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
Every notebook you ever filled took its cover to the box with it. This time the paper is the only part you replace.
Go look at the shelf or the box in the closet. There's one from the year of the move, a planner from a job you left and a nice one somebody gave you. Each was a new purchase, and each one was done on its last page. You couldn't reuse any of them. That's how a bound book works, and it's why you keep paying for new covers.
When an insert fills, you slide it out, keep it, and slide in a fresh one. Refills start at $12, about 76 pages each. "Other handmade journals are around $40," someone told us, and that's true. You'd pay that each time you finished one, though, and here you pay for the cover once and then for paper.
Your Momento arrives in a linen travel bag. Inside are the cover, two 76-page inserts (one lined, one blank) already in place, a zipper organizer insert and the one charm you choose, which clips on. US shipping is free. The pen and the monogram in the video don't come with it. The red and green inserts in the video are our planner inserts, from $12 each. Pens, extra refills, the grid and planner inserts and the Card Organizer are sold separately.
The Pocket cover is 4.25 x 6.89 in (108 x 175 mm), with pages of 90 x 163 mm, and it fits in a small purse. The Classic cover is 4.72 x 7.87 in (120 x 200 mm), with pages of 105 x 190 mm, for longer entries at a table. If you already own inserts, A6 and Hobonichi Weeks fit the Classic only, and A5, B6 and Traveler's Notebook Regular fit neither.
A dated planner bought in March has already thrown away two months, and a slow summer leaves a stack of pages you'll never get back. These pages have no printed dates, so every page you paid for is one you can write on. Miss a week and the next page is just the next page. One line counts.
The lifetime warranty covers the binding, the cover and the hardware. That's what lets the math work, because a cover you can keep is the only reason the paper gets to be the cheap part. "Expensive, but i love having my notebooks together in one. Plus its small so when I finish one I can store it more neatly," someone wrote in a comment in October. An owner told us in our October survey, "I love it more than I expected to."
There are eight colors to choose from, and you clip on the charm you like. The Momento is 50% off right now: the Pocket from $69 (was $138) and the Classic from $89 (was $178). The charm is free, US shipping is free, and you have easy 100-day returns. Take it home, write in it and see what you think.
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.
