The reMarkable Paper Pure made me want to start writing things down again

As a kid, my favorite part of back-to-school shopping was picking out notebooks for the new year. Back then, they were color-coded by subject (according to the system in my head), and equipped with obnoxious spirals that would almost certainly get tangled in my backpack. It’s been a long time since I’ve shopped a school supply list, but my love of notebooks hasn’t gone anywhere.

That’s probably why the reMarkable Paper Pure () won me over so quickly. While many E-Ink tablets try to pack in productivity features, and Amazon’s Kindles keep adding limitations and AI tools, the Paper Pure is refreshingly committed to being exactly one thing: a really good digital notebook. After more than a week with the device, I’m in no rush to take it back out of my tech rotation.