This notebook is priced higher than others, but the quality is there. The sheets are not too thin, and each one has a perforation to tear it out with a clean tear instead of the mess that usually comes from tearing a sheet of paper out of a wirebound notebook. There is a red, vertical line on the left side of each page to provide room for numbering or list making. The front and back covers are textured plastic instead of the usual cardboard. The wire binding was done with black wire and each loop has two wires. It's a tough notebook of higher quality. I would definitely recommend it.