Kindle Scribe beaten for value by reMarkable, but this offer won’t last long
reMarkable is the big name in “paper tablets”, the increasingly popular devices with E Ink screens that mimic the feeling of paper and store all your notes on the tablet and in the cloud.
The firm recently released the reMarkable Paper Pure, an update to its breakthrough reMarkable 2. Released in 2020, the reMarkable 2 has just been discontinued, which means now is the time to buy one at a greatly reduced price.
The new Paper Pure will set you back £359, but right now reMarkable is selling a refurbished reMarkable 2 with the Marker Plus stylus and the very useful Type Folio keyboard cover for £349, a stunning £259 discount on the bundle’s usual £608 RRP.
That’s £30 less than the cost of an Amazon Kindle Scribe, which has no keyboard accessory to speak of.
Make sure to select the English - UK keyboard layout (or whatever your preferred layout is) when buying. Included in the bundle is:
- reMarkable 2 - Refurbished
- Marker Plus - Refurbished
- Type Folio - Ink Black - English - UK - Refurbished
- USB-A Cable (New)
- 9x Tips (New)
Refurbished items are those bought new and returned within the retrues window to reMarkable. The firm has ensured these items have been checked for quality before being resold.
“A refurbished reMarkable 2 is a pre-owned device returned during our risk-free trial period,” reMarkable said.
“Each refurbished device undergoes a thorough inspection and is fully tested at our manufacturing facility to ensure it has the same premium look, feel, and technical qualities of a new device.”
I reviewed the reMarkable 2 when it came out and continued to use it for years afterwards, and it’s still a dependable, no frills digital notebook in 2026. It is very thin and has a metal chassis that is incredibly premium, with a monochrome 10.3-inch screen that, like the Paper Pure, does not have a frontlight.
With the Marker Plus, you also get an eraser nodule on the end, so you can make notes and quickly rub out errors as if using a pencil.
The tablet is great for personal or professional use. I’ve used mie to make notes for planning holidays, the weekly shopping list and even a period of journaling.
It’s also great for work day to day notes, and with templates available for notebooks, you can create weekly planners and other handy documents.
You can also link your account up with Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive and access your cloud files directly, letting you view or annotate Word documents or PDF files.
With an optional £3.99 per month reMarkable Connect subscription, you also get access to a spate of AI tools that let you search your notes, create bullet point summaries and have unlimited cloud backup of all your notes. The tablet is an expensive item to lose, but if the worst happens, it means your notes are all there on the desktop, iPhone or Android app - not something that can be said for any paper notebook.
The Type Folio protects the screen when not in use but when opened like a laptop props the reMarkable 2 up and connects to it with magnetic pogo pins. The software detects this and enters word processing mode, making this E Ink slate a great laptop or typewriter alternative.
Unlike a Windows 11 PC or MacBook, you’ll have no notifications or blue light distracting you or hurting your eyes. Either fully in typing mode or paired with sketches and scribblings, you can use the keyboard to bash out your meeting notes or finally tackle the novel you know you’ve always had in you.
At the time of writing, many other refurbished bundles on reMarkable’s UK site are sold out, so this looks like it could be one of your last opportunities to get hold of the reMarkable 2 with Marker Plus and Type Folio at such a discount.
Daily Express
