Filofax review: my slim magenta Flex by Filofax

WARNING: Lots of droolworthy pictures below...

I don't think you guys 'get' the Flex yet! I'm still surprised that Filofax addicts aren't raving more about the various perks of the Filofax Flex binders. So I thought I'd share my thoughts with this Filofax review of the slim Flex by Filofax. I have it in this pretty magenta colour.

This is an older post and sadly Filofax don't make the Flex anymore. But I hope you'll still enjoy the nostalgia of this post and others I've written about the Flex ...

How I use my slim Filofax Flex as a mobile phone cover

I've already shown you how I use my A5 Black Flex as my Kindle cover. Now I'm going to show you how I use my slim magenta Flex with my smartphone.

(Note: I do take pictures using my smartphone, so it's a tricky one as I can't take pictures of my smartphone being used with my Slim Flex, because I'm using the phone to take the pics... sorry. There are some sexy pics of my Slim Flex further down though, so don't fret.)

I do a few casual shifts in a bar around the corner from where I live, and so I like to nip down the street with as little as possible holding me down – usually because I'm running late! My slim Flex fits perfectly in my little handbag, and what's more, my smartphone fits perfectly in my Slim Flex!

When I get to work, my handbag goes into the office, but I like to keep my phone behind the bar, and it just feels safer slipped into the inside pocket of my Flex because it's not on display.

During a quiet moment I sometimes like to sit on a stool with my Flex open and my smartphone on one side of it, open on a cocktail app, with my notebook on the other side with my scribbled notes and diagrams of different cocktail recipes I am trying to learn. It just makes sense!

Think outside of the box with your Flex Filofax

You have to stop thinking about the Flex as a Filofax planner in the traditional sense, and start thinking outside of the box.

What else can a slim Flex hold? Your passport, receipts, notes, cards... the Flex isn't here to replace your Filofax, its here to compliment it!

Use your Flex alongside your Filofax

You can slip your slim Flex into pretty much any personal organiser. You can play around with colours too and accessorise your personal Filofax with a Flex.

For example:

Team an A5 Aqua Chameleon Filofax with a slim Flex in slate
A magenta slim Flex looks pretty cute slipped into my new chocolate personal Aston.
I bet it would look even better slipped into an Orchid Aston with the pink stitching!
Contrast a lighter shade of Filofax like the Mushroom Aston with a Black Flex. (Sorry... I'm a little obsessed with Astons right now).

Here are some pics of what my Slim Magenta Flex looks like with some of my other Filofaxes ...

As you can see, the sizing of the Slim Flex is ideal for a personal Filofax. This is my slim magenta Flex popped into my personal wine Holborn zipped Filofax.

I love my new Holborn zipped because I can literally chuck anything I like in loose, and then zip it up to keep everything together. That's why the Slim Flex works so well with it. I don't have to fit it into any slots or pockets, it just sits there, like it is laying back on a sun-lounger!

How I use my slim Flex with my personal Holborn zipped Filofax

Wondering how I am using my Slim Flex with my Holborn? Well, I just love the little bound Flex Notebooks! You can get a lined one or a plain one and they're great for scribbling in. I know you can use Filofax paper inserts for this, but there's just something about scribbling in a little bound notebook, making doodles, sketching, jotting things down...

I am also experimenting with a new diary system whereby I want to start using a Flex bound diary insert as a way to permanently record important dates and things I have done and then use my Filofax more as a non-permanent planner, which is what it is really designed for.

I have always found the non-permanent nature of Filofax inserts annoying as I never feel I can relax knowing all my info is there forever in proper chronological order.

You can use your slim Flex to keep a small collection of mini-notebooks to compliment your own Filofax system. You can fit 1 to 4 slim notebook inserts into these Flex binders after all!

Or how about making it your sticker and post-it station? Now that's a good one!

You might think the Slim flex will dominate in your Filofax, but it can quite neatly slip into the back and out of the way. It doesn't even fall out when you open your Filofax up, because your Filofax inserts press the Flex against the back cover.

How I use my Filofax Flex with pocket, personal, and A5 Filofaxes

With my pocket Guildford I used to slip an old stretchy hair-band over the back cover so that I could slip a thin notebook in the back and the hair-band would keep the notebook in place by its spine.

Well, there's no reason why you can't do this with a personal-sized Filofax and a slim Flex binder!

It would provide extra card slots, notebooks, a jot-pad; not to mention those all-important slip in cardboard pen-loops.

Sometimes I use my slim Flex cardboard pen-loop on its own in my personal Aston - you can just slip it into the front or back pocket.

But don't stop at the personal size - swap your slim Flex over to your A5 Filofax! If you are using your Flex as a sticker and post-it station, it's great because it can pop into your A5 Filofax even easier...