materials and find they have something that can be written on and dry-erased without going through the lamination step. If so that will be more durable and cheaper than laminated paper, but the finish is likely to be matte if the plastic isn't clear.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-12-12 09:14
    Just go to a junk yard and get a refrigerator door... you have an economical whiteboard. Of course that won't tuck away for travel, but what is wrong with old fashioned paper and pencil?
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2013-12-12 10:36
    What's wrong is that after you've drawn something with coloured markers, you can't erase your errors...
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,934
    edited 2013-12-12 11:01
    localroger, yes, that is true, you could do the laminating method, but you would then have the issues they discuss on the page regarding the Wipebook 1.0. I have done lamination for whiteboard pages and overall, I didn't care for the results. The main difference of this kickstarter, and the reason for my heavy interest, is that the 2.0 version uses a UV cured gloss coating on the pages instead of laminating. This produces an ideal surface for the Staedtler correctable markers. Even though their videos make it appear that standard dry erase markers work fine, I bet that they would rub off more than they show.

    gadgetman, the Staedtler Lumocolor markers mentioned for use with this can be erased easily using the "eraser" on the back end of the pen.
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2013-12-12 12:59
    I like my pile of old notebooks. It's fun to look back.

    I would buy this in a store though, to add to my other whiteboards that do not get used.
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2013-12-12 13:04
    WBA Consulting wrote: »
    gadgetman, the Staedtler Lumocolor markers mentioned for use with this can be erased easily using the "eraser" on the back end of the pen.

    I learned a long time ago that on paper, nothing is truly completely erasable.
  • lanternfishlanternfish Posts: 366
    edited 2013-12-12 15:01
    Gadgetman wrote: »
    I learned a long time ago that on paper, nothing is truly completely erasable.

    Unless you use a blowtorch
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-12-13 01:53
    Gadgetman wrote: »
    I learned a long time ago that on paper, nothing is truly completely erasable.

    Paper was good enough for Leonardo Da Vinci. and a few other very creative people. This guy has made a pile of cash by crowd sourcing this item. I suspect that people just love to throw money at niffty ideas. I have always disliked the amount of trash that markers create. On the other hand, a wooden pencil reduces itself to environmentally friendly wood chips, graphite, and clay dust.
  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2013-12-13 08:32
    Leonardo only had access to paper, canvas, sand tables and possibly some sort of blackboards.

    Imagine what he could have done with erasable coloured markers...
  • cgraceycgracey Posts: 14,155
    edited 2013-12-13 08:35
    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    Paper was good enough for Leonardo Da Vinci. and a few other very creative people. This guy has made a pile of cash by crowd sourcing this item. I suspect that people just love to throw money at niffty ideas. I have always disliked the amount of trash that markers create. On the other hand, a wooden pencil reduces itself to environmentally friendly wood chips, graphite, and clay dust.

    Here's really neat video of a German pencil factory:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2XthN8traQ
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-12-13 10:10
    Gadgetman wrote: »
    Leonardo only had access to paper, canvas, sand tables and possibly some sort of blackboards.

    Imagine what he could have done with erasable coloured markers...

    If we really needed erasable colured markers, Leonardo would have invented them.

    Yes indeed, with this technology he could have erased everything and we would have had nothing to learn from.

    After about 15 years of trying to use mechanical pencils here, I have gone back to wooden ones. The clever makers of mechanical pencils seem to have managed to make them self destruct after a few weeks of use.. something either falls off or cracks. And of course, the diameter of the lead is so small that you break it far more than the wooden ones.

    I am beginning to suspect that first generaton technologies are generally the best for the end user. After all Unix was the first OS for public consumption.
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