Video Overview

Gear43 puts the reMarkable Paper Pure through real days after reMarkable sent the tablet. The host calls this black-and-white notebook the best option from the brand for most people, and the model that takes the place of the reMarkable 2. Gear43 used it in meetings, on a desk, and on the couch. The video covers the 10.3-inch screen, the missing front light, the Marker Plus, and a sleeve that wakes the tablet when you slide it out. Thanks to Gear43 for naming what the closed system gives up, and what that quiet feels like on a normal day.

Items & Gear List

• reMarkable Paper Pure with Marker Plus and Mist Green Sleeve Folio – Purchase on Amazon | View at reMarkable

Editor’s Insight

Thanks again to Gear43 for living with the Paper Pure instead of reading the box. The host starts with the specs. This is a black-and-white 10.3-inch display at 226 pixels per inch, on the Linux-based reMarkable OS, with a dual-core 1.7 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM, and 32 GB of storage. Gear43 says the battery is rated for three weeks from a 3,820 mAh cell. The tablet is shorter and narrower than the Paper Pro, and larger in every dimension than the Paper Pro Move. It has no front light. It is the only current reMarkable with a black-and-white screen.

The operating system is the first thing Gear43 likes. Menus feel familiar, closer to a phone than a gadget you have to study. Folders feel like a notebook and a computer file system at the same time. Templates cover to-do lists, drawing pages, charts, and bullet journals. Gear43 says not every template is free. Some need a paid plan. The host has not found a digital notebook this easy to learn.

Daily use stays close to the other reMarkable tablets: same system, same templates, same marker family, same support. Gear43 names two real gaps: no front light, and no color. The missing light is a letdown, and still livable. On the color models, Gear43 often forgets the color is there when the job is just writing. The closed system is the point. You cannot load third-party apps, and you cannot read Kindle books on it. While you write, you are not in email, texts, or a task app. Gear43 calls that peace.

The body is light. Next to the metal models, Gear43 barely notices this one in a backpack, and likes that when writing while standing. The writing surface is the best feel the host has used on one of these tablets. The Marker Plus is the stylus Gear43 ranks first. Textured glass plus that pen feels like a pencil. It has no side buttons, so you do not hit one by accident. Flip it and the other end erases, though Gear43 says that eraser misses now and then.

The sleeve is not a magnetic case that stays on. You fold it back and slide the tablet out. Magnets tell the tablet when it leaves, so the screen turns on and off with that move. The front is padded and the back is rigid, which helps on a lap. Getting the tablet out takes longer than folding a flap on the Paper Pro or the Paper Pro Move.

The complaints are concrete. Without the aluminum body and rail of the Paper Pro, the plastic shell feels basic. Writing lag is higher than on the Paper Pro, so Gear43’s handwriting looked less sure. One quirk sits in the pencil menu: the shades still offer color names, including magenta, on a black-and-white screen. Gear43 is not sure if that menu is there because the same account is tied to the color tablets.

The description link is a choice page. One choice opens the Amazon listing for the Paper Pure with Marker Plus and the Mist Green sleeve. The same ASIN name shows up on a second public page. The other choice opens the reMarkable Paper Pure product page. This post links both, with the creator’s tracking codes removed. It does not link a Paper Pro or a Paper Pro Move. Gear43 mentions those only as comparisons, and points at a different video for people who want third-party apps. That other tablet is not named in this video.

Closing Remarks

Watch Gear43 use the Paper Pure before you decide a black-and-white notebook is enough. The host shows the writing feel, the Marker Plus eraser, the sleeve that wakes the tablet, and the lag next to the Paper Pro. The links above are the two landings from the description short link: the Amazon bundle with Marker Plus and the Mist Green sleeve, and the reMarkable Paper Pure page. This post does not link the color models. Hit play, then say whether a screen with no front light still works for the way you write.