Ampad Engineers Computation Pad, Size 8-1/2 x 11, Greentint Paper, 5x5 Ruling, 3 Hole Punched, 100 Sheets Per Pad (22-142)

Have used engineering paper since undergrad and this is the standard quality stuff. Save a trip to the store by getting them here

This pad is as I remember as a freshman engineering student in 1977. Paper has same feel as years agol

When I went to college almost 20 years ago, as an Engineering student, I went through several pads of this stuff a month. I used it for practically every class, mainly because the professors required it. They each had their own format you needed to follow, where you would enter your name in a specific block at the top, the class and section, and of course, the date.I read several reviews that said the paper was thinner than they remembered, or the binding glue was weak, or the lines were darker or lighter than before.Ignore them! They are wrong.I found one of my original Ampads from college, it only had 10 sheets left, but it was absolutely identical to these "new" Ampads. The paper was the same, the line color, the position of the three-hole punch, and even the glue (what was left of it) was the same.The lines on the back were always dark, that's how they got that subtle grid pattern on the front without printing it on the front of the page. If you recall from your college days, sitting in your study group with fellow engineering students, you never tried to write on the back of these sheets - the lines were too dark then. And guess what? They are still too dark to use the back for anything other than graphing or drawing grid-based things.All in all, this product is as fantastic and perfectly geeky as it has always been. I highly recommend it to anyone that knows what they want from an Engineering Notepad. Keep up the great work, Ampad! There are generations of engineers waiting to buy your fantastic products.

I stocked up on Ampad engineering comp pads in 2009. I wanted to order a few more recently, but the bad reviews here dissuaded me. So I tried some other brands. TOPS and National have rather porous paper that makes my Pilot P-500 pens look more like P-700. Staedtler and Roaring Springs have good paper, but the grid on the back hardly shows through at all. So I ordered a few of the Ampad ones. Comparing them with one from 2009, the only difference is that the margin lines on the front are a little wider. The Ampad logo has changed, but it appears on the left margin as usual. The grid shows through a little better than on the others. The right-hand margin is a tiny bit narrower than before, but it never was very wide. Like one reviewer, I like to put a page number there, but I can adjust. Apart from that, the pads are fine.

As an enginer ing, student we use this type of paper all time! it's use is all powervufl! Very! :)So, it is really good though. I use the pad for homework. The pages are easy to take off the bind at the top. I haven't had an issue with the thickness of the paper and pen bleeding through. The back grid shows through the front and is easy to line up. The back cardboard is really nice, just the right thickness. It holds up on it's own. I haven't had an issue with pepper ripping when trying to take it off the top bind.

I recently used up my last Ampad from the stack that I had purchased nearly 3 years ago. This being my favourite writing pad for technical sketches, calculations and doodles, I decided to purchase more from Amazon despite the many reviews complaining the drop in quality in recent years.Unfortunately, the reviews for this product are accurate: the quality of these pads has visibly diminished from past years. The paper is thinner, and the grid lines are fuzzy and the front & back lines are misaligned. I have uploaded a picture that clearly shows a new Ampad versus one I purchased a few years ago.I do still continue to use this as there is not much else on the market that is affordable or better than this, but I am disappointed.

I’ve always loved using engineering paper for homework as well as just scrap paper. It’s nice and thin, has nice grids that are faint enough not to be distracting, and is always a pretty good price for the quantity. If you’ve never used it before, I highly recommend giving it a shot!

My life has changed since using this paper pad. Three years ago I had no clue this stuff existed. Like a non-engineering major, I have been using graph paper and struggling with differentiating anything on that dark blue grid. After suffering through engineering class after engineering class, I realized I cannot live without this stuff. The grid is just visible enough without being too obstructive. High quality, I am partial to this brand because of it.