Updated Review: Remarkable Paper Pro

It's now been two months since I bought the Remarkable Paper Pro, so I thought I'd post a further review with how I've found the product for my specific use case. (Here's my prior review done about one month after purchase.)

To recap, my use case is fairly narrow:

Use Case: I'm a litigator, and primarily use the RMPP to take notes, brainstorm, and review/markup briefs and other legal documents. Once I finish with a document, the relevant information gets transferred somewhere else, and the document itself is discarded. In other words, I exclusively use the RMPP to generate emphemera.

Here's are my updated findings:

The Good

  • I still love the thing.
  • It's eliminated a lot of paper waste (recycled, but still) from my life. No longer am I printing out lengthy documents to review and markup. I transfer to device, markup, transfer off, and permanently delete. Easy and efficient.
  • My usage of my RMPP has increased significantly over the last month. I find myself drawn to it more and more, because reading on it is just so much more pleasant than reviewing a PDF on a monitor, and it really helps break up the monotony and visual strain of staring at a computer screen all day. I also so enjoy the experience of writing on it, that in addition to taking up coloring, I now habitually journal and draw at night.
  • I still love the backlight, especially for nighttime writing in dim lighting. I don't share others' concerns about the brightness of the light; for me, it's plenty and similar to a kindle's screen light.
  • It has really shone when using to take notes at depositions. Over multiple eight-hour sessions, I have used it to take dozens upon dozens of handwritten depo notes, with only one or two instances where it froze. Each time, I was able to resolve the issue in seconds by via triggering sleep or restart using the power button.
  • I've started to make my own templates for productivity purposes, which is as easy as designing in Excel, then PDF'ing and transferring to the device. Not sure why anyone would shell out $15 bucks for something you can make in a couple minute.
  • I haven't experienced any of the quality control issues people seem to complain about on here all the time. My screen color is off white, I have no dead pixels, my pen works just fine, etc. I'm very happy with the evident quality of the device I received.
  • The battery is great, and gets through a full day of constant use (i.e. constant active writing) with plenty of power to spare.

The Not So Good

  • The device still has a relatively limited use case, and really is just meant as a replacement for paper and pencil/pen, for people who just want to focus on writing and reading. Given the popularity of physical paper notebooks, and how damn enjoyable using this thing is, that use case is broader than I previously thought. However, if for some reason you actually want things like all notes to be text searchable, AI integration, elaborate file organization and linking options, etc., then this device is not for you.
  • The device is expensive in absolute terms, although I've found the price to be proportional to the value I'm getting out of the device.
  • [Edit to add:] If you want/need to take notes directly in DRM-protected documents, such as ebooks or textbooks, then this device is 100% not for you.