(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best computation & data pads

I really like it, and I wouldn't have gotten it without your post! If I'm honest, I don't quite love the paper quite as much as a Rhodia Dot Pad, which is just brighter, finer, and doesn't feather at all. That said, I absolutely love the binding on Leuchtturm1917, it has super quick dry times, and it didn't bleed with any of my tests, just like you said. I've decided it's really a perfect notebook for writing short stories or for journaling, although I'll keep using the Rhodia for everything else.

Hmm, ok. Maybe a tool like Camscanner (which I used to use to scan maps in) can do the same trick? (If you have Android look it up for taking pictures; I found it pretty handy.)

I just try not to deal with the lines at all by using engineering paper, which work by having the lines on the back so you can see through them, but the front is empty. Doesn't show up in scans or pictures at all. Nice now that I use a standard scanner for my maps to keep things relatively even and oriented properly.

Rhodia is an awesome brand. Here are two that I've personally used for my Design and Analysis class!

https://www.amazon.com/Rhodia-Graph-Reverse-Standard-Notebook/dp/B001DC5NWY/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1502290136&sr=815&keywords=grid+lined+notebook

https://www.amazon.com/Rhodia-Notepads-Graph-Black-11-7/dp/B002A8OWBS/ref=pd_sim_229_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B002A8OWBS&pd_rd_r=37FB9SDQBF20ZMEJD238&pd_rd_w=akPUC&pd_rd_wg=HcUst&psc=1&refRID=37FB9SDQBF20ZMEJD238

Unfortunately, several companies sell the comp pads with no on-page branding. I'm guessing from the first image that you're looking for a green pad but some companies offer a buff pad using the same paper, tan with a brown grid. Might be an alternate option to use while searching.

If Ampad isn't to your liking, you might also look into

• TOPS pads (https://www.amazon.com/TOPS-Engineering-Computation-Punched-35500/dp/B001J87JTM/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3KOPVWX11NN3R)
  
• National Brand pads (https://www.amazon.com/NATIONAL-Brand-Computation-Sheets-42389/dp/B0007LTJO0/ref=sr_1_7?crid=3KOPVWX11NN3R)
  
• Roaring Spring pads (https://www.amazon.com/Roaring-Spring-Engineering-Green-sheets/dp/B005UOGBKO/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3KOPVWX11NN3R)
  
• Staedtler pads (https://www.amazon.com/Staedtler-Engineering-Computation-Grid-Sheets/dp/B0006OM7RE/ref=sr_1_1?)
  
  edit: formatting

Here is the list of gear. It is meant for both myself and my wife, so I doubled up in some places. (Links where I have them)

• LifeStraw Personal Water Filter
  
• yueton Shatterproof Stainless Steel Ultrathin Folding Travel Mirror
  
• S.O.S. Rations Emergency 3600 Calorie Food Bar
  
• Mini Foldable Folding Shovel
  
• Coleman Dome Tent
  
• GreenLight Diamond Strike on Box Matches,
  
• Zippo Typhoon Matches and Match Kit
  
• My Amazing Outdoor Inc Camp Mess Kit
  
• Swiss Safe Emergency Mylar Thermal Blankets
  
• Aootek Upgraded first aid survival Kit
  
• AxPower Dust Masks
  
• Dust mask filter pack
  
• Esky Portable Emergency Weather Radio Hand Crank Self Powered
  
• Foxelli Disposable Rain Ponchos
  
• TOUGH-GRID 750lb Paracord/Parachute Cord
  
• Aquatabs AQT200 Water Purification Tablets 200 Pack
  
• REEBOW GEAR Hard Knuckle Tactical Gloves
  
• Sharpie Plastic Point Stick Water Resistant Pen
  
• Rite in the Rain Weatherproof Top-Spiral Notebook
  
• Buck Knife 119
  
• 1 quart zip lock bags pack
  
• 1 gallon zip lock bags pack
  
• 2 Days worth of clothes
  
• REEBOW GEAR Military Tactical Assault Pack Backpack, Capacity: 34L
  
  Total Combined weight 27.4969375 Lbs (assuming my measurements are correct, couldn't get a good read on the tent so I had to use manufacturer info)
  
  Stuff I don't have yet, but which I plan to include as I get them:
  
  
• Passports, and other document copies
  
• Extra cash
  
• 9mm pistol
  
• Better water storage
  
• Solar charging and power banks

I'd read somewhere that the Ampad Heavyweight Writing Pad, fairly cheap in bulk, was a good choice for fountain pen use--it wasn't. It feathered badly. Whitelines paper, like this is pricier but I haven't had trouble with feathering or bleed-through when using their
perfect-bound and spiral-bound notebooks.

4&1 sounds very sweet I have to try it!
I'm using an older version of this which are very common here in italy, it's 100gr/m² so it's ideal for fountainpens

There's this but strangely the grid only seems to cover half of the page. Might be worth a look on that site, though.
Edit: or perhaps this? searching for engineering graph paper or quad ruled paper seems promising.

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Something like this:

Roaring Spring Engineering Computation Pad 8.5 x 11 Inches 200 Sheets Green Paper Enclosed Grid on Back of each Sheet 3-Hole Punched (95389)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005UOD4W2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_JqCQzb6JH96JT

They're usually available (different brands) at college bookstores.

They're designed to be one sided - if you ever need to copy the graph lines aren't copied.

(FWIW, I was a physics student and did most heavy work with a Sheaffer "Student Pen" with carts, No. 2 Ticonderoga Pencils, engineering paper and those brown covered lab notebooks. Nothing super fancy, though a fair number of years ago.)

I use Rhodia pads - the dot ones mostly to give me structure without lines - they are coated in a beautiful silky coating - not super cheap.. maybe 7p a sheet but so worth it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00BQ4YFLE/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1518179336&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=rhodia+notebook+dot&dpPl=1&dpID=41%2BT0cfpbkL&ref=plSrch

Something like what I'm looking for is there, but it's $16. That just seems steep.

Have you considered using engineering paper? It has a grid on one side and blank-ish on the other so you can see the grid through the paper while you write but it shouldn't show up if you photocopy it

https://www.amazon.com/NATIONAL-Computation-Plain-Sheets-42182/dp/B0042RU1YW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1525882394&sr=8-3&keywords=engineering+paper+white

> The tool should not require any credentials (SNMP, etc)

That's a non-starter. I can't see any noteworthy level of accuracy without SNMP for the route tables, CDP/LLDP and ARP/MAC information.

How will you know what is on switch port 11 if you can't ask the switch for it's MAC table?

IMO: These are the two tools you need at this point:

Graph Paper

Mechanical Pencil

Waterproof notebooks

You need this.

> sauna and take a notebook.

Perhaps one of these: https://smile.amazon.com/Rite-Rain-Green-Tactical-Weather/dp/B000ZZTUEM

I mean, if you really plan on writing a lot, you can also grab the 384 pages ( here on Amazon https://www.amazon.fr/Clairefontaine-9781C-couverture-pellicul%C3%A9e-Al%C3%A9atoire/dp/B003JNH9LS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?__mk_fr_FR=%C3%85M%C3%85Z%C3%95%C3%91&qid=1536602583&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=clairefontaine+384+pages&dpPl=1&dpID=51bLwp9NN1L&ref=plSrch )

I don't know if it's available in the USA though :/

I bought mine from an auction on ebay, but here it is on amazon for $12:
https://www.amazon.com/Roaring-Spring-Engineering-Green-sheets/dp/B005UOD4W2/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=roaring+spring+engineering+paper&qid=1550382315&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Here it is on ebay for $10:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Roaring-Spring-Engineering-Pad-8-5-x-11-Green-200-sheets-Single-Pad/264143599978?epid=1900962525&hash=item3d802f796a:g:MTMAAOSwCNlcP7gv:rk:5:pf:1&frcectupt=true

I guess $8 was a lower than normal price.

This might be what you're looking for

I personally hate tear-away pages, but to each their own I suppose.

Bottom line is you'll want a paper — or some other "material" — that is water resistant. RitR paper gets its resistance via a coating on the paper. There are other papers out there which offer similar coatings but I cannot vouch for their quality. Another popular "paper" out there is made from stone (yeah, really). Rockstock is probably the most well-known but there are others out there too — but all of them are more expensive than RitR.

One thing you can do to reduce your cost is to literally cut the pad in half (or more). I bought a Zutter Bind-It-All a long time ago, before I got into geocaching, and I use that to rebind RitR notebooks to make multiple books from one. I cut the covers and pages using a guillotine paper cutter, then punch and bind the pieces into a new book. If you don't own one then the cost would be too much, but you can improvise with a simple hole punch and some brass paper fasteners. A 4x6 notebook costs $5 and can be cut into thirds, yielding three 4x2 pads which are plenty big enough for a log book at a cost of $1.67 apiece.

Now that's moronic.


Amazon.it has the A4 Dotpad for 10€ = 260 czk. I don't know if that's expensive or not for you, just leaving this here.

Sorry for poor quality, not much of a photographer.

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