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
Most leather bound journals are a block of glued signatures inside a cover. When the glue goes, the book goes. This one is held by cord, which is why the paper can be replaced and the binding can be guaranteed.
Think about the notebooks you have actually worn out. It is rarely the paper. It is the spine cracking, the glue letting go, pages working loose near the middle.
A glued binding has a lifespan, and it is shorter than the leather wrapped around it. That is the flaw this design starts from.
Inside the cover, elastic cords run down the spine and hold each insert in place through its centre fold. Nothing is adhered to the cover.
There is no glue line to fail, which is why we can put a lifetime warranty on the binding and mean it.
A cord bound journal lies open at any page without being pressed down or broken in. You can write into the gutter without fighting the spine.
Small thing until you have tried to write across the middle of a glued notebook on a train.
Each insert is its own small book of about 76 pages. Full ones come off the cord and go on a shelf. New ones go on.
So the leather bound journal you are holding in five years is the same object, with its fifteenth set of pages in it.
Premium leather, designed in Los Angeles, in eight colors and two sizes.
Pocket is about 4 by 7 inches, Classic is the desk size, and both hold up to three inserts on the same cord system.
The cover, two 76 page inserts, one lined and one blank, an organizer insert, and a linen travel bag.
Refills start at $12. There is nothing else you have to buy to start.
Lifetime warranty on the binding, the cover and the hardware, including the grommets that anchor the cords.
Plus easy 100-day returns, so you can test the binding the only way that counts, by actually using it.
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.
Elastic cords down the spine, anchored in metal grommets, holding each insert through its centre fold. Nothing is adhered to the cover.
There is no glue line, which is the part that normally fails on a leather bound journal.
Think about the notebooks you have actually worn out. Rarely the paper. It is the spine cracking and pages working loose near the middle.
A glued block has a lifespan, and it is shorter than the leather around it.
At any page, without being pressed down or broken in, so you can write into the gutter.
A small thing until you have tried to write across the middle of a glued notebook on a train.
Each insert is its own small book of about 76 pages. Full ones come off the cord, new ones go on, starting at $12.
So this is the same object in five years with its fifteenth set of pages in it.
Lifetime warranty on the binding, the cover and the hardware, including the grommets the cords run through.
We can write that because there is no adhesive in the path to give out.
Binding failure, cover failure, and hardware like the grommets. If something structural breaks, we replace it for free immediately, no shipping fee.
It ships in a linen bag, so it hands over as is. Picking their color and a charm reads as thought without locking them into anything.
And easy 100-day returns cover it if the color is wrong in person.
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.
