They opened theirs. Here’s what they said.
“The quality of my journal is excellent! I absolutely love the charms I added.”
Verified buyer“The delivery was fast and product is beautiful!!!! Love it”
Verified buyer“I’m excited for this to hold my memories... I can look back on when I’m 70.”
Verified buyer
A raised lace cover you'll want to hold, pages that refill, and a linen bag it all comes in. Here's what's inside and how it works.
Go back through your camera roll to the last birthday. There's the cake, the candles, everybody squinting. What isn't there is what your grandson said when he blew them out, or who laughed first. A photo keeps what it looked like. A few lines in your own handwriting keep the rest. That's what the Momento is for, and it's pretty enough to leave out on the table, where you'll reach for it.
The Lacy cover has a raised lace pattern you can feel with your fingertips, and an elastic closure with a small square tab to hold it shut. It doesn't look like a notebook from the office supply aisle. This is the one you carry to the waiting room and the kitchen table, and the one you leave out when you're done.
It arrives in a linen travel bag with Still Archive on the front. Inside: the cover, two 76-page inserts (one lined, one blank), a zipper organizer insert for the receipts, tickets and notes you want to keep with it, and the charm you choose. Not in the box: a pen, extra refills, and the grid and planner inserts, which are sold separately. If you like grid pages, the Grid Insert is $12 for the Pocket and $15 for the Classic.
Nothing on these pages says Tuesday. Write a page the night you open it, then nothing until a birthday in March, and the next page is just the next page. There's no row of blank dates to feel bad about and nothing to catch up on. One line counts. So does a full page after a big day. All of it stays in order, in your own handwriting.
A regular journal ends at the last page and goes on a shelf, and next year starts in a different book. Here, you slide out the filled insert, keep it, and slide in a refill, so every year goes into the cover you already love. Refills start at $12, about 76 pages each. "I like that it can get as full as I want. There's no end," one woman told us by text in October. If you've ever thought "it's paper and a pen, why pay that much," this is the difference: you buy the cover once. The lifetime warranty covers the binding, the cover and the hardware.
The Pocket is 4.25 x 6.89 in (108 x 175 mm), with pages of 90 x 163 mm. It fits in a purse and goes where you go. The Classic is 4.72 x 7.87 in (120 x 200 mm), with pages of 105 x 190 mm, for longer entries at a table. Will your own inserts fit? Traveler's Notebook Passport inserts fit both sizes. A6 and Hobonichi Weeks fit the Classic only. A5 and B6 are too big for either.
The linen travel bag is the wrapping, and the charm is the part you choose with them in mind. The Lacy cover is $119 for the Pocket (was $238) and $138 for the Classic (was $276), and the other colors start at $69. Every Momento is 50% off right now, with a free charm, free US shipping and easy 100-day returns.
The complete starter kit. Your leather cover in the size and color you pick, two 76-page Daolin inserts (one lined, one blank), an organizer insert for cards, stamps, photos, or loose notes, and a linen travel bag. Restock Event adds a complimentary charm. Everything you need to start writing on day one.
A Moleskine is a notebook. You fill it, finish it, buy another. A Midori is a traveler's notebook system designed around buying inserts separately. Momento is the refillable cover plus a complete starter kit in one box, with US shipping and a lifetime warranty. Same cover, new pages, forever.
Pocket if you carry it daily and write in shorter sessions. Back pocket, jacket, small purse. Classic if you sit down to write. Letters, longer entries, sketching, planning. Pocket fits anywhere. Classic gives you room to breathe.
Pocket fits a back pocket, small purse, or jacket pocket. Classic is a bit larger than the size of a paperback and lives in a tote or purse.
Each insert has 76 pages of smooth, high-quality Daolin paper. It is fountain-pen friendly with minimal bleed-through and feathering, so it handles everything from a pencil or gel pen to a wet fountain nib beautifully.
Slide the used insert out, slide a new one in. Refills start at $12, about 76 pages each. Most customers set them on a 3-month cadence and stop thinking about it. Skip, pause, change cadence, or cancel from your account anytime. No phone calls, no retention scripts.
Binding failure, cover failure, and hardware like the grommets. If something structural breaks, we replace it for free immediately, no shipping fee.
Yes. Every Momento ships in a gift-ready linen bag, so you can hand it over as-is. It's our most-gifted product. If you're unsure on color, Bordeaux and Mocha are safe picks for someone whose taste you don't know well.
Try Momento for 100 days. If you don't fall in love, easy 100-day returns. Just email help@stillarchive.com and we'll take care of it.
Based on a survey of 3,000+ Momento buyers
87%
Stayed consistent longer
94%
Stopped reaching for their phone first
3.2 hrs
Fewer screen time per day
89%
Say it is the first journal they finished
Most of us have three of these already. Most of us stopped using all three within a month.
| Criteria | Momento | Your Notes app | Moleskine | Your last planner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still being used 6 months in | ||||
| Off the cloud. Into your hands. | ||||
| A separate space for each part of your lifeA separate space for each part of life | Sort of | |||
| Runs out? Keep the cover. Replace the pages. | Sort of | |||
| Feels like something you want to hold | ||||
| Backed for life |
This is the one you keep, because it keeps up with you.
