The Filofax Holborn has been a long term favourite of mine.
Mainly because of the unique pocket design and how you can utilise the pocket layout, especially in the inside front cover.
The last 2-3 weeks I've been using my black Holborn A5 with a clasp closure.
The main differences between the clasp and the zip versions in A5 are:
- The clasp closure has 25 mm rings, the zip has 30mm rings;
- The clasp closure only has a single pen loop, where as the zip has two pen loops
- The clasp has more pocket openings than the zip, but the zip does have external pockets.
- The clasp is slightly smaller in physical size compared to the zip.
The internal layout of the clasp model. The cards show where the pocket openings are.
The smaller ring size wasn't an issue for me, I was able to get all my inserts on to the rings and they are printed on 80gsm paper.
I added a second pen loop using a Filofax Flex Pen Loop with holes punched in to it.
This works for me, in normal use the pen loop insert is close to the front of my page stack, so it doesn't get in the way and I have a pencil to hand when I need it.
Have you ever owned a Filofax Holborn?
