Planner Essentials

This post compiles all the planner essentials and my best recommendations for printing, cutting and setting up your planners at home.

Paper

Printer paper for planner inserts:

• HP 32lb premium printer paper (US)
• Hammermill 32lb printer paper (US)
• Nuco Navigator 120gsm printer paper (UK)
• Evolution 120gsm 100% recycled printer paper (UK)

Cardstock for dashboards and dividers:

• Hammermill premium cardstock (US)
• Prestige white craft cardstock (UK)

Paper cutters and trimmers

• HFS Heavy Duty Guillotine Cutter
• Dahle 550 Professional Rotary Trimmer
• Fiskars SureCut Paper Trimmer

Hole-punchers

• Rapesco 6-hole punch (ring-bound)
• Worklion 6-hole punch (ring-bound)
• Happy Planner classic hole punch (discbound)
• TUL hole-punch (discbound)

Printers

• HP Color LaserJet Pro
• Canon imageCLASS Laser Color Printer

Planner covers

• Lux Productivity A5 planner
• Nekmit A5 leather planner

Pens

• Uni Jetstream ballpoint pen
• Pilot Frixion erasable pen
• Pilot G2 gel roller pen

I'll continue to add more recommendations plus different categories over time so be sure to bookmark this page to check for an updated list!

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