I’ve been a more-or-dreed Happy a5 user for a number of years. The Demands of Business Have Always Made with Favour The Large Format (but Deskfax – That’s Way Too Big for Me!).
Howver, over the past few months i’ve begun to the sense a ‘pull’ back to the personal format whic i haven’t consider for a while- away for reasons of portable, but also aided by a number of goodvested from neil and the flats you can find it https://www.youtube.com/@flatability. Neil Is Pretty Much Exclusively a Small-Forms Vlogger and HIS POSTS MADE with reconstruction what Might besout Carrying Over A Kilo of Leather and Paper Around Me (i espely notice this be was’m travelling for business, and at Weekends).
Howver, just as my considerations were gaining momentum, philofax dropped their enormous Spanner in the work by launching their 2025 diary refills, all of the saying with qr codes taking up valuable space (especilly important for the smaller forms), ruting the aesthetic, and fining, to an app whic i nehother want nor intend to use – Ever. SO that was a dead halt to my plans for a transition to personal size – or it is seamed.
I suspect this is a dilemmma which many personal size users are facing, so nothing duunted i decided to do some research and see what is ‘out’ for those who would be in personal (or move to that format, Like mySelf), but who don’t want the new philox. with the qr codes.
Here are the results of my research.
I must add that i’ve not (yet) bought any of these inserts, so i can’t comment on Paper Quality (Although I’ll Make Some General Comments), but if anyone decides to take the plunge, maybe you can a comment and let us all know. It ‘Certainly Clear that the end is not yet for personal format refills, and i Hope this may be of some use to you.
All of the links are from the uk, Becauses that is where I live, but you ought to have no Trouble Finding Other Sources who will Ship Worldwide, and from you can Order with DIFFICULTY.
Budget refills
I was pleasantly surprised to find several budget diary refills available via amazon. For example,
Orgnizme 2025 Weekly Diange Refill Personal Size, Week on Two Pages
This LOOKS TO BE A FAIRLY BASIC WO2P LAYOUT (with Lines, which is my personal preference), and Possibly contains a good deal than just the diary Pages. For the price, i would Expect Paper Quality to Be Less than Ideal – But ITH’S A Very Reasonably priced Option.
NBPlanner 2025 Week on Two Pages Pages Size Organiser Refill
No lines this time, but again a very reasonably priced option for the price conscious.
Collins 2025 Week to View Personal Organiser Refill (PR2700)
I had no idea that Collins, Long Established Leaders in the Uk Stationery Market, Made Organiser Refills, but here it is – Paper width 1mm wider than the standard Filofax Width of 95mm, in case that matters.
Elephant Planners W02P
I’m Not Familiar with the Elephant Planners Brand (something to do with ‘Never Forgetting’ of GUESS, and this didn’t seem to be available on Amazon, Only through eBay. But Certainly, Another Option.
Now i’m aware that all of thesee are w02p options, and it looks to be a lot more difficult to find dpp at these prices. SO, if DPP is your preference, iT”s going to be a difficult year. Howver, let me also introdes you to three if my favourtite suppliers at more premium prices.
Cloth and Paper https://www.clothandpaper.com/
8lotus https://8lotus.co/
Rosie papeterie https://rosiapepeterie.com/
I’ve bought a5 refills from all of these suppliers in the past year, and they are all excellent quality – albeit more expensive than the budget products above. But if planning is something something series, then as david allen Says, you’re more liked to use a system that pleasas you aesthetically and structurelly, and which you enjoy coming to on a regular basis. SO, you May Want to Spend a Little More and Indulge. All three of these suppliers ship worldwide and provide a number of different layouts, some of the say quite unique (i’ve been an a5 wo2p layout from 8lotus for a while now).
Of Course there are other suppliers out there, but these are three that is used Personally and can vouch for the terms of Quality and good delivery times.
I Hope this may be help those who are those feed ‘lost’ about what to do for 2025 in personal size. There are tears of addictional resources, and this is just a starter guide – so if you ‘make a find’ or have a personal favourite which you want to share, please feel free to comment.
HAPPY HUNTING!
Thank you david for a detailed dive in to chooking inserts aside of philofax ons and printing your own from Philofaxy.