Swimming with Aquatic Pop-Up Post-It Notes
Written: Jan 31 '07
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Pros: three different colors in six pad assortment, tranquil colors, Post-It quality
Cons: not as eye-catching as the traditional yellow color
The Bottom Line: These Post-It Pop-up Notes offer a nice change from yellow.
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I wanted something different. I was bored using plain yellow Post-It Notes. So when I spied these Post-It Pop-Up Multi-pack Notes in Aquatic Colors, I closed my eyes to the price and ordered them.
Description
These Post-It Pop-Up Notes are refills for a Post-It Pop-Up dispenser. Six pads come in the multi-pack. There are three different colors; two pads of each color. The note pads measure 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”. There are 100 sheets to each pad.
The colors, as you can imagine from the “aquatic” word in the name … are reminiscent of the ocean. There are two shades of blue and a purple.
Light Aquatic Blue – This is a beautiful solid aqua-blue color. It is a light blue, but not like sky blue or baby blue. It has deeper tones that hint of tropical waters (if one is using their imagination).
Turquoise Blue – This pad is a brighter blue flecked with bits of white. The color is more vivid than the other blue pad (mentioned above).
Light Purple – This color is a pale purple with white flecks throughout the paper. The color is understated and more subdued of the three colors in this multi-pack.
My Experiences
These Post-It Pop-Up Notes are easy to insert into the dispenser on my desk. In case you are not familiar with Pop-up Notes, they are designed like tissues that pop one after another out of a tissue box. Pull one Pop-Up note from the dispenser and it comes free, leaving a portion of the next Pop-Up Note visible in the dispenser.
I don’t know what it is about easy-open packaging, but I usually end up needing a hatchet to get through it. Each Post-It Note pad comes wrapped in plastic with an easy-tear-strip that is supposed to remove the end of the plastic so that the pad slides free. Sometimes the tear-strips work fine, and other times they don’t. I freely admit that I am easy-open package challenged!
The assortment of three colors in this package is nice on the eyes. The notes offer a visual reprieve from the yellow Post-It Notes also on my desk. The colors of these notes are tranquil, too. Definitely easy on the eyes. If you are after Post-It Notes that are immediately visible, you might want to consider another color. The yellow Post-It Notes grab my attention quicker than the Aquatic color notes. However, the Aquatic color paper looks elegant compared to the yellow. I save the blue and purple notes to use on special communications … such as documents that I mail where I need to write an additional note.
These notes are on a nice paper, too. While the paper is flexible, it has substance to it. I like the smooth feel of it, and it appears to have some “weight” to it versus other flimsy types of paper.
Other than the color, these Post-It Pop-Up Notes work the same as any other Post-It product. They stick well to paper. I even attached one the other day to the bottom of my computer monitor. Note that on the back of each package it says: “Notes may mark some surfaces or lift inks. Colors may bleed when wet.” I haven’t had any problems.
Despite their different color paper, it is easy to write on these Post-It Notes. I usually write with blue or black ballpoint ink or pencil. These work well and are easy to read. However, yellow highlighter ink does not show up well.
Purchasing
These Post-It Pop-Up Notes are a bit more expensive than the traditional yellow color. This 6-pack cost $6.99 from StaplesLink.com. The regular Staples.com website offers them for $8.85.
Summary
I am very pleased with these Post-It Pop-Up Multi-pack Notes in Aquatic Colors. They offered me a pleasant color change from the traditional yellow Post-It Pop-up notes. I wouldn’t say that I feel any closer to the ocean using these Aquatic colored pads, but they are soothing to the eye … and perhaps if I hold one of the pads to my ear, maybe I’ll hear the sound of the ocean.
I hope you have found this review useful.
Enjoy the day,
Dawn
http://dlstewart.com
Please read my other reviews:
Post-It Pop-Up Translucent Dispenser
Post-It "Sign Here" Flags
Post-It Tape Flags 1" x 1 3/4"
Post-It Tape Flags in Portable Dispenser
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Smead Clear Poly Envelopes for 3-Ring Binders
Smead Slash File Jacket Pocket Folder
Pendaflex Hanging File Folders with InfoPocket
Sharpie Twin-Tip Permanent Marker
Swingline Electric 3-Hole Paper Punch
Copyright 2007 Dawn L. Stewart
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