FILOFAX VS. KIKKI K

I am doing a comparison today of the medium Kikki K planner versus the Filofax personal size planner.  I am using my blush pink medium Kikki K and my personal size Filofax pink Domino for comparison.  Although the Domino is a tad bit thicker than most Filofaxes, the comparison is still pretty accurate.  

The first thing that a you would notice is the weight of the planners.  The Kikki K is by far a heavier planner.  For this reason, it is easy to think that maybe Kikki K's are more durable.  As for me, I believe they are.  I tend to be hard on my planners.  I shove them in my bag, drop them, use them as a small table and yes, I've sat on a few! :p.  My beautiful antique rose Finsbury is getting dented from my dumb actions.  

The size of the planners is also very obvious.  The Kikki K and Filofax are almost the same height but the Kikki K is almost 10mm wider.  The difference between the thickness is unbelievable even though the Kikki K's rings measure only 1/4 bigger.

As I think about every Filofax and Kikki K that I have owned, it is clear that Filofaxes lay much flatter.  That is really important to me as I like to lay my planner in front of me most of the time so that I can write things down as I need and to consult it for anything I need to do.

Here is a table that I got from Wendaful.com's site that shows the exact measurements of both types of planners in all three sizes:

Although this is was originally supposed to be a comparison between Filofax and Kikki K planners, I am going to throw another one out there: the Recollection planner from Michael's.  I received this planner yesterday from a private sale.  Immediately, it reminded me of my Kikki K.  It was very similar in height and thickness.  As you can see, it is wider than either planners even though this is a personal planner(its holds personal pages)

The Recollections planner also has 1 1/4" rings like the Kikki K:

I know that the Recollections planner got a bad rap in the beginning because of ring problems, but there weren't any in this one.  I really, really like this planner for someone who is on the fence about an A5 or a personal.  It's a perfect mixture of both!

I will always be fond Filofax planners.  I think I am because they offer many planners in price ranges for almost everyone.  I would like to see Kikki K follow suit so that everyone could own one!