Other pads that I have used have not had this problem and provided more support for writing.

Unless you prefer your computation pads with more wrinkles than Emperor Palatine after he was assaulted by Mace Winu

This makes it impossible to keep pages in a binder, and thus a useless pad.

I like this pad.

These tore off easily but not so easily that they would come out of their binding, they were thin enough to see the grid, but not so thin that you could tear them with a pencil, this was a great pad of paper and I enjoyed using it,

Avoid this TOPS pad as an STD, stay away from it, if you find one good quality computation pad, please let us know, we all need it

Its very convenient the way it is a pad and the paper individually rips off

Good engineering pad, like the color scheme, subtle grid-lines, gum binding, 3 hole punching

Pad won't lay flat

I have been using Tops 35500 pads for years.

As other reviewers have commented, the newer pads are more porous and bleed through when I use my fountain pen

The whole pad seemed flimsy and the stack of paper would dip significantly when writing

As far as my paper goes, I had always preferred the "cheaper" engineering computation pads that would pop up from time to time at my school's student store.

Have always loved this pad, for taking notes and keeping things organized.

As far as my paper goes, I had always preferred the "cheaper" engineering computation pads that would pop up from time to time at my school's student store.

Flimsy paper backingOverall a decent pad to use for calculations and computations, not for archiving or long term use.

it is exactly what it states, it's a nice pad of engineering paper, which has a green 10th and its graph paper with certain lines a little more bold

TOPS Engineering Computation pad is absolutely perfect for performing such tasks with aplomb, and, even though this was purchased for my son, took me back to my own engineering days

Great pads for drawing up my robotic sex doll schematics.

Overall, great computation pad for schoolwork.

I love these pads, as an economics and math student I go through a lot of paper, probably 2-3 of these pads a term

This pad is garbage.

You can take TOPS entire pad with you to a meeting and never worry about them coming loose

It's a great pad of engineering paper.

I started using TOPS Calc pads in 1971 when I was an engineering student and have been using them ever since

All around great pad, only wish the paper was a little thicker.

wish the cardboard was thicker but its a good pad

With the more expensive "quality" pads, the sheets are thick enough to be solid yellowish on one side, nearly perfectly concealing the grid on the other side.

My pad was glued together incorrectly so the paper doesn't lay flat

Plain on the front side with a grid on the back that shows through when the sheets are laid flat this pad is perfect to do all my homework on

I never had the anything come apart from it (unlike other Engineering Paper I had where eventually you have a few different pads because they broke off)

The printing of the grid on the front side does not look nearly as sharp as it is shown in the picture

It is as absorbent as many tissues (hence the ink problems).I have never placed a drink on my pad or anything, yet the paper is all wrinkled up as if it was held under running water and allowed to dry