Filofax pros and cons: pocket size and smaller

Well, in the first post of this series, I covered the A5 filofaxes I have and was somewhat gratified to realise that I use most of them. In the second post, I covered the personal filofaxes and two Mulberry A6 binders I have. Most of them aren’t in use and I might well sell a couple of them.

In this post, I will cover the pocket filofaxes and smaller.

Here we go:

Type	Pros	Cons	Current use/location	Selling?
Aston in orchid	Pretty colour; 19mm rings; 4 card slots and other useful pockets	Slightly dry feel to the leather; doesn’t quite lie flat	Unused Bottom drawer of my desk	Probably. I used it for a while and got on well with it, but if I’m going to use a pocket filofax, I think it would be the Baroque
Black Baroque	19mm rings; 4 card slots plus other pockets; lies flat-as-a-bat	Slightly useless zipped pocket	Unused Bottom drawer of my desk	No
Red Classic	Fantastic colour; 4 card slots; other useful pockets; 19mm rings	Does not lie flat; card slots quite stiff	Unused Bottom drawer of my desk	Probably (make me an offer!)
Black Cavendish	External pocket (like a wallet); external zipped pocket; four card slots	Does not lie flat; 15mm rings	Unused Bottom drawer of my desk	Not sure
Black Portland	Four card slots; zipped, gusseted pocket; lies flat-as-a-bat; gorgeous leather	Black, so not bright enough for me; 15mm rings	Hubby uses it	No
Red Portland	Four card slots; zipped, gusseted pocket; lies flat-as-a-bat; gorgeous leather; fabulous colour	15mm rings	Unused Bottom drawer of my desk	No
“Loki” Green patent leather Mulberry	Four card slots; gorgeous leather	15mm rings; card slots a bit stiff; zipped pocket too small	Unused Bottom drawer of my desk	Maybe; I do love it (but will probably never use it...)
Pink mini Baroque	Four card slots (in a mini!!); other useful pockets; fabulous colour; gorgeous leather	Small! Zipped pocket not useful	Unused Bottom drawer of my desk	I was about to type Probably, then went and looked at it to check the pockets and now the Probably has become a probably not!

So, that’s another eight binders, many of which I don’t want to sell and none of which are in use at the moment (and of them, only really two are potentially usable by me – the red Portland and the black Baroque). Why do I find it so hard to let them go? With the pockets, I think it is because I wonder if I might go back to a planner plus a wallet – the reason they don’t work for me is because I try to combine the two and they are just too small. If I went to planner plus wallet, the 15mm rings wouldn’t be a problem. But also, I think I am just an inveterate hoarder!

Anyway, as of today, I am the owner of 7x A5 filofax, 2x A5 Mulberry, 7x personal filofax, 2x A6 Mulberry, 6x pocket filofax, 1x pocket Mulberry, 1x mini filofax. Total:26

Gulp.

Stop buying them!