Cambridge Limited NoteTaker Business Portfolio/Notebook, 8-1/2" x 11", Refillable, 50 Ruled Sheets, 5" x 8" Notepad, Business Card Pocket, Zipper Mesh Pocket, Black (06126)

I had been looking for a decent padfolio for some time and this exceeded what I hoped to get. The quality on this is very nice. Only way you will get nicer is to go to real leather, which of course will cost a bit more.It does come as shown in the picture with a spiral bound notebook on the right and a small legal pad, and sticky notes on the left. Both notebooks are good notebooks with heavier weight paper.The folio on the right has a pen loop, the pocket that the back of the notebook goes into, as well as a pocket that could hold a legal pad instead. I suppose whichever pocket is not in use for holding a pad, could be used to hold a small amount of loose papers. The side pocket while using a legal pad would accommodate this much more easily, as the "legal pad" pocket ends up being inside the back of the notebookThe left side has the lower zippered mesh pocket to hold a couple small items, the small legal pad, with an elastic strap to keep it from flopping when opening and closing the folio(nice), and the small panel which holds the sticky notes and contains some card slots for business cards or such. This small panel is the one thing that seems slightly cheaply done, however it looks okay, and is adequate. It may be intentionally done the way it is, to be less bulky. All the slots for the cards and for the sticky notes are die punched slits in the vinyl. All the card slots are backed individually so they have their own pocket. To replace sticky notes it will take the "pop up" alternating type sticky notes. It only takes a small pad, so will have to put a partial pad in at a time (maybe put paper on the last sticky note's sticky). The notes are slid in on the side of the panal next to the small legal pad.Also, all of the features on the left side are on top of a pocket to hold loose paper, It is a pocket open on 2 sides, along the top, and the inside sideI do have to say the jr legal pad is what sold me on this one, and I have proved to love it due to having that there. I love jr legal pads for making to do lists, and quick short notes to put elsewhere later.

Love it. You can insert both legal pads or spiral-bound (i.e., top-bound or side-bound writing pads) on the right hand side. On the left-hand side, there is a flap under which you can slip loose paper notes. A zippered pouch at the bottom of the left side secures any small loose items you may want to place there.What I love about this portfolio is that you can improvise it into being a handy lap desk. Here's how I did it: I slipped a strong 14-inch metal ruler into the bottom of the right-hand slot where you slide the spiral notebook, then slid the rest of the ruler under the flap on the left side where you can store notes. I pushed the ruler down so that it rests at the bottom of both sides of the portfolio and it converts the gizmo into a lightweight lap desk perfect for writing. The ruler, of course, is removable so that - when you're finished writing - you can slip it back out and close the portfolio.I also love that you can put any size spiral-bound or left-side bound tablet into the right-hand side slot of the portfolio and it will be secure. I prefer 6" x 8" spiral bound tablets. I replaced the tablet that came with the portfolio with my preferred tablet and it works great. And, with the ruler in place (see above), you can write just as handily on the opened-out left side of the tablet as on the right side of the tablet.I removed the two extra left-hand side pads that came with the portfolio. I don't need them to be there, and removing them creates the handy lightweight flat lap desk I find very convenient for writing.By the way, one reviewer said this was composite leather and gave a rather off-putting description of what that was. I doubted the description and ordered the portfolio anyway and found, happily, that this is a vinyl portfolio. Nor does it have a strong chemical odor as some vinyl products have. In fact, it has no detectable vinyl odor.Does it look like a posh luxury item? No. But that's not what I was looking for. I actually have a nice top-of-the-line portfolio for meetings. I was looking for a portfolio that is very handy for a writer who writes a lot and needs a comfortable and functional writing tool - and, with the above improvisation, this is the best I've found. I'm very happy to have discovered it. It actually does look very nice and presentable - just not like a top-of-the-line item. At $12.98, and with free shipping via Amazon Prime, I consider it a good deal.