reMarkable 2 Review: Is it Worth It?

reMarkable 2 is a new paper tablet with a growing fan base. ReMarkable 2 allows you to plan, organize and use documents like paper. With its own document management system, you can upload PDFs, eBooks and files to edit and annotate, even create your own with templates.

✨ Our first ReMarkable review:

00:00 - Introduction
00:45 - What a ReMarkable 2 does?
01:32 - ReMarkable 1 vs ReMarkable 2
02:12 - Design
03:32 - Hardware
04:18 - Pricing
07:01 - Software
10:03 - Read on ReMarkable
11:45 - How to Win a ReMarkable 2

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[toolfinderhq]

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[eric-rounds]

I was on the fence for a long time and finally bought the R2 last year, and received it in December. I sincerely love it. I use it for personal journaling as well as client meetings, and website mock ups. It’s a wonderful device and I like the single-use function. No notifications, no app distractions. And it writes like paper, way better than PaperLike for iPad. No regrets here. It’s a terrific device.

[sergio]

Seems perfect for me as an engineering student. You get a lot less eye strain and the fact that you don’t have any apps on it is great for keeping focused on your work. Great review, keep it up. 🙏🏻

[mohitbaste]

Great in depth review. It's funny how my curiosity about this device never ends also due to the fact that it's not on display in any electronic stores I visit.

[TeslaHateEdison]

Thanks for the thorough—and honest—review. Really appreciate that you also call out other users; it's nice to see someone not trying to act like their work exists in a vacuum.

[justmaryhere]

This tablet seems like it could be a great addition to my journey on getting my masters degree and saving my back from carrying heavy books for another two years!

[toolfinderhq]

*Thank you for watching our ReMarkable 2 review*
We're grateful for any comments and thoughts below - we'll also keep an eye out for questions!

Wanted to thank my friend Steve and the editor of this video - just a smashing job here and excited to film more in-person reviews.

[rebeccabennett]

I currently have the ReMarkable 1 and I love it! I use it every single day. I have ADHD and I really wanted a device that would not distract me with needless time wasters. After struggling with deciding between an IPad, Supernote and the ReMarkable I chose the latter and it has rocked my world! I’d love to upgrade my device, but the price is awfully steep to be replacing every 2 years.

[AndreasDuessca]

I bought one and regret having missed the return cut-off. After initial excitement, I found it frustrating in the extreme to use, specifically the lack of speed in screen refresh. I found myself gravitating back to my iPad which is now my go to note taker. Sure, I miss the amazing battery life, but everything else the iPad simply does better.

[CodinGree]

I had it for almost a month, used it only 1 of them (I will explain why)

Device wise, it is very good. The feel is very good and I liked to both read and write with it. I used it as journal, notebook and to read books/articles. The fact that we could take notes on top of a pdf was very useful.

Now, why only a month? Well, my 90$ pen's tip cracked and that made the reMarkable2 unusable. I saw a lot of people complaining about this, some pens fell, others didn't. This made me concerned regarding the durability of such pen. My pen didn't fall, but after all it's a pen which is something that might easily fall by nature and the magnet on the side can't prevent that. So risking to break a 90$ pen each time it falls is quite uncomfortable. Either way, I thought mine could just be one of the defective pens, so I contacted custom support. They answered me right away asking for pictures, that I sent them in the next morning and never herd from them for weeks. Since I was reaching the 30 days that I was allowed to return Remarkable2 and have a refund, I just did it. They eventually contacted me after asking the refund, offering a new pen. I was sad, because I was liking it and had no support. I was really mad, because I could see the marketing investment they did, since they constantly answered and interacted with people in social media, but then they had no investment in customer support. The end result is that I did return the reMarkable2 and I won't buy their products, because I don't trust them. I got back to a paper journal and an Infinite Book for note taking and mind maps, which is working perfectly for me.

So TL;DR reMarkable2 is a good product, the pen's durability is questionable and the company sucks, so buy it at your own risk.

[joshburdeshaw]

I would really love to try this out. I always have random note pads laying around and need something to get rid of the clutter and help organize.

[benignan]

Thanks for this review! I think the paper tablet like this is a wonderful way to decrease your paper clutter; and at the same time, you get all the advantages of paper notebook: focus, self-expression, no distraction... I'm saving to get it for my birthday :)

[bucketofbarnacles]

It’s amazing what a little design will do. Even on video the monochrome Remarkable looks much more inviting as a writing experience than an iPad or an Android tablet. I’d love to hear more about the OCR capability.

[harley-dave]

Great review! I've been watching several, however I'm a bit concerned at the seemingly slow response of the UI elements after tapping. The pen responsiveness is wonderful in comparison. It would be interesting to know their planned roadmap, that would make it easier to gauge whether to hold off for now until there are hardware updates coming or if the majority of improvements will be their OS for the near future.

[galesal]

I’ve been watching all the review videos of this for the last 2 weeks. I really think this might work great for my workflow. Thanks!

[DavidLoveless]

I’ve had my eye on this for several months now and after reading/watching quite a few reviews, I’ve finally completed my purchase! Really excited about putting this to good use!

[ericroberts]

I am in the Mac and iPad Pro eco system, really intrigued with this and am looking forward to getting it and getting away from my many distractions on my other devices. Great review! Thank you for sharing. Most impressed with not having to carry a notebook with everywhere.

[lindahirschfeld]

Would love this for a friend who is completing a master's degree. For me it would be a lovely device for personal use to keep track of projects and ideas without the distraction of ads. Thank you!

[juzthomas]

I'm currently undergoing the residency programme to be a surgeon, now this note taking remarkable 2 would be so remarkable for me. And this channel is always so awesome!

[rmrny]

Nice review of the Remarkable 2. It’s such an intriguing product. Love the focus time that can be used without going fully “offline”