I’ve just started using a Rocketbook Everlast Mini, Rocketbook Beacons, and the required iOS app. I’m not into product reviews, but wanted to make a post because I can already see how these products will definitely be part of my work productivity, especially the Beacons.
I chose the Mini mostly for personal use and used my own money to buy one. I didn’t want to spend a lot and thought the smaller form factor would be fine and perhaps suit my needs even better. So far, I’m happy.
Mini Pros
- ∞ use? seems durable, but there appears to be minor etching on the page surface, not sure that will make a difference
- encourages creativity: when the ink is your only consumable, I feel much more free to write down any little thought or sketch
- cleans easily with only water: it’s not really a pain to have to wipe down each page, it’s actually cathartic in a weird way
- back to analog! I’m always typing on a keyboard it seems and it’s nice to get back to pen on “paper”
- there are other pen types in the Frixion line of pens, not just limited to the “ball point pen” experience of the pen that came with the Mini
Mini Cons
- “odd” writing feel, no pencil-like experience
- ink drying is longer than expected: they claim you need up to 15 seconds, but I’ve noticed it can take up to over a minute depending upon how much ink you’re using – when I’m sketching, I’m using much more ink than when I’m writing
- no edge bleeds: it makes scanning more difficult
- weather sensitive? not sure, but it doesn’t take much moisture to smudge the ink; scan your work often if you don’t want to lose your work
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The Rocketbook Beacons are an interesting idea. Basically, these four stickers allow you to capture or broadcast any whiteboard space. Of course your need a smartphone running their app, but the app seems to work very well and is easy to use. I used to use my whiteboard all the time to brainstorm ideas or processes, but capturing them was always an issue. I used to use an app called CamScan, but saw an article saying I should avoid that app. Anyhow, Beacons definitely inspire me to pick up the whiteboard markers again!
Rocketbook App
- Nice design
- Free Rocketbook pages which you can print out, a feature that puzzles me since the whole mission of Rocketbook is to reduce the amount of paper we use
- Flexible Destinations feature, but I don’t have access to store things in my various O365 Teams, I have to upload it to my OneDrive folder and then move it to a team location
- Share with anyone is possible, but you have to make an extra click to access the “Share” option
- Auto-rotation often does not rotate pages correctly – I thought it just used the QR code to determine orientation, but that is not the case; you can use the app to rotate the pages, but the QR code remains on the scan
- No way to combine separate files into a single file without the use of 3rd party software