When your notes matter, having a writing pad you can trust makes
all the difference. These TOPS Legal Pads are a long-time
favorite for legal professionals, offices, and anyone who values
clear, organized note-taking. Designed with thoughtful details
and dependable construction, they help you stay focused,
prepared, and confident throughout your day.\n\nEach legal pad
features classic legal-ruled lines that naturally guide your
writing, making it easier to structure information, track
details, and review notes later. The generous 8.5\" x 11\" sheet
size provides ample writing space, while the bright white paper
improves visibility and keeps your notes easy to scan at a
glance. The extra-strong back offers firm support wherever you
work: no desk required. Whether you're standing in a meeting,
sitting in court, or jotting notes during a call, the pad remains
steady and comfortable to write on. When it’s time to share or
store your notes, the clean perforation allows pages to tear out
smoothly and professionally. Legal pads are also ideal for
left-handed writers, so you can compose without feeling
cramped.\n\nWith 50 sheets per pad and twelve pads per pack,
you’ll always have a fresh page ready for meetings, classes,
brainstorming sessions, or daily reminders. Made in the USA and
thoughtfully designed for everyday use, these writing pads
combine function and convenience, helping you stay organized
while adding a little brightness to your workday. For
generations, our legal pads and notebooks have been the space
where great ideas begin. (Manufacturer Item Number: 7533).
Review: Great quality product and price. I would recommend and
would purchase again. - Great quality product and price. I would
recommend and would purchase again.
Review: PROS & CONS and SPECS of TOPS 7533 Legal Pads. NEGATIVE
REVIEWS ADDRESSED - I have purchased several 12-packs of these
Tops legal pads, No. 7533, so obviously I am happy with them.
Some people complain that the back is not sturdy enough for
writing on your lap. The chipboard IS thin. Using a professional
paper micrometer, we mic'd it at 26 pt. I can write on a full pad
without a desk, but as the pad gets low it's not so good. There
is a simple solution if you are willing to invest a few dollars.
I consider the price of these pads excellent - ESPECIALLY since
they are made in the USA!!! And so, for the money saved on just
one 12-pack, over the cost of most other legal pads, you can
purchase a clipboard. In the search window, enter "clipboard with
low profile clip". If you do not tear pages off as you complete
them, the low profile clip, which is practically flat, will not
interfere with flipping the pages over the top. desertcart often
has these clipboards for $4 or $5, sometimes Prime, sometimes as
a free Add-On item (free shipping with any $25 order). The
hardboard ones are your old style brown clipboard that have been
around forever. I like colors, so I've ordered at least 7 plastic
and transparent ones from desertcart in the last year and they
work great. I've never had one break, I just use them for
different things at one time - legal pad clipped to one for
jotting notes when I'm on the phone, To Do List clipped to
another, weekly menu on another, running grocery list on another,
legal pad clipped to another for taking notes in a conference,
etc. (And a spare one on hand for when one gets buried on my
desk!) desertcart has black clipboards for a more professional
look, and an aluminum one which costs more, but looks nice. There
are also landscape (horizontal rather than vertical) clipboards,
if you don't like even a flat clip at the top. You would turn the
clipboard vertical to write of course, which puts the clip on the
left side in the margin of the legal pad. The only downside is
you would have to lift the clip each time you needed to flip a
page over, which takes only a second, but if you are taking notes
really fast in a class or conference this might be a problem. As
an off-the subject side note about clipboards: I purchased a
Baumgartens Double Panel See-Thru clipboard from desertcart which
is kind of neat if you have a paper you need to refer to often
while using your clipboard, such as a price list, a measurement
conversion chart, a math chart, a percentage chart, a conjugating
verbs chart, a phone number list, a list of customers to call on
today, or whatever. The chart or paper slips between two pieces
of clear acrylic, protecting it from the weather if outdoors, and
both sides of it are visible (or two one-sided papers). You can
still clip a legal pad on top of it, though only one side would
then be visible without lifting the legal pad. Very handy. If the
pages don't stay flipped over the top as well as you would like
(with or without a clipboard, and with ANY legal pad), you can
buy an Acco Binder Clip or Sparco Bulldog clip to clip the used
pages (that you've flipped over the top) to the legal pad or
clipboard (if using one) so they stay put. There are far more
favorable reviews than unfavorable for this product, which leads
me to believe the folks complaining of bent, folded pages and
missing lines must have received the occasional bad batch or
"lemon". I've never had ANY of those problems in even one pad.
These pads are stapled high at the top, with a brown paper
securely pasted over the top and wrapping around to the back, to
hide the staples. The pad is perforated just below that brown
paper, and I find the pages tear out very clean and easily if I
press the brown paper down with my thumb as I start the tear (and
even if I don't, pages still tear out neatly). The Product
Information Technical Details, at the time of this writing,
states the Pad Size is 8.5 x 11.75 (correct), and the Sheet Size
is the same, 8-1/2 x 11-3/4 (INcorrect). Once torn out at the
perf, the sheet of paper is 8 1/2 x 10 7/8, which I would think
passes for 8.5 x 11 in any classroom. There is a double red line
creating a 1.25" margin on the left, which looks like the
standard width to me. There are 28 blue horizontal lines,
creating 27 writing spaces. Margin at the top is 1-1/16", margin
at the bottom is barely over 1/2" (about 9/16"). The paper IS
slightly thin. It mic'd at 3.0 mil. 20# bond is 4.0 mil, so this
is 15#. I looked at Wal-Mart since their prices are usually low.
They had Ampad legal pads, $28.49 a dozen. Chipboard was 40 pt.,
which is substantially thicker; paper 15#, same as these. But
look at the difference in price. $7.99 vs. $28.49. Office Depot's
best priced pads, their brand, was $11.69 a dozen, 16 pt. paper
which isn't enough to make a difference, 30 pt. chipboard, which
is slightly heavier. Cost: almost 50% more. TOPS does make
several legal pads with heavier paper and much heavier chipboard,
if you're willing to pay more. 7533 is their economical pad for
people who want to pay less and are willing to accept less
thickness. If you are submitting this paper to someone you wish
to impress (professor, boss, client, prospective customer), you
might want to buy more expensive pads. For my uses, these are
quite adequate. I would give these pads a 4 star if I paid a lot
for them, because of thin cardboard and paper. But I feel they
are an excellent value for the $8 - 9 I've paid, so I gave them 5
stars. It seems unfair to buy an obviously "economical choice"
legal pad, and then give it a bad rating because it isn't the
highest quality legal pad out there. If high quality is what is
needed, it's unfair to expect it in the lowest priced legal pads.
That said, it WOULD be nice if desertcart and Tops provided the
thickness of the paper and chipboard in the specs of ALL the
legal pads so we could make an informed choice. I would, I will,
and I HAVE, recommended these legal pads.
