Review on Softcover Sketchbook Heavyweight White Sheets by Nikki Shen

A few weeks ago I bought Beta and Zeta paperbacks because I like the Beta series but I also wanted to try the smooth finish. I have no complaints about the Zeta Sketchbook, but the Beta Sketchbook is dead wrong. The paper is not the usual one I worked on in my old beta wire binder. The paper is not watercolor (or mixed media) at all. It looks like cardboard paper. Pigments don't mix, paper is overstressed when water is applied, water and pigments color the back of the paper and the next sheet (this can be seen in the first photo). I think it must be a manufacturing error. I wrote to the company last Monday to buy, they didn't reply. I hope another customer didn't have the same problem. It was so depressing. It's so depressing not having an answer to that.