Remarkable 2 Review

I was genuinely surprised by how good it felt to draw on the Remarkable 2. I didn't expect much from the Eink display compared to drawing on many of the tablets I'm used to using but this is genuinely great experience but it might still not be right for you.

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[truemagic]

As a business executive, I just bought one, and for the pure organizational structure, it saves my life. No more sticky notes, missing notebooks, and running out of room. So happy with this thing!!

[Chi-ywxe]

I feel like this meant for people who want to go paperless. Its basically a never ending notebook.

[carlie]

As a Therapist I've been following the company for a while looking for better ways to take notes, brainstorm ideas for clients, books and classes. Thank you for the review, paper is my muse and I hate keeping up with notebooks worrying about privacy and as a mental health professional/with ADHD using something without distractions and blue light I think is absolutely wonderful.

[EyeLean]

As a teacher (one who sketches, btw), I'd love all my students to have one of these. My kid has one and the remarkable so superior to carrying around a big, bulky binder and yet it doesn't go on the internet, which can be way too tempting when a student is working on a laptop. I also want my students to take notes by hand because the science shows it's much better for their comprehension and memory.

And as for the limits for artists - who cares? Think of it as an electronic sketchbook. Artists don't carry around paintboxes and easels with them everywhere they go, they carry sketchbooks, so this is a perfect all-in-one student binder and sketch pad.

[spyro]

Speaking as a person who has received his. This device isn't used to sketch specifically, more geared towards note-taking, however a mangaka would have a field day with this thing. I cannot describe how amazingly useful this is in my studies, considering how this year has been all my classes are digital and I won't lie, my eyesight has been ruined to the point where I need new glasses. This device has been a crucial support for me as my eyes no longer suffer and I can write all of my work on it too. The price may be a little too high but personally speaking, no price is too high for preserving my eyesight along with offering me a new and unique way of doing my work.

[RedGeorb]

This kind of e ink is useable in full sun, that’s a big plus

[minabasejderha]

I appreciate this review, particularly you being comfortable walking the line between praising how good it feels doing what it was built for and admitting that it was built for something other than what your audience wants.

[veradu]

In addition to note-taking and sketching, it is also really amazing for people in academia who need to read a lot of papers in pdf format. The cloud storage makes it so convenient. Get it for your eyes if you have the budget.

[YoungBlaze]

maybe its me, but for some reason the more i keep looking at this, i feel like i can turn a page on it

[Kyu]

For someone who loves to DM D&D games this looks amazing. Great way to take my dm notes on and plan out various game aspects and even draw simple maps and such in the midst of my notes. I can also upload the character sheet PDF's to keep track of my characters and NPCs just as I would with paper and pencil character sheets.

No more hauling multiple notebooks and worrying about damaging paper sheets. This will do exactly as I need it to do!

[xtradelite]

It does have apps you can use/download. I love the simplicity of it as a reader and writer. Zero distractions are a god send in comparison to all the pop-ups, notifications, social media etc.. you get with many other tablets.

[DaveBarrack]

It's been so long since I've written or drawn on paper, I'm not sure I'd recognize my own handwriting anymore.

[scooottbruh]

That would be an amazing student device especially for the young with drawing, ebooks, and pdf being its only use.

[cherokeewarcry]

From my own thoughts and from many comments preceeding mine, I feel like this is a great tablet for general text notes, quick illustrations (as proof of concpet perhaps), mind maps, and other graphically simple and quick needs. Not so much for more professional final draft illustrations or long term storage of more complex in depth information.

While I wouldn't try to run a full blog off of it exclusively, I would rough draft blog posts, promotional ideas, monetization strategies etc.

For myself I will probably save money to buy one and get a lot of use out of it. It actually low-key excites me!

Thanks so much for this review! And happy New Year!

[shanukaur]

I ordered one for myself. Very excited and waiting patiently to get my hands on it.

[beamtastic]

I've had the gen1 Remarkable since launch, and it is still one my favorite things that I own! I draw on it every day, and have created thousands of pages of sketches and doodles and notes on it. Sure it's kind of a one trick pony, but it's the one trick that I use the most. Thanks for doing this review of the second gen! I haven't picked one up yet because I'm still happy with the first one.

[corwin]

You don’t sign “Brad Cowboy”? My reality is shattered.

[ES]

I WISH I had this in my school days. Carrying so many notebooks for many different lessons throughout the day, plus the heavy books, it irreversibly ruined my back. Having this one lightweight device for taking notes for all the lessons would've made my backpack so much lighter and take so much less space in my room! Not to mention I'd have been able to always look into the notes from previous years to refresh memory on some subjects whenever I wanted instead of keeping dozens of old notebooks in the attic. The only downside is that it is only black&white, if they added colorful highlighters, this would be THE PERFECT paper notebook alternative for school kids and college students.

[Wizards]

I like your honesty when talking about the product. Feels really genuine to me and gives me valuable information without having to buy the product just to check it out. Thanks for your content!

[natskar]

I honestly really want one, but I can't get past the price tag