I have been using The StartPlanner for many years but always got the large spiral bound annual weekly planner. This year I decided to go with the A5 system for easier/more compact carrying. I love the binder and the layout is exactly the same as the large planner. The only thing I don't like is that all of the pages for the entire year don't fit in the binder at once. I work in dentistry and live/plan 6+ months ahead so it was disappointing that I couldn't fit all of the pages in and have the portfolio actually close. I'm making it work since I do have all the monthly calendar pages and I love that the portfolio can be reused each year, but I did have to remove things like the grocery lists and was not able to put in my extra note pages.