The Big (Plus) Baron Fig Confidant Review.
Over the years I have used numerous of Baron Fig paper products and they are a brand that I keep coming back to. My usage has been mainly around the Flagship, or A5-ish, sized Confidants or Vanguards, but recently I decided to give the large Plus sized Confidant a try.
Unsurprisingly when I bought the Plus Confidant I didn’t have a specific use in mind. I felt like it could work during NaNoWriMo or for a larger scale planning project. But as its happened I’ve not used it for either of these things but taken the plunge and dedicated this as my journal.
There is so much space.
This is a much larger Confidant than the Flagship size, as you can see from the photos below.
It’s a little unusual to get a hard bound notebook in this size, the only comparison I can think of is the A4 Leuchtturm1917 Master Slim. With the Baron Fig however you get full use of the page unlike the Leuchtturm1917 Master Slim, where there is a huge (and unnecessary) boarder on each page.
I’ve found myself more focused using the Plus, like it’s more of an event to sit down to journal in the morning and evening. I jumped from the Field Notes Signature into this, so the change was quite drastic but I like it.
It’s the Confidant...just bigger.
Everything else is what you expect from a Confidant notebook. The hard bound cover is strong and I really like the texture of the cloth. It may not be water resistant or stain proof, but its really nice and tactile in hand. I have the charcoal version, my first, and I really like the dark colour with the bright yellow bookmark.
There are 200(ish) pages in the Plus Confidant too which means there’s plenty of space for your master plans, brain dumps or general story-telling. The paper is friendly to almost any writing instrument, fountain pens and ink work nicely but these notebooks are also great with pencils.
Like with all Confidants I really wish the bookmark was a tad longer. I really like the way these bookmarks look and wear, they fray quite a bit, but a bit of extra length would make them practical not just pretty. I’m not sure that will ever come though.
Overall thoughts.
I’ve ended up liking this size a lot more than I thought I would. It works great as a journal and I feel like I am writing more because there is a sense of freedom with the additional room. It may not be a travel friendly size and it does take up some valuable desk space but its a great notebook.
