Reddit reviews Tops Engineering Computation Pad (TOPS), Green - 35502

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I prefer Tops "Engineering Computation" paper for handwritten computations and projects. It has the grid printed only on the back side of the paper such that you can see it on the front of the sheet. This makes it super easy to use for writing equations, drawing diagrams, and making plots on the same sheet and making it look very professionally neat.

I actually had a professor that absolutely insisted that if we wanted to be engineers, we had to use this engineering paper. I thought it was ridiculous, but ever since then I VASTLY prefer using it. It's so much nicer to use for engineering and physics problems than lined notebooks or plain grid paper.

This is what I've used for 30 years https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E6BXM8/ref=cm_sw_su_dp

You cannot have enough engineering paper. It is a bit more expensive than normal paper, but it makes drawing free-body diagrams and the like much easier. And the lines make graphing easier as well. And, as a plus, it's easy to get assignments returned in non-engineering courses because your paper is likely the only one that's going to be this shade of green.

And while we're at it. Only use the green paper. Nobody likes that putrid yellow crap.

I should probably add that my statics/solids/dynamics professor loved this shit and I might have been indoctrinated a bit into the Cult of the Paper.

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It's a special kind of paper that some of your homework and lab reports will require you to use. Primarily used after freshman year I think.

This stuff is what everyone should use.

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10-15 per pad online, up to 20$ per pad in stores. It's insane too because I can't find the good stuff (I think they've been bought out or something) so the quality has dropped drastically in the past two years and you don't really have much to choose from.

My favorite was engineering paper. It is expensive but gave me the best of both. The front is blank but has a grid printed on the back. You can see the grid enough to draw from but since the front is blank you don't have lines going through any text. The grid is also small which encouraged me to write smaller.
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You might look at engineering pads if you like light green colored paper. It has a light grid instead of horizontal lines, but it's what I use most frequently for general notes and sketches. I find it to be very neutral on the eyes.

Just redid the math its $8, 190/24 is 190/24=7.91666666667, and I'm not trying to make a profit I just want people to get cheap engineering books and make sure I don't have 24 of them. On Amazon engineering pads are around $14-15 so around %50 of normal price I thought is cool. I'll edit the post.

It's everywhere: https://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Computation-3-Hole-Punched-35502/dp/B001E6BXM8

If you want to be super fancy, you can just buy this green paper called engineering paper.

It's like regular paper but when you layer it, grid lines pop up. My husband uses it for when he's working on his math in college. I've only ever seen it sold in the campus bookstore though.

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There's a link for Amazon if people don't understand what I mean.

Either small (1.5" or less) 3-ring binders full of engineering paper or just a flip notepad of engineering paper alone. Easy to organize and categorize and having a grid is invaluable for drawing sketches, graphs, and tables. And it's green!

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Is that like engineering paper? That stuff was the best. I still have some left over from college that I use from time to time.

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Engineering paper is a light green color. This is to make text and drawings easier on the eyes. In addition the gridded patter doesn’t cover the whole page to leave room for margins and a heading. Finally (and most importantly) engineering paper is only meant to be used from one side. The grid pattern is printed very bold on one side of the paper and it shows through to the other. You write on the non-bolded grid side. This is what an engineering pad looks like:

Tops Engineering Computation Pad (TOPS), Green - 35502

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I started using this notebook paper in college. I'm now 15 years into my career and still use it, it's fantastic. Make a nice neat binder for every class.

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