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reMarkable Paper Pro

10owners with an opinion
75%of verdicts positive
6/2positive/negative since 2024
0happy after 3+ years

Praised for ease of use and design; criticized for display and portability.

What owners wrote

Neutral
To separately answer the killer workflow: I'd love to reduce a number of devices, and another one might be an e-ink note taking screen to dock to (yes, I've got a reMarkable Paper Pro and Kindle Scribe). But other than docking to my keyboard, screen(s), external camera/mic and network, phone, laptop and eink with pen is what I care about. I'd also want more built-in, fast storage (2tb) to keep my basic data always with me (photos, documents...).
Likes it
I owned a Remarkable 2 and sold it when the Remarkable Paper Pro came out. I now own a Remarkable Paper Pro and a Remarkable Paper Pro Move. I use them for deep work and it really helps me with distractions. I leave the Paper Pro at home and I carry the Paper Pro Move as part of my every day carry. The one feature I miss is being able to have a split screen so that I could have a document open and be writing in another document. Something like note taking from a book. To overcome this now I have documents open on my laptop to reference as I am writing on the Remarkable.
Likes it
I doubt Amazon would facilitate any kind of legitimate Kindle support outside of a web browser. I've got the Pro and, whilst a little to heavy for my liking, charging the marker is a no-brainer - it just attaches to the side for storage and charges wirelessly. Faster would always be appreciated of course. Curious about your last statement as I find the writing feel best in class. Having tried a couple of others, admittedly a few years ago, the Pro felt the most natural to write on.
Likes it
I've only used the Boox Tab Ultra C Pro and Remarkable Paper Pro but the latter is definitely a lot more "calm" than the former. I primarily use it only as a note-taking device. YMMV but for me, while the former had a full-fledged Android and the associated bells and whistles like the corresponding apps, local AI features, handwriting search and so on, the RMPP nailed the few things it did. Its sync was pretty slow and it needed wifi for any of the handwriting conversion but its latency felt a lot better (albeit the redraw was a bit annoying) and more importantly, it really felt like they nailed the colors better. When I use red and blue in the RMPP, I can easily recognize the diff without straining my eyes which was not the case for me with the BTUCP (is this the correct short form?). The keyboard folio was also better for the RMPP since I often experienced loose contact with the one on the BTUCP when I used it on my lap (flat surfaces were good once I set it up). Otoh, the material used in the BTUCP was much better since the RMPP one uses a polyster weave which often leaves me with slight goosebumps. Additionally, the keyboard folio isn't a feature I use often. I really can't talk about the others so for all I know, Scribe or supernote might be a lot better. RMPP does have a 90 days no questions asked return policy if you want to try it out (though I'm not sure how much that's worth).
Neutral
I have one and I don't think so, at all, to the point it seemed unreasonable. But it is not unreasonable: you've used one too, and are reasoning. So I'm thinking...how can I dispel my perception that Remarkable is definitely less than a paperback book? googles Ah, a printer's book weight calculator! ( https://www.bookmobile.com/book-weight-calculator/ ) Let's do cheapest & lightest paper possible. Hmm how many pages for long form...600 pages seems open to questions still, lets do 400. Use the default size for a paperback in the calculator, 6.25" x 9", sounds reasonable. Results: Paperback is 595g. Remarkable Pro is 525g. Remarkable is 404g. This aside, my prior was light-as-in-display, the background is more towards midgray than white
Likes it
Anyone with some critical experience also with the ipad pro pen? I'd really like some comments there. There's a lot that goes into writing and drawing, and all the online reviews I've seen seem just to praise it. I used most digital writing devices starting from wacom tables (first intuos series), to laptops with foldable screens and currently using the rm2/rm3. I agree that nothing still has the precision of a real pen or pencil. I can lazily fill and shade even with a micron fineliner when I want, and simply can't replicate the same precision with anything else I tried. I could buy a lifetime supply of the best pens and paper with the cost of the rm3. Writing is mostly fine, but when drawing I notice immediately the precision just isn't there. But still, at least on the rm (both 2 and pro), the digitizer is well calibrated, and the feel is good, the pen is actually like a pen and not the sucky abomination what wacom like to call "pens" or the tiny unusable styluses of the samsung "note" or lenovo yoga series. The show distance between tip and display is very good, and even though it seems ridicolous, the slighltly shorter one on the rm3 makes a difference. The rm2 is still requires a bit too much pressure for my taste (I have a light touch being used to mechanical pencils, fineliners and tech drawing); the rm3 seems slightly improved. I can still tell instantly that lines are occasionally wobbly due to the digitizer's grid and pen position. That being said I got the rm2 at…
Doesn’t like it
I regret buying mine. I like my Sony dpts1 much better which was 13 inches (a great size for reading book pdfs) while managing to be lighter somehow. I also used that to take university notes and do university cs homework. I just can't recommend an e-book reader that's smaller than a piece of A1 paper if its purpose is to replace A1 sized paper (either books or notebooks)
Doesn’t like itHasn’t owned it
I don’t think anybody gets real work done at the beach, and if you like to work outside you can use a laptop in the shade without issues. And if I have to sync my notes manually it’s easier to use pen and paper and snap a picture afterwards. The use-cases for this tablet seem contrived to me.
Doesn’t like itHasn’t owned it
We've reached "peak something " with this much collective energy spent contemplating an expensive and complicated "solution" to a problem that is solved pretty simply and cheaply by a good spiral bound notebook and a nice pen. I love this marketing soundbite too: > “reMarkable gives me the deep focus required to work on complex problems.” Mmmm. Yeah. I usually have to find a quiet place and eliminate distractions to get deep focus, but nice to know I can just carry this new device around with me and never lose deep focus!