{"id":11149,"date":"2023-11-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=11149"},"modified":"2024-01-15T13:24:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T18:24:30","slug":"plotter-alternatives-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/plotter-alternatives-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Plotter Alternatives, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bible and Narrow Alternatives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Welcome back for part 3 of this series. If you haven’t read part 1<\/a>, I’m sharing alternatives to the Plotter system. If you want the full explanation, I suggest you read that post. You can also review the A5 alternatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this post, I’m addressing both Plotter’s Bible and Narrow sized binders because they are so similar in size. There is a 3mm difference in height between them, and an 11mm (0.43in) difference in width. The paper is similarly close in size, with no difference in height, and 15mm (0.59in) difference in width. You can easily use either size’s paper in the other size’s binder without any problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make things even more confusing, the Bible and Narrow sized binders are smaller (both in height and width) than average A6 binders. However, the same sized Plotter papers are significantly taller than A6 \u2014 more in line with B6 paper \u2014 while narrower than both A6 and B6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Paper<\/th>B6<\/th>A6 Refill<\/th>Bible<\/th>Narrow<\/th>A6<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Height<\/td>176mm<\/td>171mm<\/td>170mm<\/td>170mm<\/td>148mm<\/td><\/tr>
Width<\/td>125mm<\/td>98mm<\/td>93mm<\/td>78mm<\/td>105mm<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And, if that isn’t confusing enough, when I researched A6 refill paper to compare ring hole placement, I discovered they aren’t actually A6. I looked at 30 different refill paper lists across the first five pages of Google results. The listings were on Etsy, Temu, Amazon, and a few small business websites. They average paper size across all 30 listings \u2014 all labeled as A6 paper \u2014 was 171mm by 98mm. The width varied more, between 83mm and 112mm. The height varied between 170mm and 175mm. Regardless, they were all decidedly NOT A6 in size or aspect ratio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since you can use A6 refill<\/em> paper in the two Plotter binders without folding or cutting and Bible and Narrow paper would fit in A6 binders, that’s what I’m using for comparison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all of that out of the way, let’s dive into the A6 alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Depending on what, specifically, interests you about the Plotter system, some of the options listed below may be of more interest to you than others. To help you figure out which, if any, to look into, I’ve included some specific information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n