So this is cool: Steve of Philofaxy recently took a Timer 21 (a French format that’s similar to the North American Trinote), a Filofax A5 hole-punch, and his A5 Filofax Pocket binder and voila! A brand new planner. Steve also discovered another format, the Timer 17, that’s compatible with the Personal Size Filofax. UPDATE: without extra hole punching!
Of course, his task was made easier by the fact that the Timers 21 and 17 already use a loose-leaf system. Here in North America, our planners are bound books and thus aren’t as easy to adapt to other covers. Still, we once heard from a woman who took apart an ABP/1 and put the pages in her FranklinCovey binder. When there’s a will, there’s a way!
I read this post and liked the non-dashboard option, with just an open notes column. I find it hard to ignore the segment headings and would prefer the flexibility to organize my own categories or just write continuously some weeks.
I don’t know, Joni, but I’ll ask Karen and let you know. If there’s enough interest, it’s definitely a possibility.
The APB/1 was just what I was looking for to use in 2011. But they were discontinued. Any chance of them coming back?
Hi
Thanks for the mention.
Just a small correction..
It is only the Timer 21 that needs to be re-punched to fit the A5 Filofax.
The Timer 17 and Timer 14 fit the Personal Filofax(Timer 17) and Pocket Filofax (Timer 14) perfectly, without the need to re-punch the pages.
Regards
Steve