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First time I've heard of these and I love the idea but goddamn they're expensive! Do you feel like it was worth the cost for your use case?

shakezula 5y ago
Not OP but I used a remarkable a few times at my old job and it was slick, but I'm not sure I would really say I recommend it more than my trusty notebook and pen. The digitization was decent, though, and i'm sure it's only gotten better. I honestly think it's the type of thing you'd have to test out to know.
- zikzak 5y ago
  When you say the digitization is good, do you mean the OCR? Because I have always been ok with emailing a picture in an email and adding some keywords to the email to find it later. I am not saying that's is all anyone would ever need but I've been doing it forever and like the fact that it works with any writing surface (napkin, wet sand, etc). My handwriting seems to defeat even the best OCR so I've kind of given up on that route.
  - shakezula 5y ago
    Yeah, it has a button you can hit in the UI that reads your handwriting and turns it into text. It’s pretty good, but my handwriting isn’t bad either. For what it’s worth, I use my email and Bear notes the same way with my pen and paper. I don’t ever feel like I miss the remarkable.
breck 5y ago
I've had my Remarkable2 for about 40 days, and use it everyday. I use it for all my meeting notes, use it for planning, sketching out ideas, marking up PDFs. Add about 4 pages per day. I love it. My favorite tool for thought I've added to the toolbelt in a long time (well, the M1's are also amazing). It's like magic. I can draw a diagram like I do on paper, but now drag select and then duplicate and quickly have thousands of glyphs. Very fun to think through ideas. My iPad Pro/Pencil is mostly for FaceTime now and the occasional marking up of a screen grab. Before this I would fill up about 4-6 paper graphing paper notebooks a year. It was definitely expensive, but given how much it is improving my work, well worth it. The subreddit has been very helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/RemarkableTablet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RemarkableTablet/
- d3nj4l 5y ago
  You mention moving from an iPad to remarkable. I have an iPad with a pencil right now and I feel pretty satisfied with it, but I’m curious about the remarkable. What do you think is better about the remarkable?
  - dorchadas 5y ago
    I don't have a reMarkable, but I use a Fujitsu Quaderno A4. For me, it's the eink screen that's made all the difference. Less eye strain, and a better writing feel. It's also helped keep me focused since the Quaderno, at least, has nothing else but pdfs and note-taking.
  - jackson1442 5y ago
    The iPad feels like writing on a whiteboard: fine, but not ideal. Writing on the reMarkable is significantly closer to paper, less distracting, and it feels easier on my wrists since I can rely a bit on the friction of the screen. I definitely wouldn't buy it unless you have to write a lot (I'm a student, so this is the case with me), but I definitely enjoy it.
  - breck 5y ago
    The feel is much better. More friction, feels like paper. I prefer eInk to a bright screen. No popups or distractions (same as if I was using pen and paper). It’s noticeably lighter. Simple software that does everything I need well. No need to fuss with apps.
- IndySun 5y ago
  I am interested in ReMarkable. This recent reddit post, is it your experience? What is happening with this lag? https://www.reddit.com/r/RemarkableTablet/comments/nemvjy/my_video_for_support_demonstrating_the_immense_lag/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RemarkableTablet/comments/nemvjy/my...
  - breck 5y ago
    I do notice some lag but not until I have over 10,000 or 100,000 glyphs when I'm prototyping data visualization ideas. Honestly it scales better than I was expecting, so my guess is they've optimized their loops and I'm pushing the hardware to the limit around that OOM, and that a Remarkable3 will fix it with faster hardware.
gglitch 5y ago
I bought one and returned it. I made the mistake of adopting loose-leaf paper several months before buying it. I assumed it would be a minor cost in the writing/reading experience for a major benefit in not having folders all over the place anymore; but (a) the w/r cost was way higher than I thought it would be, (b) I realized the folders weren’t that big a deal if you, you know, but them in a box or cabinet, and (c) it was just too expensive for that c/b spread.

shakezula 5y ago

Not OP but I used a remarkable a few times at my old job and it was slick, but I'm not sure I would really say I recommend it more than my trusty notebook and pen. The digitization was decent, though, and i'm sure it's only gotten better. I honestly think it's the type of thing you'd have to test out to know.

zikzak 5y ago
When you say the digitization is good, do you mean the OCR? Because I have always been ok with emailing a picture in an email and adding some keywords to the email to find it later. I am not saying that's is all anyone would ever need but I've been doing it forever and like the fact that it works with any writing surface (napkin, wet sand, etc). My handwriting seems to defeat even the best OCR so I've kind of given up on that route.
- shakezula 5y ago
  Yeah, it has a button you can hit in the UI that reads your handwriting and turns it into text. It’s pretty good, but my handwriting isn’t bad either. For what it’s worth, I use my email and Bear notes the same way with my pen and paper. I don’t ever feel like I miss the remarkable.

breck 5y ago

I've had my Remarkable2 for about 40 days, and use it everyday. I use it for all my meeting notes, use it for planning, sketching out ideas, marking up PDFs. Add about 4 pages per day. I love it. My favorite tool for thought I've added to the toolbelt in a long time (well, the M1's are also amazing). It's like magic. I can draw a diagram like I do on paper, but now drag select and then duplicate and quickly have thousands of glyphs. Very fun to think through ideas. My iPad Pro/Pencil is mostly for FaceTime now and the occasional marking up of a screen grab. Before this I would fill up about 4-6 paper graphing paper notebooks a year. It was definitely expensive, but given how much it is improving my work, well worth it. The subreddit has been very helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/RemarkableTablet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RemarkableTablet/

d3nj4l 5y ago
You mention moving from an iPad to remarkable. I have an iPad with a pencil right now and I feel pretty satisfied with it, but I’m curious about the remarkable. What do you think is better about the remarkable?
- dorchadas 5y ago
  I don't have a reMarkable, but I use a Fujitsu Quaderno A4. For me, it's the eink screen that's made all the difference. Less eye strain, and a better writing feel. It's also helped keep me focused since the Quaderno, at least, has nothing else but pdfs and note-taking.
- jackson1442 5y ago
  The iPad feels like writing on a whiteboard: fine, but not ideal. Writing on the reMarkable is significantly closer to paper, less distracting, and it feels easier on my wrists since I can rely a bit on the friction of the screen. I definitely wouldn't buy it unless you have to write a lot (I'm a student, so this is the case with me), but I definitely enjoy it.
- breck 5y ago
  The feel is much better. More friction, feels like paper. I prefer eInk to a bright screen. No popups or distractions (same as if I was using pen and paper). It’s noticeably lighter. Simple software that does everything I need well. No need to fuss with apps.
IndySun 5y ago
I am interested in ReMarkable. This recent reddit post, is it your experience? What is happening with this lag? https://www.reddit.com/r/RemarkableTablet/comments/nemvjy/my_video_for_support_demonstrating_the_immense_lag/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RemarkableTablet/comments/nemvjy/my...
- breck 5y ago
  I do notice some lag but not until I have over 10,000 or 100,000 glyphs when I'm prototyping data visualization ideas. Honestly it scales better than I was expecting, so my guess is they've optimized their loops and I'm pushing the hardware to the limit around that OOM, and that a Remarkable3 will fix it with faster hardware.

gglitch 5y ago

I bought one and returned it. I made the mistake of adopting loose-leaf paper several months before buying it. I assumed it would be a minor cost in the writing/reading experience for a major benefit in not having folders all over the place anymore; but (a) the w/r cost was way higher than I thought it would be, (b) I realized the folders weren’t that big a deal if you, you know, but them in a box or cabinet, and (c) it was just too expensive for that c/b spread.